INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – No. 8 West Texas A&M are ranked second in the third and final South Central Region Rankings released by the NCAA Division II men's basketball committee on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The first two regional polls listed teams under-consideration in alphabetical order followed by a ranking of the top-eight teams in the South Central Region in the third poll. The Lone Star Conference and Great American Conference make up the South Central Region for the 2021 postseason.
 
Lubbock Christian ranks first followed by WT, DBU, Oklahoma Baptist, Southern Arkansas, Arkansas-Monticello, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Southern Nazarene. 
 
The Regional Championship will feature the top-six regionally ranked teams, with the winner of the LSC and GAC Tournament receiving an automatic bid with four remaining at-large spots. The men's basketball selection show will be broadcast on NCAA.com at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 7. 
 
The 2021 South Central Region Tournament is scheduled to take place on March 13-16 at The Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock.  

 

Rank	School	DII Overall	In-Region
1	Lubbock Christian	17-1	17-1
2	West Texas A&M	12-2	12-2
3	DBU	14-3	14-3
4	Oklahoma Baptist	14-4	14-4
5	Southern Arkansas	13-4	13-4
6	Arkansas-Monticello	12-4	12-4
7	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14-2	14-2
8	Southern Nazarene	11-7	11-7

* Rankings include regular-season contests only, LSC & GAC Tournament Games will be included in next week's rankings