UWRF Falcon Women #24 in USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL
Posted by Falcons Fan on December 19, 2009
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL
Week 4 Poll: December 15, 2009
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 | Previous Ranking | Record | Points |
| 1 | Hope College (Mich.) – 5 | 1 | 7-0 | 196 |
| 2 | Illinois Wesleyan University – 3 | 2 | 8-0 | 195 |
| 3 | Amherst College (Mass.) | 3 | 8-0 | 184 |
| 4 | Bowdoin College (Maine) | 4 | 7-0 | 167 |
| 5 | Washington University (Mo.) | 5 | 6-1 | 162 |
| 6 | Howard Payne University (Texas) | 6 | 7-0 | 160 |
| 7 | Kean University (N.J.) | 7 | 7-1 | 156 |
| 8 | Marymount University (Va.) | 8 | 7-0 | 143 |
| 9 | Thomas More College (Ky.) | 9 | 7-0 | 141 |
| 10 | Trinity University (Texas) | 10 | 5-0 | 126 |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin, Whitewater | 12 | 7-1 | 116 |
| 12 | George Fox University (Ore.) | 14 | 4-2 | 98 |
| 13 | William Paterson University (N.J.) | 15 | 9-0 | 96 |
| 14 | Carthage College (Wis.) | 13 | 6-1 | 95 |
| 15 | University of Chicago (Ill.) | 16 | 5-2 | 75 |
| T16 | Messiah College (Pa.) | 18 | 8-0 | 71 |
| T16 | University of Scranton (Pa) | 11 | 5-2 | 71 |
| 18 | Muhlenberg College (Pa.) | 17 | 7-1 | 65 |
| 19 | Calvin College (Mich.) | 19 | 9-1 | 62 |
| 20 | Randolph-Macon College (Va.) | 20 | 4-1 | 48 |
| 21 | Capital University (Ohio) | 25 | 5-1 | 31 |
| 22 | Moravian College (Pa.) | T21 | 6-2 | 22 |
| 23 | Simpson College (Iowa) | T21 | 5-1 | 20 |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin, River Falls | NR | 8-0 | 19 |
| 25 | Mount Union College (Ohio) | NR | 8-0 | 17 |
Dropped Out: Emmanuel College (Mass.), University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Others Receiving Votes: Emmanuel College (Mass.) – 13; Saint Norbert College (Wis.) – 8; College of St. Benedict (Minn.) – 7; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) – 7; California Lutheran University – 6; Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) – 5; Roanoke College (Va.) – 5; Washington & Jefferson College (Pa.) – 5; Christopher Newport University (Va.) – 4; Tufts University (Mass.) – 4.
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 2009-10 board: Nan Carney-DeBord – Non-voting Chair (Ohio Wesleyan University), Amie Bradley (Trinity University), Doreen Carden (Albion College), G.P. Gromacki (Amherst College), James Scheible (University of Rochester), Michele Sharp (Kean University), Mike Strong (University of Scranton), Nancy Fahey (Washington University-St. Louis) and Suzy Barcomb (University of Puget Sound).
*Please note that all voters for the DIII poll are required to vote each week between 8 a.m. Monday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
