Michigan Tech and Hillsdale Earn Spots in First WBCA USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll
Atlanta, Ga. -- The Michigan Technological University and Hillsdale College Women's Basketball teams both appear in the first WBCA USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
The Huskies, who sit at #12 in the first poll, are coming off a 23-8 season that included winning the GLIAC Championship and making their 13th trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Chargers are ranked #17 in the poll. Their final record last season stood at 23-5, which was the best in school history.
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION II TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
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Preseason Poll: November 5, 2008
USA TODAY ESPN Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution - First Place Votes | Last Year's Final Rank | Last Year's Final Record | Points |
| 1. | Northern Kentucky University (22) | 1 | 28-8 | 625 |
| 2. | California University of Pennsylvania (1) | 8 | 27-7 | 541 |
| 3. | Washburn University (Kan.) | 5 | 26-7 | 506 |
| 4. | Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) | 6 | 27-5 | 494 |
| 5. | University of Alaska Anchorage | 4 | 30-5 | 479 |
| 6. | West Texas A&M University (3) | 18 | 26-5 | 474 |
| 7. | Drury University (Mo.) | 11 | 27-3 | 405 |
| 8. | Stonehill College (Mass.) | 13 | 27-5 | 402 |
| 9. | Delta State University (Miss.) | 3 | 33-1 | 376 |
| 10. | Holy Family University (Pa.) | 9 | 32-1 | 335 |
| 11. | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 23 | 27-5 | 334 |
| 12. | Michigan Technological University | NR | 23-8 | 298 |
| t13. | Tusculum College (Tenn.) | NR | 26-5 | 280 |
| t13. | Wingate University (N.C.) | 10 | 26-8 | 280 |
| t15. | Arkansas Tech University | 16 | 26-6 | 223 |
| t15. | Emporia State University (Kan.) | 22 | 23-8 | 223 |
| 17. | Hillside College (Mich.) | NR | 23-5 | 196 |
| 18. | University of West Georgia | NR | 25-5 | 193 |
| 19. | University of Central Oklahoma | NR | 24-8 | 185 |
| 20. | University of South Carolina, Aiken | NR | 20-8 | 158 |
| 21. | Augustana College (S.D.) | NR | 22-9 | 149 |
| 22. | Seattle Pacific (Wash.) | 7 | 29-1 | 120 |
| 23. | Clayton State University (Ga.) | 24 | 20-11 | 104 |
| 24. | Anderson University (S.C.) | 19 | 28-4 | 93 |
| 25. | University of Nebraska, Kearney | NR | 27-7 | 85 |
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State University, Mankato - 83; Nova Southeastern University (Fla.) - 81; University of South Dakota, Vermillion - 72; California State University, Chico - 64; Fort Lewis College (Colo.) - 63; Shaw University (N.C.) - 55; Valdosta State University (Ga.) - 50; Lake Superior State University (Mich.) - 35; Concordia University (Minn.) - 29; Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) - 27; Millersville University of Pennsylvania - 22; Northwood University (Mich.) - 22; Shepherd University (W.Va.) - 22; Assumption College (Mass.) - 21; Fairmont State University (W. Va.) - 21; Kentucky State University - 20; Saint Mary's University (Texas) - 18; University of Indianapolis (Ind.) - 18; Rollins College (Fla.) - 17; University of District of Columbia - 17; Fort Valley State University (Ga.)- 14; Texas A&M University-Commerce - 14; Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania - 11; Bentley College (Mass.) - 8; Francis Marion University (S.C.) - 8; College of Saint Rose (N.Y.) - 7; Ashland University (Ohio) - 6; Fayetteville State University (N.C.) - 6; Sonoma State University (Calif.) - 6; West Virginia Wesleyan - 6; Quincy University (Ill.) - 5; Gannon University (Penn.) - 4; Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) - 3; Dominican College (N.Y.) - 3; Abilene Christian University (Texas) - 2; Colorado State University, Pueblo - 2; Barry University (Fla.) - 1; Northwest Missouri State University - 1.
