LOS ANGELES -- Cal State LA's women's basketball team remains at No. 5 in the second official NCAA Division II West Region poll released by the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Committee on Wednesday.

The Golden Eagles (20-5) were one of three California Collegiate Athletic Association teams ranked in the top-10, including No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona and No. 8 Cal Poly Humboldt.

The Golden Eagles are seeking their third NCAA appearance in the past four years. The Golden Eagles reached the NCAA playoffs for the first time in 2006 and have also reached the tourney in 2012, 2023 and 2024.

Central Washington (22-5) is ranked No. 1 in the region and is followed by Western Washington (23-6), Cal Poly Pomona (24-3), Vanguard (21-5), Cal State LA (21-6), Point Loma (21-7), Northwest Nazarene (17-9), Cal Poly Humboldt (20-8), Azusa Pacific (21-8) and Saint Martin's (17-9) in a poll that was identical to last week's rankings.

Each of the three conferences in the West Region has an automatic bid and the next five at-large teams will qualify for the NCAA Division II playoffs. All three conferences give their automatic bid to the winner of their conference tournament. The tournament field will be announced on Sunday night via a selection show at 7:30 p.m..

The Golden Eagles' resume is bolstered by non-conference wins over Western Washington and Azusa Pacific.

Cal State LA will begin play in the CCAA Tournament that begins on Thursday at Cal Poly Pomona. The No. 3 seed Golden Eagles (21-6) will face No. 6 seed Cal State Monterey Bay (14-13) in the first game of the tournament at noon. The winner will advance to Friday's semi-final game against No. 2 seed Cal Poly Humboldt.

Cal State LA is enjoying a record-setting season. The Golden Eagles won a program-record 15 games in a row and recorded the best conference finish in program history with a tie for second. Cal State LA has also matched the program record for wins in a season.