USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 3 Poll: December 12, 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.) - 10 |
1
|
6-0
|
250
|
| 2. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
2
|
8-0
|
240
|
| 3. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
3
|
6-1
|
220
|
| 4. |
University Of Rochester (N.Y.) |
4
|
8-0
|
216
|
| 5. |
University Of Scranton (Pa.) |
5
|
6-1
|
202
|
| 6. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
6
|
6-1
|
187
|
| 7. |
University Of Southern Maine |
7
|
6-1
|
180
|
| 8. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
8
|
8-0
|
175
|
| 9. |
McMurry University
(Texas) |
10
|
6-0
|
164
|
| 10.T |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
11
|
7-0
|
141
|
| 10.T |
University of Wisconsin, Stout |
9
|
8-2
|
141
|
| 12. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
13
|
7-1
|
133
|
| 13. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
14
|
7-0
|
132
|
| 14. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
19
|
6-0
|
112
|
| 15. |
New York University |
15
|
7-0
|
103
|
| 16.T |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
18
|
5-0
|
93
|
| 16.T |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
16
|
5-1
|
93
|
| 18. |
University Of Chicago (Ill.) |
20
|
6-0
|
86
|
| 19. |
Hardin-Simmons University
(Texas) |
17
|
6-2
|
78
|
| 20. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
25
|
6-0
|
59
|
| 21. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
12
|
4-2
|
46
|
| 22. |
University
of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
24
|
5-1
|
44
|
| 23. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
NR
|
7-1
|
28
|
| 24. |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
NR
|
8-0
|
24
|
| 25. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
NR
|
5-1
|
20
|
Dropped Out: Salem State College (Mass.), University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point, Randolph-Macon College (Va.).
Others Receiving Votes: Norwich University (Vt.) - 16; Salem State
College (Mass.) - 12; Maryville College (Tenn.) - 11; Wheaton College (Ill.)
- 10; Emmanuel College (Mass.) - 8; Randolph-Macon College (Va.) - 7; Washington
University (Mo.) - 7; University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point - 5; Ohio Northern
University - 3; Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.) - 3; College Of St. Benedict
(Minn.) - 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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