AUSTIN, Texas — The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) released its latest weekly NCAA Division II men's basketball rankings, moving St. Edward's up to No. 11 in the nation, up from No. 14.
St. Edward's (9-0) opens conference play undefeated for the first time since the 2014-15 season, having defeated Arlington Baptist 104-64 since the previous national rankings were released.
The Hilltoppers are the top-ranked field-goal percentage defense in the Lone Star Conference, and 14th in the nation, limiting opponents to 36.9 percent shooting, and third in the LSC in assists per game (16.7).
Senior
BLAKE NIELSEN leads the team in scoring at 17.2 points per game on 44.6/36.4/80.8 shooting splits, along with 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. Freshman point guard
RYDER BRADLEY is second at 14.7 points per game on 50.0/35.9/75.7 shooting splits, averaging 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.
St. Edward's opens conference play at home on Thursday, Dec. 4, against Sul Ross State, followed by another home game on Saturday against Western New Mexico.
Record Points Previous
1. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (16) 4-0 400 1
2. Washburn, Kan. 8-0 383 2
3. Daemen, N.Y. 8-0 366 3
4. Lubbock Christian, Texas 6-0 345 5
5. Missouri S&T 3-0 323 6
6. Southern Nazarene, Okla. 6-0 308 7
7. North Georgia 6-0 270 11
8. Alabama Huntsville 5-1 252 8
9. St. Mary's, Texas 5-0 248 13
10. Fairmont State, W.Va. 4-1 238 10
11. St. Edward's, Texas 9-0 222 14
12. Point Loma, Calif. 5-1 216 4
13. West Texas A&M 7-0 213 15
14. Michigan Tech 6-1 185 12
15. Oklahoma Baptist 6-0 151 19
16. West Liberty, W.Va. 3-1 137 17
17. Gannon, Pa. 5-1 135 9
18. Florida Southern 6-1 121 18
19. Grand Valley State, Mich. 6-0 119 22
20. Dominican, N.Y. 5-0 91 20
21. Black Hills State, S.D. 5-1 61 23
22. Assumption, Mass. 5-1 55 16
23. Miles, Ala. 4-0 52 24
24. Anderson, S.C. 6-0 40 NR
25. Palm Beach Atlantic, Fla. 6-0 37 NR
Others receiving votes: Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 36, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 27, Cal Poly Pomona 20, Findlay (Ohio) 20, Carson-Newman (Tenn.)18, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 16, Angelo State (Texas) 13, Cal State East Bay 12, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 11, Lake Erie (Ohio) 9, Arkansas-Fort Smith 8, Minnesota Duluth 7, Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) 7, Montana State Billings 6, Shaw (N.C.) 5, McKendree (Ill.) 4, Adelphi (N.Y.) 2, Central Washington 2, UVA-Wise (Va.) 2, Cal State Dominguez Hills 1, Central Missouri 1.
Dropped out: Concordia-St. Paul (21), Carson-Newman (25).
Records are through games of Nov. 30, 2025. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 9.
