Women's Basketball ranked No. 14 in eighth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll
By Ashley Birchmeier
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up one spot to No. 14 in the eighth weekly D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.
The Polar Bears received 284 points in the poll.
Thomas More (Ky.) reclaimed the top spot with 625 points and all 25 first place votes, followed by Amherst (Mass.) in second with 594 points and George Fox (Ore.) in third with 577 points.
Ohio Athletic Conference foe Capital dropped to No. 24 with 70 points.
Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Wilmington, tip off set for 7:30 pm.
D3hoops.com Poll - Week 8
Feb. 2, 2016
| 2015-16 | Last | |||
| Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Record | Points | Week |
| 1. | Thomas More (Ky.) (25) | 18-0 | 625 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) | 20-0 | 594 | 2 |
| 3. | George Fox (Ore.) | 19-0 | 577 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) | 19-0 | 554 | 4 |
| 5. | Texas-Tyler | 19-1 | 505 | 5 |
| 6. | Scranton (Pa.) | 19-0 | 497 | 6 |
| 7. | New York U. | 17-1 | 458 | 8 |
| 8. | Tufts (Mass.) | 17-2 | 443 | 9 |
| 9. | Washington University | 15-3 | 433 | 10 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 16-3 | 391 | 11 |
| 11. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 16-3 | 352 | 12 |
| 12. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 15-1 | 325 | 16 |
| 13. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 15-3 | 289 | 7 |
| 14. | Ohio Northern | 16-3 | 284 | 15 |
| 15. | UW-Whitewater | 16-3 | 277 | 17 |
| 16. | UW-Stevens Point | 15-4 | 230 | 14 |
| 17. | Albright (Pa.) | 18-2 | 212 | 19 |
| 18. | Wisconsin-River Falls | 15-4 | 161 | 18 |
| 19. | Calvin (Mich.) | 15-4 | 150 | 20 |
| 20. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 15-4 | 130 | 23 |
| 21. | Whitman (Calif.) | 15-3 | 107 | 24 |
| 22. | Maryville (Tenn.) | 15-2 | 96 | 25 |
| 23. | Christopher Newport | 16-2 | 93 | — |
| 24. | Capital | 15-4 | 70 | 13 |
| 25. |
Bluffton | 18-1 | 59 | 21 |
Others receiving votes: Rowan 46; Stockton 25; University of New England 22; Trinity (Texas) 21; Connecticut College 18; Carnegie Mellon 16; Bowdoin 13; Mary Washington 9; Luther 8; St. John Fisher 6; WPI 6; Guilford 5; McDaniel 3; Washington and Jefferson 3; York (Pa.) 3; Denison 2; St. Mary's (Minn.) 2; Birmingham-Southern 1; FDU-Florham 1; Marymount 1; Moravian 1; Rose-Hulman 1.
