January 24, 2017

2016-17 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches' Poll

January 24, 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) 18-0 197 1
2 Amherst (2) 18-0 192 2
3 Thomas More 16-0 184 3
4 St. Thomas (MN) 16-0 176 4
5 Christopher Newport 17-0 168 6
6 Hope 17-1 154 7
7 Ohio Northern 17-0 149 9
8 Scranton 16-1 144 5
9 Washington-St. Louis 14-2 136 12
10 Mary Washington 16-1 117 10
11 Carnegie Mellon 15-1 109 13
12 Wartburg 16-2 108 8
13 Puget Sound 16-1 106 14
14 Wisconsin-Whitewater 16-1 93 18
15 Whitman 15-2 81 14
16 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 15-2 76 11
17 Trinity (TX) 16-1 73 19
18 Montclair State 16-1 71 17
19 DePauw 17-1 67 20
20 Messiah 16-1 44 22
21 Bowdoin 13-3 42 16
22 Gustavus Adolphus 17-0 34 25
23 SUNY Geneseo 17-0 32 23
24 George Fox 14-3 27 21
25 Calvin 16-2 10 NR

Others receiving votes: Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham 3; Trine (15-2) 3; Bluffton (14-3) 1; Catholic University of America (15-2) 1; Maryville (15-3) 1; Wheaton (IL) (13-3) 1

Dropped Out: Bluffton (14-3);

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).

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