KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball remained No. 2 in the first NABC Top 25 coaches poll of the season that was released today.

The Ichabods are 6-0 this season and will host Friends tonight at 7 p.m. in Lee Arena and then will face Ottawa on Saturday at 2 p.m. following the Thanksgiving holiday. The Ichabods have been ranked in the top 10 in the last 16 polls dating back to last year and the top five in the last 14 consecutive polls.

NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Nov. 25, 2025 – Pre-Season Poll)

            Record Points  Previous
1. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (16) 3-0       400      1
2. Washburn, Kan.        6-0       383      2
3. Daemen, N.Y.           6-0       363      4
4. Point Loma, Calif.      4-0       343      7
5. Lubbock Christian, Texas       6-0       292      25
6. Missouri S&T 2-0       281      8
7. Southern Nazarene, Okla.      4-0       254      20
8. Alabama Huntsville    3-1       252      6
9. Gannon, Pa.  3-0       238      22
10. Fairmont State, W.Va.          3-1       215      5
11. North Georgia         4-0       200      NR
12. Michigan Tech         5-1       197      13
13. St. Mary's, Texas     4-0       193      NR
14. St. Edward's, Texas 8-0       163      NR
15. West Texas A&M     5-0       155      NR
16. Assumption, Mass.  4-0       145      NR
17. West Liberty, W.Va. 3-1       142      11
18. Florida Southern      4-1       119      15
19. Oklahoma Baptist    4-0       104      NR
20. Dominican, N.Y.      3-0       84        NR
21. Concordia-St. Paul, Minn.    3-0       82        NR
22. Grand Valley State, Mich.     4-0       80        NR
23. Black Hills State, S.D.          3-1       69        17
24. Miles, Ala.   3-0       55        NR
25. Carson-Newman, Tenn.       3-0       51        NR

Others receiving votes: Findlay (Ohio) 48, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 37, Minnesota Duluth 37, Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) 30, Anderson (S.C.) 26, Cal Poly Pomona 21, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 19, Cal State Dominguez Hills 16, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 14, Montana State Billings 12, Drury (Mo.) 11, Angelo State (Texas) 10, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 10, Northern Michigan 10, Rogers State (Ark.) 10, Lake Erie (Ohio) 9, Arkansas Fort Smith 6, Central Washington 4, Georgia Southwestern 3, Virginia Union 3, Adelphi (N.Y.) 2, Columbus State (Ga.) 2.

Dropped out: DBU (3), Southwest Minnesota State (9), Colorado School of Mines (10), Cal State Dominiguez Hills (12), Lincoln Memorial (14), Columbus State (16), Central Washington (18), Lenoir-Rhyne (19), Virginia State (21), Findlay (23), Gannon (24).