Harrogate, TN -- The Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team earned national recognition in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II preseason Top 25 poll, released on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Railsplitters received 11 votes in the national balloting, positioning the program among the top teams considered outside the main rankings as they prepare to tip-off their upcoming campaign.
Nova Southeastern leads the national rankings at the top spot, earning seven first-place votes after finishing with a 31-2 record last season. Washburn holds the second ranking with three first-place votes, while Gannon sits third with six first-place votes following a 34-3 season and National Championship in 2025-26. West Liberty ranks fourth overall, DBU takes fifth, and Black Hills State holds sixth. Rounding out the top ten teams in the national poll are Lander in seventh, Cal State East Bay in eighth, Minnesota State in ninth, and West Alabama placed tenth.
The middle tier of the top 25 features Point Loma at eleventh, Oklahoma Baptist at twelfth, Palm Beach Atlantic at thirteenth, Walsh at fourteenth, and Daemen at fifteenth. Eastern New Mexico holds the sixteenth ranking, followed by Grand Valley State at seventeenth, South Atlantic Conference foe Anderson at eighteenth, Central Missouri at nineteenth, and McKendree at twentieth. The remaining positions in the ranking belong to Saint Martin's at twenty-first, St. Cloud State at twenty-second, Lubbock Christian at twenty-third, Fairmont State at twenty-fourth, and Alabama-Huntsville completing the top 25 at twenty-fifth.
Lincoln Memorial is featured alongside several prominent programs receiving votes. Cal State San Bernardino led the unranked vote-getters with 54 points, followed by Michigan Tech with 51, Saint Michael's with 44, Lake Superior State with 41, and Fayetteville State with 37. Lake Erie, South Atlantic Conference foe Lenoir-Rhyne, and William Jewell each earned 28 votes, while Minnesota Duluth received 22 and CSU Pueblo secured 20. Other programs recognized in the polling include Columbus State with 18 votes, Missouri Western with 17, Bentley with 16, as well as Florida Southern and Morehouse with 14 votes apiece. Indiana Pennsylvania collected 12 votes to stay just ahead of Lincoln Memorial's 11 points, while Miles, Missouri Southern, and St. Edward's were grouped closely behind with 10 votes each.
