Women’s Basketball ranked No. 16 in Week 13 D3hoops.com poll, No. 13 by WBCA
By Wes Mayberry
| D3hoops.com Women's Basketball Top 25 Poll – Week 13 | WBCA NCAA III Top 25 Poll – Feb. 28 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 16 in the Week 13 D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.
The Polar Bears (23-4 overall) received 252 points and rose two spots from last week's poll in which they received 170 points and were ranked No. 18.
Christopher Newport (Va.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, receiving 617 points and 18 of 25 first-place votes.
Transylvania (Ky.), Scranton (Pa.), Smith (Mass.) and Trinity (Tex.) round out the top five.
Northern is coming off winning its fifth Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament championship with Saturday's 60-45 victory over Marietta. The Polar Bears also won the OAC Regular Season title with a 15-3 record.
As OAC Tournament champion, ONU earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament and will host the first two rounds on Friday and Saturday. The Polar Bears face No. 25 Berea (Ky.) in the opening round at 8 p.m. on Friday.
The other first-round game in Ada, scheduled for 5:30 p.m., will see Wisconsin-Oshkosh face off against Washington & Lee (Va.).
Northern is also ranked No. 13 in this week's Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 117 points in the poll and rose five spots from last week's poll in which they received 73 points and were ranked No. 18.
Christopher Newport is the top-ranked team in the poll, receiving 250 points and all 10 first-place votes.
Transylvania, Scranton, Trinity and Smith round out the top five.
D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 - Week 13
Feb. 28, 2023
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | Points | Last | Record |
| 1. | Christopher Newport (Va.) (18) | 617 | 1 | 26-0 |
| 2. | Transylvania (Ky.) (6) | 584 | 2 | 27-0 |
| 3. | Scranton (Pa.) (1) | 576 | 3 | 27-0 |
| 4. | Smith (Mass.) | 537 | 4 | 26-1 |
| 5. | Trinity (Tex.) | 522 | 5 | 26-1 |
| 6. | New York U. | 517 | 6 | 22-2 |
| 7. | Hope (Mich.) | 486 | 7 | 25-2 |
| 8. | DeSales (Pa.) | 429 | 9 | 26-1 |
| 9. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 407 | 10 | 25-2 |
| 10. | Chicago (Ill.) | 345 | 14 | 21-4 |
| 11. | Messiah (Pa.) | 337 | 11 | 25-2 |
| 12. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 335 | 8 | 23-3 |
| 13. | Babson (Mass.) | 284 | 12 | 23-5 |
| 14. | Trine (Ind.) | 274 | 13 | 21-6 |
| 15. | Loras (Iowa) | 259 | 19 | 23-4 |
| 16. | Ohio Northern | 252 | 18 | 23-4 |
| 17 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 233 | 21 | 21-6 |
| 18. | Millikin (Ill.) | 170 | 23 | 23-4 |
| 19. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 164 | 15 | 23-4 |
| 20. | Trinity (Conn.) | 142 | 16 | 22-5 |
| 21. | Tufts (Mass.) | 122 | NR | 21-6 |
| 22. | Baldwin Wallace | 118 | 17 | 22-5 |
| 23. | Calvin (Mich.) | 58 | 22 | 21-6 |
| 24. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 42 | 24 | 21-6 |
| 25. | Berea (Ky.) | 35 | NR | 26-2 |
Others receiving votes: St. John Fisher 34; Elizabethtown 33; Washington U. 31; Puget Sound 29; UW-Eau Claire 28; Washington and Jefferson 19; Whitman 18; Emory 17; Roger Williams 15; Concordia-Moorhead 14; UW-Oshkosh 14; La Verne 7; Rochester 6; Cortland 5; UC Santa Cruz 4; Greensboro 3; Marietta 2; Texas-Dallas 1
WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 - Feb. 28, 2023
| Rank | School (No. 1 votes) | Points | Last | Record |
| 1. | Christopher Newport (Va.) (10) | 250 | 1 | 26-0 |
| 2. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 240 | 2 | 27-0 |
| 3. | Scranton (Pa.) | 230 | 3 | 27-0 |
| 4. | Trinity (Tex.) | 214 | 4 | 26-1 |
| 5. | Smith (Mass.) | 213 | 5 | 26-1 |
| 6. | Hope (Mich.) | 200 | 6 | 25-2 |
| 7. | New York U. | 190 | 7 | 22-2 |
| 8. | DeSales (Pa.) | 181 | 8 | 26-1 |
| 9. | Messiah (Pa.) | 155 | 10 | 25-2 |
| 10. | Babson (Mass.) | 139 | 11 | 23-5 |
| 11. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 138 | 14 | 25-2 |
| 12. | Chicago (Ill.) | 120 | 17 | 21-4 |
| 13. | Ohio Northern | 117 | 18 | 23-4 |
| 14. | Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) | 108 | 9 | 23-3 |
| 15. | Millikin (Ill.) | 92 | 23 | 23-4 |
| 16. | Trinity (Conn.) | 86 | 16 | 22-5 |
| 17. | Baldwin Wallace | 73 | 13 | 22-5 |
| t18. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 65 | 15 | 23-4 |
| t18. | Tufts (Mass.) | 65 | NR | 21-6 |
| 20. | Elizabethtown (Pa.) | 59 | 18 | 22-4 |
| 21. | Stevens (N.J.) | 55 | 21 | 22-5 |
| 22. | Trine (Ind.) | 50 | 20 | 21-6 |
| 23. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 48 | NR | 21-6 |
| 24. | Roger Williams (R.I.) | 41 | 25 | 25-3 |
| t25. | Loras (Iowa) | 36 | NR | 23-4 |
| t25. | Puget Sound (Wash.) | 36 | 12 | 21-5 |
Others receiving votes: Whitman (21-5) 15; Wartburg (21-6) 14; La Verne (24-3) 9; Washington and Jefferson (24-3) 5; Calvin (21-6) 4; Rhode Island College (24-3) 1