2017-18 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
Jan. 23, 2018
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 the last week's poll:
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| Rank | School | Record | Total Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Amherst (8) | 18-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | Hope | 17-0 | 189 | 2 |
| 3 | Bowdoin | 16-0 | 185 | 3 |
| 4 | Whitman | 16-1 | 169 | 4 |
| 5 | Thomas More | 16-1 | 167 | 5 |
| 6 | Wartburg | 17-0 | 154 | 6 |
| 7 | Rochester (NY) | 15-1 | 153 | 7 |
| 8 | Tufts | 16-2 | 138 | 8 |
| 9 | DePauw | 17-1 | 133 | 9 |
| 10 | Christopher Newport | 15-2 | 121 | 10 |
| 11 | Ohio Northern | 16-1 | 119 | 11 |
| 12 | Trine | 16-2 | 110 | 12 |
| 13 | St. Thomas (MN) | 15-2 | 104 | 13 |
| 14 | Scranton | 16-1 | 92 | 14 |
| 15 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14-2 | 89 | 16 |
| 16 | Trinity (TX) | 13-2 | 86 | 15 |
| 17 | Montclair State | 16-1 | 74 | 17 |
| 18 | Muhlenberg | 15-1 | 56 | 19 |
| 19 | Chicago | 14-2 | 51 | 20 |
| 20 | Messiah | 15-2 | 45 | 21 |
| 21 | George Fox | 14-3 | 31 | 22 |
| 22 | Marietta | 16-1 | 29 | 23 |
| 23 | Juniata | 16-1 | 27 | 24 |
| 24 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14-3 | 24 | 17 |
| 25 | Gustavus Adolphus | 14-3 | 17 | 25 |
Dropped Out: None.
Others receiving votes: Marymount (VA) (15-2) 16; Illinois Wesleyan (15-2) 14; Chapman (14-3) 3; Mary Hardin-Baylor (15-3) 2; SUNY Geneseo (15-1) 1; Transylvania 1 (13-4).
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).