The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team will open the final week of the regular season ranked third in the country according to both national polls released Tuesday (Feb. 26). This week’s position in the WBCA Division II Coaches Poll matches the Tigers’ top ranking so far this season, while FHSU is third in the D2SIDA Media Poll for the third week in a row.
The Tigers reached No. 3 in the coaches poll earlier this season (1/15/19) after opening the year 15-0. Fort Hays State is 8-2 all-time as the third-ranked team in the coaches poll, including a 1-1 mark this season.
Central Missouri is the only other MIAA institution listed in either poll, coming in 24th once again in the coaches poll while jumping to 23rd according to the media.
Fort Hays State wraps up the regular season at home this weekend, beginning with a 5:30 p.m. contest Thursday (Feb. 28) against Missouri Southern.
The complete national polls for February 26, 2019 can be found below.
| WBCA Coaches Poll – Week 14 | D2SIDA Media Poll – Week 14 | |||||||||
| Rk. | Team (1st) | Rcd. | Pts. | Prev. | Rk. | Team (1st) | Rcd. | Pts. | Prev. | |
| 1 | Drury (24) | 26-0 | 600 | 1 | 1 | Drury (15) | 26-0 | 399 | 1 | |
| 2 | UC San Diego | 24-0 | 573 | 2 | 2 | UC San Diego (1) | 24-0 | 385 | 2 | |
| 3 | Fort Hays State | 25-1 | 542 | 4 | 3 | Fort Hays State | 25-1 | 364 | 3 | |
| 4 | University of the Sciences | 26-1 | 518 | 5 | 4 | USciences | 26-1 | 343 | 5 | |
| 5 | Northwest Nazarene | 25-1 | 491 | 7 | 5 | Southwestern Oklahoma | 25-1 | 327 | 7 | |
| 6 | Alaska Anchorage | 25-1 | 462 | 9 | 6 | Northwest Nazarene | 25-1 | 308 | 8 | |
| 7 | Ashland | 25-2 | 416 | 10 | 7 | Anderson (S.C.) | 24-2 | 278 | 10 | |
| T8 | Grand Valley State | 25-2 | 403 | 11 | 8 | Virginia Union | 24-2 | 271 | 13 | |
| T8 | Indiana (Pa.) | 22-2 | 403 | 3 | T9 | Lewis | 24-2 | 266 | 11 | |
| 10 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 25-1 | 387 | 12 | T9 | Union | 25-2 | 266 | 6 | |
| 11 | Union (Tenn.) | 25-2 | 333 | 6 | 11 | Alaska Anchorage | 25-1 | 245 | 12 | |
| 12 | Virginia Union | 24-2 | 331 | 13 | 12 | IUP | 22-2 | 234 | 4 | |
| 13 | Bentley | 25-2 | 318 | 14 | 13 | West Texas A&M | 23-3 | 218 | 15 | |
| 14 | Thomas Jefferson Univ. | 24-2 | 286 | 8 | 14 | Grand Valley | 25-2 | 192 | 14 | |
| 15 | Lewis | 24-2 | 266 | 15 | 15 | Bentley | 25-2 | 190 | 16 | |
| 16 | Anderson (S.C.) | 24-2 | 230 | 16 | 16 | California | 22-3 | 142 | 21 | |
| 17 | California (Pa.) | 22-3 | 228 | 18 | T17 | Ashland | 25-2 | 120 | 18 | |
| 18 | West Texas A&M | 23-3 | 197 | 17 | T17 | West Florida | 23-4 | 120 | 19 | |
| 19 | Florida Southern | 23-3 | 164 | 18 | 19 | Colorado Mesa | 22-3 | 112 | 25 | |
| 20 | Glenville State | 24-2 | 143 | 21 | 20 | Glenville State | 24-2 | 87 | 17 | |
| 21 | Colorado Mesa | 22-3 | 129 | 22 | 21 | Florida Southern | 23-3 | 85 | 23 | |
| 22 | Angelo State | 20-4 | 89 | 23 | 22 | North Georgia | 22-4 | 78 | 24 | |
| 23 | Azusa Pacific | 22-4 | 52 | 25 | 23 | Central Missouri | 20-5 | 56 | RV | |
| 24 | Central Missouri | 20-5 | 51 | 24 | 24 | St. Thomas Aquinas | 24-3 | 39 | RV | |
| 25 | Lubbock Christian | 22-5 | 46 | 20 | 25 | Angelo State | 20-4 | 34 | RV | |