By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball received votes in the NABC Division II Preseason Top 25 Poll, released on October 29, 2019. The Tigers are coming off an 18-11 season and were picked fourth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches and Media Polls.
The top four picks in both the MIAA Preseason Coaches and Media Polls are referenced in the preseason national poll, two inside the top 25 and two receiving votes. Defending national champion Northwest Missouri State will start the season No. 1 after a perfect 38-0 season in 2018-19, while Missouri Southern enters the season No. 10 in the nation. Washburn and Fort Hays State are also among the top 50 nationally in voting points. The Ichabods received 25 points and the Tigers received six.
This is the first appearance for FHSU in the receiving votes section of the NABC Poll since January of the 2015-16 season.
Fort Hays State opens the 2019-20 season on November 8 in Russellville, Arkansas. The Tigers will be taking on a pair of Great American Conference teams over that weekend, facing host Arkansas Tech on opening night before taking on Southwestern Oklahoma State on November 9.
Below is the NABC Preseason Top 25 Poll.
| Rank | Team | 2018-19 Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State (16) | 38-0 | 400 | 1 |
| 2 | Nova Southeastern (Fla.) | 29-4 | 375 | 5 |
| 3 | Bellarmine (Ky.) | 28-5 | 353 | 7 |
| 4 | West Liberty (W.Va.) | 28-5 | 305 | 9 |
| 5 | UC-San Diego | 26-8 | 294 | NR |
| 6 | Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) | 20-9 | 278 | NR |
| 7 | West Texas A&M | 34-4 | 266 | 3 |
| 8 | Queens (N.C.) | 31-5 | 247 | 10 |
| 9 | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | 29-6 | 239 | 13 |
| 10 | Missouri Southern | 25-8 | 220 | NR |
| 11 | Indiana (Pa.) | 30-3 | 213 | 2 |
| 12 | Valdosta State (Ga.) | 24-7 | 203 | 21 |
| 13 | Augusta (Ga.) | 28-6 | 162 | 16 |
| 14 | Colorado School of Mines | 25-6 | 144 | 14 |
| 15 | Northern State (S.D.) | 26-7 | 135 | 19 |
| 16 | Alabama-Huntsville | 24-8 | 127 | NR |
| 17 | Findlay (Ohio) | 28-5 | 120 | 8 |
| 18 | Southern Indiana | 26-9 | 109 | NR |
| 19 | Ashland (Ohio) | 23-7 | 102 | NR |
| 20 | St. Edward’s (Texas) | 30-4 | 83 | 4 |
| 21 | Saint Anselm (N.H.) | 26-6 | 68 | 20 |
| 22 | Daemen (N.Y.) | 24-6 | 63 | 22 |
| 23 | Concordia (Calif.) | 23-11 | 60 | NR |
| 24 | Tarleton State (Texas) | 21-10 | 46 | NR |
| 25 | Morehouse (Ga.) | 20-5 | 39 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 38, Cal Poly Pomona 38, Jefferson (Pa.) 38, Augustana (S.D.) 36, Seattle Pacific (Wash.) 36, USC Aiken 31, Florida Southern 30, Bowie State (Md.) 28, Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 26, Bentley (Mass.) 25, Washburn (Kan.) 25, Davenport (Mich.) 22, Barry (Fla.) 19, St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 18, New Haven (Conn.) 17, Catawba (N.C.) 15, Southeastern Oklahoma State 14, Minnesota State 13, UNC Pembroke 13, Lewis (Ill.) 12, Point Loma (Calif.) 9, Western Oregon 8, Cal State East Bay 6, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 6, Chaminade (Hawai’i) 5, Emmanuel (Ga.) 5, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 4, Bridgeport (Conn.) 3, Lynn (Fla.) 2, Western Washington 2, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 1, Dixie State (Utah) 1, Indianapolis (Ind.) 1, Saint Martin’s (Wash.) 1, Slippery Rock (Pa.) 1.