KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Grand Valley State, and Ashland represent the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) inside the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top 25 Preseason Poll released on Thursday (Oct. 31). The Grand Valley St. Lakers are ranked third overall, while the Eagles from Ashland sit five spots behind GV in eighth. Michigan Tech is the lone program in the others receiving votes category.
Through Games OCT. 31, 2019
RANK |
SCHOOL |
2019 RECORD |
POINTS |
FINAL RANK |
1 |
Drury (8) |
35-1 |
550 |
3 |
2 |
Lubbock Christian (14) |
31-6 |
538 |
1 |
3 |
Grand Valley State |
29-4 |
458 |
8 |
4 |
Azusa Pacific |
28-6 |
436 |
9 |
5 |
Virginia Union |
28-3 |
404 |
13 |
6 |
UC San Diego |
30-1 |
394 |
6 |
7 |
Fort Hays State |
32-2 |
368 |
5 |
8 |
Ashland |
29-3 |
333 |
11 |
9 |
Indiana (Pa) |
30-4 |
330 |
4 |
10 |
Saint Anselm |
22-10 |
328 |
14 |
11 |
Central Missouri (1) |
25-7 |
295 |
NR |
12 |
West Texas A&M |
29-4 |
264 |
23 |
13 |
Anderson (SC) |
30-3 |
251 |
22 |
14 |
Lee |
25-7 |
247 |
NR |
15 |
Nova Southeastern |
21-12 |
228 |
16 |
16 |
Alaska Anchorage |
30-3 |
225 |
7 |
17 |
USciences |
30-3 |
174 |
12 |
18 |
MSU Moorhead |
27-7 |
172 |
NR |
19 |
Le Moyne |
26-6 |
151 |
NR |
20 |
Southwestern Oklahoma State |
36-1 |
150 |
2 |
21 |
Lander |
23-9 |
139 |
NR |
22 |
Glenville State |
30-3 |
133 |
25 |
23 |
North Georgia |
30-5 |
132 |
15 |
24 |
Angelo State |
26-6 |
98 |
19 |
25 |
Benedict |
20-7 |
73 |
NR |
Dropped out: No. 10 Northwest Nazarene (29-3); No. 17 Thomas Jefferson (29-3); No. 18 Bentley (28-4); No. 20 Florida Southern (30-4); No. 21 California (PA) (26-6); No. 24 Union (TN) (27-4).
Others receiving votes on at least two ballots: Union (TN) (27-4) 61; California (PA) (26-6) 53; Northwest Nazarene (29-3) 53; Lewis (27-5) 50; Harding (21-9) 39; Tampa (22-9) 34; Thomas Jefferson (29-3) 30; Bentley (28-4) 29; Emporia State (22-9) 28; Stonehill (20-10) 23; LeMoyne-Owen (14-12) 19; Colorado Mesa (27-4) 18; Florida Southern (30-4) 17; Carson-Newman (22-8) 16; Michigan Tech (21-9) 10; Central Washington (18-11) 9; Sioux Falls (23-8) 9; Westminster (UT) (21-9) 9; Walsh (25-7) 6; Bowie State (22-6) 2.