Currently on an 8-game win streak, the Northern State University men’s basketball team moved to No. 21 in this week’s NABC Top-25 Poll. The Wolves hold a 21-5 record heading into the final week of the regular season, after clinching both the NSIC Overall and North Division Championships over the weekend.
Northern is joined by NSIC foe and league travel partner, MSU Moorhead, who moved out of the top-25 and is receiving votes this week. In addition, regional opponents No. 3 Northwest Missouri State and No. 10 Central Oklahoma are included. Northwest is receiving two first place votes and Central Homa dropped down from No. 6 a week ago.
NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 7, 2023 – Regular Season Poll #12)
| Record | Points | Previous | |
| 1. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (14) | 23-0 | 398 | 2 |
| 2. Black Hills State, S.D. | 22-1 | 379 | 3 |
| 3. Northwest Missouri State (2) | 23-2 | 363 | 4 |
| 4. Indiana, Pa. | 24-1 | 356 | 1 |
| 5. UNC Pembroke | 24-1 | 342 | 5 |
| 6. Indianapolis, Ind. | 22-2 | 312 | 7 |
| 7. Lincoln Memorial, Tenn. | 24-2 | 299 | 8 |
| 8. Point Loma, Calif. | 23-3 | 283 | 9 |
| 9. Fort Lewis, Colo. | 21-2 | 271 | 10 |
| 10. Central Oklahoma | 21-3 | 246 | 6 |
| 11. West Liberty, W.Va. | 21-3 | 244 | 12 |
| 12. Cal State San Bernardino | 20-3 | 221 | 14 |
| 13. Hillsdale, Mich. | 21-3 | 211 | 15 |
| 14. Southern Nazarene, Okla. | 20-3 | 191 | 17 |
| 15. Augusta, Ga. | 20-4 | 154 | 11 |
| 16. St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y. | 21-3 | 139 | 18 |
| 17. Colorado Mesa | 20-4 | 138 | 19 |
| 18. West Alabama | 20-4 | 115 | 20 |
| 19. Colorado School of Mines | 20-4 | 113 | 13 |
| 20. Mercyhurst, Pa. | 18-4 | 100 | 21 |
| 21. Northern State, S.D. | 21-5 | 89 | 22 |
| 22. Bentley, Mass. | 18-4 | 78 | 16 |
| 23. North Georgia | 18-4 | 55 | 24 |
| 24. Angelo State, Texas | 20-5 | 42 | 25 |
| 25. Saint Martin’s, Wash. | 20-4 | 24 | NR |
