No change in the power rankings with fewer games. Get ready though. As we get through the weekend in conference play, things will start to shake up.
1. South Dakota State: 108. (12) LW 1. South Dakota State continues to receive all the first-place votes as they have the entire season.
2. Oral Roberts: 91pts. LW 2. ORU and NDSU continue a heated battle for 2. The Golden Eagles find themselves there this week.
3. North Dakota State: 89pts. LW 3. NDSU dropping likely has more to do with the play of ORU and NDSU being idle this week.
4. South Dakota: 60pts. LW 4. Coyotes stay put this week after losing their only game against Drake.
5. North Dakota: 54pts. LW 5. Voters were not discouraged by UND’s tough back to back against Southern Illinois.
5. Omaha: 54pts. LW 6. Omaha moves up into a tie with UND. Voters seemed to remember the Mavericks close loss to Wyoming more than the blowout loss to Colorado.
7. Western Illinois: 35pts LW 7. Slowly the Leathernecks are gaining the confidence of the voters. Voters noticed the blowout win over Tennessee-Martin.
8. Kansas City: 30pts LW 8. Voters were not impressed with the Roos blowout wins in a double-header over Kansas Christian.
9. Denver: 18pts. LW 9. Denver unable to pull itself out of the bottom.