Dec. 5, 2023

2023-24 WBCA

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.

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Rank

School (Record)

Total
Points

First-Place
Votes

Last-Week’s
Rank

1

Transylvania (5-0)

243

4

1

2

NYU (7-0)

241

4

2

3

Christopher Newport (8-0)

236

2

3

4

Scranton (7-0)

214

0

4

5

Rhode Island College (7-0)

212

0

5

6

UW-Whitewater (8-0)

203

0

7

7

Trinity, TX (6-1)

172

0

8

8

Wartburg (7-0)

163

0

12

9

Smith (5-1)

158

0

10

10

Millikin (7-0)

150

0

13

11

Chicago (7-1)

143

0

11

12

Gustavus Adolphus (4-0)

135

0

15

13

Trine (5-1)

116

0

14

14

Hardin-Simmons (5-1)

112

0

6

15

Hope (6-1)

108

0

17

16

Trinity, CT (5-2)

86

0

15

17

Tufts (5-2)

74

0

9

18

Washington and Lee (7-1)

68

0

21

19

Mary Washington (7-1)

61

0

22

20t

Emory (7-1)

52

0

RV

20t

Whitman (5-1)

52

0

18

22

Loras (4-2)

47

0

20

23

Marietta, OH (4-1)

39

0

22

24

Catholic (7-0)

37

0

RV

25

Amherst (6-0)

30

0

RV

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.