2015-16 Preseason NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
The USA TODAY Sports Division III Top 25 women’s basketball poll, with first place votes to the right, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th.
| Rank | Institution – First Place Votes | Last Year’s Final Rank | Last Year’s Final Record | Total Points |
| 1 | Thomas More College (Ky.) – 7 | 1 | 33-0 | 199 |
| 2 | George Fox University (Ore.) | 2 | 32-1 | 187 |
| 3 | Tufts University (Mass.) – 1 | 4 | 30-3 | 183 |
| 4 | Amherst College (Mass.) | 10 | 25-4 | 165 |
| 5 | Washington University (Mo.) | 9 | 25-3 | 150 |
| 6 | Calvin College (Mich.) | T5 | 30-1 | 135 |
| 7 | New York University | 16 | 22-5 | 134 |
| 8 | Wheaton College (Ill.) | 21 | 24-4 | 128 |
| 9 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham (N.J.) | 7 | 29-2 | 127 |
| 10 | Bowdoin College (Maine) | 13 | 25-5 | 119 |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | NR | 23-7 | 114 |
| T12 | Hope College (Mich.) | 11 | 25-5 | 111 |
| T12 | Montclair State University (N.J.) | 3 | 31-2 | 111 |
| T12 | University of St Thomas (Minn.) | T5 | 30-1 | 111 |
| 15 | DePauw University (Ind.) | 8 | 26-3 | 110 |
| 16 | University of Texas – Tyler | 14 | 27-3 | 83 |
| 17 | Maryville College (Tenn.) | 15 | 26-4 | 77 |
| 18 | University of New England (Maine) | 25 | 24-6 | 42 |
| 19 | Ohio Northern University | NR | 20-6 | 33 |
| 20 | State University College at Geneseo (N.Y.) | 19 | 25-5 | 30 |
| 21 | Luther College (Iowa) | NR | 23-6 | 28 |
| 22 | Transylvania University (Ky.) | 22 | 25-3 | 24 |
| T23 | Bethel University (Minn.) | NR | 21-7 | 23 |
| T23 | University of Chicago (Ill.) | NR | 18-7 | 23 |
| 25 | University of Scranton (Pa.) | 18 | 24-4 | 22 |
Others receiving votes:Â Eastern Mennonite University (Va.) 21; Eastern Connecticut State University 19; Catholic University of America (D.C.) 18; University of Puget Sound (Wash.) 11; University of Texas – Dallas 9; Cabrini College (Pa.) 8; Whitworth University (Wash.) 8; Salisbury University (Md.) 6; Messiah College (Pa.) 5; North Central College (Ill.) 5; University of Wisconsin – Whitewater 5; Stevenson University (Md.) 4; Baldwin Wallace University (Ohio) 3; New England College (N.H.) 3; Stockton University (N.J) 2; Babson College (Mass.) 1; John Carroll University (Ohio) 1; McDaniel College (Md.) 1; Saint Norbert College (Wis.) 1
The USA TODAY Sports committee of coaches is made up of nine head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The 2014-15 committee: Patricia Manning- Non-voting Chair (Williams College), Jeff Hans (Thomas More College), Dan Roiger (Saint Lawrence University), Darrin Travillian (Maryville College), Mike Durbin (College of Saint Benedict), Betsy Witman (York College (Pa.)), Anthony Ewing (University of New England), Jessica Ott (Milwaukee School of Engineering), and Kate Pearson (Cabrini College).
*Please note that all voters for the DII poll are required to vote each week between 9 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. Tuesday ET.
