SEATTLE (Feb. 25) -- Going into the final week prior to the playoffs, Seattle Pacific University has returned to the top 10 of NCAA Division II men's basketball and will host the No. 5 team in Saturday night's regular season finale.

The Falcons (14-2, 22-3), winners in seven of the last eight, bounced three places, up to No. 9. They host No. 5 Humboldt State (15-1, 24-1) in a game which will likely determine the Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship Saturday at 7 in Brougham Pavilion.

Defending national champion Kentucky Wesleyan retained the No. 1 spot for the fourth week in a row, followed by Northeastern State (Ok.) and Cal State San Bernardino. The top five teams in the Division II Bulletin coaches poll, including Humboldt, each have only one loss.

1. Kentucky Wesleyan 25-1
2. Northeastern State, Ok. 25-1
3. Cal State San Bernardino 24-1
4. Adelphi , NY 25-1
5. Humboldt State, Ca. 24-1
6. Northwest Missouri 24-2
7. Tampa 23-2
8. Michigan Tech 24-2
9. Seattle Pacific 22-3
10. Cal State Bakersfield 22-3 11. Salem International , WV 23-3
12. Missouri Western 21-5
13. Nebraska Kearney 22-4 14. Assumption, Ma. 21-4
15. Shaw, NC 22-4
16. Indiana, Pa. 22-4
17. South Dakota State 21-5
18. Carson-Newman, Tn. 22-4
19. Gannon, Pa. 21-5
20. Henderson State, Ar. 21-5
21. Delta State, Ms. 21-5
22. Metropolitan State, Co. 22-5
23. Wingate, NC 23-5
24. West Virginia Wesleyan 20-6
25. California, Pa. 21-5