USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 13 Poll: February 27, 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) - 8 |
1
|
26-1
|
224
|
| 2. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) - 1 |
3
|
27-1
|
216
|
| 3. |
New York University |
4
|
23-2
|
204
|
| 4. |
Hope College (Mich.) |
5
|
24-3
|
189
|
| 5. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
2
|
25-2
|
186
|
| 6. |
University of Scranton (Pa.) |
6
|
25-2
|
180
|
| 7. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
7
|
25-2
|
174
|
| 8. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
8
|
26-2
|
166
|
| 9. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
10
|
20-5
|
142
|
| 10. |
University of Southern Maine |
11
|
25-2
|
139
|
| 11. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
12
|
25-3
|
135
|
| 12. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
9
|
24-3
|
121
|
| 13. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
13
|
24-4
|
115
|
| 14. |
Emmanuel College - Boston |
14T
|
27-1
|
111
|
| 15. |
University of Wisconsin, Stout |
18
|
23-5
|
95
|
| 16. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
19
|
23-2
|
88
|
| 17. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
16
|
20-5
|
82
|
| 18. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
17
|
19-5
|
67
|
| 19. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
14T
|
21-5
|
54
|
| 20. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
23
|
23-4
|
47
|
| 21. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
20
|
22-5
|
31
|
| 22. |
McDaniel College (Md.) |
21
|
23-2
|
25
|
| 23. |
Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) |
NR
|
22-4
|
18
|
| 24. |
George Fox University (Ore.) |
NR
|
18-6
|
17
|
| 25. |
Gwynedd Mercy College (Pa.) |
NR
|
25-2
|
14
|
Dropped Out: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Millikin University (Ill.), University of Chicago (Ill.). Others Receiving Votes: Luther College (Iowa) - 14; State University of New York at Cortland - 14; Kean University (N.J.) - 12; College of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 7; University of Chicago (Ill.) - 7; University of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 7; University Of Maine, Farmington - 6; Denison University (Ohio) - 5; Thomas More College (Ky.) - 4; Millikin University (Ill.) - 3; Carroll College (Wis.) - 2; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 2; Oglethorpe University (Ga.) - 1; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 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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