USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 4 Poll: December 19, 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
|
7-0
|
250
|
| 2. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
2
|
8-0
|
240
|
| 3. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
3
|
7-1
|
221
|
| 4. |
University Of Rochester (N.Y.) |
4
|
8-0
|
218
|
| 5. |
University Of Scranton (Pa.) |
5
|
6-1
|
202
|
| 6. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
6
|
7-1
|
187
|
| 7. |
University Of Southern Maine |
7
|
7-1
|
180
|
| 8. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
8
|
8-0
|
173
|
| 9. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
9
|
8-0
|
168
|
| 10T. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
14
|
8-0
|
148
|
| 10T. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
10T
|
7-0
|
148
|
| 12. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
13
|
8-0
|
142
|
| 13. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
12
|
7-1
|
140
|
| 14. |
University Of Chicago (Ill.) |
18
|
8-0
|
106
|
| 15. |
New York University |
15
|
8-0
|
105
|
| 16. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
16T
|
6-1
|
95
|
| 17. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
20
|
8-0
|
91
|
| 18. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
19
|
6-2
|
64
|
| 19. |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
16T
|
6-1
|
62
|
| 20. |
University Of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
22
|
7-1
|
55
|
| 21. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stout |
10T
|
8-3
|
47
|
| 22. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
21
|
6-2
|
39
|
| 23. |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
24
|
9-0
|
35
|
| 24. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
23
|
7-1
|
32
|
| 25. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
25
|
6-2
|
18
|
Dropped Out: None Dropped Out.
Others Receiving Votes: Maryville College (Tenn.) - 15; Norwich University (Vt.) - 15; Washington University (Mo.) - 15; Salem State College (Mass.) - 8; University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point - 8; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 8; Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.) - 7; University Of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 5; College Of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 3.
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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