NAIA Bracketology Report – 4th Edition

We here at NAIA Hoops Report are pumped to welcome Red Banner Roundball on board to the site. Red Banner Roundball has a passion for putting together projections for the NAIA National Tournament. He has been doing it for years and now that the NAIA is 1 Division we have teamed up with them to help bring you a NAIA Bracketology Report. Red Banner will act as our “Joey Brackets” per say as we continue to look for ways to bring you the best NAIA Hoops Coverage around!

The Bracket

Overall Seeding

Field Notes:

Last four on the inside: Cumberlands, Thomas More, Jamestown, Dillard

First four on the outside: William Jessup, Texas Wesleyan, Grace (IN), Wayland Baptist

Next four on the outside: Xavier, Martin Methodist, Cornerstone, Concordia (NE)

Teams who have clinched a National Tournament spot:

#1 Indiana Wesleyan – Crossroads League Regular Season Champions

#3 William Penn – Heart of America Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions

#6 Shawnee State – Mid-South Conference Regular Season Champions

#7 Faulkner – Southern States Athletic Association Regular Season Champions

#9 Morningside – Great Plains Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions

#23 Warner – The Sun Conference Regular Season Champions

#18 Bethel (KS) – Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions

Olivet Nazarene – Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular Season Champions

Holy Cross – Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Runner-Up

Vanguard – Golden State Athletic Conference West Champions

– We have the bracket set up so that two teams from the same conference aren’t paired up in the same POD.

– With that in mind, a few teams are having to leave their ARC’s and regions in order to make things work.

ARC Rankings

GREAT LAKES

Crossroads League
Mid-South Conference
River States Conference

Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference

MIDWEST

American Midwest Conference

Heart of America

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference

NORTH/CENTRAL

California Pacific Conference

Great Plains Athletic Conference
North Star Athletic Conference

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference

SOUTHEAST

Appalachian Athletic Conference

Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
Southern States Athletic Conference
The Sun Conference

SOUTHWEST

American Independent Institutions
Red River Athletic Conference
Sooner Athletic Conference

WEST

Cascade Collegiate Conference

Frontier Conference

Golden State Athletic Conference

Bid Breakdown

Breakdown:

48 Teams will make it into the 2020-21 NAIA National Tournament. 37 auto-bids and 11 at-large selections will make up the field of 48.

-We are entering the NAIA Conference Tournament Season, so buckle up! Bubble teams will have their last chance to improve their resumes while they also sweat out other conference tournaments.

– NAIA At-Large selections will be Teams within the RPI Top 80 and will be graded on this criteria:

1. Record vs RPI Top 50

2. Overall Record Winning %

3. NAIA RPI

4. Strength of Schedule

5. Net Efficiency

6. Area Rating

Bubble Watch

TEAM	CONF	STK	Last 10	RPI*	SOS*
Texas Wesleyan	SAC	W1	7-3	12	30
Bethel IN	CL	W1	4-6	19	41
Wayland Baptist	SAC	W1	6-4	18	23
Jamestown	GPAC	L2	6-4	19	79
St Francis (IN)	CL	W5	7-3	20	62
Cumberlands (KY)	MSC	W1	6-4	24	48
Martin Methodist	MSC	W3	5-5	25	43
Columbia	AMC	L1	7-3	27	100
Mid-America Christian	SAC	W5	6-2	31	122
Ottawa (KS)	KCAC	W2	6-4	32	71
Dakota Wesleyan	GPAC	W2	7-3	34	83
Madonna	WHAC	W5	6-2	35	129
Indiana Tech	WHAC	L1	8-2	40	103
MidAmerica Nazarene	HEART	W5	8-2	44	74