PIkeville Inches Closer to Cracking NAIA Top 25
November 27, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Only one Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) team received votes in the 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
The poll was released on Wednesday.
Pikeville garnered 59 voting points to land one spot 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 | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 4 | Arizona Christian [17] | 9-0 | 509 |
| 2 | 5 | Georgetown (Ky.) [1] | 9-0 | 485 |
| 3 | 6 | LSU Alexandria (La.) [1] | 6-0 | 470 |
| 4 | 2 | College of Idaho | 4-1 | 468 |
| 5 | 7 | Montana Tech | 8-0 | 424 |
| 6 | 7 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 8-1 | 424 |
| 7 | 10 | The Master's (Calif.) | 9-1 | 405 |
| 8 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 7-0 | 393 |
| 9 | 16 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 9-0 | 357 |
| 10 | 11 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 7-1 | 355 |
| 11 | 1 | Langston (Okla.) | 5-2 | 344 |
| 12 | 13 | Huntington (Ind.) | 8-1 | 321 |
| 13 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 6-2 | 311 |
| 14 | 21 | Grace (Ind.) | 6-2 | 288 |
| 15 | 19 | Baker (Kan.) | 7-1 | 269 |
| 16 | 17 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 6-2 | 233 |
| 17 | RV | Dordt (Iowa) | 8-0 | 228 |
| 18 | 24 | Mobile (Ala.) | 6-0 | 219 |
| 19 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 7-2 | 201 |
| 20 | RV | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 8-0 | 175 |
| 21 | 22 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 4-1 | 158 |
| 22 | RV | Bethel (Ind.) | 8-0 | 157 |
| 23 | RV | Morningside (Iowa) | 6-1 | 142 |
| 24 | 15 | Florida Memorial | 6-2 | 84 |
| 25 | 18 | Oregon Tech | 3-2 | 62 |
Receiving Votes: Pikeville (Ky.) 59, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 42, Concordia (Neb.) 35, Cornerstone (Mich.) 33, Ave Maria (Fla.) 33, Ottawa (Kan.) 22, William Woods (Mo.) 22, Indiana Northwest 19, Life (Ga.) 15, Keiser (Fla.) 9, Graceland (Iowa) 8, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 5, Faulkner (Ala.) 5, Central Christian (Kan.) 4, Hope International (Calif.) 4, Saint Francis (Ind.) 3, Southern Oregon 3, Peru State (Neb.) 2