The top-ten of the AVCA Division III Coaches Rankings did not change this week, with Wittenberg remaining #1 and stays unbeaten. Wittenberg also received 55 first-place votes while #2 Colorado College earned 12.
Juniata fell back five spots in this weeks poll to #17 after losing in straight sets to then-unranked Stevenson. With the win, Stevenson moved into the top-25 at #25. With Stevenson moving into the rankings this week, Hope fell out of this weeks poll.
Moving up in the rankings this week are Johnson $ Wales (RI) from #20 to #16, Johns Hopkins from #23 to #18 and Chicago from #16 to #13. Falling back in the rankings was La Verne as they dropped 10 spots to #24 from #14.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wittenberg (55) | 1663 | 15-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Colorado College (12) | 1595 | 18-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Trinity (Texas) | 1492 | 18-3 | 3 |
| 4 | Emory | 1445 | 17-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Southwestern (Texas) | 1374 | 19-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Calvin | 1286 | 14-3 | 6 |
| 7 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1228 | 23-3 | 7 |
| 8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1106 | 14-5 | 8 |
| 9 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1098 | 14-3 | 9 |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon | 1013 | 18-1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 920 | 19-3 | 11 |
| 12 | Illinois Wesleyan | 863 | 14-4 | 13 |
| 13 | Chicago | 831 | 17-3 | 16 |
| 14 | Millikin | 689 | 16-5 | 15 |
| 15 | MIT | 634 | 19-1 | T-17 |
| 16 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | 582 | 19-0 | 20 |
| 17 | Juniata | 533 | 15-5 | 12 |
| 18 | Johns Hopkins | 450 | 16-2 | 23 |
| 19 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 398 | 19-4 | T-17 |
| 20 | Washington-St. Louis | 384 | 14-6 | 21 |
| 21 | Ohio Northern | 342 | 17-4 | T-17 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 311 | 14-4 | 22 |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 292 | 17-3 | 24 |
| 24 | La Verne | 208 | 13-5 | 14 |
| 25 | Stevenson | 187 | 22-1 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 116; Otterbein 96; Wesleyan (Conn.) 92; Pacific Lutheran 76; Aurora 65; Berry 51; Cornell (Iowa) 48; Hope 40; Scranton 39; Randolph-Macon 24; Cal Lutheran 23; Mary Hardin-Baylor 22; Tufts 21; DePauw 19; Wisconsin-La Crosse 19; Bethel (Minn.) 17; Case Western 12; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 10; Ithaca 7; Baldwin-Wallace 2
Thirteen teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 51 combined points.
Dropped Out: Hope 25
Next Poll: October 17
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