USA Today Sports Top 25 Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Poll
Women's Basketball Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern University women's basketball team has been ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history, as they were voted as such by the coaches in Tuesday's USA Today poll. In addition, the Sharks were voted No. 1 in the Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, also released on Tuesday.
 
The Sharks received 24 out of the possible 30 first-place votes cast in the USA Today Coaches' Poll and 734 total points to rise from No. 4 in the Nov. 4 preseason poll to the top spot. Preseason No. 1 West Texas A&M dropped into a tie for No. 8, No. 2 Cal Poly Pomona is now No. 17, and No. 3 Drury fell to No. 7.
 
Others receiving top votes in the coaches' poll are Emporia State (No. 2, two first-place votes and 673 total points), Lewis (No. 4, one first-place vote), West Texas A&M (tied for No. 8, two first-place votes) and Washburn (No. 18, one first-place vote).
 
Rounding out the coaches' top five is Emporia State, Wayne State College, Lewis and Gannon. Sunshine State conference rival Tampa has been voted sixth, followed by Drury, Harding, West Texas A&M and Pittsburg State.
 
The only other SSC school ranked in the top 25 besides NSU and Tampa is Rollins, who moved up from No. 23 to No. 14. Among those teams in the "Others Receiving Votes" is Florida Tech.

In the Division II Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA, the Sharks leapfrogged last week's No. 1, Drury. They received 14 out of 16 first-place votes and 397 total points, with only No. 2 Emporia State (375 points) and No. 9 Seattle Pacific logging a single top vote between them.

The top 10 in the media poll is as follows: NSU, Emporia State, Gannon, Harding, Lewis, Stonehill, UT-Permian Basin, Rollins, Seattle Pacific and California (Pa.). Tampa ranks No. 15. 

To view the media poll in its entirety, including region rankings, click HERE.
 
The Sharks will have their first-ever game as the top team in the nation this Friday afternoon, hosting Stillman in the NSU Thanksgiving Classic at 2 p.m. The next day, also at 2 p.m., they will face Union (Tennessee), who received 50 votes, which would rank them 31st.