Southern Indiana makes the biggest leap from 18th to eighth. Bellarmine, Ky. is up from 13th to fifth.

South Carolina-Aiken takes the biggest nosedive falling from number two to 11. Arkansas-Monticello falls from fifth to 14th.

Findlay, Ohio hangs on to the number one spot.

Rank School (first place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1 Findlay, Ohio (7) 10-0, 199, 1
2 Southwest Baptist, Mo. (1) 11-0, 193, 3
3 LIU-C.W. Post, N.Y. 9-0, 181, 6
4 Central Oklahoma 11-2, 159, 8
5 Bellarmine, Ky. 12-0, 155, 13
6 Minnesota State 13-2, 154, 9
7 Gannon, Pa. 9-1, 130, 4
8 Southern Indiana 14-2, 115, 18
9 BYU-Hawaii 6-1, 111, 12
10 Augusta State, Ga. 7-2, 110, 7
11 South Carolina-Aiken 7-2, 108, 2
12 Missouri Southern 14-1 100 10
13 St. Martin’s, Wash. 12-2, 99, 15
14 Arkansas-Monticello 10-2, 97, 5
15 Grand Valley State, Mich. 8-2, 73, 16
16 Clayton State, Ga. 9-0, 72, T25
17 Arkansas Tech 10-2, 64, 20
18 Valdosta State, Ga. 12-2, 63, T25
19 Northern Kentucky 9-3, 53, 17
20 Kentucky Wesleyan 9-2, 43, 11
21 Mercyhurst, Pa. 11-0, 34, NR
22 Northern State, S.D. 11-2, 33, 19
23 Catawba, N.C. 9-3, 30, 14
24 St. Cloud State, Minn. 10-2, 22, NR
25 Benedict, S.C. 5-1, 21, NR

Others receiving votes: Lynn (Fla.) 19, Central Missouri 18, Claflin (S.C.) 18, Angelo State (Texas) 17, Merrimack (Mass.) 15, Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) 13, Chrsitian Brothers (Tenn.) 12, Delta State (Miss.) 11, Edinboro (Pa.) 11, Central Washington 10, Dallas Baptist (Texas) 10, Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.) 9, Augustana (S.D.) 4, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 4, Fort Lewis (Colo.) 3, Elizabeth City State (N.C.) 2, North Alabama 2, Ashland (Ohio) 1, Harding (Ark.) 1, Stonehill (Mass.) 1.

Records are through games of Jan. 4, 2009.

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