The WGCA has released its third women’s coaches poll of the season, and in Division III, Carnegie Mellon University remains No. 1 with eight first-place votes.
Behind Carnegie Mellon, Methodist University holds steady at No. 2 with one first-place vote. George Fox University received two first-place votes to remain at No. 3, while Centre College jumped three spots to No. 4 with one first-place vote. Williams College remains at No. 5 after receiving two first-place votes.
Check out the full poll and list of other teams receiving votes below. A final WGCA fall poll will be released Nov. 19.
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon University (8) | 334 |
| 2 | Methodist University (1) | 316 |
| 3 | George Fox University (2) | 299 |
| 4 | Centre College (1) | 294 |
| 5 | Williams College (2) | 290 |
| 6 | Emory University | 278 |
| 7 | University of Redlands | 244 |
| 8 | Amherst College | 240 |
| 9 | Pomona-Pitzer | 230 |
| 10 | Washington and Lee University | 228 |
| 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 209 |
| 12 | New York University | 177 |
| 13 | St. Catherine University | 174 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 144 |
| 15 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 133 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 121 |
| 17 | University of Texas at Dallas | 81 |
| 18 | Chapman University | 79 |
| 19 | Carthage College | 75 |
| 20 | Berry College | 73 |
| 21 | Christopher Newport University | 69 |
| 22 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 67 |
| 23 | Denison University | 65 |
| 24 | Trinity University (Texas) | 61 |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 40 |
Others Receiving Votes: Hamilton College (32); Gustavus Adolphus College (27); Bethel University (22); York College of Pennsylvania (20); Grinnell College (17); Rhodes College (14); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (14); Wellesley College (13); Sewanee: The University of the South (12); University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (12); Saint Mary’s College (IN) (11); Carleton College (10); California Lutheran University (8); Oglethorpe University (7); DePauw University (4); Hope College (3); Huntingdon College (1); Stevenson University (1); SUNY Cortland (1)
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