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Falcon Men Bounce Back to No. 5 in National Hoop Rankings
January 31, 2006

SEATTLE (Jan. 31) -- Seattle Pacific University reentered the nation's top five and reclaimed a first-place vote in the men's basketball rankings for NCAA Division II this week.

The Falcons (16-2) jumped two spots to No. 5, just behind Western Washington, the only Div. II team to defeat SPU and the co-leader in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Losses by the top four teams from last week's poll prompted Virginia Union to take over at No. 1 from Montevallo (Al). Fort Hays State of Kansas is No. 2. The No. 3 team, Southern Indiana, also received one first-place vote.

Seattle Pacific resumes a four-game home stand Thursday night against Humboldt State.

	Team	Record	Points
1.	Virginia Union (6 first place votes)	14-2	187
2.	Fort Hays State	18-1	182
3.	Southern Indiana (1)	21-2	177
4.	Western Washington	16-2	164
5.	Seattle Pacific (1)	16-2	162
6.	Montevallo	18-2	161
7.	Findlay	18-2	154
8.	Barton	15-1	152
9.	Delta State	18-1	144
10.	Saint Joseph's	18-2	136
11.	Southwest Baptist	18-2	129
12.	Northern State	17-2	119
13.	Winona State	16-4	103
14.	Alabama-Huntsville	17-3	90
15.	Tarleton State	16-4	82
16.	Grand Valley State	17-3	75
17.	Alderson-Broaddus	14-3	53
18.	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	15-3	50
19.	West Liberty State	16-2	32
20.	Columbus State	14-5	30
21.	Minnesota State-Mankato	17-4	28
22.	Truman State	16-4	27
23.	Saint Anselm	15-5	24
24.	Johnson C. Smith	14-4	23
25.	Clayton State	15-3	20
Others receiving votes: Central Missouri State 15, Mount Olive 11, Massachusetts-Lowell 10, Chaminade 9, Northwest Missouri State 8, Saint Augustine's 8, West Virginia State 7, Armstrong Atlantic State 6, Stonehill 5, Grand Canyon 5, Lynn 3, Saint Rose 3, Ferris State 2, Sonoma State 2, Ashland 1, Bentley 1.