(Sioux City, Iowa) – Northwestern College totaled 100 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Championship. The Red Raiders tallied 10 of the possible 11 first-place votes. Morningside was picked second with 86 points, while Dordt and Concordia tied for third with 78 points each. The Defenders garnered the final first-place vote.
Dordt won the 2024-25 GPAC regular season with an 18-2 record, while Morningside won the GPAC Tournament Championship.
Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2025-26 GPAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:
|
RANK |
TEAM |
POINTS |
1st Place Votes |
|
1. |
NORTHWESTERN |
100 |
10 |
|
2. |
MORNINGSIDE |
86 |
|
|
3t. |
CONCORDIA |
78 |
|
|
3t. |
DORDT |
78 |
1 |
|
5. |
MIDLAND |
60 |
|
|
6. |
BRIAR CLIFF |
59 |
|
|
7. |
DAKOTA WESLEYAN |
42 |
|
|
8. |
MOUNT MARTY |
36 |
|
|
9. |
HASTINGS |
33 |
|
|
10. |
DOANE |
23 |
|
|
11. |
WALDORF |
11 |
