2016-17 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches' Poll
January 17, 2017
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches’ Poll with teams’ RECORDS FROM TUESDAY, 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 | Tufts (6) | 15-0 | 195 | 1 |
| 2 | Amherst (2) | 15-0 | 192 | 2 |
| 3 | Thomas More | 15-0 | 178 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Thomas | 14-0 | 170 | 5 |
| 5 | Scranton | 15-0 | 163 | 3 |
| 6 | Christopher Newport | 15-0 | 160 | 6 |
| 7 | Hope | 15-1 | 149 | 7 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 15-1 | 139 | 9 |
| 9 | Ohio Northern | 15-0 | 138 | 10 |
| 10 | Mary Washington | 15-0 | 122 | 12 |
| 11 | Wisconsin - Oshkosh | 14-1 | 112 | 13 |
| 12 | Washington - St. Louis | 12-2 | 110 | 8 |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 13-1 | 92 | 16 |
| 14 | Puget Sound | 14-1 | 85 | 19 |
| 14 | Whitman | 14-1 | 85 | 14 |
| 16 | Bowdoin | 12-2 | 75 | 17 |
| 17 | Montclair State | 14-1 | 72 | 11 |
| 18 | Wisconsin - Whitewater | 14-1 | 71 | 19 |
| 19 | Trinity (TX) | 14-1 | 67 | 15 |
| 20 | DePauw | 16-1 | 60 | 21 |
| 21 | George Fox | 13-2 | 56 | 18 |
| 22 | Messiah | 15-1 | 25 | 22 |
| 23 | SUNY Geneseo | 14-0 | 21 | NR |
| 24 | Bluffton | 13-2 | 18 | 24 |
| 25 | Gustavus Adolphus | 15-0 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Calvin (14-2) 11; Rochester (NY) (11-3) 7; Texas - Dallas (13-3) 6; Wheaton (11-3) 3; Maryville (12-3) 2;
Trine (14-1) 2; Chicago (9-5) 1;
Dropped Out (previous rank): Rochester (NY) (11-3) 23; New York (NY) (10-4) 24;
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).