KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State continued to receive votes in the first regular season edition of the NABC Top 25 Poll, released on Tuesday (Nov. 25). The Tigers are off to a 4-1 start to the season, with their only loss being to Concordia-St. Paul, which is now in the top 25.
The Tigers opened the year with a 65-56 win over a preseason No. 9 ranked Southwest Minnesota State team that has now fallen from the poll. They took a loss to Concordia-St. Paul, which was also receiving votes in the preseason poll like the Tigers. Concordia-St. Paul is now No. 21 in the first regular-season edition of the poll with a 3-0 start to the year. Fort Hays State has won three straight games since that loss to Concordia-St. Paul.
Washburn continued as the only team from the MIAA in the Top 25, holding its No. 2 national ranking after a 6-0 start to the year. Fort Hays State joins Rogers State and Arkansas-Fort Smith as MIAA teams in the receiving votes section.
Fort Hays State plays at home this weekend, hosting Manhattan Christian on Saturday (Nov. 29).
Below is the NABC Top 25 Poll for November 25, 2025
| RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (16) |
3-0 |
400 |
1 |
| 2 |
Washburn (Kan.) |
6-0 |
383 |
2 |
| 3 |
Daemen (N.Y.) |
6-0 |
363 |
4 |
| 4 |
Point Loma (Calif.) |
4-0 |
343 |
7 |
| 5 |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) |
6-0 |
292 |
25 |
| 6 |
Missouri S&T |
2-0 |
281 |
8 |
| 7 |
Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
4-0 |
254 |
20 |
| 8 |
Alabama Huntsville |
3-1 |
252 |
6 |
| 9 |
Gannon, Pa. |
3-0 |
238 |
22 |
| 10 |
Fairmont State (W.Va.) |
3-1 |
215 |
5 |
| 11 |
North Georgia |
4-0 |
200 |
NR |
| 12 |
Michigan Tech |
5-1 |
197 |
13 |
| 13 |
St. Mary's (Texas) |
4-0 |
193 |
NR |
| 14 |
St. Edward's (Texas) |
8-0 |
163 |
NR |
| 15 |
West Texas A&M |
5-0 |
155 |
NR |
| 16 |
Assumption (Mass.) |
4-0 |
145 |
NR |
| 17 |
West Liberty (W.Va.) |
3-1 |
142 |
11 |
| 18 |
Florida Southern |
4-1 |
119 |
15 |
| 19 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
4-0 |
104 |
NR |
| 20 |
Dominican (N.Y.) |
3-0 |
84 |
NR |
| 21 |
Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) |
3-0 |
82 |
NR |
| 22 |
Grand Valley State (Mich.) |
4-0 |
80 |
NR |
| 23 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) |
3-1 |
69 |
17 |
| 24 |
Miles (Ala.) |
3-0 |
55 |
NR |
| 25 |
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) |
3-0 |
51 |
NR |
Receiving Votes: Findlay (Ohio) 48, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 37, Minnesota Duluth 37, Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) 30, Anderson (S.C.) 26, Cal Poly Pomona 21, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 19, Cal State Dominguez Hills 16, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 14, Montana State Billings 12, Drury (Mo.) 11, Angelo State (Texas) 10,
Fort Hays State (Kan.) 10, Northern Michigan 10, Rogers State (Ark.) 10, Lake Erie (Ohio) 9, Arkansas Fort Smith 6, Central Washington 4, Georgia Southwestern 3, Virginia Union 3, Adelphi (N.Y.) 2, Columbus State (Ga.) 2.
