USA TODAY SPORTS DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES' POLL
January 29, 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
|
19-0
|
200
|
|
2
|
Calvin College (Mich.) |
2
|
17-1
|
192
|
|
3
|
Amherst College (Mass.) |
3
|
19-0
|
184
|
|
4
|
Tufts University (Mass.) |
4
|
20-0
|
175
|
|
5
|
Hope College (Mich.) |
6
|
18-1
|
167
|
|
6
|
Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) |
8
|
18-1
|
160
|
|
7
|
Ohio Northern University |
9
|
18-1
|
146
|
|
8
|
Simpson College (Iowa) |
10
|
18-1
|
141
|
|
9
|
Thomas More College (Ky.) |
11
|
18-1
|
136
|
|
10
|
Montclair State University (N.J.) |
12
|
20-0
|
128
|
|
11
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
7
|
15-3
|
114
|
|
12
|
Messiah College (Pa.) |
5
|
17-2
|
113
|
|
13
|
Catholic University of America (D.C.) |
17
|
18-1
|
110
|
|
14
|
Cornell College (Iowa) |
21
|
17-1
|
77
|
|
15
|
University of Mount Union (Ohio) |
20
|
16-3
|
70
|
|
16
|
Emory University (Ga.) |
T18
|
16-2
|
64
|
|
17
|
University of Southern Maine |
16
|
18-1
|
59
|
|
18
|
Babson College (Mass.) |
22
|
17-2
|
55
|
|
19
|
Moravian College (Pa.) |
24
|
18-2
|
48
|
|
20
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
13
|
16-4
|
45
|
|
21
|
George Fox University (Ore.) |
T18
|
15-4
|
44
|
|
22
|
Louisiana College |
NR
|
18-1
|
42
|
|
23
|
Lebanon Valley College |
15
|
16-3
|
38
|
|
24
|
Williams College (Mass.) |
25
|
16-3
|
17
|
|
25
|
Maryville College (Tenn.) |
NR
|
16-2
|
16
|
Dropped Out: Ferrum College (Va.); University of St Thomas (Minn.).
Others Receiving Votes: Baruch College (N.Y.) 9; Carthage College (Wis.) 9; Ferrum College (Va.) 9; State University College at New Paltz (N.Y.) 9; Howard Payne University (Texas) 7; Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham (N.J.) 6; Whitman College (Wash.) 6; University of St Thomas (Minn.) 3; University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 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.
