NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll – Dec. 12, 2023

The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, with teams’ RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, first-place votes received, and ranking in last week’s poll.

RankSchool (Record)Total
Points
First-Place
Votes
Last Week’s
Rank
1NYU (8-0)24462
2Transylvania (7-0)24121
3Christopher Newport (8-0)23523
4Scranton (9-0)21404
5Rhode Island College (9-0)21205
6UW-Whitewater (9-0)20306
7Wartburg (9-0)17008
8Smith (7-1)16109
9Gustavus Adolphus (7-0)160012
10Trinity, TX (6-1)15807
11Chicago (7-1)155011
12Hardin-Simmons (7-1)136014
13Trine (6-1)127013
14tHope (8-1)114015
14tMillikin (8-1)114010
16Emory (8-1)87020
17Washington and Lee (8-1)74018
18Whitman (7-1)66020
19Catholic (9-0)64024
20tAmherst (7-0)46025
20tTufts (6-3)46017
22Marietta, OH (6-1)44023
23Illinois Wesleyan (9-2)430RV
24Loras (5-2)35022
25tMary Hardin-Baylor (7-1)190RV
25tMary Washington (7-2)19019

Dropped out: No. 16 Trinity, CT (6-4)

Others receiving votes: UW-Stout (7-1) 16; DeSales (7-1) 13; Baldwin-Wallace (6-2) 11; SUNY New Paltz (5-2) 9; Trinity, CT (6-4) 6; Ohio Northern (4-3) 3; Johns Hopkins (8-1) 2; Wheaton, IL (6-3) 2; Wittenberg (3-2) 1.

The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2023-24 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Drew Gaeng, Hendrix; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.