USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 9 Poll: January 30, 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) - 7 |
2
|
19-1
|
219
|
| 2. |
Messiah College (Pa.) - 1 |
3
|
18-1
|
214
|
| 3. |
Calvin College (Mich.) - 1 |
4
|
17-1
|
211
|
| 4. |
Hope College (Mich.) |
8
|
17-2
|
180
|
| 5. |
University of Southern Maine |
6
|
17-1
|
178
|
| 6. |
Howard Payne University |
7
|
18-1
|
163
|
| 7. |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
10
|
16-2
|
151
|
| 8. |
DePauw University (Ind.) |
11
|
18-2
|
146
|
| 9. |
Wilmington College (Ohio) |
5
|
17-2
|
145
|
| 10. |
University of Wisconsin, Stout |
13
|
17-3
|
138
|
| 11. |
University of Scranton (Pa.) |
9
|
16-2
|
137
|
| 12T. |
New York University |
12
|
16-2
|
131
|
| 12T. |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
1
|
16-2
|
131
|
| 14. |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
14
|
17-1
|
114
|
| 15. |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
19
|
16-2
|
91
|
| 16. |
McMurry University (Texas) |
18
|
17-2
|
87
|
| 17T. |
Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) |
16
|
15-3
|
80
|
| 17T. |
Washington University (Mo.) |
25
|
14-4
|
80
|
| 19. |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
17
|
14-3
|
73
|
| 20. |
Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio) |
15
|
15-4
|
50
|
| 21. |
Emmanuel College (Mass.) |
24
|
16-1
|
39
|
| 22. |
William Paterson University (N.J.) |
NR
|
18-2
|
36
|
| 23. |
Lake Forest College (Ill.) |
NR
|
15-2
|
19
|
| 24. |
Capital University (Ohio) |
NR
|
14-4
|
17
|
| 25. |
McDaniel College (Md.) |
NR
|
16-2
|
14
|
Dropped Out: University of Puget Sound (Wash.), Kean University (N.J.), Simpson College (Iowa), Maine Maritime Academy (Maine). Others Receiving Votes: Kean University (N.J.) - 13; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) - 11; Thomas More College (Ky.) - 9; Williams College (Mass.) - 8; George Fox University (Ore.) - 7; Maine Maritime Academy - 7; Saint Lawrence University (N.Y.) - 7; Simpson College (Iowa) - 5; Luther College (Iowa) - 4; Millikin University (Ill.) - 4; University Of Wisconsin, Whitewater - 4; Dickinson College (Pa.) - 1; State University of New York at Cortland - 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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