Findlay Remains At No. 1 In Latest NABC/Division II Coaches' Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The two teams that
finished the 2008-09 regular season without a loss head into the
NCAA Division II Tournament as the top ranked teams in the final
NABC/Division II Coaches poll of the season.
Findlay (30-0) wrapped up its undefeated run into
the regional tournament by beating Grand Valley State – which
was undefeated at the end of last season and ended up as a co-No. 1
team in the final poll – in the title game in the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament. The Oilers will
open play in the Midwest Regional against that same Laker team
Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, LIU-C.W. Post (27-0) beat Bridgeport in the
championship game of the East Coast Conference Tournament and takes
the top seed into the East Regional where it will take on
Philadelphia Saturday night. The No. 3 ranked team, BYU-Hawaii
(25-1), will be among the first to start regional play as it hosts
a sub-regional contest in the West Regional Friday against Humboldt
State.
No. 4 Augusta State (26-4), No. 5 Gannon (27-3) and No. 6 Central
Missouri (26-4) are also playing host to regional tournaments this
week as top seeds, as are No. 11 Florida Southern and No. 12
Southwest Minnesota State. Western Washington, which is ranked
23rd, will host the other sub-regional in the West; the two
sub-regional winners will play Tuesday for the regional title and
berth to the Elite Eight at the home of the highest remaining
seed.
After Central Missouri, the final teams in the top 10 are
Southwest Baptist at No. 7, Metropolitan State at No. 8, Northern
Kentucky at No. 9 and Claflin at No. 10.
NABC Coaches Polls - Division II
March 10, 2009
NOTE: Weekly polls are released on Tuesday afternoon.
| Rank | School (first place votes) | Record | Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Findlay, Ohio (8) | 30-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | LIU-C.W. Post, N.Y. | 27-0 | 192 | 2 |
| 3 | BYU-Hawaii | 25-1 | 184 | 3 |
| 4 | Augusta State, Ga. | 26-4 | 176 | 5 |
| 5 | Gannon, Pa. | 27-3 | 168 | 6 |
| 6 | Central Missouri | 26-4 | 160 | 8 |
| 7 | Southwest Baptist, Mo. | 24-4 | 148 | 4 |
| 8 | Metropolitan State, Colo. | 27-3 | 144 | 11 |
| 9 | Northern Kentucky | 24-6 | 132 | 15 |
| 10 | Claflin, S.C. | 24-3 | 122 | 7 |
| 11 | Florida Southern | 27-6 | 118 | 20 |
| 12 | Southwest Minnesota State | 25-6 | 99 | 9 |
| 13 | Central Oklahoma | 24-5 | 88 | 10 |
| 14 | Benedict, S.C. | 24-5 | 83 | 14 |
| 15 | Christian Brothers, Tenn. | 22-6 | 79 | 12 |
| 16 | South Carolina Aiken | 23-7 | 74 | 17 |
| 17 | Alderson-Broaddus, W.Va. | 26-5 | 71 | 16 |
| 18 | Bellarmine, Ky. | 24-6 | 68 | 18 |
| 19 | Southern Indiana | 26-6 | 59 | 13 |
| 20 | Kutztown, Pa. | 26-4 | 50 | 21 |
| 21 | Midwestern State, Texas | 24-6 | 41 | NR |
| 22 | St. Cloud State, Minn. | 22-8 | 31 | NR |
| 23 | Western Washington | 21-5 | 25 | NR |
| 24 | Bentley, Mass. | 24-6 | 22 | 19 |
| 25 | Armstrong Atlantic State, Ga. | 23-6 | 17 | 23 |
Dropped out: West Virginia State (22), Georgia College &
State (24), Winona State (25).
Others receiving votes: Barton (N.C.) 14, Georgia College &
State 8, West Virginia State 7, Assumption (Mass.) 5, Incarnate
Word (Texas) 5, Virginia Union 4, Arkansas Tech 3,
Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 2, Massachusetts-Lowell 1.
Records are through games of March 9, 2009.
