| Rank | School | Region | Points |
| 1 | Calvin College (Mich.) | Great Lakes | 197 (5) |
| 2 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Midwest | 195 (3) |
| 3 | North Central College (Ill.) | Midwest | 184 |
| 4 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Midwest | 175 |
| 5 | Willamette Univ. (Ore.) | West | 166 |
| 6 | Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse | Midwest | 159 |
| 7 | Tufts Univ. (Mass.) | Northeast | 151 |
| 8 | Wartburg College (Iowa) | Central | 137 |
| 9 | Haverford College (Pa.) | Mideast | 136 |
| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. | Central | 127 |
| 11 | Keene State College (N.H.) | Northeast | 124 |
| 12 | State Univ. of New York-Geneseo | Atlantic | 120 |
| 13 | Williams College (Mass.) | Northeast | 101 |
| 14 | The College of New Jersey | Atlantic | 97 |
| 15 | Univ. of Puget Sound (Wash.) | West | 90 |
| 16 | Loras College (Iowa) | Central | 68 |
| 17 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Midwest | 63 |
| 18 | Colorado College | West | 59 |
| 19 | Carnegie-Mellon Univ. (Pa.) | Mideast | 58 |
| 20 | Albion College (Mich.) | Great Lakes | 48 |
| 21 | Amherst College (Mass.) | Northeast | 43 |
| 22 | New York Univ. | Atlantic | 42.5 |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve Univ. (Ohio) | Great Lakes | 26 |
| 24 | Emory Univ. (Ga.) | South | 25.5 |
| 25 | Univ. of St. Thomas (Minn.) | Central | 4 |
| Others Receiving Votes | |||
| St. Lawrence univ. (N.Y.) | Atlantic | 2 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Northeast | 1 | |
| Univ. of Chicago (Ill.) | Midwest | 1 |
NCAA Division III Women's Cross
Country Poll #12 • Pre-Championship
November 18, 2003
(Poll conducted by Jeff Miller, head coach at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater)
| Rank | School | Region | Points |
| 1 | Middlebury College (Vt.) | Northeast | 200 (8) |
| 2 | Williams College (Mass.) | Northeast | 192 |
| 3 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Midwest | 183 |
| 4 | Trinity College (Conn.) | Northeast | 175 |
| 5 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Midwest | 167 |
| 6 | Amherst College (Mass.) | Northeast | 162 |
| 7 | Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse | Midwest | 149 |
| 8 | The College of New Jersey | Atlantic | 141 |
| 9 | Wartburg College (Iowa) | Central | 135 |
| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. | Central | 120 |
| 11 | Calvin College (Mich.) | Great Lakes | 107 |
| 12 | Ithaca College (N.Y.) | Atlantic | 106 |
| 13 | Willamette Univ. (Ore.) | West | 104 |
| 14 | Dickinson College (Pa.) | Mideast | 101 |
| 15 | Mount Union College (Ohio) | Great Lakes | 81 |
| 16 | State Univ. of New York-Geneseo | Atlantic | 79 |
| 17 | Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) | Central | 70 |
| 18 | Allegheny College (Pa.) | Northeast | 68 |
| 19 | Univ. of Chicago (Ill.) | Midwest | 56 |
| 20 | St. Lawrence Univ. (N.Y.) | Atlantic | 49 |
| 21 | Emory Univ. (Ga.) | South | 39 |
| 22 | Bowdoin College (Maine) | Northeast | 36 |
| 23 | Otterbein College (Ohio) | Great Lakes | 28 |
| 24 | Haverford College (Pa.) | Mideast | 21 |
| 25 | Washington Univ. (Mo.) | Midwest | 20 |
| Others Receiving Votes | |||
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) | West | 10 | |
| Luther College (Iowa) | Central | 1 |