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Arkansas Tech, which held the top spot in the national rankings for five weeks this season, will head into the NCAA Division II Tournament as the top-ranked team in the country in the final NABC/Division II coaches poll for the 2009-10 season.

The Wonder Boys won the Gulf South Conference Tournament over the weekend to finish the regular season at 29-1 - the only team in Division II with fewer than two losses - and earned the top seed for the South Regional that begins Saturday in Russellville, Ark. Two other teams that won conference tournaments, Indiana (Pa.) and Midwestern State, ended up second and third in the final poll.

Last week's top-ranked team, Augusta State, dropped to fourth after its loss in the Peach Belt semifinals, while Kentucky Wesleyan dropped two places to No. 5 after falling Sunday to Bellarmine in the Great Lakes Valley Conference title game.

Valdosta State heads up the next five at No. 6, while Central Missouri falls three places to No. 7 and Minnesota State holds its position at No. 8. Southern Indiana, who is not eligible for post-season play this season, ended up at No. 9 in the final poll and West Liberty comes in at No. 10 - with its only two losses of the season being one-point setbacks at the hands of West Virginia State.

Sunshine State Conference Tournament champion Rollins opens the second 10 at No. 11, followed by West Virginia State, Florida Southern, Fort Hays State and Western Washington, who will be one of nine hosts for regional tournament play this weekend. St. Cloud State, who won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament, is ranked 16th this week, with Georgia College & State, Seattle Pacific, Bellarmine and Stonehill rounding out the top 20.

The final five teams in the final rankings include three newcomers - Metropolitan State at No. 21, St. Augustine's at No. 23 and Mount Olive at No. 24. Clark Atlanta (No. 22) and Augustana (No. 25) retained their spots in the rankings.

		Record	Points	Pvs
1.	Arkansas Tech (8)	29-1	200	2
2.	IUP	28-2	189	5
3.	Midwestern State	28-2	182	6
4.	Augusta State	26-3	170	1
5.	Kentucky Wesleyan	29-4	166	3
6.	Valdosta State	25-4	156	7
7.	Central Missouri	25-3	145	4
8.	Minnesota State	24-4	144	8
9.	Southern Indiana	24-3	137	11
10.	West Liberty	27-2	120	10
11.	Rollins,	25-5	114	17
12.	West Virginia State	28-3	105	18
13.	Florida Southern	25-4	89	12
14.	Fort Hays	22-6	81	13
15.	Western Washington	25-5	78	21
16.	St. Cloud	25-5	70	24
17.	Georgia College & State	22-5	66	14
18.	Seattle Pacific	22-5	64	9
19.	Bellarmine	22-8	45	NR
20.	Stonehill	23-5	44	16
21.	Metropolitan State	23-6	42	NR
22.	Clark Atlanta	24-6	38	20
23.	St. Augustine's	26-4	35	NR
24.	Mount Olive	25-5	25	NR
25.	Augustana	22-6	23	15

Others receiving votes: Bentley (Mass.) 23, Mesa State (Colo.) 15, Drury (Mo.) 11, Kutztown (Pa.) 7, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 6, Cal Poly Pomona 3.

Records are through games of March 7, 2010...previous ranking is from March 2 poll.