2016-17 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches' Poll
February 21, 2017
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches’ Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM MONDAY, 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 (8) | 25-0 | 200 | 1 |
2 | Thomas More | 25-0 | 187 | 2 |
3 | Tufts | 24-1 | 182 | 3 |
3 | St. Thomas (MN) | 25-0 | 182 | 4 |
5 | Ohio Northern | 25-0 | 165 | 5 |
6 | Washington-St. Louis | 22-2 | 160 | 6 |
7 | Puget Sound | 24-1 | 146 | 7 |
8 | Christopher Newport | 23-2 | 134 | 9 |
9 | Wartburg | 23-2 | 124 | 10 |
10 | Trinity (TX) | 24-1 | 116 | 11 |
11 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 23-2 | 111 | 13 |
12 | Hope | 22-3 | 106 | 8 |
13 | Montclair State | 23-2 | 93 | 15 |
14 | DePauw | 23-2 | 87 | 16 |
15 | SUNY-Geneseo | 25-0 | 86 | 18 |
16 | Scranton (PA) | 22-3 | 84 | 17 |
17 | Gustavus Adolphus | 24-1 | 70 | 20 |
17 | Whitman | 21-4 | 70 | 14 |
19 | Mary Washington | 22-3 | 61 | 12 |
20 | Bowdoin | 21-3 | 49 | 21 |
21 | Trine | 22-2 | 44 | 22 |
22 | Messiah | 23-2 | 40 | 19 |
23 | George Fox | 21-4 | 28 | 23 |
24 | FDU-Florham | 22-3 | 19 | 25 |
25 | Catholic | 22-3 | 15 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Texas-Dallas (22-3) 14; Chicago (18-6) 9; Marymount (21-4) 6; Ithaca (22-3) 4; Calvin (21-4) 1
Dropped Out: Texas-Dallas (22-3)
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches’ Poll Committee is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2016-17 committee: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Jeff Hans (Thomas More College), Dan Roiger (Saint Lawrence University), Darrin Travillian (Maryville College), Kelly Thompson (Roger Williams University), Betsy Witman (York College (Pa.)), Kristen Dowling (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College), Jessica Ott (Alverno College), and Kate Pearson (Cabrini College).