(Sioux City, Iowa) – Northwestern College totaled 100 points in the preseason coaches’ poll and is picked to win the 2025-26 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Championship. The Red Raiders tallied 10 of the possible 11 first-place votes. Morningside was picked second with 86 points, while Dordt and Concordia tied for third with 78 points each. The Defenders garnered the final first-place vote.
Dordt won the 2024-25 GPAC regular season with an 18-2 record, while Morningside won the GPAC Tournament Championship.
Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches could not vote for their own team.
Here is the complete 2025-26 GPAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches’ Poll:
RANK
TEAM
POINTS
1st Place Votes
1.
NORTHWESTERN
100
10
2.
MORNINGSIDE
86
3t.
CONCORDIA
78
3t.
DORDT
78
1
5.
MIDLAND
60
6.
BRIAR CLIFF
59
7.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
42
8.
MOUNT MARTY
36
9.
HASTINGS
33
10.
DOANE
23
11.
WALDORF
11
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