By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team remained in the top 10 in the latest release of each national poll (Feb. 15). The Tigers head on the road this week ranked ninth in the WBCA DII Coaches Poll and sitting in 10th in the D2SIDA Media Poll.
The Tigers are one of four programs in Division II to be ranked in the top 10 in each release of the coaches poll so far this season alongside Drury, Lander and Texas A&M Commerce. Fort Hays State is the only MIAA program listed in either top 25 list this week. The only other conference rival recognized in the poll is Missouri Southern, who is receiving votes in the media ranks.
Glenville State, the lone undefeated team from NCAA Division I or Division II, sits atop the coaches poll for another week, while Ashland is first in the media poll.
Fort Hays State is 5-1 all-time when playing as the ninth-ranked team in the coaches poll and 132-34 when ranked during the DII era. The Tigers were last ranked No. 9 in the coaches poll one year ago (2/9/21) before going on the road to grab wins over Rogers State and Northeastern State.
Now 21-3 overall and 15-3 in MIAA play, the Tigers are tied for first place in the MIAA standings with Missouri Southern (18-5, 15-3 MIAA) with four games to go in the regular season. Fort Hays State will play three of its final four games on the road, including this weekend’s road trip to Lincoln on Thursday (Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.) and to Central Missouri on Saturday (Feb. 19, 1 p.m.).
| WBCA DII Coaches Poll – February 15, 2022 | ||||
| Rk. | School (1st) | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Glenville State (21) | 22-0 | 548 | 1 |
| 2 | Ashland (1) | 22-1 | 525 | 2 |
| 3 | Grand Valley State | 21-1 | 492 | 5 |
| 4 | Drury | 24-3 | 447 | 9 |
| 5 | Union, Tenn. | 19-2 | 420 | 10 |
| 6 | Azusa Pacific | 18-2 | 408 | 3 |
| 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 20-2 | 407 | 7 |
| 8 | Barton | 21-1 | 380 | 12 |
| 9 | Fort Hays State | 21-3 | 359 | 4 |
| 10 | Lander | 17-3 | 330 | 6 |
| 11 | Western Washington | 15-2 | 299 | 8 |
| 12 | Eckerd | 16-2 | 296 | 16 |
| 13 | Colorado School of Mines | 21-3 | 271 | 17 |
| 14 | North Georgia | 18-3 | 268 | 11 |
| 15 | Savannah State | 21-1 | 216 | 20 |
| 16 | Saint Cloud State | 19-3 | 215 | 18 |
| 17 | Wingate | 21-2 | 190 | 22 |
| 18 | Missouri-St. Louis | 19-2 | 136 | 23 |
| 19 | Lubbock Christian | 21-5 | 126 | 13 |
| 20 | Southwestern Oklahoma St. | 21-4 | 124 | 24 |
| 21 | Tampa | 22-5 | 98 | 15 |
| 22 | Catawba | 18-4 | 91 | 14 |
| 23 | Walsh | 21-3 | 81 | NR |
| 24 | Cal State San Marcos | 17-2 | 71 | NR |
| 25 | Lee, Tenn. | 18-4 | 69 | 19 |
| D2SIDA Media Poll – February 15, 2022 | ||||
| Rk. | School (1st) | W-L | Pts. | Last |
| 1 | Ashland (11) | 22-1 | 394 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas A&M-Commerce (2) | 20-2 | 370 | 3 |
| 3 | Glenville State (3) | 22-0 | 357 | 2 |
| 4 | Grand Valley State | 21-1 | 340 | 5 |
| 5 | Union (Tenn.) | 19-2 | 334 | 7 |
| 6 | Western Washington | 15-2 | 292 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Cloud State | 19-3 | 291 | 12 |
| 8 | Barton | 21-1 | 287 | 15 |
| 9 | Colorado School of Mines | 21-3 | 276 | 13 |
| 10 | Fort Hays State | 21-3 | 247 | 4 |
| 11 | North Georgia | 18-3 | 204 | 11 |
| 12 | Cal State-San Marcos | 17-2 | 199 | 16 |
| 13 | Lubbock Christian | 21-5 | 190 | 10 |
| 14 | Drury | 24-3 | 184 | T25 |
| 15 | Eckerd | 16-2 | 169 | RV |
| 16 | Wingate | 21-2 | 151 | 23 |
| 17 | Minnesota-Duluth | 19-4 | 142 | 18 |
| 18 | Cal State-East Bay | 18-2 | 107 | 24 |
| 19 | Missouri-St. Louis | 19-2 | 104 | 22 |
| 20 | Lander | 17-3 | 96 | 8 |
| 21 | Azusa Pacific | 18-2 | 81 | 9 |
| 22 | Tampa | 22-5 | 76 | 14 |
| 23 | Le Moyne | 15-4 | 74 | RV |
| 24 | Kutztown | 20-5 | 54 | 21 |
| 25 | Colorado Mesa | 19-4 | 36 | RV |