WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State remains poised to move into the USA Today Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll for the first time in program history.

The Mustangs (6-1) received 62 votes and have now been mentioned in each of the last four  national rankings after gaining mention for five consecutive weeks last season.

Midwestern is one of five teams from the South Central Region to receive mention in the poll joining No. 19 Colorado Mesa (8-0) while St. Mary's (Texas) (7-2), Metropolitan State (Colo.) (4-4) and Tarleton State (Texas) (5-2) are also receiving votes.

The Mustangs improved to 6-1 on the season by beating rival West Texas A&M 74-55 last week to improve to 2-1 in Lone Star Conference play.

Midwestern plays host to Texas-Permian Basin Saturday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.
  

USA Today/ESPN Top 25
Dec. 11, 2012
Rank	School (1st votes)	Record	Points	Last
1	Ashland (Ohio) (31)	10-0	775	1
2	Bentley (Mass.)	7-0	741	2
3	South Carolina-Aiken	6-0	704	3
4	Clayton State (Ga.)	5-0	656	4
5	Indianapolis (Ind.)	6-0	642	5
6	Augustana (S.D.)	7-0	609	7
7	Washburn (Kan.)	6-0	585	8
8	Gannon (Pa.)	8-1	511	10
9	Simon Fraser (B.C.)	8-1	481	12
10	Holy Family (Pa.)	8-1	426	13
11	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	8-0	411	17
12	Wayne State (Neb.)	5-1	400	15
13	Shaw (N.C.)	1-0	394	9
14	Limestone (S.C.)	6-0	279	20
15	Indiana (Pa.)	6-1	257	14
16	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	8-2	248	18
17	Nova Southeastern (Fla.)	5-1	226	19
18	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	6-2	207	11
19	Colorado Mesa	8-0	198	25
20	Chico State (Calif.)	6-0	196	NR
21	Western Washington	6-2	191	6
22	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	5-1	128	16
23	Rollins (Fla.)	6-2	116	22
24	Tampa (Fla.)	7-0	107	NR
25	Wisconsin-Parkside	4-1	101	24
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State-Mankato 95; Assumption (Mass.) 69; Midwestern State (Texas) 62; Central Missouri 60; Augusta State (Ga.) 28; Edinboro (Pa.) 27; Dowling (N.Y.) 23; Millersville (Pa.) 23; C.W. Post (N.Y.) 14; St. Mary's (Texas) 10;  Tusculum (Tenn.) 10; Wingate (N.C.) 10; Alaska-Anchorage 9; Glenville State (W. Va.) 6; Central Oklahoma 6; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 5; Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 5; California State-Monterey Bay 3; Metropolitan State (Colo.) 3; Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) 3; Valdosta State (Ga.) 3; Grand Valley State (Mich.) 2; Montana State-Billings 2; Stonehill (Mass.) 2; Union (Tenn.) 2; Academy of Art (Calif.) 1; California (Pa.) 1; Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 1; Tarleton State (Texas) 1.