Both divisions II and III deserve some love here. We plan to bring you rankings and whatever news is going on whenever I can’t find anything to write about Tyler Hansbrough (or any player named Tyler), North Carolina or UCLA, or when Ryan Pravato can’t find anything on Mississippi Valley State, the Big 10 (plus one) or the Summit League.

So for your infotainment, here’s the latest Division II rankings released today by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

All records are through games of Sunday, Nov. 30. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Division III rankings and news to follow.

NABC/Division II Men’s Basketball Poll
(Tuesday, December 2, 2008 — Regular Season Poll #2)
The weekly poll is being conducted by eight members of the NABC Division II Congress, one representing each of the eight NCAA Division II regions.

Team Record This week
1. Findlay 2-0
2. South Carolina Aiken 3-0
3. Central Oklahoma 7-0
4. Augusta State 1-0
5. Southwest Baptist 5-0
6. Gannon 3-0
7. Grand Valley State 3-0
8. Minnesota State 7-1
9. Brigham Young-Hawaii 3-0
10. LIU-C.W. Post 2-0
11. North Alabama 4-1
12. Kentucky Wesleyan 6-0
13. Bentley 6-2
14. Catawba 5-0
15. Pittsburgh-Johnstown 5-0
16. Winona State 4-2
17. Florida Southern 6-3
18. Drury 4-1
19. Central Washington 2-1
20. Northern Kentucky 4-2
21. Northwest Missouri State 3-1
22. Central Missouri 5-0
23. Arkansas-Monticello 5-0
24. Southwest Minnesota State 5-1
25. Saint Martin’s 8-2

Others receiving votes: Northern State (S.D.) 16, Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) 14, Edinboro (Pa.) 12, Elizabeth City State (N.C.) 12, Rollins (Fla.) 12, Southern Indiana 10, Merrimack (Mass.) 7, San Francisco State (Calif.) 7, Augustana (S.D.) 6, St. Edward’s (Texas) 6, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 5, Cal State-Dominguez Hills 5, Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 5, West Chester (Pa.) 5, Benedict (S.C.) 4, Western Washington 4, Fairmont State (W.Va.) 3, West Liberty State (W.Va.) 2, Ashland (Ohio) 1, Francis Marion (S.C.) 1, Missouri Southern 1.

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Latest Division II Poll