VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota women's basketball has been picked second in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major preseason poll released Wednesday.
 
The Coyotes are ranked in the 52nd consecutive CollegeInsider.com poll. This also marks the 21st-straight top-five ranking in the poll. South Dakota started and finished first in the mid-major poll last season, never dropping out of the top-five throughout the entirety of the season.
 
South Dakota is also receiving votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches preseason polls.
 
The Coyotes tip-off with No. 1 South Carolina at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the first game of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic held at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast and Western Athletic.
 
College Insider.com Preseason Poll
 
1. Missouri State (17)
2. South Dakota (6)
3. Gonzaga (6)
4. Central Michigan
5. James Madison
6. Florida Gulf Coast (2)
7. IUPUI
8. South Dakota State
9. Ohio
10. UT Martin
11. Troy
12. BYU
13. Drake
14. Bradley
15. Drexel
16. Green Bay
17. Mercer
18. UC Davis
19. Portland
20. Maine
21. Idaho
22. Buffalo
23. Stony Brook
24. Stephen F. Austin
25. Fairfield