NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll – Dec. 5, 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
1Transylvania (5-0)24341
2NYU (7-0)24142
3Christopher Newport (8-0)23623
4Scranton (7-0)21404
5Rhode Island College (7-0)21205
6UW-Whitewater (8-0)20307
7Trinity, TX (6-1)17208
8Wartburg (7-0)163012
9Smith (5-1)158010
10Millikin (7-0)150013
11Chicago (7-1)143011
12Gustavus Adolphus (4-0)135015
13Trine (5-1)116014
14Hardin-Simmons (5-1)11206
15Hope (6-1)108017
16Trinity, CT (5-2)86015
17Tufts (5-2)7409
18Washington and Lee (7-1)68021
19Mary Washington (7-1)61022
20tEmory (7-1)520RV
20tWhitman (5-1)52018
22Loras (4-2)47020
23Marietta, OH (4-1)39022
24Catholic (7-0)370RV
25Amherst (6-0)300RV

Dropped out: No. 19 Baldwin-Wallace (4-2); No. 22 Elizabethtown (5-2); No. 25 DeSales (6-1).

Others receiving votes: DeSales (6-1) 26; Illinois Wesleyan (7-2) 22; Baldwin-Wallace (4-2) 15; SUNY New Paltz (5-1) 9; Elizabethtown (5-2) 7; Mary Hardin-Baylor (5-1) 5; Ohio Northern (2-3) 4; UW-Stout (6-1) 4; Wittenberg (3-2) 3; Wheaton, IL (6-1) 2; Skidmore (6-2) 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.