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