2016-17 WBCA
NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
December 13, 2016
The WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM SUNDAY, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, first-place votes received and ranking in last week’s poll:
Printable version (PDF)
|
|
|
|
|
1st Place |
Last Week’s |
|
|
|
1 |
Ashland |
10-0 |
595 |
20 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
California (PA) |
10-0 |
570 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
3 |
Pittsburg State |
11-0 |
551 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
4 |
Bellarmine |
8-0 |
501 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
5 |
Emporia State |
9-1 |
475 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
6 |
Virginia Union |
6-0 |
468 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
Angelo State |
7-0 |
456 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
8 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
7-1 |
439 |
0 |
8 |
|
|
9 |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
10-0 |
415 |
0 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
California Baptist |
11-2 |
367 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
11 |
Bentley |
9-2 |
327 |
0 |
14 |
|
|
11 |
Lincoln Memorial |
9-0 |
327 |
0 |
19 |
|
|
13 |
Drury |
9-2 |
236 |
0 |
11 |
|
|
14 |
Seattle Pacific |
8-0 |
230 |
0 |
23 |
|
|
15 |
Clayton State |
8-1 |
224 |
0 |
20 |
|
|
16 |
Florida Southern |
6-2 |
182 |
0 |
21 |
|
|
17 |
Arkansas Tech |
7-1 |
176 |
0 |
NR |
|
|
18 |
Northern State |
8-1 |
174 |
0 |
25 |
|
|
19 |
Winona State |
9-2 |
167 |
0 |
12 |
|
|
20 |
Queens (NY) |
8-2 |
141 |
0 |
15 |
|
|
21 |
Limestone |
6-2 |
129 |
0 |
13 |
|
|
22 |
Grand Valley State |
7-2 |
102 |
0 |
16 |
|
|
23 |
Lewis |
9-2 |
97 |
0 |
18 |
|
|
24 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
7-1 |
67 |
0 |
NR |
|
|
25 |
West Texas A&M |
7-3 |
53 |
0 |
17 |
Dropped Out: No. 24 Saginaw Valley State (7-2); No. 22 Union, TN (5-2).
Others receiving votes: Saint Mary's, TX (8-1) 45; Anderson, SC (6-1) 44; Johnson C. Smith (7-2) 35; Saginaw Valley State (7-2) 30; Central Oklahoma (9-0) 30; Claflin (7-2) 24; Newberry (6-2) 16; West Florida (5-1) 9; Caldwell (9-1) 8; Lander (4-2) 8; Nova Southeastern (7-2) 8; North Georgia (8-1) 8; Fort Hays State (8-2) 5; Point Loma Nazarene (7-2) 4.
11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 57 combined points.
The WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches’ Poll Committee is made up of 24 head coaches at NCAA Division II institutions — one from each conference. The committee for the 2016-17 season: Trisha Brown, Stonehill; Debbie Buff, Wheeling Jesuit; David Caputo, Bloomfield; Jory Collins, Emporia State; Jacques Curtis, Shaw; Carmen Dolfo, Western Washington; Jason Flores, Fort Lewis; Sheila Green-Gerding, Minot State; Russell Gregg, Erskine; Scott Groninger, West Georgia; Darin Grover, Southeastern Oklahoma State; T.J. Hardeman, Asuza Pacific; Noel Johnson, Midwestern State; Carrie Lohr, Wayne State (MI); Jason Martens, St. Mary’s (Texas); Kerri Nakamoto, Cal State-Monterey; Bet Naumovski, Queens (New York); Katie Pate, Lenoir Rhyne; Kevin Pederson, Lander; John Reynolds, Florida Tech; James Rice, Benedict; Jessica Strom, California (Pennsylvania); Shannon Sword, Ursuline; Katie Vaughn, Missouri-St. Louis.