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SPU Men Move Up to No. 6 in National Hoop Rankings
December 5, 2006

SEATTLE (Dec. 5) In the midst of its longest inactive stretch this men's basketball season, Seattle Pacific University has jumped to No. 6 in the NCAA Division II national coaches poll.

The Falcons (4-1) are part of a tightly-packed cluster, with only 11 points separating places 4-7. Among those teams is Central Missouri, which SPU meets Dec. 15 in Las Vegas.

Seattle Pacific moved up three spots from No. 9 a week ago. It defeated BYU Hawaii, now the No. 19 team, at home last week.

Defending national champion Winona State (Minn.) again received each of the first-place votes.

Rank	School (first place votes)	Record	Points	Previous
1	Winona State, Minn. (8)	5-0	200	1
2	Southern Indiana	8-0	190	2
3	Tarleton State, Tex.	4-0	181	3
4	Clayton State, Ga.	3-0	163	6
5	Central Missouri	5-0	162	7
6	Seattle Pacific, Wash.	4-1	158	9
7	Bentley, Mass.	7-0	152	8
8	Virginia Union	2-0	130	11
9	Minnesota State	7-1	125	15
10	Grand Valley State, Mich.	5-1	112	4
11	Barton, N.C.	5-1	107	12
12	Montevallo, Ala.	6-2	106	14
13	Findlay, Ohio	4-1	96	16
14	Pfeiffer, N.C.	6-0	83	18
15	Fort Hays State, Kan.	5-1	76	10
16	Metropolitan State, Colo.	4-0	75	22
17	Rollins, Fla.	4-2	70	5
18	Seattle, Wash.	5-1	69	19
19	Brigham Young-Hawaii	6-1	59	17
20	Northwest Missouri State	5-1	52	23
21	Bloomburg, Pa.	6-0	30	NR
22	Christian Brothers, Tenn.	6-1	27	NR
23	Wingate, N.C.	5-1	25	NR
24	Texas A&M-Kingsville.	6-0	20	NR
25	Quincy, Ill.	6-1	19	20