UMW Women Climb to 7th in USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
The Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received:
|
Rank
|
Institution - First Place Votes
|
Last Week's Rank
|
Record
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Amherst College (Mass.) - 5 |
1
|
22-0
|
197
|
|
2
|
University of Chicago (Ill.) - 3 |
2
|
20-0
|
194
|
|
3
|
George Fox University (Ore.) |
3
|
21-0
|
185
|
|
4
|
DePauw University (Ind.) |
5
|
20-1
|
175
|
|
5
|
Calvin College (Mich.) |
4
|
20-1
|
165
|
|
6
|
William Paterson University (N.J.) |
8
|
21-1
|
162
|
|
7
|
University of Mary Washington (Va.) |
9
|
21-0
|
148
|
|
8
|
University of Mount Union (Ohio) |
10
|
20-1
|
144
|
|
9
|
Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) |
7
|
19-2
|
136
|
|
10
|
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point |
12
|
19-3
|
116
|
|
11
|
Juniata College (Pa.) |
11
|
21-1
|
114
|
|
12
|
Franklin College (Ind.) |
T13
|
20-1
|
105
|
|
13
|
University of Rochester (N.Y.) |
6
|
17-3
|
95
|
|
14
|
Hope College (Mich.) |
16
|
18-3
|
94
|
|
15
|
University of St Thomas (Minn.) |
17
|
20-1
|
87
|
|
16
|
Lebanon Valley College (Pa.) |
15
|
19-2
|
84
|
|
17
|
Washington University (Mo.) |
T13
|
16-4
|
82
|
|
18
|
Babson College (Mass.) |
18
|
18-2
|
66
|
|
19
|
Centre College (Ky.) |
19
|
19-1
|
57
|
|
20
|
University of Wisconsin - River Falls |
25
|
17-4
|
41
|
|
21
|
Kean University (N.J.) |
21
|
20-3
|
39
|
|
22
|
Johns Hopkins University (Md.) |
23
|
19-2
|
27
|
|
23
|
Illinois Wesleyan University |
24
|
16-5
|
26
|
|
24
|
Louisiana College |
27
|
18-2
|
23
|
|
25
|
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire |
20
|
17-5
|
21
|
Dropped Out: Williams College (Mass.) 22.
Others receiving votes: Williams College (Mass.) 8; Howard Payne University (Texas) 6; Carthage College (Wis.) 2; Rhode Island College (R.I.) 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 2011-12 board: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Kate Costanzo (Allegheny College), Nancy Fahey (Washington University-St. Louis), Julie Fulks (Lewis & Clark College), Kim Martin (Saint Joseph College), Stephanie Flamini (Guilford College), Dawn Henderson (The College of New Jersey), James Scheible (University of Rochester), and Mike Strong (University of Scranton).
