SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– The Drury Lady Panthers are ranked 12th in this week’s NCAA-II coaches’ poll. Drury is 7-1 and 2-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. They opened league play last week with three road games in six days and won two of the three.
Ashland (7-0) remained the number one ranked team in Division II, while Grand Valley State (6-0) is ranked second and Central Missouri (7-0) is third.
In addition to Ashland and Grand Valley State, one other team from the Midwest Region is ranked as Ferris State moved up to fifth. The Lady Panthers are the only GLVC team in the top 25 this week.
Drury returns to action on Thursday when they host William Jewell at 7 pm in the O’Reilly Family Event Center. The Lady Panthers are also home on Saturday at 1 pm as Drury faces Southwest Baptist on Hall of Fame and Overflow the O’ Day.
Complete NCAA-II Rankings – Dec. 5
| Rank | School (Record) | Total Points |
First-Place Votes |
Last Week’s Rank |
| 1 | Ashland (7-0) | 575 | 23 | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State (6-0) | 550 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Central Missouri (7-0) | 526 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Union, TN (8-0) | 509 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Ferris State (4-0) | 457 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Thomas Jefferson (8-0) | 453 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Gannon (9-1) | 425 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Catawba (4-1) | 334 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tampa (8-2) | 326 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Texas Woman’s (8-1) | 318 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | West Chester (6-1) | 312 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Drury (7-1) | 305 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Western Washington (7-1) | 293 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Southern Nazarene (8-0) | 269 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Bentley (6-1) | 243 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Montana State Billings (8-2) | 224 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | California, PA (6-1) | 222 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Fort Hays State (6-0) | 204 | 0 | 22 |
| 19 | Minnesota Duluth (6-1) | 162 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Fairmont State (7-0) | 154 | 0 | 25 |
| 21 | Virginia State (6-0) | 78 | 0 | RV |
| 22 | North Georgia (5-1) | 66 | 0 | RV |
| 23 | Colorado Mines (7-1) | 54 | 0 | RV |
| 24 | Assumption (4-2) | 45 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 | Northwestern Oklahoma State (8-0) | 35 | 0 | RV |
