SEATTLE (Feb. 28) ­ Going into its final regular season game, Seattle Pacific University remained No. 4 in this week's NCAA Division II West Region rankings for men's basketball.

The Falcons (17-9) held firm for the third week in a row and trail Humboldt State, Cal State San Bernardino and Cal Poly Pomona. SPU visits Western Washington Thursday night, needing a win to clinch at least a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title.

There was only one change in this week's poll, with BYU Hawaii and Alaska Anchorage switching places. The Seasiders moved up to seventh, while UAA fell to eighth.

Following this weekend's contests, the NCAA selection committee will choose the six at-large teams which will join the CCAA and GNAC regular-season champions in the NCAA playoffs which begin Friday, Mar. 9. The top seed has the opportunity to host.

Currently, three GNAC -­ SPU, No. 6 Seattle and No. 9 Central Washington -­ still have an opportunity to earn the league's automatic berth.

The final field of eight teams will be unveiled Sunday night during a broadband broadcast at NCAASports.com. The show will start at 7:30 p.m. with the announcement of the men's pairings. The women's pairings will follow after a brief intermission.

NCAA West Regional - 1. Humboldt State (19-3); 2. Cal State San Bernardino (19-4); 3. Cal Poly Pomona (18-5); 4. Seattle Pacific (15-9); 5. Grand Canyon (17-6); 6. Seattle (16-8).7. BYU-Hawaii (17-7); 8. Alaska Anchorage (15-6); 9. Central Washington (14-11); 10. Alaska Fairbanks (13-8). Note: Records listed are versus Division II opponents.