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D2SIDA WBB Week 1 Poll (11/14-15/2022)

The Women's Basketball Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, is in its ninth season of existence. During the season, the regional polls are released every Monday (until the NCAA begins releasing its regional polls), followed by the national poll every Tuesday. Here is the national preseason poll:

Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L Points Prev. Results
1 Western Washington (8) 0-0 359 1 Idle
2 Glenville State (4) 2-0 356 T2 WN West Chester 104-78, WN Livingstone 85-56
3 Grand Valley State (2) 2-0 347 T2 WA Missouri-St. Louis 81-55, WA Maryville 78-57
4 North Georgia 1-0 309 4 WA Lees-McRae 68-67
5 Missouri Southern State (1) 4-0 303 6 WN Lubbock Christian 65-64, WN Minnesota Duluth 54-51, WN Henderson State 74-59, WA Harding 68-66
6 West Texas A&M 4-0 303 7 WN Fort Hays State 71-58, WN Nebraska-Kearney 59-53, WN Colorado Mesa 76-63, WA South Dakota Mines 75-67
7 Union 0-0 298 5 Idle
8 Ashland 2-0 279 8 WA Wayne State 87-61, WA Indy 87-49
9 Bentley 2-0 241 12 WN Bloomfield 74-57; WN Caldwell 64-53
10 Drury 2-0 227 11 WN Kentucky Wesleyan 95-58, WN Trevecca Nazarene 75-66
11 Colorado School of Mines 2-0 210 15 WN St. Edward's 74-45, WA St. Mary's 86-45
12 Eckerd 2-0 200 16 WN Valdosta State (88-58), WN West Florida (53-28)
13 Carson-Newman 2-0 160 RV WN Lander 79-70, WA USC Aiken 75-57
14 Alaska Anchorage 2-0 157 RV WA Hawaii Pacific 79-70
15 Minnesota State 0-0 146 19 Idle
16 Gannon 2-0 134 RV WH Notre Dame 70-58, WH Salem 75-62
17 Cal State San Marcos 0-0 112 18 Idle
18 Lubbock Christian 2-2 103 13 LN Missouri Southern 64-65, LN Missouri Western 96-101 (OT), WH Colorado Christian 85-64, WH Colorado State Pueblo 76-58
19 Central Missouri 2-0 100 NR WN Northern State 75-57, WA MSU Moorhead 69-58
20 Daemen 2-0 87 RV WN Pace, 52-45; WN Felician, 72-60
21 Wingate 2-0 83 21 WH Francis Marion 75-65, WH UNC Pembroke 55-54
22 Ferris State 2-0 69 24 WA Ohio Dominican 75-69, WA Cedarville 76-66
23 Tampa 2-0 54 RV WH Spring Hill (77-47); WH West Georgia (69-55)
24 Charleston 2-0 39 NR WH Mercyhurst 78-74, WH California 80-73
25 Chestnut Hill 2-0 33 25 WN Jefferson 86-45; WN Molloy, 70-43
RV: Texas Woman's (32), Minnesota Duluth (31), Walsh (19), Edinboro (17), Catawba (17), Cal State LA (17), Georgia Southwestern (10), Nebraska-Kearney (8), Augustana 5, California PA. (4), Nova Southeastern (4), Angelo State (1)
 
ATLANTIC
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Glenville State (5) 2-0 50 1 WN West Chester 104-78, WN Livingstone 85-56
2 Gannon 2-0 43 4 WH Notre Dame 70-58, WH Salem 75-62
3 Charleston 2-0 37 6 WH Mercyhurst 78-74, WH California 80-73
4 Edinboro 2-0 23 10 WH Notre Dame 92-72, WH Salem 80-58
5 California 1-1 20 2 WN West Liberty 70-67, LA Charleston 73-80
T6 Kutztown 1-1 19 3 LN Bowie State 60-63, WN Fayetteville State 62-44
T6 Shippensburg 2-0 19 7 WH Fayetteville State 65-42, WH Bowie State 51-46
8 IUP 2-0 17 RV WH Davis & Elkins 66-52, WH Lincoln 70-42
9 Elizabeth City State 2-0 15 8 WH Albany State 62-53, WH Clark Atlanta 56-53
10 Lincoln 1-1 10 5 WN Slippery Rock 82-67, LA IUP 42-70
RV: Fairmont State (6), West Virginia State (6), Bloomsburg (4), West Liberty (3), Bluefield State (2), East Stroudsburg (1)
CENTRAL
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Missouri Southern State  (6) 4-0 60 1 WN Lubbock Christian 65-64, WN Minnesota Duluth 54-51, WN Henderson State 74-59, WA Harding 68-66
T2 Minnesota State 0-0 35 3 Idle
T2 Central Missouri 2-0 35 T9 WN Northern State 75-57, WA MSU Moorhead 69-58
T2 Minnesota Duluth  1-1 35 T4 WN Missouri Western 79-65, LN Missouri Southern 54-51
T2 Nebraska Kearney 3-1 35 6 WN Southern Nazarene 75-53, LN West Texas A&M 59-53,  WH Minnesota Crookston 69-49,  WH Southwest Minnestoa St. 67-57
6 Augustana 2-0 34 8 WN Fort Hays State 62-59, WN Missouri Western 86-77
7 Fort Hays State  2-2 27 2 LN West Texas A&M 71-58, WN Southern Nazarene 45-43, LN Augustana (S.D.) 62-59, WA Sioux Falls 66-50
8 Missouri Western  2-2 15 7 LN Minnesota Duluth 79-65, WN Lubbock Christian 101-96, Lubbock Christian, WA Sioux Falls 67-49,  LN Augustana (S.D) 86-77
9 Emporia State 2-0 13 NR WA Harding 58-57, WN Henderson State 79-51
10 Winona State 3-0 8 NR WA Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 64-46, WN West Alabama 58-55, WA Puerto Rico-Bayamon 62-54
RV: Harding (7), Northwestern Oklahoma State (7), Minot State (6), Northwest Missouri State (4), Concordia-St. Paul (4), St. Cloud State (3), Oklahoma Baptist (1), Upper Iowa (1)
EAST
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Bentley (6) 2-0 60 1 WN Bloomfield 74-57; WN Caldwell 64-53
2 Daemen 2-0 48 T3 WN Pace, 52-45; WN Felician, 72-60
T3 Chestnut Hill 2-0 43 2 WN Jefferson 86-45; WN Molloy, 70-43
T3 Le Moyne 2-0 43 T6 WH Lake Erie, 81-67; WH Post, 60-47
5 Jefferson 2-0 38 T6 WH Molloy, 60-18; WH Queens, N.Y., 79-56
6 Southern Connecticut St. 1-0 33 T3 WH Georgian Court 70-55
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 2-0 20 9 WH St. Michael's, 80-56; WH American Int'l., 78-54
8 Pace 1-1 17 8 LN Daemen, 52-45; WA Roberts Wesleyan, 70-55
9 Southern New Hampshire 1-1 13 5 WA Saint Anselm 76-75; LN Dominican 88-84
10 Assumption 1-0 5 10 at Caldwell, susp.; WA Bloomfield, 82-40
RV: Bridgeport 4, Dist. of Columbia 2, Post 2, Saint Anselm 1, New Haven 1
MIDWEST
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Grand Valley State (5) 2-0 59 1 WA Missouri-St. Louis 81-55, WA Maryville 78-57
2 Ashland (1) 2-0 54 2 WA Wayne State 87-61, WA Indy 87-49
3 Drury 2-0 49 3 WN Kentucky Wesleyan 95-58, WN Trevecca Nazarene 75-66
4 Ferris State 2-0 41 4 WA Ohio Dominican 75-69, WA Cedarville 76-66
5 Walsh 2-0 33 5 WN Rockhurst 80-71, WN Missouri S&T 66-57
6 Michigan Tech 2-0 27 9 WA William Jewell 63-32, WN Lewis 95-83 (OT)
7 Kentucky Wesleyan 1-1 20 6 LN Drury 58-95, WA Southwest Baptist 90-67
8 Truman State 1-1 15 7 LA Hillsdale 98-90, WN Ursuline 67-53
9 Northern Michigan 2-0 12 N/A WN Lewis 77-59, WA William Jewell 70-51
10 Hillsdale 2-0 11 N/A WH Truman State 98-90, WH Quincy 66-55
RV: Northwood, Missouri-St. Louis
South 
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Union (4) 0-0 58 1 DNP
2 Eckerd (2) 2-0 56 2 WN Valdosta State (88-58), WN West Florida (53-28)
3 Tampa 2-0 40 5 WH Spring Hill (77-47); WH West Georgia (69-55)
4 Nova Southeastern 2-0 38 6 WH Montevallo (68-49); WA Auburn Montgomery (91-78)
5 Saint Leo 2-0 30 10 WH Alabama Huntsville (68-54); WH Lee (68-63)
6 Tuskegee 2-0 25 9 WA Delta State (69-49), WN Mississippi College (64-47)
7 Lee  1-1 18 3 WH Maryville (112-32); WN Florida Southern (97-79), LA St. Leo (63-68)
8 Embry-Riddle 2-0 17 NR WN Auburn Montgomery (65-52), WA Montevallo (53-50)
9 Lynn 2-0 14 NR WN Christian Brothers (82-73), WA Shorter (86-53)
10 Benedict 1-0 13 NR WH Paine (64-61)
RV: Valdosta State 10, Savannah State 6, West Alabama 2, West Florida 1, Rollins 1, Christian Brothers, 1.
SOUTH CENTRAL
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 West Texas A&M (5) 4-0 59 1 WN Fort Hays State 71-58, WN Nebraska-Kearney 59-53, WN Colorado Mesa 76-63, WA South Dakota Mines 75-67
2 Colorado School of Mines (1) 2-0 52 T2 WN St. Edward's 74-45, WA St. Mary's 86-45
3 Lubbock Christian 2-2 41 T2 LN Missouri Southern 64-65, LN Missouri Western 96-101 (OT), WH Colorado Christian  85-64, WH Colorado State Pueblo 76-58
4 Texas Woman's 2-0 40 4 WA Western Colorado 57-55, WN Metropolitan State Denver 57-49
5 Angelo State 2-0 30 9 WN Metropolitan State Denver 80-75, WA Western Colorado 66-51
6 Texas A&M Kingsville 2-0 25 T10 WA Chadron State 80-63, WA Black Hills State 71-65
T7 Texas Tyler 1-1 17 8 WN Colorado State Pueblo 63-48, LN Colorado Christian 62-71
T7 Westminster 2-0 17 RV WH Arkansas Fort Smith 77-73, WH Arkansas Fort Smith 87-65
9 Adams State 2-0 16 NR WH Midwestern State 97-72, WH Cameron 101-66
10 Texas Permian Basin 2-0 13 NR WA South Dakota Mines 72-55, WN Colorado Mesa 72-54
RV: Black Hills State (8), Colorado Mesa (7), Colorado State Pueblo (3), Metropolitan State Denver (1), St. Mary's (1)
SOUTHEAST
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 North Georgia (5) 1-0 50 1 WA Lees-McRae 68-67
2 Carson-Newman 2-0 41 4 WN Lander 79-70, WA USC Aiken 75-57 
3 Wingate 2-0 38 3 WH Francis Marion 75-65, WH UNC Pembroke 55-54 
4 Catawba 2-0 34 7 WH North Greenville 102-48, WH Mount Olive 80-55
5 Georgia Southwestern 2-0 31 5 WH Newberry 76-50, WH Chowan 65-52
6 Lander 0-2 14 2 LN Carson-Newman 79-70, LN Lenoir-Rhyne 71-52
7 Anderson 1-1 11 9 LN Clayton State 70-49, WN Flagler 63-55
8 Georgia College 2-0 10 NR WH Southern Wesleyan 74-46, WH Barton 74-68 
9 Tusculum 2-0 8 NR WN Mount Olive 65-50, WN North Greenville 93-40
10 Limestone  2-0 6 NR WN King 66-54, WN Converse 72-50
WEST 
Rank School (First-Place Votes) W-L  Pts. Prev. Last Week's Results
1 Western Washington (5) 0-0 49 1 DNP
2 Alaska Anchorage 2-0 34 4 WA Hawaii Pacific 79-70
Cal State San Marcos 0-0 34 3 DNP
4 Cal State LA 2-0 31 5 WA Concordia-Irvine 81-74, WN Biola 69-49
5 Central Washington (1) 2-0 30 t6 WN Cal State East Bay 84-63, WN Stanislaus State 86-62
6 Azusa Pacific 1-1 26 2 LN Cal Poly Pomona 57-62, WA Cal State San Bernardino 69-59
7 Montana State Billings 3-0 24 t6 WA Hawaii Pacific 73-64, WA Chaminade 85-43, WN Hawaii Hilo 72-61
8 Cal Poly Pomona 2-0 21 RV WN Azusa Pacific 62-57, WN Point Loma 72-51
9 Cal State Dominguez Hills 2-0 17 9 WN Biola 74-53, WA Concordia-Irvine 81-66
10 Fresno Pacific 2-0 6 NR WA Chico State 59-49, WA Sonoma State 60-53
RV: Concordia-Irvine 2, San Francisco State 1