USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 2 Poll: December 5, 2006
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. |
Hope College (Mich.) - 8 |
1
|
5-0
|
224
|
| 2. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) - 1 |
3
|
6-0
|
217
|
| 3. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
5
|
4-1
|
195
|
| 4. |
University Of Rochester (N.Y.) |
7
|
5-0
|
184
|
| 5. |
University Of Scranton (Pa.) |
6
|
4-1
|
179
|
| 6. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
8
|
5-1
|
163
|
| 7. |
University Of Southern Maine |
2
|
4-1
|
158
|
| 8. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
9
|
6-0
|
154
|
| 9. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stout |
4
|
6-1
|
131
|
| 10. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
15
|
6-0
|
116
|
| 11. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
13
|
5-0
|
115
|
| 12. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
11
|
4-1
|
114
|
| 13. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
12
|
4-1
|
110
|
| 14. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
20
|
5-0
|
88
|
| 15. |
New York University |
16
|
5-0
|
85
|
| 16. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
10
|
4-1
|
84
|
| 17. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
14
|
4-2
|
83
|
| 18. |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
18
|
3-0
|
80
|
| 19. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
22
|
5-0
|
73
|
| 20. |
University Of Chicago (Ill.) |
NR
|
5-0
|
56
|
| 21. |
Salem State College (Mass.) |
24
|
5-0
|
50
|
| 22. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
21
|
6-1
|
39
|
| 23. |
Randolph-Macon College (Va.) |
17
|
3-1
|
31
|
| 24. |
University Of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
19
|
4-1
|
29
|
| 25. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
NR
|
4-0
|
27
|
Dropped Out: Lake Forest College (Ill.), Capital University (Ohio).
Others Receiving Votes: Maryville College (Tenn.) - 23; Lake Forest College (Ill.) - 22; Medaille College (N.Y.) - 18; Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.) - 16; Ohio Northern University - 13; Norwich University (Vt.) - 11; Capital University (Ohio) - 10; Emmanuel College (Mass.) - 10; Muhlenberg College (Pa.) - 6; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 6; Washington University (Mo.) - 3; University Of Wisconsin, River Falls – 2.
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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