FHSU Sports Information
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).