The Ohio Northern women's basketball team is ranked No. 17 in the third weekly D3hoops.com Women's Top 25 and No. 20 in the fourth USA Today Sports Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll.

ONU received 164 points in the D3hoops.com poll and 30 in the USA Today Sports poll.

In the D3hoops.com poll, the Polar Bears were ranked No. 24 in the first week and No. 20 last week.

DePauw (Ind.) got 24 out of 25 first place votes for the top spot, OAC foe Mount Union is second and Calvin (Mich.) is third.

In the USA Today Sports poll, Northern enter's the Top 25 for the first time this season.

DePauw hold the top ranking, with Mount Union second, Calvin (Mich.) third, the University of St., Thomas (Minn.) fourth and Washington University (Mo.) rounding out the top five.

The Polar Bears (7-1) have won five games in a row, all by at least 15 points.

Ohio Northern will be in action again on Saturday when they welcome Muskingum to the ONU Sports Center at 3 pm.