November 29, 2016

2016-17 WBCA
NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll

November 29, 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 preseason poll:                                                                                          

Rank

School

Record

Points

1st Place

Votes

Last Week’s

Rank

1

Emporia State

6-0

595

20

2

2

Ashland

6-0

575

4

3

3

California (PA)

7-0

548

0

5

4

Pittsburg State

7-0

522

0

7

5

Bellarmine

6-0

491

0

8

6

Virginia Union

4-0

460

0

9

7

West Texas A&M

5-1

397

0

10

8

Angelo State

3-0

355

0

15

9

Alaska-Anchorage

4-2

303

0

6

10

California Baptist

7-2

302

0

13

11

Bentley

5-2

301

0

1

12

Colorado State-Pueblo

6-0

266

0

17

13

Limestone

3-1

259

0

14

14

Drury

6-1

257

0

18

14

Winona State

6-1

257

0

16

16

Queens (NY)

5-1

256

0

11

17

Grand Valley State

4-1

189

0

19

18

Lewis

6-1

182

0

20

19

Florida Southern

4-2

176

0

4

20

Lincoln Memorial

6-0

148

0

27

21

Union (TN)

3-1

143

0

12

22

Nova Southeastern

5-1

135

0

21

23

Newberry

5-0

97

0

29

24

Clayton State

5-1

95

0

28

25

Fort Hays State

6-0

70

0

31

Dropped Out: No. 22 Northern State (4-1); No. 23 Saginaw Valley State (4-1); No. 24 Lubbock Christian (4-3); No. 25 Saint Anselm (3-2).

Others receiving votes: Saginaw Valley State (4-1) 47; Seattle Pacific (5-0) 46; Northern State (4-1) 42; UC-San Diego (4-2) 38; West Florida (5-0) 35; Wheeling Jesuit (5-1) 35; Johnson C Smith (5-1) 31; Missouri Western State (6-1) 22; Arkansas Tech (4-1) 15; Point Loma Nazarene (5-1) 14; Western Washington (5-1) 12; Anderson (SC) (4-1) 11; Ursuline (4-2) 11; Harding (4-1) 8; Lubbock Christian (4-3) 7; Simon Fraser (8-1) 3.

11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 44 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.

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