FHSU Athletics
The Fort Hays State women's basketball team moved up in both national polls again this week, with the Tigers now sitting in sixth in both the WBCA Coaches Poll and the D2CSC National Media Poll.
After a pair of 30-point conference victories last week, the Tigers moved up one spot from seventh in the coaches poll while FHSU jumped eight spots from T-14th in the media ranks.
Fort Hays State is now 9-0 to start the season, making the Tigers one of 12 remaining undefeated teams in Division II. FHSU's nine-game winning streak is the third-longest active streak in DII. This is the fourth-best start to a season in program history.
The Tigers racked up 429 points in the balloting process of the coaches poll, up from 408 points one week ago. FHSU shot up to 310 points in the media poll from 202 a week ago after rising from third to first in the media's regional ranks.
This is the eighth time that the Tigers have been ranked sixth in the coaches poll during the program's NCAA DII era and the first-such occurrence since February 22, 2022. Fort Hays State is 12-2 when ranked sixth according to the coaches, most recently defeating Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State in the final two regular season games of the 2021-22 season.
Fort Hays State is the top-ranked MIAA program in both polls, with Pittsburg State joining the Tigers at No. 8 in the coaches poll and No. 10 in the media ranks.
The Tigers will resume their season next weekend (Dec. 19-20) when they travel to Hawaii for the Big Island Classic. FHSU will first play Truman State on Thursday (Dec. 19, 8 p.m./4 p.m. HT) before battling Quincy on Friday (Dec. 20, 10 p.m./6 p.m. HT).
WBCA NCAA DII Coaches Poll - December 10, 2024
Rk. - School (1st) - W-L - Pts. - Last
1 - Grand Valley State (21) - 9-0 - 573 - 1
2 - Texas Woman's (1) - 9-1 - 524 - 2
3 - Montana State Billings - 9-1 - 508 - 3
4 - Gannon - 12-1 - 459 - 6
5 - Bentley - 9-1 - 450 - 5
6 - Fort Hays State - 9-0 - 429 - 7
7 - Lubbock Christian - 9-1 - 411 - 4
8 - Pittsburg State - 8-1 - 379 - 8
9 - Cal State Dominguez Hills - 10-0 - 370 - 12
10 - Carson-Newman - 8-1 - 348 - 11
11 - Azusa Pacific - 7-1 - 294 - 14
12 - Minnesota State Mankato - 7-2 - 265 - 16
13 - Concordia-St. Paul - 9-0 - 252 - 19
14 - Seton Hill - 10-0 - 244 - 21
15 - Tampa - 8-2 - 235 - 17
16 - Union (Tenn.) - 6-2 - 176 - 20
17 - Texas-Tyler - 6-1 - 170 - 18
18 - Nova Southeastern - 7-1 - 150 - 24
19 - Ferris State - 7-2 - 133 - 23
20 - Ashland - 7-3 - 132 - 10
21 - Lee (Tenn.) - 7-1 - 109 - 15
22 - Thomas Jefferson - 6-2 - 102 - 13
23 - North Georgia - 7-0 - 101 - RV
24 - Cal Poly Pomona - 7-1 - 94 - 25
25 - Northern Michigan - 8-0 - 85 - RV
Dropped Out: No. 9 Northwest Missouri State (7-3); No. 22 Assumption (7-2).
Receiving Votes: Central Washington (7-0) 62; Embry-Riddle (8-) 51; Northwest Missouri State (7-3) 51; Fairmont State (7-2) 45; Assumption (7-2) 36; California State L.A. (6-1) 35; Southwest Minnesota State (8-1) 31; Alaska Anchorage (10-1) 30; Indiana (Pa.) (7-0) 28; Miles (4-1) 23; Belmont Abbey (7-2) 17; Columbus State (6-2) 16; Virginia State (6-2) 14; Coker (7-0) 6; Valdosta State (6-2) 6.
D2CSC National Media Poll - December 10, 2024
Rk. - School (1st) - W-L - Pts. - Last
1 - Grand Valley State (15) - 9-0 - 398 - 1
2 - Texas Woman's - 9-1 - 336 - 12
3 - Bentley - 9-1 - 333 - 8
4 - Cal State-Dominguez Hills (1) - 10-0 - 320 - 10
5 - Carson-Newman - 8-1 - 318 - T6
6 - Fort Hays State - 9-0 - 310 - T14
7 - Seton Hill - 10-0 - 309 - 11
8 - Embry-Riddle - 8-0 - 298 - 9
9 - Lubbock Christian - 9-1 - 289 - 2
10 - Pittsburg State - 8-1 - 276 - 3
11 - Gannon - 12-1 - 241 - T14
12 - Montana State Billings - 9-1 - 225 - 16
13 - Northern Michigan - 8-0 - 214 - 19
14 - Texas Tyler - 6-1 - 192 - 5
15 - North Georgia - 7-0 - 176 - 20
16 - Indiana (Pa.) - 7-0 - 166 - 18
17 - Nova Southeastern - 7-1 - 148 - 24
18 - Concordia-St. Paul - 9-0 - 140 - 23
19 - Azusa Pacific - 7-1 - 117 - 22
T20 - Holy Family - 7-2 - 79 - NR
T20 - Ashland - 7-3 - 79 - T6
22 - Tampa - 8-2 - 61 - RV
23 - Ferris State - 7-2 - 30 - 25
24 - Cal State-Los Angeles - 6-1 - 24 - RV
25 - Minnesota State-Mankato - 7-2 - 23 - RV
Receiving Votes: Jefferson (22); Edinboro (20); Lee (19); Eastern New Mexico State (14); Francis Marion (13); Southwest Minnesota State (5); Cal- Poly Pomona (4); Coker (1)Dropped Out: (4) Northwest Missouri State; (13) Lee; (17) Southern Connecticut State ; (21) Jefferson