Youngstown, Ohio — As the spring portion of the NCAA Women's Bowling season is in full swing, Youngstown State is ranked eighth in February's National Tenpin Coaches Association Top 25 poll.

February's poll of 44 coaches was released on Tuesday, and the Penguins dropped one position compared with the December rankings. Youngstown State received 1,192 points in the poll, which was comfortably ahead of ninth-place Wright State's total of 1,054. YSU has now been ranked in the top 10 in 24 consecutive polls dating back to the final release of the 2020-21 season.

The top six and nine of the top 10 teams in the poll are all from Conference USA, and the top six teams remained the same from December. Maryville, the exception to Conference USA's exclusivity, moved up three spots from 10th to seventh with 1,274 points, and YSU is followed by Wright State and Sacred Heart. The additional three teams in YSU's conference are all ranked in the top 19 as Sam Houston is 14th, Tulane is 17th, and Valparaiso is 19th.

In the updated NTCA Power Index Ranking, which closely follows the NCAA's RPI, the Penguins are ranked seventh following last week's Flyer Classic. Youngstown State was ninth in the NCAA's initial release of its RPI on Jan. 18, and a 10-3 record at its most recent event allowed the Penguins to jump two spots.

Youngstown State has three more tournaments remaining on its schedule before the Conference USA Championship. The Penguins are idle this week, and their next competition will be the Big Red Invitational on Feb. 20-22.