Division III: Final USA Today Coaches Poll for the 2015-16 Season

The USA TODAY Sports Division III Top 25 women’s basketball coaches’ poll, with first place votes to 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 Thomas More College (Ky.) – 8 1 33-0 200
2 Tufts University (Mass.) 7 28-4 191
3 Amherst College (Mass.) 4 30-2 183
4 University of Scranton (Pa.) 3 30-1 164
4 University of Texas – Tyler 5 30-2 164
6 George Fox University (Ore.) 2 29-1 162
7 Washington University (Mo.) 10 23-6 150
8 Wartburg College (Iowa) NR 23-8 149
9 Albright College (Pa.) 8 27-3 130
10 University of St Thomas (Minn.) 9 26-4 127
11 University of Rochester (N.Y.) 16 23-6 120
12 Maryville College (Tenn.) 12 26-4 109
13 Hope College (Mich.) 6 26-2 99
14 Muhlenberg College (Pa.) 11 25-3 98
15 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 15 23-6 74
16 Ohio Northern University 14 23-5 72
17 Christopher Newport University (Va.) 21 24-5 61
18 University of Wisconsin – River Falls 19 23-6 57
19 University of New England (Maine) 13 25-4 49
20 Bowdoin College (Maine) 23 22-7 42
21 Carnegie Mellon University (Pa.) NR 21-7 39
22 Bluffton University (Ohio) 17 25-3 36
23 University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point 24 21-8 30
24 University of Mary Washington (Va.) 20 24-5 28
25 Wheaton College (Ill.) 18 22-6 23

Dropped Out: Marymount University (Va.); Trinity University (Texas).
Others receiving votes: Marymount University (Va.) 20; Denison University (Ohio) 8; Trinity University (Texas) 5; Birmingham Southern College (Ala.) 4; Montclair State University (N.J.) 3; Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) 3.

The USA TODAY Sports committee 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 2015-16 committee: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Jeff Hans (Thomas More College), Dan Roiger (Saint Lawrence University), Darrin Travillian (Maryville College), Mike Durbin (College of Saint Benedict), Betsy Witman (York College (Pa.)), Anthony Ewing (University of New England), Jessica Ott (Milwaukee School of Engineering), and Kate Pearson (Cabrini College).

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