Women's Basketball jumps three spots to No. 11 in D3Hoops.com poll; moves to No. 9 in WBCA poll
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team moved up three spots to No. 11 in the seventh weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening.
The Polar Bears (15-0 overall, 8-0 OAC) received 357 points in this weeks poll.
Northern is 15-0 to begin the season for the first time in school history.
The top three spots remained unchanged as Tufts (Mass.) ranked No. 1 with 612 points and 15 first place votes, Amherst (Mass.) ranked second with 598 points and six first place votes and Scranton (Pa.) ranked third with 565 points.
The Polar Bears also moved up one spot in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll to No. 9.
Tufts (Mass.), Amherst (Mass.) and Thomas More (Ky.) took the top three spots in the poll, respectively.
Northern returns to action Wednesday evening as it hosts Heidelberg at the ONU Sports Center at 7:30 pm.
D3Hoops.com Poll
Jan. 17, 2017 - Week 7
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1. | Tufts (Mass.) (15) | 15-0 | 612 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) (6) | 15-0 | 598 | 2 |
| 3. | Scranton (Pa.) | 15-0 | 565 | 3 |
| 4. | St. Thomas (Minn.) (1) | 14-0 | 544 | 4 |
| 5. | Thomas More (Ky.) (3) | 15-0 | 529 | 5 |
| 6. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-0 | 479 | 6 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 15-1 | 464 | 7 |
| 8. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 15-1 | 418 | 10 |
| 9. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 15-0 | 406 | 11 |
| 10. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 14-1 | 372 | 13 |
| 11. | Ohio Northern | 15-0 | 357 | 14 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 12-2 | 313 | 9 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 13-1 | 292 | 15 |
| 14. | Puget Sound (Wa.) | 14-1 | 274 | 18 |
| 15. | DePauw (Ind.) | 16-1 | 273 | 17 |
| 16. | Trinity (Tex.) | 14-1 | 268 | 12 |
| 17. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 16-1 | 267 | 8 |
| 18. | Whitman (Wa.) | 14-1 | 197 | 16 |
| 19. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 14-1 | 166 | 19 |
| 20. | Wis.-Whitewater | 14-1 | 164 | 21 |
| 21. | George Fox (Ore.) | 12-2 | 161 | 20 |
| 22. | Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.) | 15-0 | 132 | 24 |
| 23. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 11-3 | 63 | 23 |
| 24. | Trine (Ind.) | 14-1 | 54 | 25 |
| 25. | Messiah (Pa.) | 15-1 | 51 | 22 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 36; SUNY Geneseo 32; Texas-Dallas 14; Calvin 7; Marymount 5; New York University 5; Bluffton 2; Ithaca 2; Albright 1; Babson 1; Illinois Wesleyan
WBCA Poll
Jan. 17, 2017 - Week 8
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Tufts (Mass.) (6) | 15-0 | 195 | 1 |
| 2. | Amherst (Mass.) (2) | 15-0 | 192 | 2 |
| 3. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 15-0 | 178 | 4 |
| 4. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 14-0 | 170 | 5 |
| 5. | Scranton (Pa.) | 15-0 | 163 | 3 |
| 6. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 15-0 | 160 | 6 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 15-1 | 149 | 7 |
| 8. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 15-1 | 139 | 9 |
| 9. | Ohio Northern | 15-0 | 138 | 10 |
| 10. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 15-0 | 122 | 12 |
| 11. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 14-1 | 112 | 13 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 12-2 | 110 | 8 |
| 13. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 13-1 | 92 | 16 |
| 14. | Puget Sound (Wa.) | 14-1 | 85 | 19 |
| Whitman (Wa.) | 14-1 | 85 | 14 | |
| 16. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 12-2 | 75 | 17 |
| 17. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 14-1 | 72 | 11 |
| 18. | Wis.-Whitewater | 14-1 | 71 | 19 |
| 19. | Trinity (Tex.) | 14-1 | 67 | 15 |
| 20. | DePauw (Ind.) | 16-1 | 60 | 21 |
| 21. | George Fox (Ore.) | 13-2 | 56 | 18 |
| 22. | Messiah (Mass.) | 15-1 | 25 | 22 |
| 23. | SUNY Geneseo | 14-0 | 21 | NR |
| 24. | Bluffton | 13-2 | 18 | 24 |
| 25. | Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.) | 15-0 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Calvin (14-2) 11; Rochester (NY) (11-3) 7; Texas - Dallas (13-3) 6; Wheaton (11-3) 3; Maryville (12-3) 2; Trine (14-1) 2; Chicago (9-5) 1