The Louisiana College women improved by three spots in this week's D3Hoops.com national poll, jumping from No. 23 to No. 20 following back-to-back divisional wins.

LC, currently in first place in the American Southwest Conference East, defeated Texas-Tyler and LeTourneau on the road last week.

The complete D3Hoops.com poll was as follows:

D3Hoops.com Top 25
#  School (1st votes)  Rec  Pts  Prev.
1  Amherst (21)  19-0  619  1
2  Chicago (3)  18-0  600  2
3  George Fox (1)  19-0  579  3
4  Calvin  19-0  552  4
5  Rochester  17-1  515  5
6  DePauw  17-1  496  6
7  Lewis and Clark  18-1  457  8
8  Washington U.  15-3  422  7
9  William Paterson  19-1  415  9
10  Mount Union  18-1  377  10
11  Mary Washington  20-0  371  11
12  UW-Stevens Point  17-3  340  12
13  Juniata  19-1  331  13
14  Franklin  18-1  315  15
15  St. Thomas  17-1  220  19
16  UW-Eau Claire  16-4  208  14
17  Babson  16-2  195  16
18  Lebanon Valley  17-2  161  17
19  Hope  17-3  155  20
20  Louisiana College  16-2  140  23
21  Kean  18-3  125  24
22  Williams  17-3  96  21
23  Centre  17-1  82  --
24  UW-River Falls  16-4  77  25
25  Johns Hopkins  17-2  64  --

Dropped out: No. 18 Muhlenberg, No. 22 Illinois Wesleyan.

Others receiving votes: Illinois Wesleyan 38; Messiah 37; Tufts 34; Mary Baldwin 16; Carthage 15; Millsaps 13; Christopher Newport 12; Muhlenberg 11; Greensboro 7; UW-La Crosse 6; Colby 4; Ithaca 4; Piedmont 4; St. Vincent 3; Wheaton (Ill.) 3; St. Norbert 2; Thomas More 2; Rhode Island College 1; UW-Whitewater 1.

The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.