Colorado College slid their way into the #1 position in the AVCA Division III Rankings this week, taking over Wittenberg who fell back to #4. Wittenberg was 18-0 in last weeks rankings but lost two matches over the week to two previously unranked squads – Carthage and Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Carthage eclipsed the top-25 into the #24 spot with the four-set win.
Johnson & Wales continues their undefeated streak, moving up to #10 in this week’s rankings with a 28-0 record. Stevenson also is making their way up in the rankings as a one-loss team – jumping from #19 to #15.
Falling back this week is Wisconsin-Whitewater from #9 to #16 along with Washington-St. Louis from #12 to #19 and Chicago from #15 to #20.
Entering this week’s rankings are Carthage, following their upset over then-#1 Wittenberg and Aurora.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado College (59) | 1633 | 29-1 | 2 |
| 2 | Southwestern (TX) (2) | 1549 | 27-4 | 3 |
| 3 | Calvin (3) | 1508 | 24-3 | 4 |
| 4 | Wittenberg (1) | 1452 | 20-2 | 1 |
| 5 | Trinity (TX) | 1400 | 26-6 | 5 |
| 6 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1331 | 23-5 | 7 |
| 7 | Emory | 1188 | 25-5 | 8 |
| 8 | Millikin | 1112 | 26-6 | 10 |
| 9 | Carnegie-Mellon | 1060 | 27-3 | 6 |
| 10 | Johnson & Wales (RI) (2) | 1037 | 28-0 | 11 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 942 | 21-6 | 13 |
| 12 | Northwestern (MN) | 869 | 30-6 | 14 |
| 13 | Gustavus Adolphus | 758 | 23-5 | 16 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins | 693 | 22-3 | 17 |
| 15 | Stevenson | 573 | 30-1 | 19 |
| 16 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 546 | 20-7 | 9 |
| 17 | St. Thomas (MN) | 536 | 24-5 | 18 |
| 18 | Ohio Northern | 500 | 25-4 | 20 |
| 19 | Washington-St. Louis | 479 | 20-9 | 12 |
| 20 | Chicago | 463 | 22-6 | 15 |
| 21 | MIT | 361 | 26-2 | 22 |
| 22 | Juniata | 338 | 21-8 | 21 |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 327 | 25-3 | 23 |
| 24 | Carthage | 124 | 22-8 | NR |
| 25 | Aurora | 112 | 25-6 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Randolph-Macon 101; Concordia (WI) 87; Pacific Lutheran 81; Tufts 78; Ithaca 60; Wisconsin-La Crosse 60; Berry 52; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 52; Otterbein 46; Scranton 40; Mary Hardin-Baylor 39; La Verne 34; Texas-Dallas 28; Cornell (IA) 20; Wesleyan (CT) 18; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 13; DePauw 10; Stevens 10; Cal Lutheran 6; Mount Union 2
Eight teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 32 combined points.
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