Men's Basketball | 12/14/22 | 9:23 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the third edition of its NAIA Coaches Poll. Carroll College slid back one spot to No. 24.
The Fighting Saints (7-2,1-1) have played four games since the previous poll, going 3-1 in that stretch including a win over RV Corban on Saturday.
One of Carroll's two losses (Morningside) has jumped into the ranks at No. 23.
Olivet Nazarene, one of the teams Carroll will square off with at the upcoming Cactus Classic, is in the receiving votes portion of the poll.
Montana Tech (13) is the only other Frontier Conference school appearing on the poll.
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents).
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) beginning in the 2016-17 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.
2022-23 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll Three (December 14, 2022)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
3 |
Arizona Christian [17] |
9-1 |
586 |
| 2 |
1 |
Thomas More (Ky.) [4] |
9-1 |
561 |
| 3 |
4 |
College of Idaho |
8-1 |
560 |
| 4 |
2 |
Grace (Ind.) |
11-1 |
534 |
| 5 |
8 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
11-1 |
519 |
| 6 |
10 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
11-1 |
457 |
| 7 |
15 |
Langston (Okla.) |
11-0 |
456 |
| 8 |
7 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
9-1 |
453 |
| 9 |
6 |
Jamestown (N.D.) |
10-2 |
450 |
| 10 |
11 |
Florida College |
12-1 |
446 |
| 11 |
21 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
9-3 |
369 |
| 12 |
17 |
Union (Ky.) |
11-1 |
366 |
| 13 |
12 |
Montana Tech |
9-2 |
337 |
| 14 |
5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
11-2 |
334 |
| 15 |
9 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
11-2 |
316 |
| 16 |
14 |
Indiana Tech |
10-2 |
278 |
| 17 |
25 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
9-2 |
271 |
| 18 |
20 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
7-2 |
263 |
| 19 |
NR |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
10-2 |
255 |
| 20 |
13 |
Evangel (Mo.) |
9-2 |
231 |
| 21 |
18 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
9-1 |
212 |
| 22 |
16 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
7-2 |
211 |
| 23 |
RV |
Morningside (Iowa) |
9-3 |
130 |
| 24 |
23 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
7-2 |
122 |
| 25 |
RV |
Huntington (Ind.) |
10-2 |
98 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.), MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Cumberland (Tenn.)
Others Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 72, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 70, Cumberlands (Ky.) 59, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 53, William Jessup (Calif.) 47, Antelope Valley (Calif.) 40, Iowa Wesleyan 32, Loyola (La.) 28, Texas A&M Texarkana 22, Tougaloo (Miss.) 18, The Master's (Calif.) 14, Baker (Kan.) 12, Thomas (Ga.) 12, Cornerstone (Mich.) 12, Corban (Ore.) 10, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 8, Science & Arts (Okla.) 5, Hope International (Calif.) 5, Rochester (Mich.) 4, Dordt (Iowa) 3.
