USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 12 Poll: February 20, 2007
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 |
Last Week's Rank
|
Record
|
Points
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) - 7 |
1
|
24-1
|
246
|
| 2. |
Calvin College (Mich.) - 3 |
2
|
23-1
|
241
|
| 3. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
3
|
24-1
|
231
|
| 4. |
New York University |
4
|
22-2
|
220
|
| 5. |
Hope College (Mich.) |
5
|
21-3
|
205
|
| 6. |
University of Scranton (Pa.) |
7
|
23-2
|
193
|
| 7. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
8
|
23-2
|
187
|
| 8. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
9
|
23-2
|
175
|
| 9. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
10
|
22-3
|
158
|
| 10. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
11
|
19-5
|
145
|
| 11. |
University of Southern Maine |
6
|
22-2
|
141
|
| 12. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
12
|
22-3
|
139
|
| 13. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
14
|
21-4
|
114
|
| 14T. |
Emmanuel College (Mass.) |
16T
|
24-1
|
107
|
| 14T. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
15
|
20-4
|
107
|
| 16. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
13
|
19-5
|
94
|
| 17. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
16T
|
19-4
|
93
|
| 18. |
University of Wisconsin, Stout |
18
|
21-5
|
92
|
| 19. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
20
|
21-2
|
87
|
| 20. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
19
|
21-3
|
80
|
| 21. |
McDaniel College (Md.) |
21
|
23-2
|
57
|
| 22. |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
NR
|
19-7
|
16
|
| 23. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
NR
|
21-4
|
15
|
| 24. |
Millikin University (Ill.) |
NR
|
19-5
|
14
|
| 25. |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
22
|
18-6
|
12
|
Dropped Out: Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio), Fitchburg State College (Mass.), University of Puget Sound (Wash.).
Others Receiving Votes: Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) - 10; Kean University (N.J.) - 9; Luther College (Iowa) - 9; Gwynedd Mercy College (Pa.) - 8; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 8; Capital University (Ohio) - 5; Fitchburg State College (Mass.) - 5; George Fox University (Ore.) - 5; Maine Maritime Academy - 5; Dickinson College (Pa.) - 3; Norwich University (Vt.) - 3; Saint Lawrence University (N.Y.) - 3; Simpson College (Iowa) - 3; State University of New York at Cortland - 2; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 2; University Of Maine, Farmington - 1.
The USA TODAY ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 10 head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2006-07 board: Aaron Roussell
(University of Chicago), Brian Niemuth (Simpson College), Deb Hunter (Austin
College), Helen Higgs (Whitworth College), James Scheible (University of Rochester),
Jerry Scheve (Wilmington College), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Nan
Hambrose (St. Marys College of MD), Ron Rohn (Muhlenberg College), Stefanie
Pemper (Bowdoin College).
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