2017-18 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
Dec. 5, 2017
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll with with teams’ RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, first-place votes received in parenthesis and ranking in last week's poll:
| Rank | School | Record | Total Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Amherst (5) | 6-0 | 197 | 1 |
| 2 | Tufts (3) | 6-0 | 195 | 2 |
| 3 | Christopher Newport | 6-0 | 184 | 3 |
| 4 | Hope | 5-0 | 172 | 4 |
| 5 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 167 | 5 |
| 6 | Trine | 7-0 | 149 | 6 |
| 7 | Bowdoin | 7-0 | 143 | 10 |
| 8 | St. Thomas (MN) | 4-1 | 142 | 7 |
| 9 | Whitman | 6-1 | 133 | 9 |
| 10 | Thomas More | 6-1 | 117 | 13 |
| 11 | Rochester (NY) | 6-1 | 113 | 11 |
| 12 | Trinity (TX) | 3-1 | 111 | 12 |
| 13 | Wartburg | 5-0 | 107 | 14 |
| 14 | DePauw | 6-1 | 91 | 15 |
| 15 | Messiah | 6-0 | 86 | 17 |
| 16 | Ohio Northern | 5-1 | 77 | 18 |
| 17 | Gustavus Adolphus | 5-0 | 74 | 19 |
| 18 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 5-0 | 65 | 22 |
| 19 | Scranton | 5-1 | 60 | 8 |
| 20 | Washington-St. Louis | 4-2 | 42 | 16 |
| 21 | Ithaca | 6-1 | 37 | 24 |
| 22 | Puget Sound | 4-2 | 29 | 20 |
| 23 | Muhlenberg | 7-0 | 28 | NR |
| 24 | George Fox | 4-2 | 24 | 21 |
| 25 | Montclair State | 6-1 | 13 | NR |
Dropped Out: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4-2); Wheaton (IL) (4-1).
Others receiving votes: Rochester Institute (5-0) 10; Gettysburg (5-0) 9; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4-2) 7; Wheaton (IL) (4-1) 7; Chicago (4-2) 4; Marymount (VA) (5-1) 3; Bluffton (3-1) 2; Connecticut College (5-1) 2.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the WBCA. The 2017-18 committee members are Mary Beth Spirk, non-voting chair (Moravian), Kristen Dowling (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps), Renee DeVarney (Swarthmore), Jessica Ott (Alverno), Kate Pearson (Cabrini), Jennifer Reimer (Case Western Reserve), Alex Richey (Oglethorpe), Dan Roiger (Saint Lawrence) and Kelly Thompson (Roger Williams).