2007-08 Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Poll Announced - #3

Mountain State (W.V.) remains at No. 1 for the third straight time

Jan. 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -With a perfect 14-0 record, Mountain State University (W.V.) remains No. 1 in the third regular season National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll, announced today (Jan. 9). The Cougars have been No. 1 in three of the four polls this season. MSU leads the country in scoring offense averaging over 105 points per contest - the Cougars have hit the 100-point mark in nine of their first 14 games.

Georgetown (Ky.) and Concordia (Calif.) stay at No. 2 and 3, respectively. LSU-Shreveport notched two of the first-place votes as the Pilots hold a perfect 13-0 record. The Pilots have already earned two victories over NCAA Division I opponents, in addition to a Division I exhibition win. Most recently, the Pilots took down Northwestern State (La.) back on Dec. 8.

Lee (Tenn.) moved up to No. 5 thanks in large part to a 77-75 win over NCAA Division I member East Carolina back on Dec. 29.

Southern Nazarene (Okla.) made perhaps the biggest leap all the way up to No. 13. Last Saturday, SNU picked up a 74-69 road win at then-No. 13 Oklahoma City. Two teams, No. 24 Montana State-Northern and No. 25 Jarvis Christian (Texas) both are in the poll for first time in 2007-08.

The fourth regular season poll will be released on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

2007-08 NAIA Men's Basketball Division I Top 25 Coaches' Poll - Jan. 9 (Rating #3)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	2007-08 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Mountain State University (W.Va.)	9	14-0	328
2	2	Georgetown College (Ky.)		14-0	312
3	3	Concordia University (Calif.)		11-1	302
4	5	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	2	13-0	297
5	8	Lee University (Tenn.)		11-0	271
6	4	Oklahoma Baptist University		12-1	270
7	6	Campbellsville University (Ky.)		14-2	269
8	7	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.)		9-1	255
9	10	Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.)		12-1	246
10	9	Robert Morris College (Ill.)		15-2	224
11	11	Xavier University (La.)		12-2	213
12	14	Lambuth University (Tenn.)		9-1	207
13	RV	Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)		10-3	187
14	12	Westminster College (Utah)		10-3	184
15	15	California Baptist University		11-0	178
16	18	Martin Methodist College (Tenn.)		10-1	168
17	19	Wiley College (Texas)		11-3	147
18	20	McKendree University (Ill.)		10-5	118
19	13	Oklahoma City University		8-4	115
20	22	Union University (Tenn.)		7-4	109
21	17	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.)		9-4	108
22	21	Northwestern Oklahoma State University		7-3	101
23	24	Pikeville College (Ky.)		13-2	88
24	NR	Montana State University-Northern		12-4	81
25	NR	Jarvis Christian College (Texas)		9-2	64

Others receiving votes:

Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 49; University of Illinois at Springfield 48; Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 43; William Carey University (Miss.) 37; Carroll College (Mont.) 27; Texas Wesleyan University 12; Texas College 11; Park University (Mo.) 10; Vanguard University (Calif.) 9; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 8; Faulkner University (Ala.) 7; Cumberland University (Tenn.) 5; Berry College (Ga.) 2; Wayland Baptist University (Texas) 2; Indiana University-South Bend 1; Paul Quinn College (Texas) 1; The Master's College (Calif.) 1

* Record through games played Jan. 6