WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State closed out the regular season winning 11 of its final 13 games and is getting national recognition as it prepares for the 2025 Lone Star Conference Men's Basketball Championship. The Mustangs are ranked No. 25 in the latest NABC Division II Coaches Poll.

Midwestern State finished the regular season with a 22-6 overall record and earned the No.3 seed for the LSC postseason tournament, which tips off at noon on Friday as the Mustangs tangle with sixth-seeded West Texas A&M.

Midwestern State has been receiving votes since early December, but makes its first appearance in the top-25 since being ranked No. 20 in the 2016 preseason poll.

Dallas Baptist is the highest-ranked school in the LSC at No. 7, while Lubbock Christian is ranked No. 22.

Midwestern State is one of four schools in the South Central Region in the top 25. Colorado School of Mines from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is ranked No. 9.

The No. 1 team in the nation is Daeman (N.Y.) after completing the regular season with a 25-0 record and is playing in the East Coast Conference Championships semifinals on Saturday.
 

NABC NCAA Division II Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous
1	Daeman (N.Y.) (11)	25-0	392	1
2	Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (5)	27-1	387	2
3	Alabama Huntsville	27-1	372	3
4	Washburn (Kan.)	26-2	352	4
5	West Liberty (W. Va.)	25-3	334	6
6	Columbus State (Ga.)	25-3	309	7
7	Dallas Baptist (Texas)	27-4	298	10
8	Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)	23-4	278	11
9	Colorado School of Mines	24-4	273	5
10	Missouri S&T	23-4	250	8
11	Fairmont State (W. Va.)	24-4	228	13
12	Point Loma (Calif.)	25-5	204	14
13	Valdosta State (Ga.)	23-5	199	9
14	Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)	23-5	181	15
15	Findlay (Ohio)	24-4	173	12
16	Lake Superior State (Mich.)	25-5	169	16
17	Adelphi (N.Y.)	26-6	131	18
18	California State, Dominguez Hills	23-5	130	19
19	Chico State (Calif.)	23-5	108	20
20	Michigan Tech	22-6	99	21
21	Miles (Ala.)	23-3	71	25
22	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	23-7	70	17
23	Florida Southern	23-7	30	NR
24	Minnesota State-Moorhead	21-8	24	NR
25	Midwestern State (Texas)	22-6	22	NR

Others receiving votes: Biola (Calif.) 18; Pace (N.Y.) 17; Gannon (Pa.) 15; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 11; West Chester (Pa.) 11; Ferris State (Mich.) 9; Winona State (Minn.) 7; Southwest Minnesota State 6; Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) 4; Minot State (Minn.) 4; Kentucky Wesleyan 3; Missouri-St. Louis 2; North Carolina-Pembroke 1; Upper Iowa 1.