• The Top 25 Poll with RPI and SOS added in

2021-22 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Five (January 26, 2022)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL [1st Place Votes]	RECORD	RPI	SOS
1	2	William Penn (Iowa) [14]	19-1	5	38
2	3	Talladega (Ala.) [3]	17-1	11	137
3	1	Loyola (La.) [3]	17-1	4	116
4	5	Oklahoma Wesleyan	21-1	10	127
5	7	Indiana Wesleyan	19-3	1	2
6	4	William Jessup (Calif.)	21-2	1	24
7	10	Thomas More (Ky.)	17-2	8	60
8	8	Arizona Christian	20-3	25	151
9	12	SAGU (Texas)	16-3	25	113
10	13	College of Idaho	18-3	14	74
11	14	LSU Alexandria (La.)	13-1	40	204
12	6	Carroll (Mont.)	19-3	22	166
13	17	Georgetown (Ky.)	16-2	31	171
14	9	Grace (Ind.)	18-4	3	30
15	15	Science & Arts (Okla.)	16-4	7	24
16	21	Saint Francis (Ind.)	18-4	6	8
17	18	Hope International (Calif.)	16-4	18	91
18	24	Southeastern (Fla.)	18-3	22	120
19	RV	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	18-3	8	38
20	RV	Montana Tech	18-5	57	158
21	RV	Faulkner (Ala.)	15-4	12	70
22	22	IU South Bend (Ind.)	15-3	44	162
23	RV	Bethel (Kan.)	17-4	20	74
24	16	Marian (Ind.)	14-4	27	120
25	NR	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	14-6	30	9

Dropped from the Top 25: Concordia (Neb.), WVU Tech (W.Va.), Jamestown (N.D.), Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Xavier (La.)

Others Receiving Votes: Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 128; Concordia (Neb.) 73; Oregon Tech 68; WVU Tech (W.Va.) 45; Tennessee Southern 40; Stillman (Ala.) 38; Florida College 26; Southwestern (Kan.) 26; Indiana Tech 23; Jamestown (N.D.) 20; Northwestern (Iowa) 16; Evangel (Mo.) 10; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 7; LSU Shreveport (La.) 7; Texas A&M Texarkana 6; Missouri Baptist 6 ; Texas Wesleyan 4; IU Kokomo (Ind.) 3.

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• Top 25 Breakdown
  • 13 of the 21 leagues are representing inside the Top 25.
  • Three leagues have at least 3 teams inside the Top 25.
    • Crossroads League (4)
      • #5 Indiana Wesleyan, # 14 Grace, # 16 St Francis, #24 Marian
      • Golden State Athletic Conference (3)
        • #6 William Jessup, #8 Arizona Christian, #17 Hope International
    • Southern States Athletic Association (3)
      • #2 Talladega, #3 Loyola, #21 Faulkner
  • Conference Top 25 Voting Breakdown:
    • AMC: rv Missouri Baptist
    • AAC: NONE
    • CalPac: NONE
    • Cascade: #10 College of Idaho, rv Oregon Tech, rv Lewis-Clark St
    • CCAC: #19 Olivet Nazarene, #22 IU South Bend
    • CAC: rv Florida College
    • Crossroads: #5 Indiana Wesleyan, #14 Grace, #16 Saint Francis (IN) , #24 Marian
    • Frontier: #12 Carroll, #20 Montana Tech
    • GCAC: NONE
    • GPAC: #24 Briar Cliff, rv Concordia (NE), rv Jamestown (ND), rv Northwestern (IA)
    • GSAC: #6 William Jessup, #8 Arizona Christian, #17 Hope International
    • Heart: #1 William Penn, rv Evangel
    • KCAC: #4 Oklahoma Wesleyan, #23 Bethel (KS), rv Southwestern
    • Mid-South: #7 Thomas More, #13 Georgetown, rv UT Southern
    • NSAA: NONE
    • RRAC: #11 LSU Alexandria, rv LSU Shreveport, rv Tx A&M Texarkana
    • RSC: rv Alice Lloyd, rv WVU Tech, rv IU Kokomo
    • SAC: #9 SAGU, #15 Science & Arts, rv Texas Wesleyan
    • SSAC: #2 Talladega, #3 Loyola, #21 Faulkner, rv Stillman
    • The Sun: #18 Southeastern (FL)
    • WHAC: rv Indiana Tech
  • William Penn (IA) is the NAIA’s new #1 team in the country. Making the move up from #2. The Statesmen get 14 of the 20 1st place votes.
  • 5 New teams jump into the NAIA Top 25. Making the biggest jump was Olivet Nazarene to #19.
  • #20 Montana Tech, #21 Faulkner, #23 Bethel (KS) and #25 Briar Cliff all join ONU as teams who weren’t in the Top 25 in the last poll.
  • Dropping out of the poll this week was Concordia (NE), WVU Tech, Jamestown (ND), Lewis-Clark St (ID) and Xavier (LA).
  • Thomas More (KY) comes in at #7 in the poll. It is their highest ever ranking in program history.
• Top 25 Notes
  • William Penn has two monster road trips this week and will be on a bus for nearly 19 hours once they return back home on Saturday night. The 1st one is tonight against a very tough Peru St squad that had Penn on the ropes earlier this season. They will travel to rv Evangel on Saturday.
  • #10 College of Idaho and #11 LSU Alexandria both went down last night. Those games weren’t calculated into these rankings. By the looks of it, neither was #13 Georgetown’s home loss to #7 Thomas More on Monday.
  • Speaking of #7 Thomas More, they have a big Mid-South road game @ rv UT Southern on Thursday. A game for 1st place in the MSC!
  • Thursday night also will bring us a Top 25 showdown as #4 Oklahoma Wesleyan heads to #23 Bethel (KS).
  • #23 Bethel (KS) has won 12 straight games after a bit of a slow start to the year.
  • #25 Briar Cliff finally sneaks into the poll. The leaders of the GPAC have a tough road matchup tonight with Midland.
  • Alice Lloyd, unofficially #26, is 19-0 on the season. They have the nations longest win streak going.
  • More of the Top Saturday Showdowns to look out for:
    • #5 Indiana Wesleyan hosts #16 St Francis
    • #17 Hope International heads to #8 Arizona Christian
    • rv Stillman heads to #21 Faulkner,