USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
Week 9 Poll: January 18, 2011
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
|
Hope College (Mich.) -8 |
2
|
15-0
|
200
|
|
2
|
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
3
|
15-0
|
192
|
|
3
|
Kean University (N.J.) |
7
|
14-2
|
175
|
|
4
|
Amherst College (Mass.) |
1
|
15-1
|
174
|
|
5
|
Babson College (Mass.) |
4
|
14-0
|
166
|
|
6
|
Christopher Newport University (Va.) |
6
|
13-1
|
152
|
|
7
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
9
|
14-2
|
146
|
|
8
|
Williams College (Mass.) |
8
|
15-1
|
139
|
|
9
|
DePauw University (Ind.) |
10
|
14-2
|
134
|
|
10
|
Illinois Wesleyan University |
12
|
12-3
|
129
|
|
11
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
11
|
11-3
|
128
|
|
12
|
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater |
13
|
14-2
|
105
|
|
13
|
Bowdoin College (Maine) |
16
|
14-1
|
95
|
|
14
|
Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) |
15
|
15-1
|
83
|
|
15
|
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
5
|
11-3
|
77
|
|
16
|
University of Chicago (Ill.) |
NR
|
11-3
|
70
|
|
17
|
Denison University (Ohio) |
17
|
16-0
|
66
|
|
18
|
Mount Union College (Ohio) |
14
|
13-2
|
62
|
|
19
|
Medaille College (N.Y.) |
NR
|
14-1
|
52
|
|
20
|
College of St Benedict (Minn.) |
T20
|
13-1
|
46
|
|
21
|
Greensboro College (N.C.) |
19
|
14-0
|
45
|
|
22
|
William Paterson University (N.J.) |
23
|
14-2
|
34
|
|
23
|
Saint Vincents College (Pa.) |
NR
|
14-1
|
31
|
|
24
|
Gallaudet University (DC) |
24
|
14-0
|
21
|
|
25
|
Louisiana College |
25
|
12-1
|
20
|
Dropped Out: Western Connecticut State University; Wartburg College (Iowa); Muhlenberg College (Pa.).
Others receiving votes: Colby College (Maine) 11; Saint Norbert College (Wis.) 11; Western Connecticut State University 10; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) 9; Wartburg College (Iowa) 8; George Fox University (Ore.) 3; Mount St Mary College (N.Y.) 3; Carthage College (Wis.) 2; Coe College (Iowa) 1.
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.
-WBCA.org "The Address for Women's Basketball"-
