Seven teams got No. 1 votes in the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week, and Kean got the most, as well as the most points overall to take over the poll's top spot.
The Cougars, who are 6-0, got 10 No. 1 votes and are No. 1 for the first time in the women's basketball program's history. Rochester was second, with five first-place votes, while Illinois Wesleyan got four, Hope got three and Thomas More, Messiah and UW-Eau Claire each received one. UW-Whitewater, which lost at UW-Stevens Point on Saturday, fell from No. 1 to No. 7 overall.
&&f-boxl&&Kean will get tested immediately, as the Cougars host No. 6 Messiah and travel to No. 15 Mary Washington this week.
Wash U remains on top in the men's poll, with Wheaton (Ill.) and UW-Platteville moving into the second and third spots. UW-Whitewater fell from No. 2 to No. 5 after Saturday's overtime road loss at UW-Stevens Point, the new No. 6 team.