BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball team is ranked 17th nationally according to the latest rankings released by D3hoops.com Monday night, Nov. 24. IWU accrued 182 points.
The top-four spots in the poll held steady as NYU led the list with 614 points and 17 first-place votes. Second-ranked Scranton pulled in seven first-place nods and tallied 604 points, while the final first-place vote went to No. 3 UW-Oshkosh (556). Illinois Wesleyan was joined in the rankings by College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin foe Carroll as the Pios checked in at No. 23.
The Titans hold a 2-2 standing on the season, with both losses coming to nationally ranked opponents. IWU has picked up wins over Trinity (Texas) and Franciscan. The Green and White's losses have come by a combined 12 points to No. 8 UW-Whitewater (60-51) and No. 11 Hope (76-73). Illinois Wesleyan's loss to the Flying Dutch came in overtime.
The Titans return to action after the holiday as host of the Midwest Challenge Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 29-30. IWU fill face off against No. 16 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Saturday, Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. before facing either DePauw University or No. 19 WashU Sunday, Nov. 30.
D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Week 1
Dropped out: No. 7 Cortland; No. 17 Carnegie Mellon; No. 18 Calvin; No. 19 Catholic; No. 20 Christopher Newport; No. 21 Randolph-Macon; No. 22 SUNY Geneseo; No. 24 Gettysburg; No. 25 Mary Hardin-Baylor
Others receiving votes: Cortland 79; Shenandoah 79; Trine 72; Chicago 57; Ohio Wesleyan 36; Catholic 33; Bridgewater 29; Denison 29; Carnegie Mellon 28; Washington and Jefferson 27; Gustavus Adolphus 19; Concordia-Moorhead 17; Christopher Newport 16; McMurry 12; Transylvania 12; Calvin 11; SUNY Geneseo 11; McDaniel 11; Hardin-Simmons 10; Messiah 9; Randolph-Macon 9; Cal Lutheran 6; Southern Maine 5; Texas Lutheran 4; Widener 4; Chatham 3; Ripon 3; UW-Platteville 2; Tufts 1
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis.
Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top-25
|
Rank
|
School (record)
|
Points
|
Last week's rank
|
First-place
votes
|
|
1
|
NYU (4-0)
|
249
|
1
|
9
|
|
2
|
Scranton (6-0)
|
240
|
2
|
1
|
|
3
|
Smith (4-0)
|
229
|
3
|
0
|
|
4
|
UW-Oshkosh (5-0)
|
214
|
4
|
0
|
|
5
|
Bowdoin (3-0)
|
205
|
5
|
0
|
|
6
|
Johns Hopkins (6-0)
|
203
|
7
|
0
|
|
7
|
Washington and Lee (6-0)
|
194
|
6
|
0
|
|
8
|
UW-Whitewater (4-0)
|
170
|
8t
|
0
|
|
9
|
East Texas Baptist (6-0)
|
149
|
8t
|
0
|
|
10t
|
Emory (5-0)
|
128
|
19
|
0
|
|
10t
|
Trinity, CT (4-0)
|
128
|
10
|
0
|
|
12
|
Hope (6-1)
|
115
|
22t
|
0
|
|
13
|
John Carroll (4-0)
|
109
|
17t
|
0
|
|
14
|
Elizabethtown (4-0)
|
104
|
14
|
0
|
|
15
|
Washington-St. Louis (4-1)
|
95
|
13
|
0
|
|
16t
|
Montclair State (3-0)
|
65
|
20
|
0
|
|
16t
|
Trine (3-1)
|
65
|
17t
|
0
|
|
18
|
Messiah (3-1)
|
59
|
12
|
0
|
|
19t
|
Cal Lutheran (5-0)
|
54
|
22t
|
0
|
|
19t
|
Christopher Newport (4-2)
|
54
|
15
|
0
|
|
21
|
Bates (3-0)
|
53
|
RV
|
0
|
|
22
|
Wisconsin Lutheran (4-0)
|
49
|
25t
|
0
|
|
23
|
Baldwin-Wallace (3-1)
|
45
|
21
|
0
|
|
24
|
SUNY-Cortland (3-2)
|
33
|
22t
|
0
|
|
25
|
Illinois Wesleyan (2-2)
|
28
|
16
|
0
|
Dropped out: No. 11 Gettysburg (3-3); No. 25t Catholic (3-2); No. 25t Washington and Jefferson (4-1).
Others receiving votes: Amherst (2-0) 26; Coe (4-0) 17; Ohio Wesleyan (3-1) 14; Whitman (2-2) 14; Carroll (WI) (3-2) 13; Catholic (3-2) 13; UW-La Crosse (4-1) 13; Carnegie Mellon (2-2) 12; Chicago (4-1) 12; Ripon (4-1) 12; Colby (4-0) 10; Washington and Jefferson (4-1) 9; Bethel, MN (0-1) 8; Widener (5-0) 8; Brandeis (5-0) 7; McDaniel (6-0) 6; Concordia-Moorhead (4-0) 5; Gustavus Adolphus (2-1) 5; SUNY-Geneseo (5-2) 4; Texas Lutheran (4-1) 3; Southern Maine (3-0) 1; Tufts (3-2) 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 2025-26 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Brad Fischer, UW-Oshkosh; Eric Harrison, Lehman; Jasen Jonus, Oglethorpe; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.
