Women's Hoops remains No. 5 in D3Hoops.com and WBCA polls
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team remained at No. 5 in both the D3Hoops.com poll and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll.
The Polar Bears continued their quest to a perfect season as they defeated Heidelberg and John Carroll last week.
Northern (23-0 overall) is one of five unbeaten teams in both polls.
In the D3Hoops.com poll, Amherst (Mass.) took first place with 621 points and 22 first place votes, St. Thomas (Minn.) came in second with 584 points and Tufts (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 571 points.
In the WBCA poll, Amherst (Mass.) also took first place with 200 points and eight first place votes, while Thomas More (Ky.) took second place with 186 points and Tufts (Mass.) came in third with 183 points.
The Polar Bears return to action Wednesday evening as they travel to Westerville to take on the Cardinals of Otterbein at 7:30 pm.
D3Hoops.com Poll
Feb. 14, 2017 - Week 11
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Prev. |
| 1. | Amherst (Mass.) (22) | 24-0 | 621 | 1 |
| 2. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 23-0 | 584 | 2 |
| 3. | Tufts (Mass.) | 22-1 | 571 | 3 |
| 4. | Thomas More (Ky.) (3) | 23-0 | 548 | 4 |
| 5. | Ohio Northern | 23-0 | 519 | 5 |
| 6. | Puget Sound (Wa.) | 22-1 | 483 | 6 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 20-2 | 465 | 9 |
| 8. | Hope (Mich.) | 21-2 | 421 | 11 |
| 9. | Trinity (Tex.) | 22-1 | 402 | 12 |
| 10. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 21-2 | 364 | 13 |
| 11. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 21-2 | 346 | 14 |
| 12. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 21-2 | 335 | 8 |
| 13. | Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.) | 22-1 | 297 | 16 |
| 14. | DePauw (Ind.) | 22-2 | 296 | 10 |
| 15. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 21-2 | 280 | 7 |
| 16. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 22-2 | 250 | 17 |
| 17. | Whitman (Wash.) | 20-3 | 228 | 15 |
| 18. | SUNY Geneseo | 23-0 | 218 | 18 |
| 19. | Messiah (Pa.) | 22-1 | 196 | 19 |
| 20. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 20-3 | 181 | 20 |
| 21. | Scranton (Pa.) | 20-3 | 163 | 21 |
| 22. | Trine (Ind.) | 20-2 | 114 | 23 |
| 23. | Catholic (Wash.) | 20-3 | 73 | 22 |
| 24. | George Fox (Ore.) | 19-4 | 58 | 25 |
| 25. | Marymount (Va.) | 19-4 | 29 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Wheaton (Ill.) 18; Texas-Dallas 16; Ithaca 10; FDU-Florham 9; Albright 6; Calvin 6; Bethel 5; Illinois Wesleyan 5; Chicago 3; Texas-Tyler 2; UW-Whitewater 2; UW-Stevens Point 1
WBCA Poll
Feb. 14, 2017 - Week 12
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | Amherst (Mass.) (8) | 24-0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 23-0 | 186 | 2 |
| 3. | Tufts (Mass.) | 22-1 | 183 | 3 |
| 4. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 23-0 | 180 | 4 |
| 5. | Ohio Northern | 23-0 | 166 | 5 |
| 6. | Washington (Mo.) | 20-2 | 157 | 6 |
| 7. | Puget Sound (Wa.) | 22-1 | 147 | 10 |
| 8. | Hope (Mich.) | 21-2 | 126 | 9 |
| 9. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 21-2 | 119 | 8 |
| 10. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 21-2 | 118 | 11 |
| 11. | Trinity (Tex.) | 22-1 | 117 | 12 |
| 12. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 21-2 | 114 | 7 |
| 13. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 21-2 | 92 | 15 |
| 14. | Whitman (Wa.) | 20-3 | 91 | 13 |
| 15. | Montclair State (N.J.) | 22-2 | 89 | 17 |
| 16. | DePauw (Ind.) | 22-2 | 71 | 14 |
| 17. | Scranton (Pa.) | 20-3 | 69 | 18 |
| 18. | SUNY Geneseo | 23-0 | 68 | 19 |
| 19. | Messiah (Mass.) | 22-1 | 67 | 16 |
| 20. | Gustavas Adolphus (Minn.) | 22-1 | 62 | 21 |
| 21. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 20-3 | 51 | 20 |
| 22. | Trine (Ind.) | 20-2 | 26 | 25 |
| 23. | George Fox (Ore.) | 19-4 | 20 | 24 |
| 24. | Catholic (Wash.) | 20-3 | 16 | 22 |
| 25. | Texas-Dallas | 20-3 | 14 | NR |
| FDU Florham | 20-3 | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin-Whitewater (19-4) 10; Chicago (16-6) 7; Calvin (20-4) 6; Ithaca (20-3) 2; Marymount (19-4) 1; Rochester (NY) (15-7) 1;