Regional Rankings Analysis--Women

NOTE: D-II South Sports continues its road to the NCAA Division II basketball tournament with its weekly look at the regional rankings. This installment with the women's polls. Teams in conferences covered by D-II South Sports are marked in BOLD type.

South

1. Delta State

2. Fort Valley State

3. Rollins

4. West Georgia

5. Tampa

6. Arkansas-Monticello

7. Arkansas Tech

8. Clark Atlanta

9. Florida Southern

10. Ouachita Baptist

Analysis: D-II South Nation once again rules the roost, with seven of the 10 teams ranked coming from either the Gulf South Conference or the SIAC. The GSC, however, has five of those teams represented in the poll, with four of those coming from the ultra-competitive West Division. Don't be surprised to see the GSC get at least four teams in the NCAA tournament, if not more.

Southeast

1. Francis Marion

2. Lenoir-Rhyne

3. Tusculum

4. Clayton State

5. Carson-Newman

6. USC Aiken

7. Georgia College & State University

8. Barton

9. Newberry

10. Lander

Analysis: While Francis Marion and Clayton State seem to be locks to get no worse than maybe the No. 4 seed, the other three Peach Belt Conference teams ranked in this week's Southeast Regional poll find themselves on the bubble heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Perhaps those games, as well as next week's PBC tournament, could go a long way towards deciding which teams out of trio, if at all, could end up playing in the NCAA tournament.