WBCA NCAA DIVISION III WBB COACHES POLL – 12/10/2024
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Poll, with teams’ win-loss records in parentheses (through Sunday, Dec. 8), points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, the preseason ranking, and first-place votes received.
Rank | School (Record) | Total Points | Ranking in Preseason Poll | First-Place Votes |
| 1 | NYU (7-0) | 250 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Wartburg (8-0) | 237 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Scranton (8-0) | 225 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan (8-0) | 216 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Bowdoin (6-0) | 206 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater (6-1) | 194 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus (7-0) | 188 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Christopher Newport (7-1) | 184 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | UW-Oshkosh (6-0) | 167 | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | Gettysburg (9-0) | 152 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Smith (6-1) | 143 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Ohio Wesleyan (7-0) | 132 | 15t | 0 |
| 13 | Whitman (7-0) | 128 | 15t | 0 |
| 14 | Washington and Lee (5-1) | 116 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Catholic (6-1) | 112 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Hardin-Simmons (9-1) | 94 | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | Baldwin-Wallace (6-1) | 79 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Trine (6-1) | 68 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Washington-St. Louis (5-2) | 60 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | Messiah (6-1) | 51 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins (6-2) | 39 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | UW-Stout (6-2) | 38 | 24 | 0 |
| 23 | Western New England (9-0) | 33 | RV | 0 |
| 24 | Hope (7-2) | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | Bates (6-2) | 30 | 22 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 19 UMass-Dartmouth (6-1).
Others receiving votes: Chicago (8-0) 29; UMass-Dartmouth (6-1) 27; Carroll, WI (5-4) 7; Ripon (5-2) 5; Bridgewater State (7-1) 3; Colorado College (6-1) 3; George Fox (5-1) 2; Trinity, TX (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 2024-25 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Eric Harrison, Lehman; 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; Darrin Travillian, Maryville College.