FHSU Athletics
The Fort Hays State women's basketball team climbed in both national polls released Tuesday, jumping five spots to No. 12 in the latest WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches Poll and up two slots to No. 15 in the D2CSC Media Poll.
The Tigers managed to jump in the rankings despite not playing any games since the last release one week ago. Fort Hays State picked up 299 points in the voting process of the coaches poll, up from 236 a week ago, while the Tigers gained 145 points in the media poll compared to 136 last Tuesday.
Fort Hays State is now the highest-ranked team in the MIAA in the coaches poll, moving one spot past No. 13 Pittsburg State. Northwest Missouri State is ranked 15th in this week's coaches ranks, giving the MIAA three teams in the top 15. Only one other conference has two teams in the top 15, while the MIAA is the only league with three-such teams.
The MIAA also has three teams in the top 15 of the media poll, with Pittsburg State sitting at No. 6, Northwest Missouri State ranked No. 8 and FHSU slotted 15th.The Tigers are 3-1 all-time when ranked No. 12 in the coaches poll. This is the third time the Tigers have been listed at No. 12 in the coaches poll, and the first since the preseason poll of the 2018-19 season. The Tigers went 2-0 as the 12th-ranked team in November 2018 after going 1-1 when ranked No. 12 in the 2016 MIAA Championship tournament.
Fort Hays State has now been listed in the coaches top 25 in 106 separate releases. The Tigers are 161-43 all-time when ranked.
The Tigers will play three times in the next five days beginning tonight when they host Tabor beginning at 6 p.m.
NCAA DII National Coaches Poll - November 26, 2024
Rk. - School (1st) - W-L - Pts. - Last
1 - Grand Valley State (22) - 7-0 - 574 - 2
2 - Gannon - 9-0 - 544 - 4
3 - Montana State Billings - 7-1 - 480 - 5
4 - Texas Woman's (1) - 6-1 - 463 - 1
5 - Carson-Newman - 5-0 - 423 - 9
6 - Bentley - 5-1 - 388 - 3
7 - Thomas Jefferson - 5-0 - 379 - 10
8 - Tampa - 4-1 - 373 - 8
9 - Minnesota State Mankato - 3-1 - 364 - 6
10 - Union (Tenn.) - 4-1 - 324 - 11
11 - Lubbock Christian - 7-0 - 316 - 19
12 - Fort Hays State - 4-0 - 299 - 17
13 - Pittsburg State - 5-1 - 290 - 13
14 - Ashland - 5-2 - 277 - 7
15 - Northwest Missouri State - 6-1 - 256 - 18
16 - Azusa Pacific - 5-1 - 181 - 12
17 - Lee (Tenn.) - 5-0 - 169 - 24
18 - Cal State Dominguez Hills - 6-0 - 143 - RV
19 - Ferris State - 5-2 - 139 - 14
20 - Assumption - 5-1 - 123 - 15
21 - Concordia-St. Paul - 5-0 - 111 - 25
22 - Nova Southeastern - 4-1 - 108 - 20
23 - Texas-Tyler - 4-0 - 96 - RV
24 - Cal Poly-Pomona - 4-1 - 92 - 21
25 - Seton Hill - 6-0 - 85 - RV
Dropped Out: No. 16 Fairmont State (4-2); No. 22 Colorado Mesa (4-1); Columbus State (3-2).
Receiving Votes: North Georgia (5-0) 80; Colorado Mesa (4-1) 78; Fairmont State (4-2) 57; Northern Michigan (6-0) 46; West Florida (4-0) 32; Embry Riddle (6-0) 27; Miles (3-1) 22; Central Washington (4-0) 20; Virginia State (5-1) 20; Northern State (3-2) 17; California State L.A. (4-1) 14; Southwestern Oklahoma State (4-0) 12; UNC Pembroke (5-1) 10; West Virginia State (4-0) 6; Allen (4-1) 4.
D2CSC National Media Poll - November 26, 2024
Rk. - School (1st) - W-L - Pts. - Last
1 - Grand Valley State (12) - 7-0 - 372 - 2
2 - Gannon (3) - 9-0 - 363 - 3
3 - Tampa - 4-1 - 315 - 4
4 - Carson-Newman - 5-0 - 314 - 7
5 - Lubbock Christian - 7-0 - 305 - 11
6 - Pittsburg State - 5-1 - 298 - 8
7 - Northwest Missouri State - 6-1 - 271 - 9
8 - Jefferson - 5-0 - 264 - 16
9 - Ashland - 5-2 - 233 - 5
T10 - Montana State Billings - 7-1 - 232 - 15
T10 - Texas Tyler - 4-0 - 232 - 20
12 - Lee - 5-0 - 227 - 13
13 - Texas Woman's - 6-1 - 186 - 1
14 - Bentley - 5-1 - 179 - 6
15 - Fort Hays State - 4-0 - 145 - 17
16 - Ferris State - 5-2 - 118 - 14
17 - UNC Pembroke - 5-1 - 115 - 22
18 - Embry-Riddle - 6-0 - 109 - RV
19 - Cal State-Dominguez Hills - 6-0 - 98 - NR
20 - Indiana (Pa.) - 5-0 - 94 - 21
21 - Minnesota State-Mankato - 3-1 - 90 - 18
22 - Southern Connecticut State - 5-0 - 63 - RV|
23 - Union - 4-1 - 55 - 19
24 - Northern Michigan - 6-0 - 50 - 24
25 - Azusa Pacific - 5-1 - 39 - 10
Receiving Votes: Holy Family (23); North Georgia (22); Seton Hill (18); Cal State- Los Angeles (16);Colorado Mesa (10); Assumption (9); West Virginia State (5); Drury (3); Concordia- St. Paul (2)Dropped Out: (9) Assumption; (23) Cal State-Los Angeles; (25) Augusta