BLOOMINGTON, IL - NCAA Basketball - #18 Illinois Wesleyan vs. Elmhurst at Shirk Center on February 07, 2026. No. 18 Illinois Wesleyan improved to 17-5 with a 77-59 win over Elmhurst. (Photo by Jimmy Naprstek/Kodiak Creative)

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Women’s Hoops Hits 15th in D3hoops Top-25

Titans rise three slots

2/16/2026 8:58:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Rising in the rankings, the Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball team moved up to No. 15 in the D3hoops.com Top-25 poll released Monday night, Feb. 16. The Titans received 243 points to move up three slots.

The Green and White picked up a key, 64-52, College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin win against Carthage College, Feb. 11. The win boosted IWU's record to 18-5 overall and 13-1 in conference action.

NYU kept control at No. 1 with 20 first-place votes and 619 points. Scranton, who received the remaining first-place nods, sits second with 605 points. Johns Hopkins (565), Washington & Lee (544), and UW-Oshkosh (496) are slotted third through fifth, respectively.

Illinois Wesleyan is back in action at home Wednesday, Feb. 18, as Wheaton College pays a visit to the Shirk Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Week 11

#	School (No. 1 votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	New York University (20)	22-0	619	1
2	Scranton (5)	23-0	605	2
3	Johns Hopkins	22-0	565	3
4	Washington and Lee	23-0	544	5
5	UW-Oshkosh	21-2	496	4
6	Smith	22-1	494	6
7	Denison	22-1	477	8
8	Bowdoin	22-1	475	7
9	Ohio Wesleyan	20-2	397	10
10	John Carroll	20-3	364	9
11	Hope	20-3	346	14
12	Baldwin Wallace	21-2	331	12
13	Carroll	20-4	326	15
14	UW-Whitewater	18-5	307	16
15	Illinois Wesleyan	18-5	243	18
16	Washington U.	17-5	219	13
17	Bates	21-3	212	11
18	Trine	21-3	210	20
19	Chicago	16-5	190	21
20	Ripon	22-2	188	19
21	Concordia-Moorhead	20-3	135	22
22	UW-Platteville	17-6	103	17
23	SUNY New Paltz	21-2	65	25
24	William Paterson	23-1	38	--
25	UW-La Crosse	15-8	36	--

Dropped out: No. 23 Emory; No. 24 Bethel

Others receiving votes: Cortland 35; Carnegie Mellon 32; Saint Mary's (Minn.) 15; Southern Maine 15; Linfield 10; Wartburg 8; Susquehanna 6; Wisconsin Lutheran 6; Bridgewater 5; Bethel 2; Christopher Newport 2; Hardin-Simmons 2; UW-River Falls 2

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.

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