2017-18 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
March 19, 2018
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll 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 Feb. 26 poll:
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| Rank | School | Record | Total Points | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Amherst (8) | 33-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | Bowdoin | 29-3 | 192 | 5 |
| 3 | Wartburg | 31-1 | 181 | 2 |
| 4 | Thomas More | 30-2 | 179 | 3 |
| 5 | Hope | 29-2 | 165 | 4 |
| 6 | Tufts | 26-5 | 162 | 6 |
| 7 | St. Thomas (MN) | 27-3 | 143 | 8 |
| 8 | Scranton | 28-2 | 138 | 7 |
| 9 | Trine | 26-4 | 118 | 11 |
| 10 | Rochester (NY) | 24-5 | 115 | 15 |
| 11 | Chicago | 24-3 | 112 | 9 |
| 12 | Messiah | 27-3 | 102 | 12 |
| 13 | DePauw | 25-3 | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | George Fox | 25-4 | 92 | 12 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 25-5 | 84 | 20 |
| 16 | Montclair State | 25-4 | 77 | 16 |
| 17 | East Texas Baptist | 25-7 | 65 | NR |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 25-4 | 64 | 18 |
| 19 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 25-4 | 52 | 14 |
| 20 | Gustavus Adolphus | 24-7 | 49 | NR |
| 21 | Marymount (VA) | 25-4 | 44 | 17 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 24-5 | 29 | 24 |
| 23 | Whitman | 22-5 | 28 | 19 |
| 24 | Rochester Institute | 23-7 | 24 | NR |
| 25 | Gettysburg | 26-3 | 23 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Rose-Hulman (24-4) 10; Trinity (TX) (23-4) 9; St. Benedict (22-5) 8; Washington-St. Louis (19-8) 8; SUNY Geneseo (25-3) 7; Ithaca (21-8) 4; Marietta (24-5) 4; Muhlenberg (22-4) 3; Randolph-Macon (23-6) 3; Juniata (23-6) 2; Cabrini (26-3) 1; Oberlin (21-8) 1; St. Joseph's (ME) (28-2) 1; The College of New Jersey (NJ) (22-7) 1.
Dropped Out: Rose-Hulman (24-4); Trinity (TX) (23-4); St. Benedict (22-5).
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).