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Excel H Sports Men’s FINAL College basketball rankings March 11, 2024
Strength of schedule is factored into rankings.
We have our own in-house method.
Strength of schedule is factored into rankings.
We have our own in-house methodology.
| 1 | Houston | 28-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Purdue | 28-3 | 2 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 28-3 | 3 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 25-6 | 7 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 24-7 | 4 |
| 6 | Arizona | 24-7 | 5 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 24-7 | 6 |
| 8 | Marquette | 23-8 | 11 |
| 9 | Creighton | 23-8 | 15 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 23-8 | 10 |
| 11 | Duke | 24-7 | 8 |
| 12 | Illinois | 23-8 | 9 |
| 13 | Auburn | 24-7 | 12 |
| 14 | Baylor | 22-9 | 14 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 25-6 | 13 |
| 16 | Alabama | 21-10 | 19 |
| 17 | Gonzaga | 24-6 | 17 |
| 18 | Saint Mary’s | 24-7 | 17 |
| 19 | Utah State | 26-5 | 21 |
| 20 | Kansas | 22-9 | 16 |
| 21 | Brigham Young | 22-9 | 23 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 22-9 | 27 |
| 23 | Washington State | 23-8 | 20 |
| 24 | Dayton | 24-6 | 29 |
| 25 | Virginia | 22-9 | NR |
| 26 | Seton Hall | 20-11 | NR |
| 27 | Nebraska | 22-9 | NR |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | 21-10 | NR |
| 29 | Princeton | 24-3 | NR |
| 30 | Northwestern | 21-10 | 30 |
| 30 | Nevada | 26-6 | NR |
BELOW THE 30 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):
Boise State 22-9, San Diego State 22-9, Nevada Las Vegas 19-11, Colorado State 22-9, New Mexico 22-9, Indiana State 28-6, Drake 28-6, Akron 21-10, Toledo 21-10, St. John’s 19-12, Oklahoma 20-11, Texas Christian 20-11, Texas 20-11, Morehead State 26-8, Colorado 22-9, Oregon 20-11, Colgate 24-9, Florida 21-10, Texas A & M 18-13, Samford 28-5, Mississippi State 19-12, Mississippi 20-11, Appalachian State 27-6, James Madison 30-3, San Francisco 23-9, Santa Clara 20-12, Grand Canyon 27-4, Yale 20-9, Cornell 22-6, Charleston 25-7, U California Irvine 24-8, Michigan State 18-13, High Point 25-8, Eastern Washington 21-11, Clemson 21-10, Wake Forest 19-12, Loyola Chicago 23-8, Richmond 22-8, Florida Atlantic 24-7, South Florida 23-6, Vermont 26-6, Stetson 22-12
Excel H Sports Women’s FINAL College basketball rankings March 4, 2024
Strength of schedule are factored into rankings.
We have our own in-house method.
| 1 | South Carolina | 29-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 26-4 | 5 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 25-4 | 2 |
| 4 | Iowa | 26-4 | 6 |
| 5 | Louisiana State | 26-4 | 7 |
| 6 | UCLA | 24-5 | 10 |
| 7 | Connecticut | 26-5 | 8 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 23-6 | 3 |
| 9 | Southern California | 23-5 | 12 |
| 10 | Baylor | 23-6 | 13 |
| 11 | Texas | 27-4 | 4 |
| 12 | North Carolina State | 25-5 | 15 |
| 13 | Indiana | 24-4 | 16 |
| 13 | Oregon State | 23-6 | 9 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 23-6 | 22 |
| 16 | Utah | 21-9 | 11 |
| 17 | Syracuse | 23-6 | 14 |
| 18 | Gonzaga | 29-2 | 21 |
| 19 | Louisville | 23-8 | 23 |
| 20 | UNLV | 26-2 | 24 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 18-10 | 29 |
| 22 | Kansas State | 24-6 | 19 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 19-10 | 18 |
| 24 | Colorado | 21-8 | 17 |
| 25 | Michigan State | 22-7 | 28 |
| 26 | West Virginia | 23-6 | 20 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 21-8 | 25 |
| 28 | Creighton | 24-4 | 26 |
| 29 | Toledo | 23-4 | 27 |
| 30 | Virginia Commonwealth | 26-4 | 30 |
| 30 | Fairfield | 26-1 | 30 |
BELOW THE 30 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):
Mississippi 22-7, Marquette 22-7, Michigan 17-12, Villanova 18-11, Colorado State 18-10, Kansas 18-11, Richmond 26-5, Ball State 25-4, Tulsa 22-9 Wyoming 16-12, Grand Canyon 24-6, New Mexico 20-10, Saint Joseph 26-4, Green Bay 24-6, Florida State 20-9, Missouri State 20-7, Drake 24-5, Vermont 20-10, California Baptist 24-3, Middle Tennessee State 24-4, Princeton 22-4, Northern Arizona 22-8, Auburn 19-10, Alabama 23-8, Mississippi State 21-10, North Carolina 19-11, Duke 19-10, Hawai’i 18-9, Vanderbilt 22-8, Florida Gulf Coast 26-4, Penn State 18-11
2023-24 NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Six (February 14, 2024)
Feb 14, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grace (Ind.) received all first-place vote for the fifth consecutive week to stay in the lead in the sixth edition of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll. The Lancers are still undefeated on the year with a perfect 24-0 record as of Tuesday. Langston (Okla.) checked-in at No. 2 again while College of Idaho and Oklahoma Wesleyan followed suit at Nos. 3-4. Cumberlands (Ky.) advanced to the top five this week as well. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) had the largest positive movement, up an impressive 10 spots to No. 15. Madonna (Mich.), The Master’s (Calif.) and SAGU (Texas) all advanced into the poll this week after receiving votes in the last poll, while a surging Concordia (Neb.) squad cracked the Top 25 for the first time this season.
Poll Methodology:
- The NAIA Men’s Basketball Poll is for publicity purposes only and has no weight or bearing in the selection process for national championship field consideration.
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
- 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 a low ratings) is removed
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- Frequency of polls occur bi-weekly
- Records listed are as of the end of the day on Monday of the poll week
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [First Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Grace (Ind.) [20] | 24-0 | 540 |
| 2 | 2 | Langston (Okla.) | 23-1 | 514 |
| 3 | 3 | College of Idaho | 22-2 | 504 |
| 4 | 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 23-1 | 493 |
| 5 | 8 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 21-2 | 465 |
| 6 | 5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 21-3 | 446 |
| 7 | 10 | Tennessee Southern | 23-2 | 428 |
| 8 | 6 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 20-4 | 415 |
| 9 | 9 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 20-3 | 392 |
| 10 | 11 | Montana Tech | 20-4 | 386 |
| 11 | 14 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 20-3 | 353 |
| 12 | 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 19-5 | 305 |
| 13 | 7 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 19-3 | 275 |
| 14 | RV | Madonna (Mich.) | 20-4 | 258 |
| 15 | 25 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 20-4 | 251 |
| 16 | 23 | Oregon Tech | 20-4 | 242 |
| 17 | 22 | Point Park (Pa.) | 23-2 | 238 |
| 18 | 21 | Florida College | 22-4 | 218 |
| 19 | 20 | Mobile (Ala.) | 20-5 | 189 |
| 20 | RV | The Master’s (Calif.) | 19-6 | 182 |
| 21 | NR | Concordia (Neb.) | 19-5 | 170 |
| 22 | 18 | Bethel (Ind.) | 18-6 | 141 |
| 23 | 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 18-6 | 139 |
| 24 | 16 | Arizona Christian | 18-7 | 112 |
| 25 | RV | SAGU (Texas) | 17-7 | 78 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Florida Memorial, Ave Maria (Fla.), LSU Shreveport (La.), Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Florida Memorial 76, St. Thomas (Fla.) 66, Central Baptist (Ark.) 65, Union (Ky.) 65, Antelope Valley (Calif.) 62, Texas College 41, OUAZ (Ariz.) 36, Marian (Ind.) 28, Ave Maria (Fla.) 17, LSU Alexandria (La.) 15, LSU Shreveport (La.) 13, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Kansas Wesleyan 9, St. Mary-Woods (Ind.) 8, Columbia (Mo.) 8, Baker (Kan.) 6, Pikeville (Ky.) 4.
2023-24 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches Top 25 Rating – No. 6 (February 14)
Feb 14, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dordt (Iowa) remains at No. 1 with 20 of the 21 first-place votes in the latest edition of the 2023-24 NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Rating. Marian (Ind.) moved up in the poll and garnered the remaining first-place vote. Sixteen of the Top 25 teams moved up or down one to three spots.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated groups.
- The Coaches’ 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 a low rating) 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 teams appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | SCHEDULE | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Dordt (Iowa) [20] | 23-1 | 591 |
| 2 | 2 | Marian (Ind.) [1] | 23-1 | 566 |
| 3 | 3 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 22-1 | 555 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana Wesleyan | 22-2 | 538 |
| 5 | 5 | Clarke (Iowa) | 23-1 | 510 |
| 6 | 7 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 21-2 | 475 |
| 7 | 6 | Concordia (Neb.) | 20-4 | 473 |
| 8 | 8 | Carroll (Mont.) | 19-4 | 471 |
| 9 | 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 16-4 | 431 |
| 10 | 9 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 21-5 | 421 |
| 11 | 11 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 21-4 | 396 |
| 12 | 12 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 20-3 | 394 |
| 13 | 16 | John Brown (Ark.) | 21-3 | 349 |
| 14 | 13 | Providence (Mont.) | 17-7 | 334 |
| 15 | 14 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 17-7 | 322 |
| 16 | 15 | Loyola (La.) | 18-3 | 285 |
| 17 | 19 | Indiana South Bend (Ind.) | 24-0 | 276 |
| 18 | 18 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 21-4 | 266 |
| 19 | 21 | Indiana Tech | 21-3 | 248 |
| 20 | 17 | Grand View (Iowa) | 22-3 | 243 |
| 21 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 23-0 | 201 |
| 22 | 24 | Southern Oregon | 20-4 | 200 |
| 23 | 20 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 19-6 | 157 |
| 24 | 25 | Menlo (Calif.) | 16-6 | 125 |
| 25 | 22 | Oregon Tech | 21-3 | 118 |
Dropped from the Top 25: None
DII Men’s Basketball rankings
Through Games FEB. 18, 2024
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Texas A&M (16) | 24-1 | 400 | 1 |
| 2 | Nova Southeastern, Fla. | 20-2 | 383 | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Lewis, Colo. | 22-2 | 366 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota State | 24-2 | 350 | 5 |
| 5 | Gannon, Pa. | 23-2 | 315 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Mesa | 21-3 | 314 | 9 |
| 7 | Northwest Missouri State | 21-4 | 297 | 11 |
| 8 | DBU, Texas | 21-3 | 270 | 4 |
| 9 | California, Pa. | 21-3 | 260 | 14 |
| 10 | West Georgia | 21-3 | 239 | 6 |
| 11 | Charleston, W.Va. | 20-3 | 223 | 16 |
| 12 | Minnesota Duluth | 22-5 | 204 | 17 |
| 13 | MSU Moorhead, Minn. | 22-3 | 200 | 8 |
| 14 | Fort Hays State, Kan. | 20-5 | 182 | 18 |
| 15 | East Stroudsburg, Pa. | 21-3 | 178 | 10 |
| 16 | North Georgia | 20-4 | 164 | 12 |
| 17 | Saint Martin’s, Wash. | 20-4 | 148 | 13 |
| 18 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 21-4 | 144 | 22 |
| 19 | Lander, S.C. | 19-5 | 83 | 19 |
| 20 | West Liberty, W.Va. | 19-5 | 66 | NR |
| 21 | Colorado School of Mines | 20-6 | 47 | 21 |
| 22 | Benedict, S.C. | 19-5 | 41 | 20 |
| 23 | St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y. | 20-5 | 39 | 15 |
| 24 | Minot State, N.D. | 19-7 | 37 | 23 |
| 25 | UNC Pembroke, N.C. | 19-5 | 34 | NR |
Others receiving votes: USC Aiken (S.C.) 30, Concord (W.Va.) 24, Northern Michigan 20, Clark Atlanta (Ga.) 15, Cal State San Bernardino 13, Indianapolis (Ind.) 12, Emmanuel (Ga.) 11, Montana State Billings 10, Florida Southern 9, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 9, Lubbock Christian (Texas) 8, Kentucky Wesleyan 7, Ferris State (Mich.) 3, Millersville (Pa.) 3, Saint Michael’s (Vt.) 3, Bentley (Mass.) 2, Lee (Tenn.) 2, Washburn (Kan.) 2, Lake Superior State (Mich.) 1.
D3hoops.com men’s Top 25, Week 11 2023-24
Through games of Sunday, Feb. 19
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | Hampden-Sydney (21) | 23-2 | 619 | 2 |
| 2 | Randolph-Macon (4) | 22-3 | 587 | 3 |
| 3 | John Carroll | 23-2 | 546 | 1 |
| 4 | Trinity (Conn.) | 24-1 | 537 | 5 |
| 5 | Oswego State | 24-1 | 512 | 4 |
| 6 | Calvin | 22-3 | 449 | 10 |
| 7 | Guilford | 22-3 | 447 | 9 |
| 8 | Cal Lutheran | 22-3 | 445 | 8 |
| 9 | Trine | 22-3 | 421 | 7 |
| 10 | Trinity (Texas) | 23-2 | 413 | 6 |
| 11 | Keene State | 22-3 | 401 | 11 |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve | 20-4 | 386 | 13 |
| 13 | Widener | 22-3 | 323 | 14 |
| 14 | New York University | 19-5 | 273 | 12 |
| 15 | UW-Platteville | 21-4 | 271 | 16 |
| 16 | DeSales | 23-2 | 251 | 15 |
| 17 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 22-3 | 218 | 18 |
| 18 | Catholic | 22-3 | 213 | 19 |
| 19 | Coe | 21-4 | 127 | 23 |
| 20 | Williams | 20-5 | 120 | 25 |
| 21 | Elmhurst | 20-5 | 84 | 24 |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan | 18-7 | 68 | — |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins | 19-6 | 65 | 17 |
| 24 | Mount Union | 19-6 | 47 | 22 |
| 25 | Christopher Newport | 19-6 | 39 | 20 |
Dropped out: No. 21 Rowan.
Others receiving votes: Rowan 38; St. John’s 35; Tufts 29; St. Joseph (Conn.) 24; Maryville 20; WPI 17; Washington U. 16; Dubuque 12; Western Connecticut 10; Clark 10; Stevens 9; St. Thomas (Texas) 9; Nichols 7; Hood 6; Carnegie Mellon 6; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5; Loras 4; Otterbein 3; Pomona-Pitzer 3.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
D3hoops.com women’s Top 25, 2023-24 Week 11
Through games of Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024
| # | School (No. 1 votes) | W-L | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1 | New York University (22) | 24-0 | 622 | 1 |
| 2 | Transylvania (3) | 25-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3 | Rhode Island College | 25-0 | 580 | 3 |
| 4 | Christopher Newport | 24-1 | 530 | 4 |
| 5 | Gustavus Adolphus | 23-2 | 478 | 7 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 23-2 | 468 | 6 |
| 7 | Scranton | 23-2 | 433 | 8 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 22-3 | 419 | 9 |
| 9 | Hope | 23-2 | 413 | 5 |
| 10 | Catholic | 24-1 | 404 | 10 |
| 11 | Bowdoin | 23-2 | 387 | 11 |
| 12 | Illinois Wesleyan | 21-4 | 343 | 13 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins | 23-2 | 331 | 12 |
| 14 | UW-Oshkosh | 21-4 | 278 | 15 |
| 15 | Millikin | 21-4 | 277 | 14 |
| 16 | Hardin-Simmons | 22-3 | 262 | 16 |
| 17 | Smith | 22-3 | 201 | 18 |
| 18 | DeSales | 23-2 | 193 | 17 |
| 19 | Carroll | 21-4 | 185 | 19 |
| 20 | Loras | 22-3 | 154 | 20 |
| 21 | Washington and Lee | 23-2 | 131 | 21 |
| 22 | Emory | 19-5 | 100 | 22 |
| 23 | Gettysburg | 22-3 | 97 | 23 |
| 24 | Webster | 25-0 | 40 | 25 |
| 25 | SUNY New Paltz | 22-3 | 35 | — |
Dropped out: No. 24 Mary Hardin-Baylor
Others receiving votes: Bates 33; Mary Hardin-Baylor 30; Concordia-Moorhead 25; Springfield 18; Mass-Dartmouth 17; Washington and Jefferson 14; Trinity (Conn.) 11; Trinity (Texas) 7; Vassar 5; Whitman 5; Marietta 1
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
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