The Ohio Northern women's basketball team was ranked No. 5 in the final Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll, released March 20.
ONU reached the top five in the rankings for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
The Polar Bears posted a perfect 25-0 record in the regular season in 2016-17 to complete the first undefeated regular season in school history.
Northern reached the Elite 8 of the the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament for the first time in school history.
ONU recorded a school-record 30 victories this season under the guidance of Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and 16th-season head coach Michele Durand.
Here is the final Division III women's national poll:
School (First Place Votes) Record
1. Amherst (Mass.) (8) 200 33-0
2. Tufts (Mass.) 192 30-3
3. St. Thomas (Minn.) 183 31-1
4. Chris Newport (Va.) 177 29-3
5. Ohio Northern 165 30-1
6. Washington (Mo.) 157 26-3
7. Thomas More (Ky.) 146 28-1
8. Trinity (Tex.) 132 28-2
9. Whitman (Wash.) 131 26-5
10. Hope (Mich.) 124 24-4
