KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgetown (Ky.) remains on top of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll to open the back half of the 2024-25 season. The Tigers received 17 first-place votes with a perfect 17-0 record. Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) and Northwestern (Iowa) jumped into the top three, receiving two and one first-place votes, respectively. LSU Alexandria, and College of Idaho round out the top 5. Following its first loss of the season, Dordt slipped one spot to number 12. Northwestern and Dordt are the only teams from the GPAC in the top 25. Concordia slipped out of the top 25 but is still receving votes.
RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Georgetown (Ky.) [17] | 17-0 | 538 |
2 | 3 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] | 16-1 | 517 |
3 | 7 | Northwestern (Iowa) [1] | 17-0 | 495 |
4 | 5 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 16-1 | 478 |
5 | 2 | College of Idaho | 13-2 | 467 |
6 | 4 | Arizona Christian | 14-3 | 436 |
7 | 9 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 14-3 | 407 |
8 | 8 | Langston (Okla.) | 13-2 | 402 |
8 | 12 | Baker (Kan.) | 15-1 | 402 |
10 | 10 | Bethel (Ind.) | 14-3 | 376 |
11 | 6 | Montana Tech | 14-2 | 369 |
12 | 11 | Dordt (Iowa) | 17-1 | 350 |
13 | RV | Dalton State (Ga.) | 14-2 | 305 |
14 | 16 | Grace (Ind.) | 13-4 | 291 |
15 | 21 | Keiser (Fla.) | 14-2 | 263 |
16 | 19 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 15-3 | 250 |
17 | 13 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 13-3 | 236 |
18 | 17 | Huntington (Ind.) | 13-4 | 219 |
19 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 14-2 | 191 |
20 | RV | Hope International (Calif.) | 15-2 | 140 |
21 | 15 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 13-3 | 128 |
22 | NR | Florida Memorial | 11-4 | 112 |
22 | RV | William Woods (Mo.) | 13-2 | 112 |
24 | 18 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 13-4 | 107 |
25 | 23 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 13-3 | 96 |
Dropped from Top 25: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas), Graceland (Iowa), Indiana Wesleyan, Morningside (Iowa), Rio Grande (Ohio), Oklahoma Wesleyan
Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 76, Oregon Tech 67, St. Francis (Ill.) 62, Cumberlands (Ky.) 55, Columbia International (S.C.) 49, Life (Ga.) 49, Nelson (Texas) 43, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 38, Saint Francis (Ind.) 36, Saint Mary (Kan.) 35, Indiana Tech 17, William Carey (Miss.) 15, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 14, Friends (Kan.) 13, Graceland (Iowa) 12, Texas Wesleyan 6, Faulkner (Ala.) 5, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Ind.) 2, Indiana Wesleyan 2, Tougaloo (Miss.) 2, Columbia (S.C.) 2