November 23, 2010

Findlay and Grand Valley State Remain in Top Five, FSU Enters at No. 24 of Latest NABC Division II Top 25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending NCAA Division II national champion Cal Poly Pomona, who headed up the NABC/Division II pre-season rankings, is the No. 1-ranked team in the first 2010-11 regular season poll after coming away victorious in its season opener last week.

The Broncos retained the top spot from the pre-season rankings, but No. 2-ranked Indiana (Pa.) lost to Bowie State to allow several teams to move up.  Findlay, winner of its first four games of the year, moves up to the second spot this week followed by Bellarmine and Grand Valley State.  Winona State, ranked ninth in the pre-season, vaulted to the fifth spot this week.

The next five spots are occupied by Tarleton State, South Carolina Aiken – who opened with a road win at pre-season No. 6 Florida Southern – Alabama-Huntsville, West Liberty and Central Oklahoma.  Alabama-Huntsville and Central Oklahoma are both 5-0 through the first 11 days of the 2010-11 season.

Metropolitan State begins the second ten at No. 11, followed by Indiana (Pa.), who is the highest-ranked team with a loss in this week’s rankings.  Montevallo, Central Missouri and Rollins complete the top 15.  Kentucky Wesleyan is the highest-ranking team debuting this week in the No. 16 spot, with Clark Atlanta, Fort Hays State, Cal State-Dominguez Hills and Augusta State rounding out the top 20.

The final five spots are held by two holdovers from the pre-season poll, Florida Southern and Arkansas Tech, with Bowie State, Ferris State and Northern Kentucky all making their initial appearance in the last three slots.


NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (November 23, 2010 – Poll #1)

Rank

Team

Record

Points

Pvs

1.

Cal Poly Pomona (8 first place votes)

1-0

200

1

2.

Findlay, Ohio

4-0

188

3

3.

Bellarmine, Ky.

1-0

185

4

4.

Grand Valley State, Mich.

2-0

176

5

5.

Winona State, Minn.

3-0

165

9

6.

Tarleton State, Texas

3-0

151

11

7.

South Carolina Aiken

2-0

149

14

8.

Alabama-Huntsville

5-0

136

21

9.

West Liberty, W.Va.

3-0

134

12

10.

Central Oklahoma

5-0

124

18

11.

Metropolian State, Colo.

2-0

119

15

12.

Indiana (Pa.)

1-1

100

2

13.

Montevallo, Ala.

2-0

84

24

14.

Central Missouri

3-1

66

16

15.

Rollins, Fla.

3-1

50

17

16.

Kentucky Wesleyan

3-0

47

NR

17.

Clark Atlanta, Ga.

1-0

43

25

18.

Fort Hays State, Kan.

4-0

40

NR

19.

Cal State-Dominguez Hills

3-0

39

NR

20.

Augusta State, Ga.

3-0

34

NR

21.

Florida Southern

1-2

31

6

22.

Arkansas Tech

2-1

29

13

23.

Bowie State, Md.

2-0

28

NR

24.

Ferris State, Mich.

3-0

27

NR

25.

Northern Kentucky

3-0

24

NR

Dropped out: Bentley (7), St. Cloud State (8), Seattle Pacific (10), Saint Joseph’s (19), Midwestern State (20), Merrimack (22), Philadelphia (23).

 Others receiving votes: Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 20, Midwestern State (Texas) 17, Mount Olive (N.C.) 15, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 14, Southern Indiana 14, Adelphi (N.Y.) 13, Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) 13, Augustana (S.D.) 12, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 12, Stonehill (Mass.) 12, Hillsdale (Mich.) 11, Fort Lewis (Colo.) 10, Merrimack (Mass.) 10, Minnesota State 10, Saint Rose (N.Y.) 10, Virginia Union 10, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 6, West Virginia State 5, Bentley (Mass.) 4, Charleston (W.Va.) 4, Central Washington 3, Chaminade (Hawaii) 3, Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 2, Quincy (Ill.) 1.
 

Records are through games of Sunday, Nov. 21.  Previous ranking was pre-season ranking for 2010-11 season.

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