Southern Arkansas Stays Atop DII Poll
NATIONAL POLL
| RANK | SCHOOL | W-L | PTS | PREV |
| 1 | Southern Arkansas (14) | 38-4 | 374 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Missouri (1) | 34-5 | 351 | 3 |
| 3 | UC San Diego | 37-6 | 350 | 2 |
| 4 | Tampa, Fla. | 39-8 | 310 | 4 |
| 5 | Florida Southern | 37-6 | 303 | 5 |
| 6 | Mount Olive, N.C. | 38-9 | 302 | 7 |
| 7 | New Mexico Highlands | 30-6 | 287 | 8 |
| 8 | Abilene Christian, Texas | 38-10 | 247 | 6 |
| 9 | Francis Marion, S.C. | 35-10 | 237 | 11 |
| 10 | Kutztown, Pa. | 30-9 | 229 | 9 |
| 11 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 34-11 | 219 | 12 |
| 12 | Emporia State, Kans. | 31-10 | 188 | 10 |
| 13 | West Chester, Pa. | 29-9 | 176 | 14 |
| 14 | Grand Valley State, Mich. | 28-10 | 174 | 13 |
| 15 | Valdosta State, Ga. | 35-12 | 157 | 18 |
| 16 | Georgia College & State U. | 29-12 | 143 | 17 |
| 17 | Southern Indiana | 34-10 | 138 | 15 |
| 18 | Southern Connecticut State | 27-8 | 123 | 23 |
| 19 | Columbus State, Ga. | 34-9 | 121 | 19 |
| 20 | Winona State, Minn. | 27-7 | 102 | RV |
| 21 | Minnesota State | 27-9 | 46 | 20 |
| 22 | West Florida | 32-15 | 43 | RV |
| 23 | Cal State San Bernardino | 25-13 | 41 | RV |
| 24 | West Virginia State | 25-6 | 38 | RV |
| 25 | Northern Kentucky | 33-12 | 31 | RV |
(First-place votes shown in parentheses)
Dropped out: #16 Adelphi, #21 Delta State. #22 Incarnate Word, #24 Chico State, #25 St. Cloud State.
Also receiving votes: Adelphi, N.Y. (26-10) 29 points; Catawba, S.C. (34-90 27 points; St. Mary’s, Texas (31-14) 17 points; Delta State, Miss. (31-13) 15 points; Concord, W. Va. (22-5) 11 points; North Georgia (29-14) 10 points; St. Cloud State, Minn. (28-9) 10 points; Arkansas Tech (33-14) 8 points; Chico State, Calif. (27-15) 8 points; New Haven, Conn. (24-9) 4 points; Western Oregon (26-11) 4 points; Erskine, S.C. (37-14) 1 point; UNC Pembroke (29-13) 1 point.