USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
Week 3 Poll: December 7, 2010
USA TODAY ESPN Division III Top 25 women's basketball poll, with first-place
votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through
one point for 25th.
|
Rank
|
Institution- First Place Votes |
Previous Rank
|
Record
|
Total Points
|
|
1
|
Amherst College (Mass.) -6 |
1
|
7-0
|
198
|
|
2
|
Hope College (Mich.) -2 |
2
|
6-0
|
194
|
|
3
|
Christopher Newport University (Va.) |
3
|
5-0
|
178
|
|
4
|
Kean University (N.J.) |
4
|
6-0
|
174
|
|
5
|
Carthage College (Wis.) |
5
|
6-0
|
167
|
|
6
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
6
|
5-1
|
151
|
|
7
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
7
|
6-1
|
141
|
|
8
|
DePauw University (Ind.) |
8
|
5-1
|
137
|
|
9
|
Mount Union College (Ohio) |
9
|
5-0
|
135
|
|
10
|
Babson College (Mass.) |
10
|
6-0
|
132
|
|
11
|
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
12
|
6-0
|
119
|
|
12
|
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
11
|
6-1
|
113
|
|
13
|
Williams College (Mass.) |
13
|
7-0
|
110
|
|
14
|
William Paterson University (N.J.) |
18
|
6-0
|
88
|
|
15
|
George Fox University (Ore.) |
15
|
6-2
|
85
|
|
16
|
Saint Vincent College (Pa.) |
21
|
6-0
|
73
|
|
17
|
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
20
|
6-0
|
68
|
|
18
|
Illinois Wesleyan University |
14
|
4-2
|
65
|
|
19
|
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse |
17
|
7-1
|
43
|
|
20
|
College of St Benedict (Minn.) |
16
|
5-1
|
40
|
|
21
|
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater |
NR
|
5-1
|
38
|
|
22
|
Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) |
NR
|
7-1
|
24
|
|
23
|
Eastern Connecticut State University |
NR
|
6-0
|
17
|
|
24
|
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
NR
|
4-1
|
15
|
|
T25
|
Colby College (Maine) |
19
|
4-1
|
14
|
|
T25
|
Western Connecticut State University |
NR
|
5-1
|
14
|
Dropped Out: Whitman College (Wash.); Gettysburg College (Pa.); Lewis & Clark College (Ore.); Messiah College (Pa.).
Others receiving votes: Mississippi College 9; Saint Norbert College (Wis.) 9; Gallaudet University (DC) 8; Louisiana College 8; Medaille College (N.Y.) 8; Whitman College (Wash.) 8; Greensboro College (N.C.) 6; Calvin College (Mich.) 5; Johns Hopkins University (Md.) 4; New York University 2.
The USA TODAY ESPN board of coaches is made up of nine head coaches
at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2010-11 board: Nan Carney-DeBord
- Non-voting Chair (Ohio Wesleyan University), Doreen Carden (Albion College), Nancy Fahey (Washington University-St. Louis), Julie Fulks (Lewis & Clark College), G.P. Gromacki (Amherst College), Karin Harvey (Montclair State University), Steven Kenner (Emory & Henry College), James Scheible (University of Rochester),
and Mike Strong (University of Scranton).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week
between 10 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
