Truman Men Up Another Notch to 6th-Women Receiving Votes

Truman bumps up another spot to 6th in the new NABC Men’s Basketball Division II Top 25 Poll released today (Tues.). The 12-1 Bulldogs trail only Colorado School of Mines, Northern State, Northwest Missouri State, Lincoln Memorial and West Texas A&M. Southern Indiana is the only other GLVC team receiving votes.

After a 1-1 week, the Truman women dropped out of the WBCA Division II Top 25 Poll. The 12-3 Bulldogs are still receiving votes. Drury dropped from the top spot to number 4. Central Missouri is up a spot to 20th. You can view both polls with this story at centralmoinfo.com.

1 Colorado School of Mines (13) 10-0 396 1
2 Northern State (S.D.) (2) 12-0 383 2
3 Northwest Missouri State (1) 14-1 371 3
4 Lincoln Memorial 15-1 351 4
5 West Texas A&M 7-1 330 5
6 Truman State 12-1 313 7
7 Mercyhurst 7-0 303 8
8 Colorado Mesa 13-1 289 9
9 Lubbock Christian 12-0 272 10
10 Alabama Huntsville 8-1 251 11
11 Hillsdale 13-1 246 12
12 Findlay (Ohio) 12-2 212 6
13 Texas A&M-Kingsville 13-1 196 14
14 Point Loma 3-0 187 13
15 DBU 12-2 180 15
16 Washburn 12-3 153 17
17 St. Thomas Aquinas 2-0 143 19
18 Northwest Nazarene 8-1 94 23
19 Lee 9-2 91 18
20 Queens (N.C.) 9-4 87 16
21 Flagler 8-2 61 NR
22 Charleston (W.Va.) 7-2 51 NR
23 West Liberty (W.Va.) 7-3 46 NR
24 Gannon (Pa.) 4-0 31 NR
25 Valdosta State 10-4 28 20

Others receiving votes: Sioux Falls (S.D.) 27, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 21, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 20, Dominican (N.Y.) 16, Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 11, Southern Indiana 7, Glenville State (W.Va.) 6, St. Edward’s (Texas) 6, Michigan Tech 5, Southern Arkansas 5, Union (Tenn.) 5, Oklahoma Baptist 4, Georgia College 2.

WBCA Top 25 Poll
1 Lubbock Christian (9-0) 572 (21) 2
2 Lander (10-0) 505 (1) 3
3 Charleston, WV (9-0) 496 4
4 Drury (11-1) 477 (1) 1
5 West Texas A&M (12-1) 435 8
6 Minnesota Duluth (7-0) 419 6
7 Texas A&M-Commerce (10-1) 410 10
8 Hawaii Pacific (5-0) 397 7
9 Fort Hays State (13-2) 338 11
10 Valdosta State (14-2) 321 5
11 Grand Valley State (10-1) 306 15
12 Carson-Newman (10-1) 293 13
13 Nebraska Kearney (14-2) 277 12
14 Western Colorado (9-1) 270 14
15 Southwestern Oklahoma State (11-1) 257 17
16 North Georgia (10-1) 238 16
17 Cedarville (15-2) 235 9
18 Arkansas Tech (7-0) 215 19
19 Daemen (6-1) 188 18
20 Central Missouri (14-2) 160 21
21 Glenville State (8-1) 152 20
22 Gannon (7-1) 95 25
23 Michigan Tech (10-1) 89 NR
24 Benedict (4-0) 75 NR
25 Emporia State (12-3) 41 NR

Dropped out: No. 22 Tusculum (11-2); No. 23 Southern Indiana (11-4); No. 24 Truman State (12-3).

Others receiving votes: Belmont Abbey (12-2) 40; Union, TN (11-3) 40; Sioux Falls (7-2) 26; Colorado Mines (11-2) 21; Notre Dame, OH (8-2) 20; Truman State (12-3) 16; Tusculum (11-2) 13; American International (3-1) 11. Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 27 combined points.