WBCA NCAA DIVISION III WBB COACHES POLL – 3/4/2025
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll, and first-place votes received. [NOTE: This is the final regular-season poll. A postseason poll will be published on Monday, March 24.]
Rank | School (record thru Sunday) | Total Points | Previous Rank | First-Place Votes |
| 1 | NYU (25-0) | 250 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Bowdoin (27-0) | 240 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Christopher Newport (26-1) | 223 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan (26-1) | 220 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Scranton (26-1) | 205 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Gustavus Adolphus (26-1) | 204 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Whitman (26-1) | 188 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Wartburg (25-2) | 177 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Smith (26-2) | 172 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Baldwin-Wallace (26-1) | 162 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Gettysburg (25-2) | 149 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Messiah (25-2) | 117 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | UW-Oshkosh (23-4) | 112 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins (22-4) | 111 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | Trine (24-3) | 108 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Ohio Wesleyan (23-3) | 87 | 15 | 0 |
| 17 | Catholic (24-4) | 80 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | East Texas Baptist (23-4) | 74 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | Washington and Lee (24-4) | 72 | 17 | 0 |
| 20 | Randolph-Macon (27-1) | 56 | 24t | 0 |
| 21 | Elizabethtown (22-4) | 55 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | UW-Whitewater (22-6) | 43 | RV | 0 |
| 23 | UMass-Dartmouth (23-4) | 38 | 24t | 0 |
| 24 | Texas Lutheran (23-4) | 35 | RV | 0 |
| 25 | Colorado College (23-3) | 24 | 21 | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Hope (21-5); No. 23 Western New England (24-3).
Others receiving votes: Western New England (24-3) 15; Hope (21-5) 13; Montclair State (23-4) 9; UW-Stout (19-7) 5; Merchant Marine (24-2) 3; Bethel, MN, (22-5) 2; Carnegie Mellon (20-5) 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.