MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Area Technical College men's basketball team climbed one spot to No. 4 in the first regular-season NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Poll, released Monday, Nov. 9. The Stormers opened the season at No. 5 in the preseason poll and moved up after posting another 2-0 weekend with wins over Gogebic Community College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College in the Border Battle.

MATC is now 4-0 on the season and remains the highest-ranked team in Region 4. Bryant & Stratton College-Wisconsin is the next-highest ranked Region 4 team at No. 11, followed by South Suburban College at No. 23. Black Hawk College and Rock Valley College were also among the Region 4 programs receiving votes.

For the full list of Week 1 Men's Basketball Rankings, see below:

1. Des Moines Area Community College (Region 11) — 4-0, 225 points, 11 first-place votes, Prev. 1
2. Kirkwood Community College (Region 11) — 3-0, 213 points, Prev. 3
3. Henry Ford College (Region 12) — 2-1, 207 points, Prev. 2
4. Milwaukee Area Technical College (Region 4) — 4-0, 199 points, Prev. 5
5. Ellsworth Community College (Region 11) — 3-0, 189 points, Prev. 8
6. Pima Community College (Region 1) — 3-0, 180 points, Prev. 9
7. Davidson-Davie Community College (Region 10) — 2-1, 165 points, Prev. 6
8. Danville Area Community College (Region 24) — 2-1, 162 points, Prev. 4
9. Rend Lake College (Region 24) — 3-0, 154 points, Prev. 10
10. Monroe Community College (Region 3) — 4-0, 150 points, Prev. 13
11. Bryant & Stratton College-Wisconsin (Region 4) — 4-0, 132 points, Prev. 15
12. Iowa Western Community College (Region 11) — 3-0, 119 points, Prev. 16
13. Snead State Community College (Region 22) — 2-0, 118 points, Prev. 13
14. Kalamazoo Valley Community College (Region 12) — 2-0, 114 points, Prev. 25
15. North Central Missouri College (Region 16) — 3-1, 101 points, Prev. 17
16. Parkland College (Region 24) — 2-0, 92 points, Prev. 16
17. Allen Community College (Region 6) — 3-1, 78 points, Prev. 20
18. Forsyth Technical Community College (Region 10) — 2-1, 70 points, Prev. 19
19. Macomb Community College (Region 12) — 3-1, 68 points, Prev. 19
20. Howard Community College (Region 20) — 2-1, 55 points, Prev. 22
21. North Arkansas College (Region 2) — 3-1, 32 points, Prev. 21
22. Florida State College at Jacksonville (Region 8) — 3-1, 30 points, Prev. 22
23. South Suburban College (Region 4) — 2-1, 24 points, Prev. 18
24. SUNY Niagara (Region 3) — 4-1, 12 points, Prev. 24
25. Iowa Central Community College (Region 11) — 3-1, 6 points, Prev. 23

Others receiving votes: Black Hawk College, Illinois Central College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lakeland Community College, Lansing Community College, Rock Valley College, South Mountain Community College, St. Clair County Community College, St. Louis Community College, SUNY Orange and WVU Potomac State College.