SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– The Drury Lady Panthers are ranked 20th in this week’s NCAA-II coaches’ poll. Drury is 8-2 and went 1-1 last week with a win over William Jewell and a one-point loss to Southwest Baptist.
Ashland (8-0) remained the number one ranked team in NCAA-II, while Grand Valley State (7-0) is ranked second and Central Missouri (8-0) is third.
Drury is in the only Great Lakes Valley Conference team in the top 25 this week. Four teams in the Midwest Region are ranked, however. In addition to Ashland and Grand Valley State, Ferris State (5-1) is ranked 10th in the nation.
The Lady Panthers are idle this week, but return to action on Tue., Dec. 19 when they host Missouri Southern in a 6 pm game in the O’Reilly Family Event Center.
Complete NCAA-II Rankings – Dec. 12
| Rank | School (Record) | Total Points |
First-Place Votes |
Last Week’s Rank |
| 1 | Ashland (8-0) | 575 | 23 | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State (7-0) | 550 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Central Missouri (8-0) | 527 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Union, TN (9-0) | 510 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Gannon (10-1) | 468 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Catawba (5-1) | 399 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Texas Woman’s (10-1) | 387 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Tampa (10-2) | 379 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | West Chester (7-1) | 348 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Ferris State (5-1) | 332 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Southern Nazarene (9-0) | 331 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Thomas Jefferson (9-1) | 320 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Western Washington (7-1) | 319 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Bentley (7-1) | 283 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Fairmont State (8-0) | 245 | 0 | 20 |
| 16 | Montana State Billings (10-2) | 225 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | California, PA (6-1) | 221 | 0 | 17 |
| 18 | Virginia State (7-0) | 169 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | Colorado Mines (9-1) | 153 | 0 | 23 |
| 20 | Drury (8-2) | 122 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | Fort Hays State (7-1) | 106 | 0 | 18 |
| 22 | Minnesota Duluth (7-2) | 55 | 0 | 19 |
| 23 | Texas A&M International (9-1) | 52 | 0 | RV |
| 24 | North Georgia (6-2) | 46 | 0 | 22 |
| 25 | Assumption (5-2) | 40 | 0 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Northwestern Oklahoma State (8-1)
Others receiving votes: Miles (5-1) 33; Northwestern Oklahoma State (8-1) 33; Anderson, SC (7-1) 30; Carson-Newman (6-1) 26; Colorado Mesa (9-2) 19; Harding (7-1) 18; American International (7-1) 14; Azusa Pacific (8-3) 13; Georgia Southwestern (5-1) 12; Glenville State (6-4) 12; Kentucky State (6-1) 12; Northwest Missouri State (8-1) 12; Pace (8-1) 12; Valdosta State (7-2) 8; District of Columbia (10-0) 6; Pittsburg State (8-1) 6.
