Women's Basketball ranked No. 20 and recieves votes in second weekly D3hoops.com, USA Today poll
By: Zaji Lieberman
| D3hoops.com |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 20 in the second weekly D3hoops.com Women's Division III poll and is receiving votes in the USA Today poll on Tuesday.
Ohio Northern received 125 votes in the second weekly D3hoops.com poll, 45 more than the 80 votes it received in last week's poll.
Voting is conducted by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country.
DePauw (Ind.) is ranked No. 1 with 623 points, followed by Mount Union with 586 points and Calvin (Mich.) with 545 points.
In USA today Division III coaches poll, Ohio Northern recieved eight votes.
DePauw (Ind.) is ranked No. 1 with 200 points, followed by Mount Union with 190 points and Calvin (Mich.) with 185 points.
Ohio Northern will be back in action Friday with a 7:30pm home game against Baldwin Wallace.
D3hoops.com Women's Poll- #2
Dec. 4, 2012
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1. | DePauw (Ind.) (24) | 623 | 1 |
| 2. | Mount Union | 586 | 2 |
| 3. | Calvin (Mich.) (1) | 545 | 4 |
| 4. | St. Thomas (Minn) | 504 | 5 |
| 5. | Washington University (Mo.) | 472 | 8 |
| 6. | Lewis and Clark (Ore.) | 471 | 6 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 455 | 9 |
| 8. | Messiah (Pa.) | 450 | 10 |
| 9. | Amherst (Mass.) | 412 | 11 |
| 10. | Tufts (Mass.) | 375 | 12 |
| 11. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 342 | 13 |
| 12. | UW-Stevens Point |
333 | 3 |
| 13. | Lebanon Valley (Pa.) | 296 | 7 |
| 14. | York (Pa.) | 261 | 15 |
| 15. | Illinois Wesleyan |
249 | 17 |
| 16. | Emmanuel (Mass.) | 238 | 16 |
| 17. | Simpson (Iowa) |
218 | 20 |
| 18. | Emory (Ga.) | 182 | 19 |
| 19. | UW-Whitewater | 133 | 14 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern |
125 | 24 |
| 21. | Scranton (Pa.) |
104 | -- |
| 22. | Babson (Mass.) |
90 | 23 |
| 23. | Southern Maine |
74 | -- |
| 24. | George Fox (Ore.) |
71 | 21 |
| 25. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 70 | 22 |
Others Receiving Votes: Williams 65; Monmouth 61; Carthage 51; Montclair State 42; Louisiana College 40; Moravian 37; Redlands 33; Cornell 30; Christopher Newport 20; Catholic 20; UW-Superior 9; Howard Payne 7; UW-River Falls 6; St. Norbert 6; William Paterson 5; Rochester 5; Rhodes 4; Ferrum 2; Ithaca 1; Baldwin Wallace 1; Wheaton (Ill.) 1.
USA Today Women's Poll- #2
Dec. 4, 2012
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
Pts. |
Record | Prev. |
| 1. | DePauw (Ind.) (8) | 200 | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Mount Union | 190 | 5-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Calvin (Mich.) (1) | 185 | 5-1 | 3 |
| 4. | St. Thomas (Minn) | 171 | 5-1 | 5 |
| 5. | Washington University (Mo.) | 163 | 4-1 | 6 |
| 6. | Lewis and Clark (Ore.) | 153 | 7-0 | 8 |
| 7. | Amherst (Mass.) | 151 | 5-0 | 9 |
| 8. | Messiah (Pa.) | 146 | 5-0 | 10 |
| 9. | Hope (Mich.) | 142 | 5-0 | 11 |
| 10. | Illinois Wesleyan | 118 | 4-2 | 14 |
| 11. | Tufts (Mass.) |
116 | 6-0 | 13 |
| 12. | York (Pa.) | 105 | 6-0 | 15 |
| 13. | UW-Stevens Point | 103 | 3-2 | 4 |
| 14. | Emory (Ga.) | 96 | 7-0 | 16 |
| 15. | Lebanon Valley (Pa.) | 95 | 5-1 | 7 |
| 16. | Emmanuel (Mass.) | 75 | 6-0 | 17 |
| 17. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 68 | 6-1 | 18 |
| 18. | UW-Whitewater | 58 | 4-2 | 12 |
| 19. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 54 | 6-1 | 19 |
| 20. | Babson (Mass.) | 52 | 6-0 | 21 |
| 21. | Simpson (Iowa) |
40 | 7-0 | 25 |
| 22. | Carthage College (Wis.) |
30 | 4-1 | 23 |
| 23. | George Fox (Ore.) | 23 | 3-2 | 20 |
| 24. | Catholic University of America (Md.) |
16 | 6-0 | NR |
| Scranton (Pa.) |
16 | 6-0 | NR |
Others Recieving Votes: Ohio Northern (8), Monmouth College (Ill.) (6), Montclair State (N.J.) (4), Ithica College (N.Y.) (3), Moravian College (Pa.) (3), University of Southern Maine (3), Juniata College (Pa.) (2), University of Rochester (N.Y.) (2), Cornell College (Iowa) (1), Ferrum College (Va.) (1) and University of Redlands (Calif.) (1).