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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 8 Poll: January 22, 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.) - 10 |
1 |
15-0 |
250 |
| 2. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
2 |
15-0 |
230 |
| 3T. |
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
3 |
15-0 |
217 |
| 3T. |
University of Mary Washington |
5 |
14-1 |
217 |
| 5. |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
6 |
15-1 |
216 |
| 6. |
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
7 |
15-1 |
202 |
| 7. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
9 |
14-1 |
178 |
| 8. |
Kean University (N.J.) |
11 |
15-1 |
173 |
| 9. |
New York University |
4 |
13-1 |
161 |
| 10. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
12 |
13-1 |
159 |
| 11. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
10 |
12-2 |
139 |
| 12. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
8 |
13-2 |
134 |
| 13. |
University of Southern Maine |
16 |
14-1 |
124 |
| 14. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
18 |
14-1 |
112 |
| 15. |
Amherst College (Mass.) |
22T |
16-0 |
100 |
| 16. |
George Fox University (Ore.) |
19 |
14-1 |
96 |
| 17. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
17 |
13-3 |
95 |
| 18. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
20 |
14-1 |
76 |
| 19. |
Tufts University (Mass.) |
14 |
13-1 |
58 |
| 20. |
William Smith College (N.Y.) |
24 |
11-1 |
57 |
| 21. |
Randolph-Macon College (Va.) |
13 |
11-1 |
54 |
| 22. |
Oglethorpe University (Ga.) |
22T |
14-2 |
46 |
| 23. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
15 |
14-2 |
41 |
| 24. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
NR |
11-3 |
32 |
| 25. |
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
25 |
13-3 |
31 |
Dropped Out: Lake Forest College (Ill.).
Others Receiving Votes: Lake Forest College (Ill.) - 12; Eastern
Connecticut State University - 11; Salem State College (Mass.) -
9; University Of Chicago (Ill.) - 7; Birmingham Southern College (Ala.) -
5; Ohio Northern University - 3; University Of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 2;
DeSales University (Pa.) - 1; Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) - 1;
Marymount University (Va.) - 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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