Pikeville Garners Votes in NAIA Men's Basketball Poll
October 23, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team received votes in the 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Preseason Top 25 Poll.
The poll was released on Wednesday.
Pikeville garnered 40 voting points to land five spots outside the top 25.
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 | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | 2023-24 RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | Langston (Okla.) [13] | 35-2 | 533 |
| 2 | College of Idaho [5] | 32-4 | 525 |
| 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 29-6 | 483 |
| 4 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] | 32-4 | 478 |
| 5 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 31-3 | 456 |
| 6 | Arizona Christian | 25-8 | 451 |
| 7 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 24-8 | 427 |
| 8 | Grace (Ind.) | 34-2 | 415 |
| 9 | Montana Tech | 27-5 | 355 |
| 10 | The Master's (Calif.) | 24-9 | 350 |
| 11 | Concordia (Neb.) | 24-8 | 335 |
| 12 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 24-7 | 333 |
| 13 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 24-9 | 293 |
| 14 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 28-7 | 275 |
| 15 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 25-8 | 259 |
| 16 | Oregon Tech | 27-6 | 255 |
| 17 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 22-10 | 246 |
| 18 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 28-5 | 244 |
| 19 | Huntington (Ind.) | 22-10 | 214 |
| 19 | Baker (Kan.) | 23-10 | 214 |
| 21 | Madonna (Mich.) | 27-7 | 185 |
| 22 | Florida Memorial | 23-7 | 151 |
| 23 | Nelson (Texas) | 20-10 | 116 |
| 24 | Kansas Wesleyan | 23-9 | 110 |
| 25 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 24-9 | 95 |
Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 89, Columbia (Mo.) 84, Keiser (Fla.) 50, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 46, Pikeville (Ky.) 40, Indiana Tech 34, Dordt (Iowa) 24, IU Northwest (Ind.) 21, Hope International (Calif.) 19, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 13, Xavier (La.) 9, Peru State (Neb.) 9, Mobile (Ala.) 8, St. Thomas (Fla.) 3, Cornerstone (Mich.) 3, Southwestern (Kan.) 3, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 2