The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams’ RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in preseason poll, and first-place votes received.
Rank | School (Record) | Total Points | First-Place Votes | Previous Rank |
1 | Transylvania (1-0) | 249 | 7 | 1 |
2 | NYU (4-0) | 238 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Christopher Newport (6-0) | 234 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Trinity, TX (4-0) | 210 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Scranton (3-0) | 207 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Rhode Island College (2-0) | 192 | 0 | 7 |
7 | Hardin-Simmons (3-0) | 185 | 0 | 8 |
8 | Hope (4-0) | 171 | 0 | 12 |
9 | UW-Whitewater (4-0) | 155 | 0 | 14 |
10 | Tufts (3-1) | 154 | 0 | 9 |
11 | Trinity, CT (3-0) | 153 | 0 | 11 |
12 | Smith (3-1) | 142 | 0 | 4 |
13 | Chicago (4-0) | 124 | 0 | 17 |
14 | Wartburg (3-0) | 121 | 0 | 16 |
15 | Millikin (4-0) | 116 | 0 | 19 |
16 | Trine (2-1) | 98 | 0 | 13 |
17 | Ohio Northern (1-1) | 73 | 0 | 10 |
18 | Baldwin-Wallace (2-1) | 60 | 0 | 20 |
19t | Gustavus Adolphus (1-0) | 53 | 0 | 23 |
19t | Whitman (4-0) | 53 | 0 | 24 |
21 | Wittenberg (3-0) | 52 | 0 | NR |
22 | DeSales (2-1) | 32 | 0 | 18 |
23 | Washington and Lee (4-0) | 30 | 0 | RV |
24 | Loras (3-0) | 23 | 0 | RV |
25 | Marietta, OH (3-1) | 16 | 0 | 22 |
Dropped out: No. 15 Babson (2-2); No. 21 Messiah (2-1); No. 25 Mary Washington (4-1).
Others receiving votes: Mary Washington (4-1) 15; Roger Williams (1-1) 13; Babson (2-2) 11; Skidmore (4-1) 11; Carroll, WI (3-1) 10; Elizabethtown (3-1) 9; Mary Hardin-Baylor (3-1) 9; SUNY New Paltz (2-0) 9; Ithaca (3-1) 7; Messiah (2-1) 6; Stevens (4-1) 6; Gettysburg (2-1) 3; St. John Fisher (2-1) 3.
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 Mo