Huskies Drop to Third in Latest Division II Rankings

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 is voted on by eight NCAA Division II coaches representing each of the eight Division II regions. Records are through games of April 21. First-place votes are in parentheses. This is the last ranking of the regular season. The year-end top 25 will be announced Wednesday, May 29.


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     School                              Record    Pts.     Ranking
1.   Nebraska-Omaha (7)                   36-6     199         1
2.   Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (1)   43-8     189         3
3.   Bloomsburg (Pa.)                     30-4     185         2
4.   North Florida                        36-9     168         7
5.   Barry (Fla.)                         34-12    161         5
6.   California (Pa.)                     24-2     146        10
7.   UC Davis                             34-10    141         4
8.   St. Mary's (Texas)                   45-10    137        11
9.   Kennesaw State (Ga.)                 45-10    133        14
10.  North Dakota State                   29-5     131         9
11.  Western New Mexico                   34-8-1   129        12
12.  Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.)       39-5     124         6
13.  Grand Valley State (Mich.)           34-6-1   100        16 (tie)
14.  Saint Leo (Fla.)                     37-13     87        16 (tie)
15.  Texas Woman's                        41-11     79        25
16.  Mesa State (Colo.)                   41-8      66        15
17.  Alabama-Huntsville                   38-16     64        20
18.  Washburn (Kan.)                      43-8      58        NR
19.  Northern Kentucky                    32-8      56        16 (tie)
20.  (tie) Coker (S.C.)                   39-9      34         8
     (tie) St. Cloud State (Minn.)        30-8      34        13
     (tie) West Florida                   46-15     34        21
23.  Shippensburg (Pa.)                   31-14     28        NR
24.  Merrimack (Mass.)                    24-12     27        NR
25.  (tie) Chico State (Calif.)           23-21     20        NR
     (tie) Longwood (Va.)                 36-12     20        NR

Dropped Out: Humboldt State (Calif.), Rollins (Fla.), USC Spartanburg, Truman State (Mo.).

Others Receiving Votes: Tampa (Fla.) 17, LIU-C.W. Post (N.Y.) 10, Cal State Bakersfield 6, Lock Haven (Pa.) 6, Texas A&M-Kingsville 5, Truman State (Mo.) 3, UC San Diego 2, LeMoyne (N.Y.) 1.