KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In the final edition of the 2009-10 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, Concordia (Calif.) moves into the No. 1 position, released by the NAIA office on Tuesday. Concordia secured 312 total points and all 12 first-place votes to grab the top billing for the first time since Jan. 4, 2005. The Eagles are 28-2 overall and have won nine straight games to clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament.

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No. 17 Life (Ga.) is one of the biggest movers in the poll and one of three teams to appear in the Top 25 after sitting out last week. The Eagles have won seven in-a-row including an upset of then-No. 1 Mountain State (W.Va.) on Feb. 27. No. 22 Montana Western and No. 25 Tougaloo (Miss.) join Life as the newcomers. Montana Western is 22-8 and the No. 2 seed in the Frontier Conference Tournament, which starts on Tuesday. Tougaloo improved to 21-7 thanks to a 5-1 record in its last six games. Both teams are back in the Top 25 after a two-week hiatus.

No. 2 Oklahoma Baptist slides up one spot with a total of 302 points. The Bison have been an anchor in the top-five all season long. They are tied with Concordia for the most wins in the country with a 28-2 overall record. The Bison won the Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championship after a 77-75 win over then-No. 5 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) on Feb. 25. They will take their No. 1 seed into the conference tournament, which starts on Thursday.

Mountain State falls to No. 3, after losing twice in the last week. The Cougars had occupied the No. 1 spot for the previous nine straight polls before falling to No. 12 Lee (Tenn.) on Feb. 22 and then-unranked Life on Feb. 27. With 292 total points in the poll, Mountain State stands at 24-2 on the year. The Cougars take a No. 1 seed into the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Tournament, which starts on Friday.

Holding strong at No. 4 is Westminster (Utah), who recorded 269 total points. The Griffins have won 10 straight games and stands 20-1 in their last 21 games. With a 23-5 overall record, Westminster holds the No. 1 seed in the Frontier Conference Tournament. The Griffins have made an impression recently holding a top-10 position in each of the last five polls.

No. 5 Biola (Calif.) moves up one spot with 268 points this week. At 26-4 overall, the Eagles have now been ranked in the top five nine times this year, with the latest occurring two weeks ago. Biola has won six of its last eight games after a 61-57 victory over Hope International (Calif.) on Monday. On Thursday, second-seed Biola hosts seventh-seed California Baptist in the first round of the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament.

The Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) boasts the most teams in any conference in the Top 25 this week with four: Concordia, Biola, No. 15 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and No. 23 Fresno Pacific (Calif.). Three other leagues boast three teams in the national ranking.

The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and independents.

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NOTES: Three teams drop out of the Top 25 since last week:  No. 20 Montana State-Northern, No. 23 Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and No. 25 Oklahoma Christian… No. 1 Concordia (Calif.) has now been ranked No. 1 a total of eight times since the 2000-01 season… Both Concordia and No. 2 Oklahoma Baptist hold the most wins in Division I with 28… Concordia has been ranked in the Top 25 the last 17 polls... Mountain State has now been mentioned in the top 5 for the last 42 straight polls (dating back to the middle of the 2006-07 season)… Coach Harry Statham of No. 9 McKendree (Ill.) University earned career win No. 1,000 on Nov. 13, 2009 - he holds the most wins of any men's basketball four-year college head coach (including NAIA and NCAA)… Mountain State has been in the Top 25 for the last 121 consecutive weeks, which is the longest active streak in Division I, No. 11 Georgetown (Ky.) is next with 53 followed by No. 8 McKendree (Ill.) with 36… Concordia trails Mountain State for the most No. 1 rankings since 2000 - the Cougars have been No. 1 a total of 48 times since 2000, which marks the highest total of any program in that span; No. 14 Robert Morris (Ill.) is second with 13 No. 1s.

2009-2010 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - (FINAL - March 2)

Others receiving votes:

Belhaven University (Miss.) 52; Oklahoma Christian University 51; Freed-Hardeman University (Tenn.) 43; Evangel University (Mo.) 34; Westmont College (Calif.) 25; St. Catharine College (Ky.) 12; John Brown University (Ark.) 9; Montana State University-Northern 9; Mid-Continent University (Ky.) 5; William Jewell College (Mo.) 5; William Carey University (Miss.) 4; Our Lady of the Lake University (Texas) 4; Emmanuel College (Ga.) 1; Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) 1; Lindenwood University (Mo.) 1; The Master's College (Calif.) 1; Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 1

* Records as submitted by schools and raters