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Four teams received No. 1 votes in the preseason D3hoops.com Top 25 women's basketball poll, with Washington University edging on top, nine points ahead of Amherst.

Wash U received seven No. 1 votes; Amherst picked up five. At No. 3, Hope was just 11 overall points behind the leader and had seven more No. 1 votes, while defending national champion George Fox picked up the remaining six nods for the top spot. The Bruins lost both a first-team All-American and the D3hoops.com Rookie of the Year from last year's unbeaten squad, as Sage Indendi, who was also the team's leading scorer, did not return to school this fall.

It's the fourth preseason No. 1 selection for the Bears, but their first since the fall of 2002, following the last of their four consecutive national championships. Fueled by two title game appearances in the past three seasons, the Bears have rebounded from three consecutive preseason finishes outside the Top Six.

Wash U's seven No. 1 votes ties for the fewest garnered by a preseason No. 1 team in the 11-year history of the D3hoops.com Top 25. Mary Washington got seven No. 1 votes in the 2007-08 preseason poll, while eventual national champion Howard Payne was No. 2 overall.

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