NJCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Week 9 Poll | NJCAA Division 2 Men’s Basketball Week 9 Poll

CHARLOTTE, NC – Shuffling and changes for Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference schools continues to take place in the latest NJCAA Division 1 and 2 Men’s Basketball top 25 polls as five conference schools find themselves ranked in the latest rankings released on Monday, January 27th.

Four of the Five ranked teams come in the latest NJCAA Division 1 top 25 poll while the NJCAA Division 2 poll features one ranked team as each poll features one KJCCC ranked inside the top 10. Of the teams ranked this week, Barton is the lone newcomer to the rankings after spending last week as those receiving votes.

KJCCC Division 1 men’s hoops frontrunner Cowley College is once again the highest-ranked team from the league by coming in at number five for a second-straight week as the Tigers earned blowout wins over Prat and Seward County. The next team from the KJCCC in the Division 1 poll is Coffeyville at number 12, a one-spot improvement following home wins over Fort Hays Tech Northwest and Colby last week. Butler fell one spot down to number 15 after playing just once last week and earning a last-second victory at Pratt to sweep the season series over the Beavers. Barton is back in the rankings at number 22 after earning a road win at Hutchinson followed by a home win over Garden City as the Cougars are in the top group of the conference standings through 14 of their 24-game conference slate.

For a second-straight week, Johnson County is number 10 in the NJCAA Division 2 poll as the lone representative from the KJCCC with the Cavaliers earning wins over Allen and Labette last week to improve to 17-3 overall and 5-0 in the conference to take a one-game lead over Kansas City Kansas in the KJCCC D2 standings.

Two games have already taken place within the conference this week with Kansas City Kansas earning a non-conference win over Avila University JV on Monday night and Independence defending their home court with a 102-94 win over Pratt. A busy Wednesday night slate sees three ranked teams playing road games which includes the Montgomery County Cup between Coffeyville and Independence before seeing a ranked matchup between Barton and Cowley come from Arkansas City on Saturday afternoon to highlight this week’s schedule.