FHSU Women Take Over No. 1 Ranking in Division II Media Poll

Fort Hays State Women’s Basketball took over the No. 1 ranking in the latest NCAA Division II Media Poll, released on December 15. The media poll, only in its second year of existence, is sponsored by D2SIDA. FHSU is now No. 1 in both the WBCA Poll (which has served as the official national poll for years) and the D2SIDA Media Poll.

Fort Hays State overtook Limestone (S.C.) in the media poll this week. Neither team lost last week, but Fort Hays State jumped Limestone with four more voting points this week. There is a vast difference of where Limestone is located in the WBCA Poll compared to the D2SIDA Media Poll. Limestone is ranked No. 8 in the WBCA Poll.The national media poll has 16 voters – 2 from each region – which is released each Tuesday.

Rank	School (1st-Place Votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week’s Results
1	Fort Hays State (5)	9-0	378	2	WH Nebraska-Kearney (82-75 OT)
2	Limestone (7)	8-0	374	1	WA Southern Wesleyan (83-71)
3	West Texas A&M (2)	8-0	347	3	WH Texas-Permian Basin 78-48
4	Lubbock Christian (1)	8-0	337	4	WH Oklahoma City 83-39
5	Alaska Anchorage (1)	13-1	329	6	WH Alaska (78-56)
6	Ashland	8-0	328	7	WH Hillsdale 80-42; WH Saginaw Valley 72-57
7	Emporia State	8-1	299	8	WH Central Missouri (71-55)
8	Drury	8-0	273	10	WR Missouri S&T 69-58
9	West Liberty	8-1	259	11	WH Clarion 67-49
T10	Nova Southeastern	8-1	258	12	Idle
T10	Cal Baptist	9-1	258	9	WA Saint Martin’s (78-66); WA Western Oregon (78-55)
12	Winona State	12-0	208	14	WA Concordia-St. Paul 84-66; WA Minnesota State 74-59
13	American Int’l	7-0	203	18	WA Le Moyne (65-60)
14	California	8-1	184	15	WH Shepherd 75-59
15	Francis Marion	8-0	174	16	WH Mount Olive (79-48)
16	Delta State	7-0	172	21	WH-Christian Brothers (73-30), WH-Union (63-59)
17	Lewis	9-1	161	17	WH Olivet Nazarene 83-67
18	Union	9-1	122	5	WA-Mississippi (74-59), LA-Delta State (63-59)
19	Colorado State-Pueblo	8-1	96	19	WA Western New Mexico 77-52, WA New Mexico Highlands 79-55
20	UC San Diego	7-1	83	20	Idle
21	Assumption	7-2	73	25	WH Saint Anselm (62-50)
22	Anderson	6-0	63	24	WA Tusculum (59-56); WA Newberry (68-61)
T23	Missouri Western	9-0	61	NR	WH #4 Pittsburg State (83-75); WH RV-Missouri Southern (63-61)
T23	Quincy	8-0	61	23	WH Robert Morris-Peoria 77-47
25	Queens (N.Y.)	5-1	22	RV	WA St. Thomas Aquinas (63-59); WA Mercy (66-53)

Dropped Out: Southern New Hampshire
Received Votes: Shippensburg (16), University of Sioux Falls (14), Bellarmine (13), Pittsburg State (10), Arkansas Tech (8), Angelo State (8), Florida Tech (3), Azusa Pacific (2), MSU Moorhead (1), Florida Southern (1), Columbus State (1).