1. South Dakota State: 72pts (8) LW 1: The Jackrabbits sweep of USD makes them the unanimous number 1
2. South Dakota: 63pts LW 2: USD gets swept by the team on top of this list but remains second.
3. North Dakota State: 57pts LW 3: NDSU sweeps #4 ORU and the gap between 2 and 3 closes
4. Oral Roberts: 44pts LW 4: The Golden Eagles were swept by #3 NDSU but the voters keep them in place
5. Kansas City: 42pts LW 5. KC was idle this week but the gap closes with #4 ORU after the Golden Eagles were swept.
6. Western Illinois: 35pts LW 6. WIU splits with Omaha this week.
7. Denver: 24pts LW 7. Denver splits with the team directly below them in the power rankings
8. North Dakota: 17pts. LW 8. The Fighting Hawks split with the Pioneers.
9. Omaha: 8pts LW 9. Omaha with their first conference victory.
Assuming USD doesn’t lose in any games except 3rd in title game at Summit tourney, will USD make NCAA tourney?
Great question Alan. We answered this on a past podcast. The latest bracketology has SDSU and USD both as 8 seeds (before the SDSU sweep). Can’t take bad losses but currently looking pretty decent if USD doesn’t lose to anyone but SDSU rest of year.