NAIA Basketball Rankings: Davenport leads four Michigan teams in top 25; Rochester insanely not ranked
December 1, 2012 in NAIA, Rankings
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Editor’s note: Rochester College has beat a NCAA Division I team and nearly beat another. Come on people who vote in this poll. It’s insane that Rochester is not in the top 25.
2012 – 13 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Rating No. 1
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2012 – 13 RECORD^ | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Northwood (Fla.) (12) | 4-0 | 312 |
| 2 | 5 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 7-0 | 297 |
| 3 | 3 | Dordt (Iowa) | 7-1 | 286 |
| 4 | 9 | Eastern Oregon | 12-0 | 283 |
| 5 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 7-1 | 278 |
| 6 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 7-1 | 250 |
| 7 | 19 | William Penn (Iowa) | 12-0 | 249 |
| 8 | 16 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 7-1 | 237 |
| 9 | 11 | Davenport (Mich.) | 6-1 | 232 |
| 10 | 8 | Grace (Ind.) | 4-1 | 230 |
| 11 | 6 | Indiana Southeast | 5-2 | 214 |
| 12 | 10 | Warner (Fla.) | 6-1 | 203 |
| 13 | 15 | Warner Pacific (Ore.) | 6-2 | 190 |
| 14 | NR | Doane (Neb.) | 9-0 | 170 |
| 15 | 20 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 4-2 | 167 |
| 16 | 23 | Southern Oregon | 6-3 | 152 |
| 17 | 13 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 6-3 | 145 |
| 18 | RV | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 7-1 | 142 |
| 19 | 24 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 5-2 | 138 |
| 20 | RV | Northwest (Wash.) | 8-2 | 102 |
| 21 | 21 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 5-2 | 94 |
| 22 | RV | Central Christian (Kan.) | 8-0 | 79 |
| 23 | 22 | Indiana East | 5-2 | 75 |
| 24 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) | 5-2 | 71 |
| 25 | NR | Point (Ga.) | 8-2 | 64 |
Others receiving votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 52; Oregon Tech 50; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 50; Saint Mary (Kan.) 22; Indiana Tech 19; Rochester (Mich.) 18; Cal Maritime 16; Saint Francis (Ind.) 15; York (Neb.) 12; Hastings (Neb.) 11; Dakota State (S.D.) 8; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 7; Ave Maria (Fla.) 6; McPherson (Kan.) 5; Tennessee Wesleyan 4.
[...] College (1): As I mentioned over the weekend, it’s embarrassing that a NAIA team that has beaten one Division I opponent and nearly beaten [...]
[...] against a third. It is absolute lunacy that Rochester is STILL not in the top 25. They received just 18 votes last week and 43 this week, so I guess that’s progress. But come on. This makes absolutely no [...]