USA TODAY SPORTS DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
January 22, 2013
USA TODAY Sports 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 Rank
|
Record
|
Total Points
|
|
1
|
DePauw University (Ind.) - 8 |
1
|
17-0
|
200
|
|
2
|
Calvin College (Mich.) |
2
|
15-1
|
192
|
|
3
|
Amherst College (Mass.) |
3
|
17-0
|
184
|
|
4
|
Tufts University (Mass.) |
4
|
18-0
|
174
|
|
5
|
Messiah College (Pa.) |
5
|
16-1
|
164
|
|
6
|
Hope College (Mich.) |
6
|
16-1
|
161
|
|
7
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
7
|
14-2
|
151
|
|
8
|
Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) |
8
|
16-1
|
147
|
|
9
|
Ohio Northern University |
10
|
16-1
|
130
|
|
10
|
Simpson College (Iowa) |
11
|
16-1
|
124
|
|
11
|
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
12
|
16-1
|
122
|
|
12
|
Montclair State University (N.J.) |
13
|
18-0
|
109
|
|
13
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
14
|
15-3
|
102
|
|
14
|
University of St Thomas (Minn.) |
9
|
13-3
|
95
|
|
15
|
Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) |
15
|
15-2
|
87
|
|
16
|
University of Southern Maine |
16
|
17-0
|
76
|
|
17
|
Catholic University of America (D.C.) |
19
|
16-1
|
73
|
|
T18
|
Emory University (Ga.) |
20
|
14-2
|
48
|
|
T18
|
George Fox University (Ore.) |
23
|
14-3
|
48
|
|
20
|
University of Mount Union (Ohio) |
21
|
14-3
|
46
|
|
21
|
Cornell College (Iowa) |
17
|
15-1
|
33
|
|
22
|
Babson College (Mass.) |
18
|
15-2
|
25
|
|
23
|
Ferrum College (Va.) |
22
|
14-1
|
23
|
|
24
|
Moravian College (Pa.) |
NR
|
16-2
|
20
|
|
25
|
Williams College (Mass.) |
NR
|
15-2
|
19
|
Dropped Out: University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; Christopher Newport University (Va.).
Others Receiving Votes: Louisiana College 12; State University College at New Paltz (N.Y.) 11; Carthage College (Wis.) 6; University of Wisconsin - Whitewater 6; Maryville College (Tenn.) 4; Christopher Newport University (Va.) 3; University of Wisconsin - Superior 3; Baruch College (N.Y.) 1; Whitman College (Wash.) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports 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 2012-13 board: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Kate Costanzo (Allegheny College), Scott Hemer (State University of New York College at Geneseo), Julie Fulks (Lewis & Clark College), Kim Martin (University of Saint Joseph), Stephanie Flamini (Guilford College), Dawn Henderson (The College of New Jersey), Tim Bernero (Carthage College), and Janice Luck (Albright College).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week between 9 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
