Women's Basketball ranked No. 9 in final USA Today Sports poll; No. 10 in final D3hoops.com poll
| D3hoops.com Poll | USA Today Sports Coaches Poll |
By: Andrew Korba
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team finished the season ranked No. 9 in the USA Today Sports Division III Coaches poll and No. 10 in the final D3hoops.com poll.
In the USA Today Sports poll, ONU received 125 votes.
National champion DePauw (Ind.) finished the season ranked No. 1 with 200 points, Amherst (Mass.) was second with 178 and national runner-up Wisconsin-Whitewater was third with 174 points.
In the D3hoops.com poll, Northern received 352 points.
DePauw (Ind.) was first with 625 points, Wisconsin-Whitewater was second with 593 points and Hope (Mich.) was third with 552 points.
Northern was not ranked in either preseason poll and reached as high as No. 3 in both polls.
The Polar Bears won a school record 27 games, including a school record 26 in a row.
ONU also won its first OAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship since the 1987-88 season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA III Tournament for the first time since the 1988-89 season.
D3hoops.com Women's Poll - Final
Mar. 19, 2013
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | DePauw (Ind.) (25) | 34-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 26-7 | 593 | 22 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) |
29-2 | 552 | 2 |
| 4. | Williams (Mass.) |
27-6 | 536 |
15 |
| 5. | Amherst (Mass.) |
30-3 | 531 | 6 |
| 6. | Christopher Newport (Va.) |
29-3 | 430 | 17 |
| 7. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
29-1 | 419 | 5 |
| 8. | Tufts (Mass.) |
25-3 |
385 | 11 |
| 9. | Simpson (Iowa) |
27-3 | 368 | 10 |
| 10. | Ohio Northern |
27-2 | 352 | 3 |
| 11. | Whitman (Wash.) |
23-6 | 347 | NR |
| 12. | Widener (Pa.) |
24-6 | 300 | NR |
| 13. | Emory (Ga.) |
24-4 | 265 | 14 |
| 14. | Calvin (Mich.) |
23-4 | 256 | 4 |
| 15. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
24-6 | 244 | NR |
| 16. | Washington U. (Mo.) |
22-6 | 240 | 21 |
| 17. | Catholic (D.C.) |
27-2 | 221 | 9 |
| 18. | Ithaca (N.Y.) |
27-3 | 210 | 25 |
| 19. | Messiah (Pa.) |
25-5 | 188 | 19 |
| 20. | Cornell (Iowa) |
25-2 | 184 | 12 |
| 21. | Thomas More (Ky.) |
27-2 | 152 | 7 |
| 22. | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) |
25-4 | 122 | 13 |
| 23. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
24-6 | 118 | 18 |
| 24. | Babson (Mass.) |
26-3 | 107 | 16 |
| 25. | Southern Maine |
27-2 | 96 | 8 |
Others Receiving Votes: Carthage (Wis.) 78, Lebanon Valley (Pa.) 40, Rhodes (Tenn.) 34, Smith (Mass.) 29, Maryville (Tenn.) 18, Rochester (N.Y.) 11, William Paterson (N.J.) 10, Ferrum (Va.) 7, Bridgewater State (Mass.) 6, Baruch (N.Y.) 5, Louisiana College 3, FDU-Florham (N.J.) 2, Marymount (Va.) 2, University of New England (Mass.) 1.
USA Today Women's Poll- Final
Mar. 19, 2013
| Rank |
School (1st Pl. Votes) |
Prev. |
Record | Points |
| 1. | DePauw (Ind.) (8) | 1 | 34-0 | 200 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) |
4 | 30-3 | 178 |
| 3. | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
NR | 26-7 | 174 |
| 4. | Williams (Mass.) |
19 | 27-6 | 172 |
| 5. | Hope (Mich.) |
2 | 29-2 | 171 |
| 6. | Montclair State (N.J.) |
7 | 29-1 | 154 |
| 7. | Christopher Newport (Va.) |
18 | 29-3 | 145 |
| 8. | Tufts (Mass.) |
9 | 25-2 | 144 |
| 9. | Ohio Northern |
3 | 27-2 | 125 |
| 10. | Simpson (Iowa) |
T11 | 27-3 | 120 |
| 11. | Catholic (D.C.) |
8 | 27-2 | 96 |
| 12. | Calvin (Mich.) |
5 | 23-4 | 91 |
| 13. | Widener (Pa.) |
NR | 24-6 | 86 |
| 14. | Emory (Ga.) |
15 | 24-4 | 80 |
| 15. | Ithaca (N.Y.) |
21 | 27-3 | 73 |
| 16. | Cornell (Iowa) |
10 | 25-2 | 70 |
| 17. | Messiah (Pa.) |
16 | 25-2 | 63 |
| 18. | Thomas More (Ky.) |
6 | 27-2 | 62 |
| 19. | St. Thomas (Minn.) |
NR | 24-6 | 61 |
| 20. | Washington U. (Mo.) |
20 | 20-6 | 58 |
| 21. | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) |
13 | 25-4 | 57 |
| 22. | Whitman (Wash.) |
NR | 23-6 | 55 |
| 23. | Babson (Mass.) |
14 | 26-3 | 39 |
| 24. | Southern Maine |
T11 | 27-2 | 37 |
| 25. |
Carthage (Wis.) |
T24 | 24-5 | 36 |
Others Recieving Votes: Lebanon Valley (Pa.) 26, Wisconsin-Stevens Points 15, Baruch (N.Y.) 5, Maryville (Tenn.) 3, Rochester (N.Y.) 3, Bridgewater State (Mass.) 1.