🏀 Tiger men receiving votes in NABC Top 25 poll

Fort Hays State Men's Basketball returned to the receiving votes list of the NABC Division II Top 25 Poll this week, released on Tuesday (Feb. 1). The Tigers received 14 voting points in the poll this week, just nine shy of cracking the Top 25.

Fort Hays State is the second-highest listed team outside the Top 25, only behind Union which received 15 votes this week. Mercyhurst, ranked No. 25, received 23 voting points.

The Central Region is stacked right now with five teams inside the Top 25 Poll. Northwest Missouri State is the highest ranked of that bundle at No. 4, followed by Minnesota Duluth at No. 7, Augustana at No. 11, Central Oklahoma at No. 16, and Upper Iowa at No. 19. Fort Hays State and Southeastern Oklahoma State are both among the teams receiving votes.

The Tigers have been in the Top 25 of the D2SIDA Poll a couple of times this season, with No. 22 being their highest mark in that poll so far. But, they have not jumped into the Top 25 yet in the NABC Poll this season.

Below are the national Top 25 polls for February 1, 2022.

NABC Top 25 Poll - February 1, 2022
1. Lubbock Christian (14) 19-0
2. Nova Southeastern (2) 18-0
3. Cal State San Bernardino 16-1
4. Northwest Missouri State 19-2
5. West Liberty 18-2
6. UNC Pembroke 18-1
7. Minnesota Duluth 19-2
18. Indiana (Pa.) 17-2
9. Cal State San Marcos 14-2
10. Chico State 13-2
11. Augustana 17-2
12. Fairmont State 16-3
13. Regis 16-2
14. Lincoln Memorial 16-3
15. Ferris State 16-3
16. Central Oklahoma 17-3
17. Queens (NC) 17-3
18. Bentley 14-2
19. Upper Iowa 19-3
20. West Texas A&M 18-4
21. Flagler 16-3
22. Barry 14-3
23. Augusta 16-3
24. Dominican 13-3
25. Mercyhurst 17-4
Others receiving votes: Union (Tenn.) 15, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 14, Georgia College 9, Malone (Ohio) 5, Daemen (N.Y.) 3, Angelo State (Texas) 2, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 1, Southeastern Oklahoma State 1.

D2SIDA Top 25 Poll - February 1, 2022
1. Lubbock Christian (11) 19-0
2. Nova Southeastern (3) 18-0
3. Northwest Missouri State 19-2
4. CSU San Bernardino 16-1
5. Indiana (Pa.) 17-2
6. West Liberty 18-2
7. UNC Pembroke 18-1
8. Minnesota Duluth 19-2
9. Ferris State 16-3
10. CSU San Marcos 14-2
11. Queens (N.C.) 17-3
12. Bentley 14-2
13. Chico State 13-2
14. Augustana 17-2
15. Regis 16-2
16. Central Oklahoma 17-3
17. Flagler 16-3
18. West Texas A&M 18-4
19. Fairmont State 16-3
20. Lincoln Memorial 16-3
21. Upper Iowa 19-3
22. Dominican (N.Y.) 13-3
23. Barry 14-3
24. Hillsdale 15-4
25. Augusta 16-3
Others Receiving Votes (on more than one ballot): Grand Valley State – 15; Mercyhurst – 13; Embry-Riddle – 12; St. Thomas Aquinas – 5; Black Hills State – 4; Union – 4