USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 5 Poll: January 2, 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. |
Hope College (Mich.) - 9 |
1
|
10-0
|
225
|
| 2. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
2
|
8-0
|
215
|
| 3. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
3
|
10-1
|
196
|
| 4. |
University Of Rochester (N.Y.) |
4
|
8-0
|
194
|
| 5. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
6
|
11-1
|
191
|
| 6. |
University of Scranton (Pa.) |
5
|
9-1
|
183
|
| 7. |
University of Southern Maine |
7
|
9-1
|
165
|
| 8. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
8
|
8-0
|
163
|
| 9. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
13
|
9-1
|
131
|
| 10. |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
14
|
9-0
|
130
|
| 11. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
10T
|
9-1
|
126
|
| 12. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
9
|
9-1
|
115
|
| 13. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
12
|
10-1
|
114
|
| 14. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
16
|
8-1
|
110
|
| 15. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
17
|
10-0
|
109
|
| 16. |
New York University |
15
|
9-0
|
107
|
| 17. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
10T
|
10-1
|
93
|
| 18. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stout |
21
|
10-3
|
56
|
| 19. |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
19
|
6-1
|
48
|
| 20. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
18
|
7-2
|
46
|
| 21. |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
23
|
9-0
|
40
|
| 22. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
22
|
6-2
|
34
|
| 23. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
24
|
8-3
|
18
|
| 24T. |
University of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
20
|
8-3
|
16
|
| 24T. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
NR
|
7-3
|
16
|
Dropped Out: Lake Forest College (Ill.). Others Receiving Votes: University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point - 14; Norwich University (Vt.) -13; Pacific Lutheran University (Wash.) - 12; University Of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 12; Wheaton College (Ill.) - 8; Carroll College (Wis.) - 7; Lake Forest College (Ill.) - 6; Emmanuel College (Mass.) - 5; George Fox University (Ore.) - 3; College Of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 2; Transylvania University (Ky.) - 1; Whitworth College (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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