January 3, 2017

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

January 3, 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 the December 13th poll:

Rank School Record Total Points Previous Rank
1 Tufts (6) 10-0 195 1
2 Amherst (2) 10-0 194 2
3 Scranton 11-0 184 3
4 Washington - St. Louis 10-0 174 5
5 Thomas More 10-0 168 4
6 St. Thomas (MN) 10-0 159 6
7 Hope 12-1 145 7
8 Christopher Newport 11-0 142 10
9 Wartburg 11-1 129 8
10 Ohio Northern 11-0 120 12
11 Mary Washington 11-0 112 14
12 Montclair State 12-0 110 16
13 Carnegie Mellon 11-0 105 15
14 Wisconsin - Oshkosh 10-1 103 9
15 Whitman 11-0 90 19
16 Trinity (TX) 11-0 78 21
17 Bowdoin 9-1 75 11
18 George Fox 8-2 49 13
19 Wisconsin - Whitewater 10-1 38 22
20 Puget Sound (WA) 10-1 36 NR
21 New York (NY) 9-1 34 17
22 DePauw 12-1 31 NR
23 Rochester 8-2 28 20
24 Messiah 11-0 23 NR
25 Bluffton 8-2 19 24

Others receiving votes: Wheaton (IL) (8-2); Wisconsin - Stevens Point (8-3); Calvin (11-1); Austin College (9-3); Texas - Dallas (9-2); Rochester Institute of Technology (8-1); SUNY - Geneseo (9-0); Chicago (7-4);

Dropped Out: Wheaton (IL) (8-2); Wisconsin - Stevens Point (8-3); University of Texas - Tyler (9-4);

The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches’ Poll Committee is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the 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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