After a one-week hiatus, the Wayne State College women's basketball team is back in the USA Today Sports/WBCA Division II Top 25 Women's Basketball Coaches Poll tied for 23^rd.  The Wildcats received 102 points in voting conducted by various Division II head coaches from across the country in the poll released Tuesday afternoon. 
            Wayne State has won eight straight games and is now 17-3 overall and first place in the NSIC South with an 11-3 league mark following home wins last weekend over Upper Iowa (69-38) and Winona State (64-44).  The Wildcats are on the road this weekend at Minot State Friday evening at 6 p.m. and the University of Mary Saturday at 4 p.m.
            Listed below is the USA Today/Sports Division II Top 25 Women's Basketball Coaches Poll:
 
USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll (January 27, 2015)
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Rank School (First-Place Votes)        Rank       Record    Points
1.    Lewis (Ill.) – (30)                                1             19-0         774
2.    Emporia State (Kan.)                          2             16-1         735
3.    Alaska-Anchorage                             3             18-1         673
4.    Limestone College (S.C.)                   6             18-1         624
5.    Indiana (Pa.)                                     13            17-1         545
6.    Fort Hays State (Kan.)                       17            18-1         522
7.    West Texas A&M                              10            15-2         518
8.    Adelphi (N.Y.)                                    11            17-2         498
9.    Pittsburg State (Kan.)                        4             17-3         463
10.  Wayne State (Mich.)                          5             14-2         452
11.  Livingstone (N.C.) – (1)                      18            18-0         429
12.  Columbus State (Ga.)                        16            18-1         418
13.  Rollins (Fla.)                                      14            14-2         408
14.  Stonehill College (Mass.)                   7             14-2         396
15.  Michigan Tech                                   19            15-1         321
16.  Harding (Ark.)                                    23            15-2         299
17.  Northern State (S.D.)                         15            17-3         277
18.  Bloomsburg (Pa.)                              22            15-2         222
19.  Florida Tech                                      9             15-2         212
20.  Arkansas Tech                                  12            15-2         204
21.  Drury (Mo.)                                        21            14-3         191
22.  Seattle Pacific (Wash.)                      8             14-3         176
23.  Nova Southeastern (Fla.)                  20            13-4         102
23.  Wayne State (Neb.)                          NR           17-3         102
25.  Humboldt State (Calif.)                      25            15-2         86
Others Receiving Votes: Union University (Tenn.) 74; Midwestern State University (Texas) 53; California University of Pennsylvania (Pa.) 43; Cedarville University (Ohio) 38; California State Polytechnic University - Pomona 29; University of New Haven (Conn.) 24; University of District of Columbia 23; University of Colorado - Colorado Springs 20; Lander University (S.C.) 19; Hawaii Pacific University 16; Washburn University (Kan.) 15; Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 10; Lincoln University (Pa.) 9; Minnesota State University - Mankato 9; California State University - Dominguez Hills 7; Johnson C Smith University 7; California State University - San Bernardino 6; Colorado Mesa University 6; University of West Florida 6; California Baptist University 4; Missouri Southern State University 4; New York Institute of Technology 4; Gannon University (Pa.) 1; University of Central Missouri 1.