SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Drury Lady Panthers are ranked third in the nation in NCAA-II women’s basketball in this week’s coaches’ poll. Drury is 11-1 and last week picked up two wins in Florida with an 85-73 victory over Eckerd, ranked number eight nationally going into that game, and at Florida Southern, 97-74.
The top three teams in the national rankings are all in the Midwest Region, as Grand Valley State (11-0) is ranked number one, Ashland (11-0) is number two, and the Lady Panthers are third.
The week’s poll marks the 141st consecutive week the Lady Panthers have been ranked in the top 25, the longest streak in the nation. It is also their 79th straight week to be ranked in the top 10.
Drury is idle until Jan. 5 when they host McKendree at the O’Reilly Family Event Center for a 5:45 pm game.
NCAA-II Coaches’ Poll – Dec. 20, 2022
|
Rank |
School (Record) |
TotalPoints |
First-PlaceVotes |
Last Week’sRank |
|
1 |
Grand Valley State (11-0) |
549 |
21 |
1 |
|
2 |
Ashland (11-0) |
524 |
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Drury (11-1) |
461 |
0 |
5 |
|
4 |
Glenville State (9-1) |
459 |
0 |
6 |
|
5 |
West Texas A&M (10-1) |
432 |
1 |
7 |
|
6 |
Tampa (10-0) |
418 |
0 |
9 |
|
7 |
Minnesota State Mankato (10-1) |
356 |
0 |
4 |
|
8 |
Western Washington (7-1) |
344 |
0 |
10 |
|
9 |
Missouri Southern State (11-1) |
334 |
0 |
3 |
|
10 |
Colorado Mines (10-1) |
323 |
0 |
11 |
|
11 |
Central Missouri (8-0) |
316 |
0 |
17 |
|
12 |
Eckerd (9-2) |
292 |
0 |
8 |
|
13 |
Georgia Southwestern (9-1) |
269 |
0 |
13 |
|
14 |
Lenoir-Rhyne (12-0) |
255 |
0 |
15 |
|
15 |
North Georgia (8-1) |
251 |
0 |
12 |
|
16 |
Cal State San Marcos (7-1) |
234 |
0 |
15 |
|
17 |
Azusa Pacific (10-2) |
162 |
0 |
18 |
|
18 |
Charleston, WV (9-2) |
149 |
0 |
21 |
|
19 |
Union, TN (7-2) |
130 |
0 |
20 |
|
20 |
Texas Woman’s (8-1) |
118 |
0 |
23 |
|
21 |
Cal State Dominguez Hills (10-0) |
96 |
0 |
RV |
|
22 |
Central Washington (9-1) |
90 |
0 |
24 |
|
23 |
Assumption (10-0) |
82 |
0 |
RV |
|
24 |
Thomas Jefferson (10-1) |
73 |
0 |
25 |
|
25 |
Alaska Anchorage (8-2) |
55 |
0 |
14 |
Dropped out: No. 19 Daemen (7-2); No. 21 Montana State Billings (11-2).
Others receiving votes: Nebraska Kearney (12-2) 49; Minnesota Duluth (9-2) 40; Montana State Billings (11-2) 40; Fort Hays State (10-3) 33; Ferris State (7-2) 28; Wingate (8-1) 24; Tusculum (12-1) 21; Daemen (7-2) 20; Angelo State (8-2) 17; Augustana, SD (10-2) 14; Lee, TN (10-2) 12; Shippensburg (8-1) 7.
