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 MONDAY, 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:
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|
Rank |
School |
Record |
Points |
1st-Place Votes |
Last Week’s Rank |
|
1 |
Ashland |
13-0 |
597 |
21 |
1 |
|
2 |
California (PA) |
11-0 |
570 |
0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Pittsburg State |
11-0 |
551 |
1 |
3 |
|
4 |
Bellarmine |
10-0 |
511 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Emporia State |
11-1 |
476 |
0 |
5 |
|
6 |
Virginia Union |
9-0 |
467 |
2 |
6 |
|
7 |
Angelo State |
9-0 |
452 |
0 |
7 |
|
8 |
Alaska-Anchorage |
10-1 |
430 |
0 |
8 |
|
9 |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
12-0 |
418 |
0 |
9 |
|
10 |
Lincoln Memorial |
11-0 |
369 |
0 |
11 |
|
11 |
California Baptist |
13-2 |
360 |
0 |
10 |
|
12 |
Bentley |
10-2 |
323 |
0 |
11 |
|
13 |
Seattle Pacific |
10-0 |
290 |
0 |
14 |
|
14 |
Drury |
10-2 |
270 |
0 |
13 |
|
15 |
Arkansas Tech |
7-1 |
245 |
0 |
17 |
|
16 |
Winona State |
10-2 |
224 |
0 |
19 |
|
17 |
Lewis |
10-2 |
149 |
0 |
23 |
|
18 |
Wheeling Jesuit |
8-1 |
130 |
0 |
24 |
|
19 |
Central Oklahoma |
10-0 |
121 |
0 |
NR |
|
20 |
Florida Southern |
8-3 |
86 |
0 |
16 |
|
21 |
Grand Valley State |
8-3 |
84 |
0 |
22 |
|
22 |
Clayton State |
9-2 |
78 |
0 |
15 |
|
23 |
Columbus State |
7-0 |
72 |
0 |
NR |
|
24 |
North Georgia |
10-1 |
71 |
0 |
NR |
|
25 |
Northern State |
8-2 |
63 |
0 |
18 |
Dropped Out: No. 20 Queens, NY (9-3); No. 21 Limestone (7-3); No. 25 West Texas A&M (8-4).
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State-Moorhead (9-1) 42; Regis, CO (10-1) 34; Saint Mary's, TX (10-2) 30; Limestone (7-3) 28; Caldwell (10-2) 26; Queens, NY (9-3) 26; Saginaw Valley State (8-2) 26; North Alabama (9-0) 26; Eckerd (9-2) 24; Fort Hays State (10-2) 21; West Texas A&M (8-4) 13; Central Missouri (10-1) 12; Adelphi (9-2) 11; Chowan (10-2) 8; Simon Fraser (10-2) 5; Anderson, SC (8-2) 4; Glenville State (9-1) 4; Point Loma Nazarene (9-2) 4.
7 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 48 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.