By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
INDIANAPOLIS – In the final edition of NCAA regional rankings released on Monday (Nov. 11), Fort Hays State has surged into the Super Region 3 Top 10 rankings at No. 8 going into its final regular season game. The Tigers were not listed in the first two editions of the rankings, but a big win over Emporia State on November 2 and other results the past two weeks have got the Tigers right on the edge of potentially getting into the NCAA Playoffs.
Fort Hays State goes on the road to Nebraska-Kearney this Saturday (Nov. 16) to wrap the 2024 regular season. The Tigers need a win on Saturday and then potentially need help elsewhere or to have some mathematical formulas break their way to jump up among the seven teams selected to compete in the NCAA Playoffs from Super Region 3.
While sitting idle for a week, Fort Hays State vaulted past three schools to the No. 8 spot this week in comparison to the November 4 edition of the region rankings. In the last region ranking release, Emporia State was No. 7, Saginaw Valley State was No. 8, and Southern Arkansas was No. 10. The Tigers jumped past all three of those schools this week to No. 8, while last week’s No. 9 ranked University of Indianapolis moved up to No. 7 this week.
The top seven teams in Super Region 3 will be selected to compete in the NCAA Playoffs. The Super Region 3 Top 7 for November 11, 2024 consists of two schools from the GLIAC (Ferris State and Grand Valley State), two schools from the MIAA (Pittsburg State and Central Oklahoma), two schools from the GAC (Ouachita Baptist and Harding), and one school from the GLVC (Indianapolis).
Below are the NCAA Super Region 3 Rankings for November 11, 2024.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Overall D2 Record | In-Region D2 Record |
| 1 | Ferris State | GLIAC | 9-1 | 8-1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | GLIAC | 8-1 | 6-1 |
| 3 | Pittsburg State | MIAA | 7-2 | 7-2 |
| 4 | Central Oklahoma | MIAA | 8-1 | 8-1 |
| 5 | Ouachita Baptist | GAC | 9-1 | 9-1 |
| 6 | Harding | GAC | 9-1 | 9-1 |
| 7 | UIndy | GLVC | 9-1 | 9-1 |
| 8 | Fort Hays State | MIAA | 7-3 | 6-3 |
| 9 | Central Missouri | MIAA | 7-3 | 7-3 |
| 10 | Saginaw Valley State | GLIAC | 7-3 | 7-3 |