The Fort Hays State Lady Tigers jump 11 spots to No. 6 in the latest USA Today/WBCA top-25 poll. It’s the highest the Lady Tigers have ever been ranked since moving to NCAA II in the early 1990’s and the second time they’ve cracked the top-10. FHSU was reached No. 10 in December of 2012.
Emporia State stays at No. 2 while Pittsburg State drops to No. 9 following their loss at Fort Hays State Saturday. Washburn, Missouri Southern and Central Missouri are still receiving votes.
| Rank | Institution – First Place Votes |
Previous
|
Record
|
Points
|
| 1. | Lewis (Ill.) – 30 |
1
|
19-0
|
774
|
| 2. | Emporia State (Kan.) |
2
|
16-1
|
735
|
| 3. | Alaska – Anchorage |
3
|
18-1
|
673
|
| 4. | Limestone College (S.C.) |
6
|
18-1
|
624
|
| 5. | Indiana (Pa.) |
13
|
17-1
|
545
|
| 6. | Fort Hays State (Kan.) |
17
|
18-1
|
522
|
| 7. | West Texas A&M University |
10
|
15-2
|
518
|
| 8. | Adelphi University (N.Y.) |
11
|
17-2
|
498
|
| 9. | Pittsburg State (Kan.) |
4
|
17-3
|
463
|
| 10. | Wayne State (Mich.) |
5
|
14-2
|
452
|
| 11. | Livingstone College (N.C.) – 1 |
18
|
18-0
|
429
|
| 12. | Columbus State (Ga.) |
16
|
18-1
|
418
|
| 13. | Rollins College (Fla.) |
14
|
14-2
|
408
|
| 14. | Stonehill College (Mass.) |
7
|
14-2
|
396
|
| 15. | Michigan Tech |
19
|
15-1
|
321
|
| 16. | Harding (Ark.) |
23
|
15-2
|
299
|
| 17. | Northern State (S.D.) |
15
|
17-3
|
277
|
| 18. | Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
22
|
15-2
|
222
|
| 19. | Florida Tech |
9
|
15-2
|
212
|
| 20. | Arkansas Tech |
12
|
15-2
|
204
|
| 21. | Drury (Mo.) |
21
|
14-3
|
191
|
| 22. | Seattle Pacific (Wash.) |
8
|
14-3
|
176
|
| T23. | Nova Southeastern (Fla.) |
20
|
13-4
|
102
|
| T23. | Wayne State College (Neb.) |
NR
|
17-3
|
102
|
| 25. | Humboldt State (Calif.) |
25
|
15-2
|
86
|
Dropped Out: California University of Pennsylvania (PA).
Others receiving votes: Union University (Tenn.) 74; Midwestern State University (Texas) 53; California University of Pennsylvania (Pa.) 43; Cedarville University (Ohio) 38; California State Polytechnic University – Pomona 29; University of New Haven (Conn.) 24; University of District of Columbia 23; University of Colorado – Colorado Springs 20; Lander University (S.C.) 19; Hawaii Pacific University 16; Washburn University (Kan.) 15; Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 10; Lincoln University (Pa.) 9; Minnesota State University – Mankato 9; California State University – Dominguez Hills 7; Johnson C Smith University 7; California State University – San Bernardino 6; Colorado Mesa University 6; University of West Florida 6; California Baptist University 4; Missouri Southern State University 4; New York Institute of Technology 4; Gannon University (Pa.) 1; University of Central Missouri 1.