AUSTIN, Texas – The National Association of Basketball Coaches revealed its latest NCAA Division II Men's National Ranking, listing St. Edward's (10-1, 1-1 LSC) No. 14 after the Hilltoppers split last week's conference-opening games.
St. Edward's remains the top field goal percentage defense in the Lone Star Conference, limiting opponents to 38.4 percent shooting from the field and 28.5 percent from behind the 3-point line. The Hilltoppers also rank third in the LSC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55), assists per game (16.4), defensive rebounds (26.18), and 3-point attempts.
Graduate point forward
BLAKE NIELSEN leads the team, averaging 18.6 points on 47.1/33.3/78.4 shooting splits, along with 5.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. Freshman point guard
RYDER BRADLEY ranks third in the LSC in total assists (42), fifth in total points (157), and second in steals (26).
St. Edward's will continue conference play this weekend, traveling to play UT Tyler on Saturday, December 13.
NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Dec. 9, 2025 – Regular Season Poll #3)
Record Points Previous
1. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (16) 6-0 400 1
2. Washburn, Kan. 10-0 383 2
3. Daemen, N.Y. 10-0 366 3
4. Lubbock Christian, Texas 8-0 353 4
5. Southern Nazarene, Okla. 8-0 321 6
6. North Georgia 7-0 312 7
7. St. Mary's, Texas 7-0 294 9
8. West Texas A&M 9-0 280 13
9. Fairmont State, W.Va. 6-1 241 10
10. Point Loma, Calif. 7-1 235 12
11. Michigan Tech 8-1 219 14
12. Missouri S&T 5-1 210 5
13. West Liberty, W.Va. 5-1 177 16
14. St. Edward's, Texas 10-1 163 11
15. Gannon, Pa. 6-1 149 17
16. Florida Southern 8-1 147 18
17. Palm Beach Atlantic, Fla. 8-0 127 25
18. Anderson, S.C. 7-0 119 24
19. Black Hills State, S.D. 7-1 102 21
20. Miles, Ala. 6-0 89 23
21. Alabama Huntsville 6-2 81 8
22. Assumption, Mass. 7-1 77 22
23. Oklahoma Baptist 7-1 65 15
24. Cal State East Bay 7-0 47 NR
25. Arkansas Fort Smith 7-0 45 NR
Others receiving votes: Grand Valley State (Mich.) 44, Upper Iowa 24, Findlay (Ohio) 18, Shaw (N.C.) 16, Central Missouri 15, Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) 14, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 13, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 11, UVa-Wise (Va.) 10, West Alabama 6, Eastern New Mexico 5, Minnesota Duluth 5, Adelphi (N.Y.) 4, Cal Poly Pomona 3, Dominican (N.Y.) 3, Montana State Billings 3, Central Washington 2, Cal State Dominguez Hills 1.
Dropped out: Grand Valley State (19), Dominican, N.Y. (20).
Records are through games of Dec. 7, 2025. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
