KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabods remained steady at No. 3 in the NABC top 25 rankings in the latest edition announced today, while receiving two first-place votes.

Washburn is coming off back-to-back home wins over No. 24-ranked Arkansas Fort Smith in an 81-53 win and a 78-54 Valentine's Day win over Northeastern State. The Ichabods will finish off the regular season road portion of their schedule traveling to Oklahoma to face Central Oklahoma on Feb. 19 followed by Rogers State on Feb. 21. Washburn will wrap up the last week of the regular season hosting Pittsburg State on Feb. 25 and then will end the regular season hosting Missouri Southern at 1 p.m. in the MIAA Game of the Week facing the Lions on 38 The Spot in Kansas City.

The Ichabods have been ranked in the top 10 in the last 28 polls dating back to last year and in the top five in the last 26 consecutive polls.
 
NABC Division II Coaches Poll (Feb. 17, 2026 – Regular Season Poll #12)

                                                                 Record  Points Previous
1. Nova Southeastern, Fla. (11)             20-1        394           1
2. Cal State East Bay (3)                        24-0        380           2
3. Washburn, Kan. (2)                             24-1        373           3
4. Daemen, N.Y.                                       26-1        350           4
5. Gannon, Pa.                                         22-2        337           6
6. West Liberty, W.Va.                             21-3        318           7
7. Oklahoma Baptist                                21-2        294           9
8. Anderson, S.C.                                     22-2        280           5
9. Eastern New Mexico                           21-3        264         10
10. Lubbock Christian, Texas                 22-4        246          11
11. Fairmont State, W.Va.                       20-4        237           8
12. Michigan Tech                                    22-4        218         13
13. West Alabama                                    22-3        213         14
14. St. Edward's, Texas                          23-4        179         15
15. Grand Valley State, Mich.                20-4        156         19
16. Palm Beach Atlantic, Fla.                 21-4        141         12
17. Black Hills State, S.D.                      20-4        131         20
18. Virginia Union                                     23-3        115         21
19. Walsh, Ohio                                        20-3        114         22
20. Ouachita Baptist, Ark.                       20-4         80          16
21. Point Loma, Calif.                              20-4         64          NR
22. Northern Michigan                             21-5         61          17
23. Rockhurst, Mo.                                  19-5         43          NR
24. Saint Martin's, Wash.                        19-5         40          18
25. Central Missouri                                20-7         38          NR

Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State (Minn.) 34, DBU (Texas) 21, Felician (N.J.) 21, Indiana (Pa.) 17, McKendree (Ill.) 11, Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 8, Western New Mexico 6, Missouri Western 5, Saint Anselm (N.H.) 4, West Florida 3, Bentley (Mass.) 2, Fort Hays State (Kan.) 2.

Dropped out: McKendree (23), Missouri S&T (24), Arkansas Fort Smith (25).

Records are through games of Feb. 15, 2026.  The next poll will be released on Tuesday, Feb. 24.