FINAL WBCA NCAA DIVISION III WBB COACHES POLL – 3/18/2024
The WBCA NCAA Division III Postseason Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, with teams’ FINAL RECORDS 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.
Rank | School (Record) | Total Points | First-Place Votes | Regular-Season Rank |
1 | NYU (31-0) | 250 | 10 | 1 |
2 | Transylvania (31-1) | 233 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Smith (30-4) | 232 | 0 | 14 |
4 | Wartburg (29-3) | 220 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Scranton (28-3) | 203 | 0 | 5 |
6 | UW-Whitewater (25-5) | 181 | 0 | 16 |
7 | Washington and Lee (29-3) | 178 | 0 | 9 |
8 | Bowdoin (28-3) | 172 | 0 | 13 |
9 | Rhode Island College (29-1) | 157 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Johns Hopkins (26-4) | 156 | 0 | 15 |
11 | Hope (26-4) | 146 | 0 | 10 |
12 | Hardin-Simmons (26-4) | 143 | 0 | 8 |
13 | Christopher Newport (27-2) | 126 | 0 | 4 |
14 | UW-Oshkosh (24-6) | 116 | 0 | 25 |
15 | UW-Stout (23-8) | 85 | 0 | RV |
16 | Bates (24-6) | 82 | 0 | RV |
17 | Baldwin-Wallace (22-7) | 73 | 0 | RV |
18 | DeSales (26-3) | 66 | 0 | 12 |
19t | Gustavus Adolphus (25-3) | 52 | 0 | 7 |
19t | Illinois Wesleyan (23-6) | 52 | 0 | 20 |
21 | Catholic (26-3) | 51 | 0 | 11 |
22 | Trine (22-8) | 37 | 0 | NR |
23t | Millikin (23-6) | 30 | 0 | 23 |
23t | Trinity, TX (23-6) | 30 | 0 | NR |
25 | UMass-Dartmouth (24-5) | 29 | 0 | 24 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Carroll, WI (23-5); No. 18 Webster (27-1); No. 19 Loras (23-4); No. 21 Gettysburg (24-4); No. 22 Vassar (25-3).
Others receiving votes: Carroll, WI, (23-5) 27; Ohio Northern (19-10) 23; Vassar (25-3) 22; Gettysburg (24-4) 17; Webster (27-1) 16; DePauw (22-8) 12; Messiah (23-6) 9; SUNY New Paltz (25-4) 9; Ohio Wesleyan (23-7) 8; Loras (23-4) 2; St. John Fisher (24-5) 2; Mary Hardin-Baylor (21-7) 1; Millsaps (24-5) 1; Washington-St. Louis (17-9) 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.