EOU Moves to 17th in Latest National Poll
1.14.07
The Eastern Oregon University Men's Basketball Team is ranked #17 in the latest NAIA National Poll. This ranking moves EOU up 8 spots from last weeks polls where they were ranked #25. 17th is the highest ranking for Eastern Men's Basketball Team in recent memory.
This comes on the heels of two inpressive weekend vicotories over last weeks #7 OIT (19-3 now #12) and Southern Oregon University (10-10) at home.
Four other Cascade Conference teams reman in the top 25. Warner Pacific (17-2) staid in the #4 spot while OIT dropped to #12. Albertson (13-3) moved up from #14 to #9 while Northwest (16-5) made room in the #17 slot by moving down to #20.
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
POINTS |
1 |
1 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
15 |
15-0 |
507 |
2 |
2 |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
1 |
19-1 |
490 |
3 |
3 |
Point Park (Pa.) |
1 |
19-0 |
473 |
4 |
4 |
Warner Pacific (Ore.) |
|
17-2 |
461 |
5 |
5 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
|
18-3 |
445 |
6 |
6 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
|
16-1 |
426 |
7 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
|
17-3 |
404 |
8 |
10 |
Walsh (Ohio) |
|
16-3 |
389 |
9 |
14 |
Albertson (Idaho) |
|
13-3 |
362 |
10 |
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
|
18-2 |
352 |
11 |
12 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) |
|
15-3 |
339 |
12 |
7 |
Oregon Tech |
|
18-3 |
315 |
13 |
15 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
|
14-3 |
314 |
14 |
13 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
|
12-5 |
261 |
15 |
NR |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
|
14-6 |
239 |
16 |
20 |
Cedarville (Ohio) |
|
12-5 |
225 |
17 |
25 |
Eastern Oregon |
|
14-4 |
221 |
18 |
24 |
William Jessup (Calif.) |
|
12-6 |
157 |
19 |
11 |
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) |
|
16-4 |
151 |
20 |
17 |
Northwest (Wash.) |
|
16-5 |
150 |
21 |
16 |
St. Francis (Ind.) |
|
14-8 |
148 |
22 |
18 |
Mayville State (N.D.) |
|
12-7 |
144 |
23 |
19 |
Northwood (Fla.) |
|
14-4 |
140 |
23 |
NR |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
|
12-6 |
140 |
25 |
NR |
Mount Mercy (Iowa) |
|
11-6 |
113 |
Contact Information for Athletics
Athletics Office, Quinn 126
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Phone: 541-962-3364
email: athletic @eou.edu
