Women Claim Top Spot, Men Eighth in National Coaches Poll
NORFOLK, Va.— In the release of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) basketball coaches poll on Friday, Jan. 6, both the men’s and women’s programs of Southern Maine Community College received national ranking for the fourth consecutive week among the top 20 Division II teams in the association.
NORFOLK, Va.— In the release of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) basketball coaches poll on Friday, Jan. 6, both the men’s and women’s programs of Southern Maine Community College received national ranking for the fourth consecutive week among the top 20 Division II teams in the association.
In a poll based on a point system and voted on by a committee of men’s and women’s basketball coaches nationwide, the SMCC women’s team received 292 total votes to move the SeaWolves into the top spot for the first time in program history! Ranked second in the previous poll, the women overtook Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC)-opponent Central Maine Community College who drop to third in week four of the regular season. The four other YSCC teams receiving rankings were: New Hampshire Technical Institute (6) down two spots, College of St. Joseph’s (VT) (9), University of Maine at Augusta (10) down two, and the University of Maine at Machias (20) down one.
Among the five YSCC teams making the poll on the men’s side, SMCC received a total of 261 points, coming in at eighth and one spot up from the previous poll. Other YSCC programs receiving rankings were: NHTI (6), CMCC (9) down one spot, St. Joseph’s (10) up two, and Vermont Technical College (20).
Berkeley College- NY remains the unanimous point-getter and top team in the national rankings.
Both men’s and women’s basketball travel to the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) on Saturday, Jan. 7 for two non-conference games.
Women's Basketball Division II - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Total | Last Week |
| 1 | Southern Maine CC | 292 | 2 |
| 2 | Penn State Lehigh Valley | 288 | 3 |
| 3 | Central Maine CC | 284 | 1 |
| 4 | Penn State Hazleton | 276 | 5 |
| 5 | Penn State Beaver | 265 | 6 |
| 6 | NHTI | 264 | 4 |
| 7 | Penn State DuBois | 263 | 7 |
| 8 | Penn State Brandywine | 258 | 15 |
| 9 | College of St. Joseph's-Vermont | 256 | 9 |
| 10 | University of Maine-Augusta | 252 | 8 |
| 11 | University of Cincinnati-Clermont | 242 | 10 |
| 12 | Villa Maria College | 233 | 14 |
| 13 | Penn State Wilkes Barre | 232 | 11 |
| 14 | Johnson & Wales-Charlotte | 228 | 12 |
| 15 | Mid-Atlantic Christian College | 224 | 16 |
| 16 | Penn State Mont Alto | 176 | 13 |
| 17 | Davis College | 169 | 17 |
| 18 | Albany College of Pharmacy | 164 | 18 |
| 19 | Penn State Fayette | 160 | 20 |
| 20 | University of Maine-Machias | 100 | 19 |
Men's Basketball Division II - Week 4
| Rank | Team | Total | Last Wk. |
| 1 | Berkeley College-NY | 300 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Penn College | 289 | 2 |
| 3 | Williamson College of the Trades | 287 | 3 |
| 4 | Andrews University | 277 | 4 |
| 5 | Penn State York | 273 | 5 |
| 6 | NHTI | 271 | 6 |
| 7 | Penn State Greater Allegheny | 264 | 7 |
| 8 | Southern Maine CC | 261 | 9 |
| 9 | Central Maine CC | 250 | 8 |
| 10 | College of St. Joseph's-Vermont | 223 | 12 |
| 11 | Villa Maria College | 219 | 13 |
| 12 | Penn State Schuylkill | 209 | T-14 |
| 13 | SUNY Delhi | 201 | 11 |
| 14 | SUNY-ESF | 187 | 19 |
| 15 | Penn State Lehigh Valley | 183 | 16 |
| 16 | Penn State Beaver | 174 | T-14 |
| 17 | Warren Wilson College | 158 | 10 |
| 18 | Johnson and Wales-Charlotte | 144 | 17 |
| 19 | Penn State DuBois | 144 | 18 |
| 20 | Vermont Tech | 127 | NR |
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