The Fort Hays State women's basketball team rose in both of this week's national polls after a pair of road wins over the weekend. The Tigers will head into the final week of the regular season ranked sixth in the WBCA DII Coaches Poll and eighth in the D2SIDA Media Poll, both released Tuesday.
This is the second time that the Tigers (23-3, 17-3 MIAA) have been slotted sixth in the coaches poll. FHSU sat in sixth earlier this month (Feb. 1) before going on the road to grab wins over Newman and Central Oklahoma.
The Tigers are 10-2 all-time when ranked sixth in the coaches poll, including a 2-1 record this season. Fort Hays State is now 134-34 when ranked in the poll during the DII era.
Glenville State, the lone undefeated team in Division II, held on to the top spot in the coaches poll for the fifth week in a row while Texas A&M-Commerce rose one spot to first in the media poll.
The Tigers are the only MIAA program recognized in this week's coaches poll, while Missouri Southern is in the receiving votes category in the media ranks.
Looking around the region, the Tigers are joined in the top 25 by No. 13 Saint Cloud State and No. 19 Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Huskies from SCSU are just behind FHSU in the media poll in ninth, while Minnesota-Duluth is ranked 15th.
Fort Hays State will wrap up its home schedule Wednesday (Feb. 23) with Senior Night when Missouri Western comes to town at 5:30 p.m.
WBCA DII Coaches Poll - February 22, 2022
1. Glenville State (22) 25-0
2. Grand Valley State (1) 23-1
3. Union, TN 21-2
4. Texas A&M-Commerce 22-2
5. Ashland 23-2
6. Fort Hays State 23-3
7. Barton 24-1
8. Lander 19-3
T9. Drury 25-4
T9. Western Washington 17-2
11. North Georgia 20-3
12. Savannah State 24-1
13. Saint Cloud State 21-3
14. Azusa Pacific 20-3
15. Walsh 23-3
16. Lubbock Christian 22-5
17. Eckerd 17-3
18. Tampa 24-5
19. Southwestern Oklahoma St. 24-4
20. Colorado School of Mines 22-4
21. Cal State San Marcos 19-2
22. Wingate 22-3
23. Catawba 20-4
24. Valdosta State 21-4
25. Missouri-St. Louis 20-3
Others receiving votes: Cal State East Bay (19-2) 55; Minnesota Duluth (21-4) 54; Southern New Hampshire (20-5) 52; Southern Indiana (20-4) 24; Lee, TN (20-5) 13; Central Washington (18-6) 12; West Texas A&M (18-9) 6.
D2SIDA Media Poll - February 22, 2022
1. Texas A&M-Commerce (8) 22-2
2. Grand Valley State (1) 23-1
3. Glenville State (7) 25-0
4. Union (Tenn.) 21-2
5. Ashland 23-2
6. Western Washington 17-2
7. Barton 24-1
8. Fort Hays State 23-3
9. St. Cloud State 21-3
10. North Georgia 20-3
11. Lubbock Christian 22-5
12. Cal State-San Marcos 19-2
13. Drury 25-4
14. Lander 19-3
15. Minnesota-Duluth 21-4
16. Azusa Pacific 20-3
17. Valdosta State 21-4
18. Colorado Mesa 21-4
19. Wingate 22-3
20. Kutztown 23-5
21.Tampa 24-5
22. Southern New Hampshire 20-5
23. Colorado School of Mines 22-4
24. Walsh 23-3
25. Cal State-East Bay 19-2
Receiving Votes: Southwestern Oklahoma State 47, Le Moyne 18, Savannah State 16, Southern Indiana 10, California (Pa.) 8, Colorado State-Pueblo 8, Catawba 7, Missouri Southern 4, Missouri-St. Louis 4, Pace 3, Central Washington 2, Gannon 1