Harrogate, TN - Three days after claiming the outright South Atlantic Conference regular season title, the Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team climbed three spots to 8th nationally in the NABC Top 25 poll, released on Tuesday. At the time of release, the Railsplitters are currently playing Wingate in the first round of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. On Monday, it was announced that Lincoln Memorial guard Wes Enis was named South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Elyjah Freeman was named Freshman of the Year. EJ Smith was named to the All-Freshman team. Enis and Freeman were named First Team All-SAC.

NABC Division II Coaches Poll (March 4, 2025 – Regular Season Poll #15)

Rank | Team (FPV) | Record | Points | Previous ranking       
1. Daemen, N.Y. (11)    25-0     392       1
2. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (5)   27-1     387       2
3. Alabama Huntsville   27-1     372       3
4. Washburn, Kan.        26-2     352       4
5. West Liberty, W.Va.   25-3     334       6
6. Columbus State, Ga. 25-3     309       7
7. DBU, Texas  27-4     298       10
8. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn.         23-4     278       11
9. Colorado School of Mines      24-4     273       5
10. Missouri S&T          23-4     250       8
11. Fairmont State, W.Va.         24-4     228       13
12. Point Loma, Calif.    25-5     204       14
13. Valdosta State, Ga. 23-5     199       9
14. Lenoir-Rhyne, N.C.  23-5     181       15
15. Findlay, Ohio           24-4     173       12
16. Lake Superior State, Mich.   25-5     169       16
17. Adelphi, N.Y.           26-6     131       18
18. Cal State Dominguez Hills   23-5     130       19
19. Chico State, Calif.    23-5     108       20
20. Michigan Tech         22-6     99        21
21. Miles, Ala.   23-3     71        25
22. Lubbock Christian, Texas     23-7     70        17
23. Florida Southern      23-7     30        NR
24. MSU Moorhead, Minn.         21-8     24        NR
25. Midwestern State, Texas     22-6     22        NR

Others receiving votes: Biola (Calif.) 18, Pace (N.Y.) 17, Gannon (Pa.) 15, Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 11, West Chester (Pa.) 11, Ferris State (Mich.) 9, Winona State (Minn.) 7, Southwest Minnesota State 6, Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 4, Minot State (N.D.) 4, Kentucky Wesleyan 3, Missouri-St. Louis 2, UNC Pembroke (N.C.) 1, Upper Iowa 1.

Dropped out: Ferris State (T-22), Pace (T-22), Concordia-St. Paul (24).

Records are through games of Sunday, March 2.  Previous ranking was from Feb. 25 poll.