USA TODAY/Women's Basketball
Final Poll (March 23, 1998) |
| Rank | School | Record | Points | Previous Poll |
| 1. | North Dakota (23 first-place votes) | 31-1 | 599 | 2 |
| 2. | Emporia State (Kan.) (1) | 33-1 | 576 | 3 |
| 3. | Northern Michigan | 28-4 | 541 | 8 |
| 4. | Bentley (Mass.) | 30-2 | 523 | 5 |
| 5. | Francis Marion (S.C.) | 30-3 | 474 | 11 |
| 6. | Seattle Pacific (Wash.) | 27-3 | 439 | 7 |
| 7. | Arkansas Tech | 26-5 | 430 | 12 |
| 8. | Shippensburg (Pa.) | 28-4 | 409 | 13 |
| 9. | Nebraska-Kearney | 26-4 | 377 | 9 |
| 10. | St. Rose (N.Y.) | 33-1 | 374 | 1 |
| 11. | Southern Indiana | 26-2 | 354 | 4 |
| 12. | Bowie State (Md.) | 27-2 | 336 | 6 |
| 13. | Abilene Christian (Texas) | 26-5 | 295 | 16 |
| 14. | North Dakota State | 22-6 | 218 | 10 |
| 15. | UC Davis | 23-7 | 212 | NR |
| 16. | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | 23-5 | 200 | 14 |
| 17. | West Florida | 25-5 | 192 | 15 |
| 18. | Northern Colorado | 21-8 | 185 | 21 |
| 19. | Michigan Tech | 21-10 | 163 | NR |
| 20. | Florida Southern | 24-5 | 117 | 18 |
| 21. | Montana State-Billings | 21-7 | 110 | 22 |
| 22. | Stonehill (Mass.) | 24-7 | 99 | 17 |
| 23. | Arkansas-Monticello | 23-8 | 83 | NR |
| 24. | Metropolitan State (Colo.) | 25-5 | 74 | 20 |
| 25. | Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 22-8 | 69 | NR |
Dropped out: No. 19 Virginian Union (24-4), No. 23
Lewis (Ill.) (23-5), No. 24 CS San Bernardino (23-6), No. 25 Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.)
(26-4).
Others receiving points: Virginia Union 59, CS San
Bernardino 58, Northern State (S.D.) 34, Lewis 26, Missouri Western State 18, West Texas
A&M 13, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 10, Philadelphia Textile (Pa.) 9, Alderson-Broaddus 8,
Columbus State (Ga.) 8, Central Missouri State 7, Florida Tech 7, Edinboro (Pa.) 6, Delta
State (Miss.) 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2, Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) 1, Sonoma State (Calif.)
1, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1.
The USA TODAY/WBCA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll is voted upon by 24
Division II head coaches who are members of the WBCA. They represent each NCAA Division II conference and all eight WBCA Districts.