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Ashland University's women's basketball team is the No. 2 team in the final 2017-18 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
The Eagles (36-1) received 555 total voting points, second to No. 1 Central Missouri (572). Ashland received three first-place votes. It is the first time the national champion hasn't earned every first-place vote since 2014-15.
Earlier this season, Ashland set WBCA D-II poll standards for most times as the No. 1 team in the regular season or postseason (40), and consecutive times as the top team in the regular season or postseason (28). The Eagles are in the top five in the poll in the regular season/postseason for the 33rd time in a row, the third-longest streak in the history of the poll behind only North Dakota State (38) and Seattle Pacific (37).
Ashland is one of two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams in the final WBCA poll, along with No. 24 Grand Valley State.
2017-18 WBCA POLL RANKINGS: No. 1 (preseason, Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Dec. 21, Jan. 3, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Feb. 27 and March 4), No. 2 (final).
ASHLAND UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-TIME NCAA DIVISION II TOP 25 COACHES' POLL RANKINGS (Including preseason)
Weeks in rankings: 86
Weeks in Top 10: 70
Weeks in Top 5: 63
Weeks at No. 1: 42
Most consecutive weeks in rankings: 51 (current)
Most consecutive weeks in Top 10: 45 (current)
Most consecutive weeks in Top 5: 34 (current)
Most consecutive weeks at No. 1: 29
Highest ranking: No. 1 (last on March 4, 2018)
Highest final ranking: No. 1 (2012-13 and 2016-17)
Full seasons in rankings: 4 (2012-13, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18)
Full seasons in Top 10: 3 (2012-13, 2016-17 and 2017-18)
Full seasons in Top 5: 3 (2012-13, 2016-17 and 2017-18)
Current streak: 51
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