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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 6 Poll: January 8, 2008
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes
noted to the side, total points based on 25 points for first place through
one point for 25th.
| Rank |
Institution - First Place Votes |
Previous Ranking |
Record |
Points |
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| 1. |
Hope College (Mich.) - 8 |
1 |
11-0 |
247 |
| 2. |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 1 |
2 |
13-0 |
239 |
| 3. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) - 1 |
3 |
11-0 |
230 |
| 4. |
New York University |
4 |
10-0 |
198 |
| 5T. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
5T |
9-1 |
197 |
| 5T. |
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
5T |
11-0 |
197 |
| 7. |
University of Mary Washington |
7 |
10-1 |
193 |
| 8. |
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
10 |
11-1 |
174 |
| 9. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
9 |
12-1 |
170 |
| 10. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
8 |
11-1 |
168 |
| 11. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
12 |
10-2 |
143 |
| 12. |
Kean University (N.J.) |
13 |
11-1 |
129 |
| 13. |
Randolph-Macon College (Va.) |
11 |
7-0 |
128 |
| 14. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
14 |
8-1 |
114 |
| 15. |
University of Southern Maine |
15 |
10-1 |
101 |
| 16. |
Tufts University (Mass.) |
16 |
10-0 |
100 |
| 17. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
17 |
11-1 |
94 |
| 18. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
22 |
9-1 |
59 |
| 19. |
George Fox University (Ore.) |
20 |
10-1 |
58 |
| 20. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
18 |
9-1 |
56 |
| 21. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
21 |
8-1 |
49 |
| 22. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
23 |
10-2 |
48 |
| 23. |
Eastern Connecticut State University |
24 |
11-0 |
34 |
| 24. |
Oglethorpe University (Ga.) |
19 |
10-2 |
26 |
| 25. |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
NR |
9-2 |
24 |
Dropped Out: Capital University (Ohio).
Others Receiving Votes: Capital University (Ohio) - 16; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 10; Amherst College (Mass.) - 8; Salem State College (Mass.) - 8; State University of New York at Cortland - 7; University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire - Eau Claire 7; DeSales University (Pa.) - 6; William Smith College (N.Y.) - 6; Marymount University (Va.) - 5; Washington University (Mo.) - 1.
The USA TODAY ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 11 head coaches at
Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2007-08 board: Nan Carney-DeBord – Non-voting
Chair (Ohio Wesleyan University), Aaron Roussell (University of Chicago),
Amie Bradley (Trinity University), Brian Niemuth (Simpson College), James
Scheible (University of Rochester), Jerry Scheve (Wilmington College), Michele
Sharp (Kean University), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Ron Rohn (Muhlenberg
College), Stefanie Pemper (Bowdoin College), and Suzy Barcomb (University
of Puget Sound).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week
between 8 a.m. Monday and 1 p.m Tuesday ET.
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