WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11/23/21
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and first-place votes received.
| Rank | School (Record) | Total points | First-Place Votes |
| 1 | Hope (4-0) | 248 | 9 |
| 2 | Whitman (4-0) | 225 | 0 |
| 3 | Amherst (5-0) | 209 | 0 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater (5-0) | 190 | 0 |
| 5 | Wheaton, IL (6-0) | 186 | 0 |
| 6 | Simpson (2-0) | 163 | 0 |
| 7 | Christopher Newport (6-0) | 158 | 1 |
| 8 | Bowdoin (5-0) | 154 | 0 |
| 9 | John Carroll (3-0) | 147 | 0 |
| 10 | DePauw (4-0) | 145 | 0 |
| 11 | Trine (4-1) | 137 | 0 |
| 12 | Wartburg (3-0) | 135 | 0 |
| 13 | East Texas Baptist (3-1) | 126 | 0 |
| 14 | Messiah (4-1) | 106 | 0 |
| 15 | Tufts (4-1) | 102 | 0 |
| 16 | Hardin-Simmons (3-0) | 98 | 0 |
| 17 | Transylvania (3-0) | 89 | 0 |
| 18 | NYU (4-0) | 69 | 0 |
| 19 | Wisconsin Lutheran (4-0) | 56 | 0 |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh (6-1) | 54 | 0 |
| 21 | Scranton (4-1) | 53 | 0 |
| 22 | UT-Dallas (2-0) | 43 | 0 |
| 23 | Baldwin-Wallace (2-1) | 42 | 0 |
| 24 | Rhodes (5-1) | 34 | 0 |
| 25 | Trinity, TX (4-2) | 31 | 0 |
Others receiving votes:Â UW-Eau Claire (3-0) 24; Piedmont (4-0) 21; Cal Lutheran (0-0) 18; Gustavus Adolphus (2-1) 16; Mary Washington (5-0) 15; Whittier (2-1) 15; Catholic (5-0) 13; Gettysburg (2-1) 13; St. Lawrence (5-0) 13; St. John Fisher (4-0) 12; Smith (4-1) 11; Springfield (6-0) 11; York, NY (3-1) 10; Chicago (3-1) 9; Loras (3-0) 7; Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-1) 7; Roger Williams (2-0) 6; Brockport (4-0) 5; Puget Sound (5-1) 5; SUNY New Paltz (3-1) 5; Marietta (4-0) 4; Illinois Wesleyan (1-2) 3; Berea (4-0) 2; Millikin (3-3) 2; Roanoke (3-0) 2; Elizabethtown (4-0) 1.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2021-22 season: Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Alex Lang, Brooklyn; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Alex Richey, Oglethorpe; Sacha Santimano, Bowdoin; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams; Suzy Venet, Mount Union.
