Posted: Jan 17, 2024
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.
Pikeville received three votes in this week's poll.
The Bulldogs are 15-4 overall and 13-2 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 [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Grace (Ind.) [18] | 16-0 | 480 |
| 2 | 2 | Langston (Okla.) | 15-0 | 464 |
| 3 | 5 | College of Idaho | 14-2 | 443 |
| 4 | 8 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 15-1 | 430 |
| 5 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 15-2 | 414 |
| 6 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 16-1 | 406 |
| 7 | 11 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 14-2 | 387 |
| 8 | 7 | Montana Tech | 13-3 | 340 |
| 9 | 6 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 13-2 | 336 |
| 10 | 14 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 13-1 | 329 |
| 11 | 16 | Mobile (Ala.) | 14-3 | 289 |
| 12 | 4 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 11-3 | 274 |
| 13 | 20 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 14-2 | 267 |
| 14 | 13 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 14-3 | 263 |
| 15 | 10 | Arizona Christian | 14-4 | 229 |
| 16 | 22 | Florida Memorial | 14-2 | 204 |
| 17 | 3 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 12-4 | 200 |
| 18 | RV | Tennessee Southern | 16-2 | 197 |
| 19 | RV | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 14-2 | 162 |
| 20 | 17 | Morningside (Iowa) | 12-4 | 142 |
| 21 | RV | Point Park (Pa.) | 16-1 | 140 |
| 22 | 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 12-3 | 130 |
| 23 | RV | Bethel (Ind.) | 13-3 | 122 |
| 24 | 24 | Oregon Tech | 12-3 | 112 |
| 25 | RV | SAGU (Texas) | 11-4 | 108 |
Others Receiving Votes: Florida College 107, Central Methodist (Mo.) 100, Ave Maria (Fla.) 69, Talladega (Ala.) 48, Marian (Ind.) 41, Madonna (Mich.) 34, The Master's (Calif.) 22, Mayville State (N.D.) 17, Xavier (La.) 14, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 7, Kansas Wesleyan 6, Hastings (Neb.) 5, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 4, Vanguard (Calif.) 3, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 3, Central Baptist (Ark.) 3, Pikeville (Ky.) 3