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13-1 Seattle Pacific Men Reach All-Time High Ranking of No. 3
January 17, 2006

SEATTLE (Jan. 17) Rising higher than any Seattle Pacific University men's basketball has gone before, the Falcons are now No. 3 in this week's NABC Coaches Poll for NCAA Division II.

For the second week, SPU (13-1) received one first-place vote. The team has won eight straight, is undefeated (12-0) against Div. II opposition and visits No. 2-ranked Western Washington Saturday night.

Previously, the best ranking for the Falcons had been No. 4, which they earned both in 1993-94 and again this season.

Montevallo (Al.) retained the No. 1 position for a second week. Five points separate Seattle Pacific from Western Washington. The two teams share the lead in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at 5-0. SPU visits Central Washington Thursday night.

	Team	Record	Points
1	Montevallo (7 first place votes)	16-1	199
2	Western Washington	13-1	191
3	Seattle Pacific (1)	13-1	186
4	Saint Joseph's	15-1	172
5	Northern State	14-1	170
6	Southwest Baptist	16-1	161
7	Virginia Union	11-2	152
8	Fort Hays State	14-1	140
9	Southern Indiana	17-2	135
10	Stonehill	14-1	130
11	Findlay	14-2	119
12	Barton	11-1	109
13	Alabama-Huntsville	14-2	105
14	Delta State	13-1	102
15	Johnson C. Smith	11-3	86
16	Grand Canyon	14-3	80
17	Mount Olive	11-3	50
18	Winona State	12-4	48
19	Minnesota State-Mankato	15-3	45
20	Grand Valley State	14-3	42
21	Alderson-Broaddus	11-2	40
22	West Virginia State	12-3	33
23	Northwest Missouri State	13-3	27
24	Truman	13-3	15
25	Saint Rose	12-4	12