November 3, 2010
The final five teams in the pre-season rankings are all from the south or east coast: Alabama-Huntsville, Merrimack, Philadelphia, Montevallo and Clark Atlanta.
The first regular season poll will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The 2010-11 season gets underway on Friday, Nov. 12 and will end at the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday, March 26.
NABC Coaches' Poll - Division II - 2010-11
GLIAC Boasts Two Teams in NABC Division II Top 25 Preseason Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The two teams that faced off in last year’s NCAA Division II national championship game head up the list for the 2010-11 season in the NABC/Division II pre-season coaches poll, as defending champion Cal Poly Pomona has been tabbed as the No. 1 team and Indiana (Pa.), the team the Broncos dispatched in the finals, came in at second in the rankings.
The Broncos have played in the last two national title games,
losing to Findlay in the 2009 title tilt on a shot at the
buzzer. Findlay was third in the
pre-season poll with two other teams from the NCAA’s Midwest
region, Bellarmine and Grand Valley
State, taking the next two spots. Florida
Southern was put in the sixth spot, followed by a pair of 2010
Elite Eight participants, Bentley and St. Cloud State. Winona
State came in at No. 9 and Seattle Pacific rounds out the top
10.
Tarleton State opens the second ten at No. 11, followed by
West Liberty, Arkansas Tech – who was ranked No. 1 in the
final poll last season – South Carolina Aiken and
Metropolitan State. Central Missouri came in at No. 16, with
Rollins, Central Oklahoma and two more of last year’s
national quarterfinalists, Saint Joseph’s and Midwestern
State, completing the top 20.
The final five teams in the pre-season rankings are all from the south or east coast: Alabama-Huntsville, Merrimack, Philadelphia, Montevallo and Clark Atlanta.
The first regular season poll will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The 2010-11 season gets underway on Friday, Nov. 12 and will end at the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday, March 26.
NABC Coaches' Poll - Division II - 2010-11
November 3, 2010 -- Pre-Season Poll
| Rank | School (first place votes) | Record* | Points | Previous Rank^ |
| 1 | Cal Poly Pomona (6) | 28-6 | 198 | NR |
| 2 | Indiana (Pa.) | 33-3 | 175 | 2 |
| 3 | Findlay (Ohio) | 23-7 | 170 | NR |
| 4 | Bellarmine (Ky.) | 23-9 | 168 | 19 |
| 5 | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | 22-9 | 148 | NR |
| 6 | Florida Southern | 25-5 | 143 | 13 |
| 7 | Bentley (Mass.) | 26-7 | 139 | NR |
| 8 | St. Cloud State (Minn.) | 29-6 | 121 | 16 |
| 9 | Winona State (Minn.) | 20-10 | 120 | NR |
| 10 | Seattle Pacific (Wash.) | 22-6 | 113 | 18 |
| 11 | Tarleton State (Tex.) | 24-8 | 106 | NR |
| 12 | West Liberty (W. Va.) | 29-3 | 94 | 10 |
| 13 | Arkansas Tech | 30-2 | 89 | 1 |
| 14 | South Carolina Aiken | 20-11 | 80 | NR |
| 15 | Metropolitan State (Col.) | 23-7 | 77 | 21 |
| 16 | Central Missouri | 27-4 | 74 | 7 |
| 17 | Rollins (Fla.) | 27-6 | 67 | 11 |
| 18 | Central Oklahoma | 22-7 | 62 | NR |
| 19 | St. Joseph's (Ind.) | 20-12 | 53 | NR |
| 20 | Midwestern State (Tex.) | 31-3 | 48 | 3 |
| 21 | Alabama-Huntsville | 23-7 | 44 | NR |
| 22 | Merrimack (Mass.) | 21-9 | 39 | NR |
| 23 | Philadelphia (Pa.) | 27-8 | 33 | NR |
| 24 | Montevallo (Ala.) | 25-8 | 25 | NR |
| 25 | Clark Atlanta (Ga.) | 24-7 | 23 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Drury (Mo.) 22,
Anderson (S.C.) 21, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 20, BYU-Hawaii 17,
Kentucky Wesleyan 17, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 16, Winston-Salem
State (N.C.) 15, Virginia Union 14, Mount Olive (N.C.) 9, Minnesota
State 8, Augusta State (Ga.) 7, West Virginia State 5, Kutztown
(Pa.) 4, Valdosta State (Ga.) 4, Cal State-San Bernardino 3,
Augustana (S.D.) 2, Central State (Ohio) 2, Central Washington 2,
Adelphi (N.Y.) 1, Nebraska-Omaha 1.
*Final 2009-10 Record
^Final 2009-10 Ranking (March 9, 2010)
