Northwestern climbs to #3 in NAIA Top 25 men’s coaches poll

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.

RANKLAST TIMEINSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]RECORDFINAL POINTS
11Georgetown (Ky.) [17]17-0538
23Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2]16-1517
37Northwestern (Iowa) [1]17-0495
45LSU Alexandria (La.)16-1478
52College of Idaho13-2467
64Arizona Christian14-3436
79The Master’s (Calif.)14-3407
88Langston (Okla.)13-2402
812Baker (Kan.)15-1402
1010Bethel (Ind.)14-3376
116Montana Tech14-2369
1211Dordt (Iowa)17-1350
13RVDalton State (Ga.)14-2305
1416Grace (Ind.)13-4291
1521Keiser (Fla.)14-2263
1619Pikeville (Ky.)15-3250
1713Central Baptist (Ark.)13-3236
1817Huntington (Ind.)13-4219
19RVRocky Mountain (Mont.)14-2191
20RVHope International (Calif.)15-2140
2115Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)13-3128
22NRFlorida Memorial11-4112
22RVWilliam Woods (Mo.)13-2112
2418Ave Maria (Fla.)13-4107
2523Rio Grande (Ohio)13-396

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

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