2023-24 WBCA
NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
Dec. 5, 2023
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll, with teams' RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, first-place votes received, and ranking in last week's poll.
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|
Rank |
School (Record) |
Total |
First-Place |
Last-Week's |
|
1 |
Transylvania (5-0) |
243 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
NYU (7-0) |
241 |
4 |
2 |
|
3 |
Christopher Newport (8-0) |
236 |
2 |
3 |
|
4 |
Scranton (7-0) |
214 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Rhode Island College (7-0) |
212 |
0 |
5 |
|
6 |
UW-Whitewater (8-0) |
203 |
0 |
7 |
|
7 |
Trinity, TX (6-1) |
172 |
0 |
8 |
|
8 |
Wartburg (7-0) |
163 |
0 |
12 |
|
9 |
Smith (5-1) |
158 |
0 |
10 |
|
10 |
Millikin (7-0) |
150 |
0 |
13 |
|
11 |
Chicago (7-1) |
143 |
0 |
11 |
|
12 |
Gustavus Adolphus (4-0) |
135 |
0 |
15 |
|
13 |
Trine (5-1) |
116 |
0 |
14 |
|
14 |
Hardin-Simmons (5-1) |
112 |
0 |
6 |
|
15 |
Hope (6-1) |
108 |
0 |
17 |
|
16 |
Trinity, CT (5-2) |
86 |
0 |
15 |
|
17 |
Tufts (5-2) |
74 |
0 |
9 |
|
18 |
Washington and Lee (7-1) |
68 |
0 |
21 |
|
19 |
Mary Washington (7-1) |
61 |
0 |
22 |
|
20t |
Emory (7-1) |
52 |
0 |
RV |
|
20t |
Whitman (5-1) |
52 |
0 |
18 |
|
22 |
Loras (4-2) |
47 |
0 |
20 |
|
23 |
Marietta, OH (4-1) |
39 |
0 |
22 |
|
24 |
Catholic (7-0) |
37 |
0 |
RV |
|
25 |
Amherst (6-0) |
30 |
0 |
RV |
Dropped out: No. 19 Baldwin-Wallace (4-2); No. 22 Elizabethtown (5-2); No. 25 DeSales (6-1).
Others receiving votes: DeSales (6-1) 26; Illinois Wesleyan (7-2) 22; Baldwin-Wallace (4-2) 15; SUNY New Paltz (5-1) 9; Elizabethtown (5-2) 7; Mary Hardin-Baylor (5-1) 5; Ohio Northern (2-3) 4; UW-Stout (6-1) 4; Wittenberg (3-2) 3; Wheaton, IL (6-1) 2; Skidmore (6-2) 1.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2023-24 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Drew Gaeng, Hendrix; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.