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MINNEAPOLIS -- Amherst is one of four teams to receive No. 1 votes in the D3hoops.com preseason Top 25 for NCAA Division III women's basketball. The full poll:
Entering the 2011-12 season:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Amherst (13) | 32-1 | 593 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago (7) | 25-4 | 590 | 5 |
| 3 | George Fox (3) | 25-6 | 541 | 12 |
| 4 | William Paterson (2) | 26-4 | 494 | 15 |
| 5 | Babson | 30-1 | 484 | 8 |
| 6 | Calvin | 25-5 | 482 | 19 |
| 7 | Washington U. | 25-6 | 423 | 2 |
| 8 | Rochester | 21-6 | 371 | 22 |
| 9 | Lebanon Valley | 28-3 | 323 | 9 |
| 10 | DePauw | 25-4 | 308 | 16 |
| 11 | UW-Stevens Point | 27-3 | 306 | 7 |
| 12 | Denison | 28-1 | 288 | 18 |
| 13 | Mount Union | 26-4 | 274 | 21 |
| 14 | Bowdoin | 24-6 | 251 | 8 |
| 15 | Greensboro | 28-3 | 238 | 13 |
| 16 | Colby | 22-6 | 203 | -- |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 27-6 | 185 | 4 |
| 18 | Thomas More | 30-1 | 178 | 6 |
| 19 | Hope | 27-3 | 167 | 11 |
| 20 | Muhlenberg | 23-6 | 164 | 20 |
| 21 | UW-Whitewater | 21-7 | 121 | -- |
| 22 | Messiah | 19-8 | 109 | -- |
| 23 | Howard Payne | 22-8 | 106 | -- |
| 24 | St. Vincent | 24-5 | 105 | -- |
| 25 | Lewis and Clark | 21-7 | 101 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin Lutheran 94; Christopher Newport 90; UW-River Falls 86; Wheaton (Ill.) 67; Baldwin-Wallace 60; Juniata 46; Williams 37; Randolph-Macon 33; Rhode Island College 26; Louisiana College 21; Mary Washington 19; Johns Hopkins 18; Mount St. Mary 17; Ohio Northern 17; Simpson 17; DeSales 16; Coe 13; Kean 9; Medaille 8; UW-Eau Claire 8; Centre 7; Maryville (Tenn.) 5; St. Norbert 3; Carthage 2; St. Thomas 1.
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.
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Pat Coleman Executive Editor Communications D3sports.com info@d3sports.com 612-237-4855 |