Falcon Women #14 USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL
Posted by Falcons Fan on January 6, 2010
USA TODAY ESPN DIVISION III TOP 25 COACHES’ POLL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Week 5 Poll: January 5, 2010
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 | Illinois Wesleyan University – 8 |
2
|
11-0
|
200
|
| 2 | Amherst College (Mass.) |
3
|
10-0
|
191
|
| 3 | Kean University (N.J.) |
7
|
13-1
|
174
|
| 4 | Bowdoin College (Maine) |
4
|
9-0
|
171
|
| 5 | Washington University (Mo.) |
5
|
10-1
|
168
|
| 6 | Hope College (Mich.) |
1
|
10-1
|
161
|
| 7 | Marymount University (Va.) |
8
|
12-0
|
152
|
| 8 | Carthage College (Wis.) |
14
|
10-1
|
141
|
| 9 | William Paterson University (N.J.) |
13
|
13-0
|
136
|
| 10 | George Fox University (Ore.) |
12
|
9-2
|
122
|
| 11 | Thomas More College (Ky.) |
9
|
10-1
|
109
|
| 12 | University of Scranton (Pa.) |
T16
|
7-2
|
104
|
| 13 | Calvin College (Mich.) |
19
|
11-1
|
102
|
| 14 | University of Wisconsin – River Falls |
24
|
12-0
|
88
|
| 15 | Mount Union College (Ohio) |
25
|
12-0
|
80
|
| 16 | Muhlenberg College (Pa.) |
18
|
7-1
|
60
|
| 17 | Messiah College (Pa.) |
T16
|
10-1
|
54
|
| 18 | Howard Payne University (Texas) |
6
|
9-2
|
49
|
| 19 | University of Chicago (Ill.) |
15
|
8-3
|
47
|
| 20 | University of Wisconsin – Whitewater |
11
|
9-3
|
43
|
| 21 | Emmanuel College (Mass.) |
NR
|
8-1
|
42
|
| 22 | Moravian College (Pa.) |
22
|
9-2
|
41
|
| 23 | Tufts University (Mass.) |
NR
|
10-1
|
36
|
| 24 | Christopher Newport University (Va.) |
NR
|
10-0
|
27
|
| 25 | College of St Benedict (Minn.) |
NR
|
8-1
|
24
|
Dropped Out: Trinity University (Texas), Randolph-Macon College (Va.), Capital University (Ohio), Simpson College (Iowa).
Others Receiving Votes: University of Puget Sound (Wash.) – 19; Simpson College (Iowa) – 14; Louisiana College – 12; Trinity University (Texas) – 12; Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) – 9; Washington & Jefferson College (Pa.) – 5; California Lutheran University – 4; University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point – 2; Randolph-Macon College (Va.) – 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 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.
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