2022-23 WBCA
NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll
Nov. 1, 2022
The WBCA NCAA Division III Preseason Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, with teams' RECORDS FROM LAST YEAR in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last year’s final poll, and first-place votes received.
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Rank |
School (2021-22 Record) |
Total |
2021-22 |
First- |
|
1 |
Hope (32-1) |
243 |
1 |
7 |
|
2 |
Trine (28-4) |
223 |
2t |
0 |
|
3 |
Amherst (25-4) |
206 |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
Christopher Newport (26-1) |
204 |
7 |
3 |
|
5 |
Transylvania (27-1) |
197 |
5 |
0 |
|
6 |
Trinity, TX (28-3) |
195 |
8 |
0 |
|
7 |
NYU (25-2) |
194 |
6 |
0 |
|
8 |
UW-Whitewater (28-5) |
190 |
2t |
0 |
|
9 |
Smith (25-3) |
176 |
9 |
0 |
|
10 |
Tufts (22-5) |
139 |
11 |
0 |
|
11 |
Whitman (27-2) |
132 |
16 |
0 |
|
12 |
Scranton (27-3) |
124 |
10 |
0 |
|
13 |
Simpson (26-2) |
115 |
12 |
0 |
|
14 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor (23-5) |
100 |
17 |
0 |
|
15 |
Baldwin-Wallace (23-5) |
90 |
13 |
0 |
|
16 |
DePauw (23-4) |
87 |
20 |
0 |
|
17 |
St. John Fisher (26-3) |
78 |
21 |
0 |
|
18 |
UW-Oshkosh (22-7) |
73 |
15 |
0 |
|
19 |
Messiah (23-4) |
71 |
22 |
0 |
|
20 |
Springfield (24-5) |
64 |
14 |
0 |
|
21 |
Babson (20-8) |
50 |
NR |
0 |
|
22t |
Ithaca (25-4) |
41 |
23 |
0 |
|
22t |
John Carroll (23-5) |
41 |
18 |
0 |
|
24 |
Rhodes (23-3) |
39 |
25 |
0 |
|
25 |
Wisconsin Lutheran (23-2) |
38 |
19 |
0 |
Dropped out: No. 24 Millikin (23-7)
Others receiving votes: Millikin (23-7) 29; UC Santa Cruz (16-4) 17; Hardin-Simmons (21-5) 15; DeSales (22-4) 14; Bates (18-8) 12; Puget Sound (20-5) 12; Albertus Magnus (17-9)10; Roger Williams (25-3) 10; Johns Hopkins (22-5) 8; Redlands (19-5) 6; Gettysburg (25-4) 4; Montclair State (14-10) 2; Illinois Wesleyan (20-9) 1.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III conferences. The committee for the 2022-23 season: Samantha Crough, Regis; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Alex Richey, Oglethorpe; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams; Suzy Venet, Mount Union.
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