D3hoops.com women's Top 25, Preseason

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# School (1st votes) Rec Pts Prev.
1 Tufts (8) 30-3 600 2
2 Christopher Newport (6) 29-3 591 4
3 Amherst (10) 33-0 576 1
4 St. Thomas 31-1 508 3
5 Thomas More (1) 28-1 501 11
6 Whitman 26-5 488 7
7 Ohio Northern 30-1 454 5
8 Wartburg 25-3 421 16
9 Trine 25-3 363 17
10 Washington U. 26-3 352 6
11 UW-Oshkosh 26-4 290 9
12 Trinity (Texas) 28-2 285 8
13 Hope 24-5 282 10
14 Marymount 24-6 261 20
15 DePauw 27-3 238 15
16 Gustavus Adolphus 25-3 219 22
17 Puget Sound 26-3 199 12
18 Mass-Dartmouth 25-6 180 21
19 Scranton 26-4 152 13
20 UW-Whitewater 22-6 141 --
21 Rochester 18-9 129 --
22 Chicago 19-8 120 23
23 Montclair State 26-3 82 19
24 Mary Washington 24-5 79 18
25 Illinois Wesleyan 18-10 76 --

Others receiving votes: Albright 70; Bethel 66; Bowdoin 58; SUNY Geneseo 54; FDU-Florham 44; George Fox 41; Muhlenberg 38; Moravian 36; Maryville 29; Messiah 29; Babson 18; Rose-Hulman 11; Texas-Tyler 10; Wheaton (Ill.) 9; Lynchburg 7; Marietta 7; St. Norbert 5; Baldwin Wallace 2; Calvin 2; Ithaca 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.