Nabc rankings feb1715

1. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After holding off Florida Tech in
overtime Saturday, Florida Southern holds onto the
nation’s top ranking for the second consecutive week
in the latestNABC/Division II rankings.
The Moccasins picked up a pair of wins lastweek –
including the 82-79 win at Florida Tech – to stay atop
a poll that saw limited change on the top end. The
top three spots wentunchanged,as Augustana
stayed at No. 2 and Bellarmine atNo. 3. Lastweek’s
fourth-ranked team,Angelo State, lostat Tarleton
State to move a number of teams up as a result.
Barry jumped from sixth to fourth this week while
Lincoln Memorial stayed at No. 5. The next four
teams all moved up one spotapiece,starting with
sixth-ranked Indianapolis.
West Liberty is seventh this week, followed by
Minnesota State-Moorhead, Metropolitan State, while
Angelo State is 10th
and Tarleton State 11th
.
Wisconsin-Parkside remains atNo.12, while Mount
Olive moved up a spotto 13th
. The next three teams
all moved up three places in the rankings,with
Colorado School ofMines at No. 14, Western Oregon
at 15th
and Central Missouri atNo. 16.
California Baptistmoved up to 17th
and Pacific West
Conference rival Azusa Pacific also moved up five
spots as well to 18th
, with Lake Superior State and
Colorado-Colorado Springs rounding out this week’s
top 20.
The final five teams in this week’s poll are University
of the Sciences,BYU-Hawaii,UNC Pembroke,
Saginaw Valley State and Southern Connecticut
State.
The next poll will be released Feb.24. The NCAA will
release its firstregional rankings on Wednesday,Feb.
18.
NABC/Division II Rankings
(Feb. 17, 2015 – Poll #12)
Record Points Last
1. Florida Southern (15) 23-1 398 1
2. Augustana,S.D. (1) 25-1 384 2
3. Bellarmine,Ky. 22-2 365 3
4. Barry, Fla. 20-2 340 6
5. Lincoln Memorial,Tenn. 23-1 331 5
6. Indianapolis,Ind. 21-2 319 7
7. West Liberty, W.Va. 22-2 294 8
8. Minnesota State-Moorehad 27-2 293 9
9. Metropolitan State, Colo. 21-3 260 10
10. Angelo State, Texas 22-2 255 4
11. Tarleton State, Texas 22-2 248 11
12. Wisconsin-Parkside 22-2 236 12
13. Mount Olive, N.C. 24-2 204 14
14. Colorado School ofMines 20-3 192 17
15. Western Oregon 21-3 172 18
16. Central Missouri 21-4 158 19
17. California Baptist 19-4 134 22
18. Azusa Pacific, Calif. 21-4 130 23
19. Lake Superior State, Mich. 21-4 105 24
20. Colorado-Colorado Springs 20-4 83 15
21. Univ. of the Sciences,Pa. 20-4 77 25
22. BYU-Hawaii 18-4 65 13
23. UNC Pembroke 21-4 38 NR
24. Saginaw Valley State, Mich. 20-5 28 20
25. Southern ConnecticutState 19-5 22 NR
Others receiving votes: Indiana (Pa.) 14, Columbus State
(Ga.) 13, GRU Augusta 11, NorthwestMissouri State 9, Cal
Poly Pomona 8,Lynn (Fla.) 5, Alabama-Huntsville 3,
Minnesota State 2, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 2, Chico
State (Calif.) 1, Lewis (Ill.) 1.
Dropped out: Indiana,Pa. (16), Columbus State (21).
Records are through games ofSunday, Feb. 15, 2015.
National Association of Basketball Coaches
NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Rankings
2014-15 Rankings – Feb. 17, 2015 (Poll #12)