KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released its Coaches' Preseason Poll on Wednesday morning, the Tigers hold the 21
stspot in the ratings.
Campbellsville ended last season with a 22-10 record, playing their way to an at-large bid to the NAIA National Tournament and ending the season in the receiving votes category of the Coaches' Postseason Poll.
In the poll, the Tigers were awarded 76 voting points to narrowly miss a top 20 preseason ranking.
Campbellsville enters the 2019-2020 season behind a returning squad of
Jacob King,
Sam Weining, and
Ronald Taylor, all of whom recorded quality minutes for the Tigers last season. CU also added a handful of transfers that could be key to success for this upcoming year.
CU is one of five Mid-South Conference teams mentioned in the poll as Georgetown, Pikeville, and the University of the Cumberlands are in the top 25, while Life University is in the receiving votes category.
The Tigers are fourth of the aforementioned teams as Georgetown receives the number one overall ranking, while Pikeville sits in the fifth spot, following by the University of the Cumberlands at 16
th.
Coming off of their national championship run and a 33-4 2018-19 record, Georgetown received all nine of the polls first place votes and 219 total voting points. The other teams in the top five include The Masters with 210 points, Wayland Baptist with 199 points, William Penn with 196 points, and Pikeville with 191 points.
Campbellsville with start the season on Friday. Oct. 25
thvs. Ohio State (Mansfield). Tipoff for the game will be at 7 p.m. ET with live links available on CampbellsvilleTigers.com
Top 25 Highlights
- Georgetown received all nine first-place votes.
- The Tigers won their third NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship in 2019. The team will open the season with an exhibition against University of Kentucky at Rupp Arena on Sunday. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.
- The Master's (Calif.) will open with a pair of former NAIA schools in Concordia (Calif.) and Azuza Pacific (Calif.) in exhibition action before kicking off the season at home against Occidental College.
- Wayland Baptist entered the top five for the first time since February 26, 2019 when it was tied for fifth with Stillman (Okla.)
- After finishing 1-1 in the 2019 Division I Men's Basketball National Championship, William Penn (Iowa) jumped to No. 4 after earning top billing in the Heart of America Athletic Conference ratings.
- Former member Mountain State (W.Va.) owns the most No. 1-rankings with 48, followed by Robert Morris (Ill.) (24) and Georgetown (Ky.) (18). LSU Alexandria is next on the list with 16 while former NAIA member Concordia (Calif.) is at 12.
- Pikeville (Ky.) owns the longest active streak in the Top 25, which is now at 75 consecutive polls.
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Georgetown (Ky.) [9] |
33-4 |
219 |
| 2 |
T4 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
27-6 |
210 |
| 3 |
8 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
24-8 |
199 |
| 4 |
23 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
22-12 |
196 |
| 5 |
13 |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
25-9 |
191 |
| 6 |
2 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
30-4 |
187 |
| 7 |
14 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
25-10 |
178 |
| 8 |
20 |
Talladega (Ala.) |
24-8 |
166 |
| 9 |
3 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
31-4 |
155 |
| 10 |
RV |
Arizona Christian |
25-9 |
153 |
| 11 |
17 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
23-11 |
152 |
| 12 |
NR |
Providence (Mont.) |
18-12 |
145 |
| 13 |
RV |
Science & Arts (Okla.) |
22-11 |
139 |
| 14 |
6 |
Stillman (Ala.) |
27-6 |
133 |
| 15 |
10 |
Vanguard (Calif.) |
25-7 |
114 |
| 16 |
21 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
21-11 |
113 |
| 17 |
24 |
Loyola (La.) |
22-12 |
109 |
| 18 |
RV |
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) |
21-13 |
105 |
| 19 |
NR |
Montana State-Northern |
18-14 |
87 |
| 20 |
NR |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
17-14 |
82 |
| 21 |
RV |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
22-10 |
76 |
| 22 |
12 |
Wiley (Texas) |
24-7 |
65 |
| 23 |
7 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
30-7 |
59 |
| 24 |
NR |
Park (Mo.) |
20-11 |
44 |
| 25 |
19 |
Peru State (Neb.) |
23-11 |
42 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Tougaloo (Miss.), Missouri Baptist, Carroll (Mont.), John Brown (Ark.), William Jessup (Calif.), Bethel (Tenn.), St. Thomas (Texas), Oklahoma City
Others Receiving Votes: Hope International (Calif.) 36, Bethel (Tenn.) 33, Xavier (La.) 31, SAGU (Texas) 22, Dillard (La.) 20, Central Baptist (Ark.) 16, Carroll (Mont.) 15, Life (Ga.) 7, Oklahoma City 5.
