USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
January 3, 2012
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 |
Pre-Season Rank
|
Record
|
Total Points
|
|
1
|
Amherst College (Mass.) -5 |
1
|
10-0
|
197
|
|
2
|
University of Chicago (Ill.) -3 |
2
|
9-0
|
194
|
|
3
|
George Fox University (Ore.) |
3
|
11-0
|
184
|
|
4
|
Calvin College (Mich.) |
5
|
11-0
|
170
|
|
5
|
William Paterson University (N.J.) |
4
|
12-0
|
168
|
|
6
|
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
8
|
10-0
|
163
|
|
7
|
DePauw University (IND.) |
9
|
9-1
|
138
|
|
8
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
10
|
11-1
|
137
|
|
9
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
6
|
10-1
|
126
|
|
10
|
Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) |
NR
|
11-0
|
124
|
|
11
|
Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
19
|
9-0
|
112
|
|
12
|
Hope College (Mich.) |
15
|
12-1
|
103
|
|
13
|
University of Mount Union (Ohio) |
14
|
10-1
|
92
|
|
14
|
University of Wisconsin - River Falls |
NR
|
11-1
|
91
|
|
15
|
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
NR
|
10-0
|
87
|
|
16
|
Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) |
12
|
10-2
|
85
|
|
17
|
Williams College (Mass.) |
NR
|
11-0
|
77
|
|
18
|
Franklin College (Ind.) |
NR
|
11-0
|
53
|
|
19
|
Juniata College (Pa.) |
NR
|
11-1
|
51
|
|
20
|
Babson College (Ma.) |
7
|
8-2
|
36
|
|
21
|
Piedmont College (Ga.) |
NR
|
10-0
|
31
|
|
22
|
Greensboro College (N.C.) |
17
|
5-1
|
30
|
|
23
|
Kean University (N.J.) |
24
|
11-2
|
21
|
|
24
|
Colby College (Maine) |
20
|
7-1
|
19
|
|
25
|
Howard Payne University (Texas) |
22
|
9-2
|
13
|
Dropped Out: Bowdoin College (Maine); Thomas More College (Ky.); Messiah College (Pa.); Denison University (Ohio); Illinois Wesleyan University; University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; Wheaton College (Ill.).
Others receiving votes: Johns Hopkins University (Md.) 10; Louisiana College 10; Carthage College (Wis.) 9; Saint Vincents College (Pa.) 8; University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire 8; Concordia University (Texas) 7; Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 7; University of St Thomas (Minn.) 7; Bowdoin College (Maine) 6; Thomas More College (Ky.) 6; Ithaca College (N.Y.) 5; Otterbein College (Ohio) 5; University of New England (Maine) 4; Centre College (Ky.) 2; Ohio Northern University 2; McMurry University (Texas) 1; Messiah College (Pa.) 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 2011-12 board: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Kate Costanzo (Allegheny College), Nancy Fahey (Washington University-St. Louis), Julie Fulks (Lewis & Clark College), Kim Martin (Saint Joseph College), Stephanie Flamini (Guilford College), Dawn Henderson (The College of New Jersey), 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.
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