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David Boyce | NCAA.com | March 2, 2016

Division II Men's Basketball Power Rankings: Week 9

  The Vikings have won both their regular season and conference tournament titles.

NCAA.com presents a weekly edition of DII Men's basketball power rankings. Here are this week's top-16 teams with their records through Mar. 1.

RANK SCHOOL RECORD COMMENTS PREVIOUS
1 Augustana 28-2 Won NSIC regular season and tournament titles 2
2 West Liberty 26-2 Knocked off No. 1 Wheeling Jesuit 82-74 4
3 Lincoln Memorial 26-2 Finished a perfect 22-0 in the South Atlantic Conference 3
4 Wheeling Jesuit 26-1 Tied West Liberty for first in the Mountain East title 1
5 Fairmont State 25-3 Only losses were to W. Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit 6
6 Fort Lewis 25-3 Taking a 13-game win streak into RMAC semifinals 7
7 Western Oregon 25-3 The No. 1 seed in the GNAC tournament; will play Friday 8
8 Kentucky Wesleyan 25-3 Concluded regular season with 103-80 win 10
9 Minn.St.-Moorhead 30-5 Lost to Augustana in championship of NSIC Tourney 5
10 Ashland 25-4 Will host GLIAC Tournament Final Four for first time 13
11 NW Missouri 22-5 Last loss was Jan. 13 at Emporia State 14
12 Midwestern State 21-5 Finished first in Lone Star Conference 15
13 Wisconsin-Parkside 22-4 Won fourth straight GLVC East Division title NR
14 Bellarmine 22-5 Faces Southern Indiana in quarters of GLVC Tourney 11
15 Angelo State 21-5 Cinco Boone most wins 1st year coach program’s history NR
16 Barry 21-5 Beat No. 20 Eckerd 82-69 in last regular season game NR