The Wayne State College women's basketball team is ranked for the first time this season today, coming in 22nd in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Wildcats received a season-high 84 points in voting tabulated by NCAA Division II coaches from across the country.
Wayne State is 26-4 on the season and winners of 15 straight games heading into this weekend's NCAA Division II Central Regional Tournament in Durango, Colorado. The Wildcats are the #2 seed and face #7 seed CSU-Pueblo (20-10) in the opening game of the tournament on Friday at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.
USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
(as of March 9, 2010) Week 14 Poll
No. Team Prev. Rank Record Pts.
1 Gannon Univ. (24) 1 33-0 647
2 Franklin Pierce (2) 2 28-1 616
3 Michigan Tech 5 28-2 576
4 Arkansas Tech 6 28-2 550
5 Univ. of Indianapolis 3 26-3 518
6 Fort Lewis (Colo.) 4 30-3 493
7 Washburn (Kan.) 10 26-3 451
8 Delta State (Miss.) 8 25-3 446
9 West Texas A&M 11 28-3 445
10 Fort Valley St. (Ga.) 7 26-2 416
11 Lander (S.C.) 9 25-3 354
12 Cal.-San Diego 12 25-4 311
13 Seattle Pacific 18 23-3 309
14 Alaska-Anchorage 13 23-4 294
15 Emporia State (Kan.)15 24-5 250
16 Holy Family (Pa.) 14 28-2 248
17 Univ. of Tampa 16 25-4 222
18 Western Washington 20 23-4 207
19 Clayton State (Ga.) 21 21-6 203
20 Francis Marion (SC) 17 26-4 200
21 Concordia-St. Paul 19 24-4 124
22 Wayne State (Neb.) NR 26-4 84
23 Carson-Newman 22 24-5 82
24 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 24 21-7 54
25 California (Pa.) NR 23-7 46
Others Receiving Votes: Tarleton State (Texas) 43; Millersville (Pa.) 40; Drury (Mo.) 39;
Northeastern State (Okla.) 38; Fayetteville State (NC) 34; Seton Hill (Pa.) 23;
Wisconsin-Parkside 20; Quincy (Ill.) 11; Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) 7; Newberry (SC) 6;
Stonehill (Mass.) 6; Tusculum (Tenn.) 6; Fairmont State (W.Va.) 4; Pace (NY) 4;
Virginia State 4; Minnesota Duluth 3; Barry (Fla.) 2; Bentley (Mass.) 2; Cal Poly Pomona 1;
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)1; Lynn (Fla.) 1; Northern Michigan 1; Central Oklahoma 1.
Bold-denotes teams Wayne State has/or will have played
