USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 7 Poll: January 16, 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. |
Bowdoin College (Maine) - 8 |
2
|
15-0
|
248
|
| 2. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) - 2 |
3
|
14-0
|
240
|
| 3. |
Hope College (Mich.) |
1
|
14-1
|
220
|
| 4. |
University of Scranton (Pa.) |
5
|
13-1
|
216
|
| 5. |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
7
|
14-0
|
193
|
| 6. |
University of Southern Maine |
6
|
13-1
|
190
|
| 7T. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
4
|
13-2
|
177
|
| 7T. |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
8
|
14-1
|
177
|
| 9. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
11
|
14-1
|
175
|
| 10. |
Calvin College (Mich.) |
12
|
13-1
|
172
|
| 11. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
9
|
14-2
|
142
|
| 12. |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
14
|
15-0
|
141
|
| 13. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
13
|
13-1
|
129
|
| 14T. |
New York University |
18
|
13-1
|
113
|
| 14T. |
University Of Wisconsin, Stout |
16
|
14-3
|
113
|
| 16. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
10
|
11-2
|
101
|
| 17. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
17
|
13-1
|
92
|
| 18. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
20
|
11-2
|
75
|
| 19. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
21T
|
11-2
|
57
|
| 20. |
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
23
|
12-3
|
51
|
| 21. |
University of Puget Sound (Wash.) |
15
|
12-3
|
41
|
| 22. |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
15
|
12-3
|
35
|
| 23. |
Kean University (N.J.) |
NR
|
14-1
|
32
|
| 24. |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
19
|
12-1
|
21
|
| 25. |
Emmanuel College (Mass.) |
NR
|
10-1
|
19
|
Dropped Out: Bridgewater College (Va.), Medaille College (N.Y.).
Others Receiving Votes: George Fox University (Ore.) - 17; Bridgewater College (Va.) - 13; Carroll College (Wis.) - 12; Williams College (Mass.) - 12; McDaniel College (Md.) - 6; William Paterson University (N.J.) - 4; Medaille College (N.Y.) - 3; Millikin University (Ill.) - 3; Lake Forest College (Ill.) - 2; Norwich University (Vt.) - 2; Oglethorpe University (Ga.) - 2; University Of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 2; Thomas More College (Ky.) - 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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