Women's Basketball receiving votes in latest WBCA Coaches Poll and D3hoops.com Top 25
By Bud Denega
| D3hoops Top 25 | WBCA Coaches Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is receiving votes in both the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association Poll and the D3hoops.com Top 25. The Polar Bears collected six votes in the WBCA Coaches Poll, positioning them 31st and garnered two points in the D3hoops.com Top 25, placing them 44th.
Northern is fresh off a 1-1 week, which moved it to 6-1 on the season and 2-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. The Polar Bears scored a road win at Wilmington 72-64 Wednesday before dropping a 53-38 decision at Capital Saturday.
ONU travels to Trine (Ind.) Saturday at 3 p.m.
WBCA Coaches Poll - Week #5
Dec. 17, 2019
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Record | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Tufts (Conn.) (7) | 8-0 | 198 | 1 |
| 2. | Scranton (Pa.) | 7-0 | 191 | 2 |
| 3. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 9-0 | 183 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) (1) | 10-0 | 175 | 4 |
| 5. | Amherst (Mass.) | 4-1 | 164 | 4 |
| 6. | DePauw (Ind.) | 9-1 | 149 | 8 |
| 7. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 8-1 | 143 | 6 |
| 8. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tx.) | 7-1 | 141 | 9 |
| 9. | DeSales (Pa.) | 6-1 | 132 | 10 |
| 10. | Messiah (Pa.) | 9-1 | 130 | 11 |
| 11. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 6-2 | 105 | 7 |
| 11. | Whitman (Wash.) | 8-1 | 105 | 14 |
| 13. | George Fox (Ore.) | 6-1 | 104 | 12 |
| 14. | Marymount (Va.) | 8-1 | 101 | 13 |
| 15. | Transylvania (Pa.) | 6-1 | 79 | 15 |
| 16. | Oglethorpe (Ga.) | 8-1 | 78 | 16 |
| 17. | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 65 | 18 |
| 18. | Albright (Pa.) | 10-0 | 59 | 23 |
| 19. | Loras (Iowa) | 7-1 | 57 | 19 |
| 20. | Bethel (Minn.) | 8-0 | 46 | 24 |
| 21. | Chicago (Ill.) | 8-2 | 42 | 21 |
| 22. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 32 | 20 |
| 23. | Trinity (Tx.) | 3-2 | 30 | 17 |
| 24. | Baldwin Wallace | 7-0 | 20 | NR |
| 25. | Augsburg (Minn.) | 9-1 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Albion (8-1) 13; SUNY New Paltz (5-1) 9; Catholic (9-1) 6; Washington-St. Louis (6-2) 6; Widener (9-0) 6; Ohio Northern (6-1) 5; Emory and Henry (9-1) 4; Gettysburg (7-1) 3; Gustavus Adolphus (8-1) 1; Illinois Wesleyan (8-3) 1; Wisconsin-La Crosse (7-1) 1.
D3hoops.com Top 25 - Week #4
Dec. 16, 2019
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) | Record | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Tufts (Conn.) (14) | 8-0 | 611 | 1 |
| 2. | Scranton (Pa.) (6) | 7-0 | 596 | 2 |
| 3. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 9-0 | 568 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) (4) | 10-0 | 565 | 4 |
| 5. | Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tx.) (1) | 7-1 | 498 | 6 |
| 6. | Amherst (Mass.) | 4-1 | 492 | 5 |
| 7. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 8-1 | 474 | 7 |
| 8. | DePauw (Ind.) | 9-1 | 444 | 8 |
| 9. | George Fox (Ore.) | 6-1 | 403 | 10 |
| 10. | DeSales (Pa.) | 6-1 | 372 | 11 |
| 11. | UW-La Crosse | 8-1 | 354 | 12 |
| 12. | Messiah (Pa.) | 9-1 | 304 | 14 |
| 13. | Whitman (Wash.) | 8-1 | 251 | 15 |
| 14. | Baldwin Wallace | 7-0 | 239 | 18 |
| 15. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 6-1 | 237 | 16 |
| 16. | Augsburg (Minn.) | 9-1 | 236 | 21 |
| 17. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 6-2 | 216 | 9 |
| 18. | Marymount (Va.) | 8-1 | 197 | 19 |
| 19. | UW-Whitewater | 6-1 | 185 | 23 |
| 20. | Chicago (Ill.) | 8-2 | 161 | 20 |
| 21. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 8-1 | 117 | 25 |
| 22. | Trinity (Tx.) | 3-2 | 105 | 13 |
| 23. | Loras (Iowa) | 7-1 | 91 | 24 |
| 24. | Widener (Pa.) | 9-0 | 49 | NR |
| 25. | Bethel (Minn.) | 8-0 | 39 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Washington U. 34; UW-Platteville 34; Albion 33; Austin 32; Oglethorpe 31; Gettysburg 26; Williams 26; Emory & Henry 17; Brandeis 16; Illinois Wesleyan 15; East Texas Baptist 11; North Park 8; Puget Sound 8; Smith 8; Albright 7; Texas-Dallas 6; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4; Catholic 2; Ohio Northern 2; John Carroll 1