2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
Jan. 19, 2016
The USA TODAY Sports Division III Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with first place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution - First Place Votes |
Previous Rank
|
Records
|
Total Points
|
| 1 | Thomas More College (Ky.) - 7 |
1
|
14-0
|
199
|
| 2 | George Fox University (Ore.) - 1 |
2
|
15-0
|
192
|
| 3 | Amherst College (Mass.) |
3
|
15-0
|
185
|
| 4 | Hope College (Mich.) |
4
|
15-0
|
176
|
| 5 | University of Scranton (Pa.) |
6
|
15-0
|
160
|
| 6 | Washington University (Mo.) |
7
|
12-2
|
155
|
| 7 | University of Texas - Tyler |
8
|
15-1
|
154
|
| 8 | New York University |
5
|
13-1
|
139
|
| 9 | Tufts University (Mass.) |
9
|
13-2
|
137
|
| 10 | University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
12
|
13-1
|
125
|
| 11 | University of Wisconsin - Whitewater |
10
|
13-2
|
114
|
| 12 | Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
11
|
12-1
|
101
|
| 13 | Maryville College (Tenn.) |
13
|
11-2
|
97
|
| 14 | Ohio Northern University |
17
|
13-2
|
94
|
| T15 | Calvin College (Mich.) |
14
|
12-3
|
86
|
| T15 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
18
|
12-3
|
86
|
| T17 | Capital University (Ohio) |
23
|
13-2
|
59
|
| T17 | University of St Thomas (Minn.) |
22
|
12-3
|
59
|
| 19 | Albright College (Pa.) |
20
|
14-2
|
58
|
| 20 | University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
19
|
12-3
|
41
|
| 21 | Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) |
25
|
13-1
|
34
|
| 22 | Wheaton College (Ill.) |
14
|
11-4
|
29
|
| 23 | Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) |
NR
|
10-4
|
16
|
| T24 | Connecticut College |
NR
|
13-2
|
14
|
| T24 | Trinity University (Texas) |
21
|
12-3
|
14
|
Dropped Out: Wartburg College (Iowa); Williams College (Mass.);
Others receiving votes: Wartburg College (Iowa) 12; Keene State College (N.H.) 11; Bluffton University (Ohio) 9; Whitman College (Wash.) 9; Kean University (N.J.) 7; University of New England (Maine) 7; University of Wisconsin - River Falls 6; Rowan University (N.J.) 5; Hendrix College (Ark.) 4; Christopher Newport University (Va.) 3; Johnson & Wales University (R.I.) 2; Moravian College (Pa.) 1;
The USA TODAY Sports committee of coaches is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2015-16 committee: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Jeff Hans (Thomas More College), Dan Roiger (Saint Lawrence University), Darrin Travillian (Maryville College), Mike Durbin (College of Saint Benedict), Betsy Witman (York College (Pa.)), Anthony Ewing (University of New England), Jessica Ott (Milwaukee School of Engineering), and Kate Pearson (Cabrini College).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week between 9 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.