SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The first WBCA / NCAA-II coaches' poll of the regular season has the Drury Lady Panthers ranked 11
th in the country. Drury is 3-1 and coming off of an 80-53 win at home over Missouri Western.
Ashland, the defending national champion, is ranked first in this week's poll followed by Alaska Anchorage in second and Bentley is ranked third.
Drury is the only team from the Great Lakes Valley Conference ranked. Southern Indiana received votes but is outside the top 25.
The Lady Panthers are at the O'Reilly Family Event Center this weekend hosting the Oasis Hotel & Convention Center Thanksgiving Classic. Drury takes on Arkansas-Fort Smith on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Union (Tenn.) at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is free on Friday to both the men's and women's games in the event.
Complete NCAA-II Top 25 Poll – Nov. 21, 2017
|
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Ashland (23) |
3-0 |
575 |
1 |
|
| 2 |
Alaska Anchorage |
4-0 |
547 |
4 |
|
| 3 |
Bentley |
3-0 |
515 |
6 |
|
| 4 |
California (Pa) |
4-0 |
488 |
10 |
|
| 5 |
West Texas A&M |
3-0 |
468 |
9 |
|
| 6 |
Wingate |
3-0 |
376 |
14 |
|
| 7 |
Rollins |
3-0 |
318 |
17 |
|
| 8 |
Lubbock Christian |
5-0 |
308 |
NR |
|
| 9 |
Indiana (Pa) |
4-0 |
305 |
20 |
|
| 10 |
Michigan Tech |
4-0 |
301 |
21 |
|
| 11 |
Drury |
3-1 |
298 |
7 |
|
| 12 |
Central Missouri |
3-1 |
279 |
13 |
|
| 13 |
Virginia Union |
4-1 |
278 |
2 |
|
| 14 |
Fort Lewis |
3-0 |
252 |
22 |
|
| 15 |
Northern State |
4-1 |
246 |
NR |
|
| 16 |
Seattle Pacific |
4-0 |
229 |
NR |
|
| 17 |
Azusa Pacific |
7-1 |
210 |
16 |
|
| 18 |
University of the Sciences |
3-0 |
205 |
23 |
|
| 19 |
Carson-Newman |
5-0 |
161 |
NR |
|
| 20 |
Valdosta State |
2-1 |
145 |
8 |
|
| 21 |
Pittsburg State |
4-0 |
141 |
NR |
|
| 22 |
Emporia State |
2-2 |
129 |
11 |
|
| 23 |
Central Oklahoma |
5-0 |
99 |
NR |
|
| 24 |
Lander |
2-1 |
92 |
15 |
|
| 25 |
Edinboro |
5-0 |
84 |
NR |
|
Dropped Out: No. 3 Harding (1-4); No. 5 Colorado State-Pueblo (2-2); No. 12 Queens (NY) (1-2); No. 18 West Florida (2-1); No. 19 Minnesota State Moorhead (1-1); No. 24 Lincoln Memorial (2-2); No. 25 Benedict (0-3).
Others receiving votes: Southwestern Oklahoma State (4-0) 76; Point Loma Nazarene (4-0) 69; Minnesota State Moorhead (1-1) 38; Johnson C Smith (3-0) 37; Lee (TN) (4-0) 34; Cedarville (2-1) 33; Colorado State-Pueblo (2-2) 25; West Florida (2-1) 23; Angelo State (0-0) 9; Caldwell (3-0) 9; Glenville State (2-1) 9; Limestone (2-1) 8; Southern Indiana (4-0) 8; Anderson (SC) (4-0) 7; Grand Valley State (4-0) 5. 9 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 36 combined points.
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