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USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 5 Poll: January 6, 2008
USA TODAY ESPN Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place votes noted on the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank |
Institution - First Place Votes |
Previous Ranking |
Record |
Points |
| 1 |
Illinois Wesleyan University - 6 |
t2 |
10-0 |
222 |
| 2 |
University of Rochester (N.Y.) - 2 |
t2 |
8-0 |
212 |
| 3 |
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire - 1 |
6 |
11-0 |
203 |
| 4 |
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
5 |
12-1 |
201 |
| 5 |
Hope College (Mich.) |
1 |
8-1 |
181 |
| 6 |
Oglethorpe University (Ga.) |
9 |
11-1 |
173 |
| t7 |
Amherst College (Mass.) |
11 |
11-0 |
164 |
| t7 |
Brandeis University (Mass.) |
t12 |
9-0 |
164 |
| 9 |
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
4 |
10-1 |
155 |
| t10 |
New York University |
t12 |
10-0 |
137 |
| t10 |
Simpson College (Iowa) |
7 |
11-1 |
137 |
| 12 |
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
16 |
10-1 |
115 |
| 13 |
Tufts University (Mass.) |
15 |
7-1 |
106 |
| 14 |
DeSales University (Pa.) |
14 |
8-1 |
102 |
| 15 |
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
10 |
9-1 |
98 |
| 16 |
George Fox University (Ore.) |
24 |
11-0 |
89 |
| 17 |
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
19 |
11-1 |
83 |
| 18 |
Moravian College (Pa.) |
20 |
10-1 |
73 |
| 19 |
Messiah College (Pa.) |
18 |
8-2 |
70 |
| 20 |
Marymount University (Va.) |
17 |
9-2 |
51 |
| 21 |
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
25 |
9-2 |
37 |
| 22 |
University of Southern Maine |
21 |
10-1 |
34 |
| t23 |
Kean University (N.J.) |
8 |
9-3 |
30 |
| t23 |
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
22 |
7-2 |
30 |
| 25 |
Washington University (Mo.) |
NR |
8-3 |
18 |
Dropped Out: Whitman College (Wash.).
Others Receiving Votes: City College of New York - 16; Whitman College (Wash.) - 10; Bowdoin College (Maine) - 9; College of St. Benedict (Minn.) - 4; York College (Pa.) - 1.
The USA TODAY ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 11 head coaches
at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2008-09 board: Nan Carney-DeBord
- Non-voting Chair (Ohio Wesleyan University), Aaron Roussell (University of
Chicago), Amie Bradley (Trinity University), Brian Niemuth (Simpson College),
Doreen Carden (Albion College), G.P. Gromacki (Amherst College), James Scheible (University of Rochester),
Michele Sharp (Kean University), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Ron Rohn
(Muhlenberg College), and Suzy Barcomb (University
of Puget Sound).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week
between 8 a.m. Monday and 1 p.m Tuesday ET.
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