USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 6 Poll: January 9, 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.) - 10 |
1
|
13-0
|
250
|
| 2. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
2
|
11-0
|
240
|
| 3. |
University Of Rochester (N.Y.) |
4
|
11-0
|
224
|
| 4. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
3
|
12-1
|
223
|
| 5. |
University Of Scranton (Pa.) |
6
|
11-1
|
206
|
| 6. |
University Of Southern Maine |
7
|
10-1
|
197
|
| 7. |
University Of Chicago (Ill.) |
10
|
11-0
|
177
|
| 8. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
9
|
12-1
|
173
|
| 9. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
5
|
12-2
|
157
|
| 10. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
8
|
10-1
|
154
|
| 11. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
13
|
12-1
|
143
|
| 12. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
14
|
11-1
|
137
|
| 13. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
12
|
11-1
|
133
|
| 14. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
15
|
12-0
|
132
|
| 15. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
11
|
11-1
|
103
|
| 16. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stout |
18
|
12-3
|
100
|
| 17. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
17
|
11-1
|
88
|
| 18. |
New York University |
16
|
11-1
|
76
|
| 19. |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
21
|
10-0
|
55
|
| 20. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
20
|
9-2
|
50
|
| 21T. |
Bridgewater College (Va.) |
19
|
9-1
|
48
|
| 21T. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
22
|
9-2
|
48
|
| 23. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
NR
|
10-3
|
22
|
| 24. |
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
23
|
9-3
|
20
|
| 25. |
University Of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
24T
|
10-3
|
18
|
Dropped Out: Washington University (Mo.).
Others Receiving Votes: Emmanuel College (Mass.) - 13; George Fox University (Ore.) - 12; University Of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 12; Williams College (Mass.) - 11; Kean University (N.J.) - 7; Norwich University (Vt.) - 7; Hendrix College (Ark.) - 5; College Of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 3; Carroll College (Wis.) - 2; Millikin University (Ill.) -2; Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology (Ind.) - 1; Washington University (Mo.) - 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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