Courtesy of Dusty Sloan, Ashland University Sports Information Director
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Ashland University's women's basketball team is ranked No. 6 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Top 25 coaches' poll, released on Tuesday (Feb. 23).
The Eagles, 26-1 overall and 20-1 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, have been ranked in the Top 25 every week in 2015-16, and has been in the Top 10 in eight consecutive polls. This is the 32nd time, not counting preseason, that AU has been ranked in the Top 10 all-time.
Not counting preseason, this is the 46th week AU has been ranked in the Top 25 – 43 of those coming since the start of the 2011-12 season. Ashland also has been in the Top 25 in three of the last four preseason polls, including as the top-ranked team in Division II to begin 2012-13.
Ashland is the only GLIAC team in this week's Top 25 poll.
The Eagles, the No. 1 seed in next week's Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, will finish the regular season on Thursday (Feb. 25) at 5:30 p.m. at Kates Gymnasium against Lake Erie on Senior Night.
| USA TODAY SPORTS Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll - Feb. 23, 2016 | ||||
| Rank | Institution - First Place | Last | Record | Points |
| T1 | Lubbock Christian - 11 | T1 | 24-0 | 581 |
| T1 | Alaska - Anchorage - 11 | T1 | 30-1 | 581 |
| 3 | Limestone (SC) - 2 | 3 | 25-0 | 550 |
| 4 | California Baptist | 4 | 24-1 | 528 |
| 5 | Lewis (Ill.) | 6 | 26-1 | 489 |
| 6 | Ashland (Ohio) | 5 | 26-1 | 478 |
| 7 | Missouri Western State | 7 | 24-2 | 429 |
| 8 | Winona State (Minn.) | 8 | 27-2 | 425 |
| 9 | Fort Hays State (Kan.) | 10 | 23-3 | 387 |
| 10 | Union (Tenn.) | 11 | 25-2 | 367 |
| 11 | Drury (Mo.) | 12 | 22-3 | 330 |
| 12 | West Texas A&M | 9 | 23-3 | 315 |
| 13 | Virginia Union | 13 | 22-2 | 294 |
| 14 | Benedict College (S.C.) | 15 | 24-2 | 267 |
| 15 | Arkansas Tech | 14 | 21-3 | 266 |
| 16 | West Liberty (W.Va.) | 16 | 23-3 | 201 |
| 17 | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 18 | 22-3 | 200 |
| 18 | Nova Southeastern (Fla.) | 17 | 22-4 | 196 |
| 19 | Pittsburg State (Kan.) | 19 | 23-4 | 177 |
| 20 | California - San Diego | 20 | 21-3 | 141 |
| 21 | Anderson (S.C.) | 21 | 19-4 | 113 |
| 22 | Emporia State (Kan.) | 22 | 21-5 | 103 |
| 23 | Quincy | 23 | 22-4 | 82 |
| 24 | Columbus State (Ga.) | 24 | 21-4 | 63 |
| 25 | Bellarmine | 25 | 20-3 | 50 |
Dropped Out: None.
Others receiving votes: University Of Sioux Falls (S.D.) 40; Kentucky State University 25; Ursuline College (Ohio) 24; Clayton State University (Ga.) 20; Wheeling Jesuit University (W.Va.) 19; California State University - East Bay 13; Lander University (S.C.) 11; Shaw University (N.C.) 7; Colorado State University - Pueblo 6; Northern State University (S.D.) 5; American International College (Mass.) 4.
4 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 13 combined points.
