Women's Basketball ranked No. 15 in second weekly D3Hoops.com poll, ranked No. 16 in WBCA poll
By Caleb Scott
| D3Hoops.com Poll | WBCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 15 in the secondweekly D3Hoops.com coaches poll, and jumped two spots to No. 16 in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll, both released Tuesday, Dec. 5.
After falling in its season-opener, the Polar Bears (5-1 overall, 1-0 OAC) have won four straight.
Ohio Northern received 270 points in the D3Hoops.com poll.
Tufts (Mass.) claimed the top spot with 611 points and 14 first place votes, while Christopher Newport (Va.) came in at No. 2 with 600 points and five first place votes, and Amherst (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 582 points and six first place votes.
In the WBCA poll, Northern received 77 points, while Amherst (Mass.) is ranked No. 1 with 197 points and five first place votes, Tufts (Mass.) is No. 2 with 195 points and the final three first place votes and Christopher Newport (Va.) rounded out the top-3 with 184 points.
The Polar Bears return to action on Wednesday evening as they travel to Wilmington to take on the Quakers at 7:30 pm.
D3Hoops.com Poll - Week 2
Dec. 5, 2017
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Tufts (Mass.) (14) | 6-0 | 611 | 1 |
| 2. | Christopher Newport (Va.) (5) | 6-0 | 600 | 2 |
| 3. | Amherst (Mass.) (5) | 6-0 | 582 | 3 |
| 4. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 5-0 | 519 | 4 |
| 5. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 502 | 5 |
| 6. | Trine (Ind.) | 7-0 | 473 | 6 |
| 7. | Whitman (Wash.) | 6-1 | 433 | 8 |
| 8. | Hope (Mich.) | 5-0 | 432 | 7 |
| 9. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 388 | 9 |
| 10. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 6-1 | 372 | 10 |
| 11. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 4-1 | 359 | 11 |
| 12. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 5-0 | 344 | 12 |
| 13. | Wis.-Whitewater | 5-0 | 331 | 14 |
| 14. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 7-0 | 316 | 17 |
| 15. | Ohio Northern | 5-1 | 270 | 15 |
| 16. | DePauw (Ind.) | 6-1 | 230 | 18 |
| 17. | Messiah (Pa.) | 6-0 | 200 | 21 |
| 18. | Trinity (Tex.) | 3-1 | 192 | 20 |
| 19. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 7-0 | 163 | 22 |
| 20. | Scranton (Pa.) | 5-1 | 123 | 16 |
| 21. | Puget Sound (Wash.) | 4-2 | 111 | 19 |
| 22. | Washington (Mo.) | 4-2 | 95 | 13 |
| 23. | Marymount (Va.) | 5-1 | 93 | 23 |
| 24. | Marietta | 6-0 | 80 | 25 |
| 25. | Juniata (Pa.) | 7-0 | 77 | - |
Others receiving votes: Ithaca 30; Illinois Wesleyan 28; Wheaton (Ill.) 27; Montclair State 20; Chicago 18; George Fox 15; SUNY Geneseo 15; Carthage 13; Randolph-Macon 13; UW-Eau Claire 13; Williams 8; Albright 6; Connecticut College 6; Wisconsin Lutheran 5; Bluffton 4; Washington and Jefferson 4; Babson 1; Oglethorpe 1; Rochester Tech 1; Rose-Hulman 1
WBCA Poll - Week 3
Dec. 5, 2017
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Amherst (Mass.) (5) | 6-0 | 197 | 1 |
| 2. | Tufts (Mass.) (3) | 6-0 | 195 | 2 |
| 3. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 6-0 | 184 | 3 |
| 4. | Hope (Mich.) | 5-0 | 172 | 4 |
| 5. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 7-0 | 167 | 5 |
| 6. | Trine (Ind.) | 7-0 | 149 | 6 |
| 7. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 7-0 | 143 | 10 |
| 8. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 4-1 | 142 | 7 |
| 9. | Whitman (Wash.) | 6-1 | 133 | 9 |
| 10. | Thomas More (Ky.) | 6-1 | 117 | 13 |
| 11. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 113 | 11 |
| 12. | Trinity (Tex.) | 3-1 | 111 | 12 |
| 13. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 5-0 | 107 | 14 |
| 14. | DePauw (Ind.) | 6-1 | 91 | 15 |
| 15. | Messiah (Pa.) | 6-0 | 86 | 17 |
| 16. | Ohio Northern | 5-1 | 77 | 18 |
| 17. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 5-0 | 74 | 19 |
| 18. | Ohio Northern | 5-0 | 65 | 22 |
| 19. | Scranton (Pa.) | 5-1 | 60 | 8 |
| 20. | Washington (Mo.) | 4-2 | 42 | 16 |
| 21. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 6-1 | 37 | 24 |
| 22. | Puget Sound (Wash.) | 4-2 | 29 | 20 |
| 23. | Muhlenberg (Pa.) | 7-0 | 28 | NR |
| 24. | George Fox (Ore.) | 4-2 | 24 | 21 |
| 25. | Montclaire State | 6-1 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Rochester Institute (5-0) 10; Gettysburg (5-0) 9; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4-2) 7; Wheaton (IL) (4-1) 7; Chicago (4-2) 4; Marymount (VA) (5-1) 3; Bluffton (3-1) 2; Connecticut College (5-1) 2