DE PERE – St. Norbert College has been picked third in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference's annual pre-season poll of the league's coaches and sports information directors.
The Green Knights totaled 281 points and two first-place votes. Wisconsin Lutheran College was the pre-season favorite with 336 points and 24 first-place votes. Aurora University was selected second with 288 points.
St. Norbert opens its season at home against College of St. Scholastica on Friday Nov. 6. The Green Knights open conference play at Rockford University on Wednesday Dec. 2.
2026-27 NACC Pre-Season Women's Basketball Poll
|
School
|
Points
|
First-Place Votes
|
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Wisconsin Lutheran
|
336
|
24
|
|
Aurora
|
288
|
0
|
|
St. Norbert
|
281
|
2
|
|
MSOE
|
256
|
0
|
|
Benedictine
|
253
|
0
|
|
Concordia Wisconsin
|
200
|
0
|
|
Edgewood
|
191
|
0
|
|
Lakeland
|
148
|
0
|
|
Concordia Chicago
|
127
|
0
|
|
Dominican
|
111
|
0
|
|
Illinois Tech
|
71
|
0
|
|
Marian
|
65
|
0
|
|
Rockford
|
39
|
0
|