Women's Basketball ranked No. 24 in first D3hoops.com Poll
By Ashley Birchmeier
| D3hoops.com Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 24 in the first D3hoops.com poll, released Tuesday.
Thomas More (Ky.) held on for the top spot with 624 points and 24 first place votes.
Amherst (Mass.) was second with 582 points, Tufts (Mass.) third with 563 points and George Fox (Ore.) fourth with 526 points.
Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital also cracked the top 25 as they earned the 17th spot with 142 points.
ONU returns to action Wednesday at 7:30 pm against Otterbein.
D3hoops.com Poll - Week 1
Dec. 1, 2015
| 2015 | Last | |||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Thomas More (Ky.)(24) | 3-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 3-0 | 582 | 2 |
| 3. | Tufts (Mass.) | 2-0 | 563 | 3 |
| 4. | George Fox (Ore.) | 4-0 | 526 | 4 |
| 5. | New York University | 5-0 | 514 | 5 |
| 6. | UW-Oshkosh (Wis.) (1) | 4-0 | 496 | 6 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 4-0 | 480 | 11 |
| 8. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 4-0 | 431 | 12 |
| 9. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 5-0 | 391 | 18 |
| 10. | University of New England | 3-0 | 345 | 17 |
| 11. | Washington University (Miss.) | 4-1 | 334 | 9 |
| 12. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 3-1 | 333 | 8 |
| 13. | Calvin (Mich.) | 4-1 | 255 | 10 |
| 14. | FDU-Florham (N.J.) | 4-1 | 199 | 14 |
| 15. | Texas-Tyler | 3-0 | 197 | 21 |
| 16. | Maryville (Tenn.) | 4-1 | 172 | 13 |
| 17. | Capital | 5-0 | 142 | NR |
| 18. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 4-0 | 132 | NR |
| 19. | Trinity (Texas) | 6-0 | 122 | NR |
| 20. | UW-Whitewater (Wis.) | 5-0 | 110 | NR |
| 21. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 4-0 | 98 | NR |
| 22. | Williams (Mass.) | 3-0 | 95 | NR |
| 23. | Carthage (Wis.) | 4-0 | 93 | NR |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | 3-2 | 86 | 15 |
| 25. |
Scranton (Pa.) | 4-0 | 83 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on 2 or more ballots: Christopher Newport 70; Bowdoin 61; St. John Fisher 51; Luther 48; Marietta 42; Lebanon Valley 41; Chicago 40; DePauw 39; Wisconsin Lutheran 38; Albright 32; Texas-Dallas 30; UW-River Falls 29; Geneseo State 26; Eastern 23; Mary Washington 18; Eastern Connecticut 16; Plattsburgh State 16; Salisbury 14; Wheaton (Mass.) 14; St. Norbert 13; McDaniel 10; Moravian 8; Catholic 7; Whitman 7; John Carroll 6; Austin 4; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Baldwin Wallace 3; York (Pa.) 3; Bethel 3; Carnegie Mellon 2; Cortland State 2; UW-Stevens Point 2.