The Lions of Langston (Okla.) tip off the 2024-25 season atop the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll with 13 first-place votes after playing in the national championship game just a season ago.
College of Idaho opens the new season ranked second with five first-place votes, Indiana Wesleyan ranks third, and Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), the 2023-24 national champions, garnered two first-place votes and will begin their campaign in fourth. Eight teams begin the new season in the top 25 after not being ranked or receiving votes in the final poll of last season.
Langston opens their season next Friday, November 1st, at the Abe Lemons Classic hosted by Oklahoma City University. The Lions face Mission University on Friday evening at 5 p.m. and follow up with a Saturday matchup versus Master’s University at 1 p.m.
