The WBCA NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, final ranking in last year’s final poll, and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (2022-23 Record) | Total Points | 2022-23 Final Rank | First- Place Votes |
| 1 | Transylvania (33-0) | 248 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | NYU (25-3) | 235 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher Newport (31-1) | 229 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Smith (30-2) | 197 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Scranton (28-1) | 183 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Trinity, TX (28-2) | 175 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Rhode Island College (28-4) | 163 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons (24-4) | 156 | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | Tufts (24-7) | 146 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Ohio Northern (25-5) | 145 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Trinity, CT (25-6) | 136 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Hope (26-3) | 128 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | Trine (23-7) | 122 | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | UW-Whitewater (23-7) | 118 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Babson (26-6) | 112 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Wartburg (23-7) | 79 | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | Chicago (23-5) | 73 | 13 | 0 |
| 18 | DeSales (27-2) | 69 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | Millikin (24-5) | 66 | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Baldwin-Wallace (22-6) | 49 | RV | 0 |
| 21 | Messiah (26-3) | 45 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Marietta, OH (22-8) | 40 | 24 | 0 |
| 23 | Gustavus Adolphus (26-2) | 36 | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | Whitman (22-6) | 35 | RV | 0 |
| 25 | Mary Washington (24-7) | 33 | RV | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 22 Elizabethtown (23-5); No. 23 Ithaca (24-5); No. 25 Loras (24-5).
Others receiving votes: Ithaca (24-5) 25; Pacific, OR (19-8) 19; Ohio Wesleyan (18-11) 18; Loras (24-5) 17; Puget Sound (21-5) 17; Gettysburg (21-7) 16; Stevens (22-6) 14; SUNY-New Paltz (24-5) 14; Washington and Jefferson (24-3) 14; Carroll, WI (17-9) 12; Elizabethtown (23-5) 12; UW-Oshkosh (20-9) 11; Roger Williams (25-4) 10; St. John Fisher (26-3) 10; Skidmore (23-6) 8; Washington and Lee (22-7) 6; Rochester, NY (16-9) 4; Millsaps (19-8) 3; Mary Hardin-Baylor (19-8) 1; Rowan (20-9) 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; 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.