Union Continues to Earn Votes in NAIA Poll
December 14, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team received votes in the 2023-24 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll.
The poll was released on Wednesday.
Union received seven votes in this week's poll.
The Bulldogs are 9-4 overall and 8-2 in conference play.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Independents, and Unaffiliated Groups.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second place, and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [First Place Votes] | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Grace (Ind.) [20] | 10-0 | 540 |
| 2 | 3 | Langston (Okla.) | 9-0 | 522 |
| 3 | 6 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 10-1 | 481 |
| 4 | 7 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 7-0 | 478 |
| 5 | 2 | College of Idaho | 7-2 | 463 |
| 6 | 11 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 11-0 | 449 |
| 7 | 8 | Montana Tech | 7-1 | 432 |
| 8 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 10-1 | 423 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 8-2 | 407 |
| 10 | 5 | Arizona Christian | 7-2 | 380 |
| 11 | 12 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 9-2 | 356 |
| 12 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 12-0 | 314 |
| 13 | 13 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 9-1 | 305 |
| 14 | 20 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 9-0 | 282 |
| 15 | 21 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 6-1 | 269 |
| 16 | 15 | Mobile (Ala.) | 9-2 | 229 |
| 17 | 16 | Morningside (Iowa) | 7-2 | 220 |
| 18 | 18 | The Master's (Calif.) | 8-2 | 195 |
| 19 | 13 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 8-2 | 187 |
| 20 | RV | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 10-1 | 185 |
| 21 | 22 | Xavier (La.) | 6-1 | 163 |
| 22 | 25 | Florida Memorial | 9-1 | 142 |
| 23 | 10 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 6-3 | 111 |
| 24 | RV | Oregon Tech | 6-2 | 107 |
| 25 | RV | Florida College | 11-3 | 74 |
Others Receiving Votes: Point Park (Pa.) 68, Graceland (Iowa) 58, Ave Maria (Fla.) 57, Vanguard (Calif.) 57, Tennessee Southern 53, Antelope Valley (Calif.) 52, St. Thomas (Fla.) 43, SAGU (Texas) 36, Bethel (Ind.) 26, Madonna (Mich.) 25, Mayville State (N.D.) 13, Hastings (Neb.) 13, Science & Arts (Okla.) 10, Rochester (Mich.) 8, Life (Ga.) 8, Union (Ky.) 7.