KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oregon Tech opens the 2024-25 season ranked No. 16 in the Preseason NAIA Men's Basketball Top-25 Coaches Poll, released by the national office.
The Hustlin' Owls earn a spot in the poll to start a year for the sixth time in seven seasons, with Tech ranked for the sixth-straight polling period.
OIT received 255 voter points from the 20 conference raters – one of three Cascade Conference teams in the rating. Defending CCC regular-season champ, College of Idaho, is ranked No. 2, with Lewis-Clark State ranked No. 25. The Owls defeated both teams on the road on the way to the CCC Tournament title in 2024 – part of a 27-6 season.
One non-conference opponent is ranked in the poll – No. 6-ranked Arizona Christian, who visits Klamath Falls as part of the Lithia Classic.
Tech opens the season next Friday in Helena, Mont., competing in the Comfort Suites Classic – facing the University of Providence and Carroll College.
| RANK |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
2023-24 RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
Langston (Okla.) [13] |
35-2 |
533 |
| 2 |
College of Idaho [5] |
32-4 |
525 |
| 3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
29-6 |
483 |
| 4 |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] |
32-4 |
478 |
| 5 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan |
31-3 |
456 |
| 6 |
Arizona Christian |
25-8 |
451 |
| 7 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
24-8 |
427 |
| 8 |
Grace (Ind.) |
34-2 |
415 |
| 9 |
Montana Tech |
27-5 |
355 |
| 10 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
24-9 |
350 |
| 11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
24-8 |
335 |
| 12 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
24-7 |
333 |
| 13 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
24-9 |
293 |
| 14 |
Central Baptist (Ark.) |
28-7 |
275 |
| 15 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
25-8 |
259 |
| 16 |
Oregon Tech |
27-6 |
255 |
| 17 |
Ave Maria (Fla.) |
22-10 |
246 |
| 18 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
28-5 |
244 |
| 19 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
22-10 |
214 |
| 19 |
Baker (Kan.) |
23-10 |
214 |
| 21 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
27-7 |
185 |
| 22 |
Florida Memorial |
23-7 |
151 |
| 23 |
Nelson (Texas) |
20-10 |
116 |
| 24 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
23-9 |
110 |
| 25 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
24-9 |
95 |
Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 89, Columbia (Mo.) 84, Keiser (Fla.) 50, Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 46, Pikeville (Ky.) 40, Indiana Tech 34, Dordt (Iowa) 24, IU Northwest (Ind.) 21, Hope International (Calif.) 19, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 13, Xavier (La.) 9, Peru State (Neb.) 9, Mobile (Ala.) 8, St. Thomas (Fla.) 3, Cornerstone (Mich.) 3, Southwestern (Kan.) 3, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 2
