ALVA, OKLAHOMA - The Great American Conference on Thursday released the annual preseason poll for the conference rankings, voted on by the conference coaches, for the 10 schools with women's track & field. The Rangers enter the season placed sixth in the rankings.

The poll is led by Oklahoma Baptist, taking 79 points, including seven of the 10 first place votes in the poll. Harding places second overall with 75 points and the final three first-place votes. Ouachita Baptist Tigers round out the top three for the poll with 61 points. 

Southeastern Oklahoma State was fourth with 55 points, followed by Southern Arkansas with a total of 53 points. 

Northwestern Oklahoma State finished with 36 total points and a sixth-place spot in the preseason conference rankings. 

Seventh in the conference was East Central with 33 points in the poll followed by Southern Nazarene with 29 points in the poll. 

The final two spots in the poll were Arkansas Tech and Southwestern Oklahoma State. Arkansas Tech was voted ninth with 20 points followed by Southwestern with nine points.