Calvin (7-0) held down the No. 1 spot for the second straight week and received 54 of the 70 first place votes. Colorado College (8-0) checked in at No. 2 for the second straight week and garnered 13 first place votes.
Defending champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Wittenberg and Johnson & Wales (R.I.) rounded out the top five. CMS moved up a spot to No. 3 and earned one first place vote after a 4-0 weekend at Trinity University. Wittenberg dropped a spot to No. 4 but was picked first by two voters after a 2-1 showing at the ASICS Invitational. Johnson & Wales claimed the No. 5 spot, shifting up one place from last week with wins over Colby-Sawyer and St. Joseph (Conn.).
Just one team dropped out of the Top 10 as Illinois Wesleyan fell one spot from 10 to 11 despite rebounding from a midweek loss to Washington-St. Louis with three wins at the Holiday Inn Express Classic. Pacific Lutheran checked in at No. 10, up two places from last week’s No. 12 position with a 3-1 mark including a 3-0 loss to No. 2 Colorado College in the weekend finale.
Big moves happened beyond the top 10 however with Washington-St. Louis vaulting up seven spots from 19 to 12 and Thomas More leaping nine spots from 23 to 14 with an 8-0 mark. Wash U went 4-0 on the week at the Bear Invite, including a four-set win over then-No. 13 Carthage. The Bears will be tested this week, however, with matchups against No. 15 Cal Lutheran, No. 13 Juniata and No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
Thomas More went 4-0 on Week 2, topping Bluffton, Ohio Northern, Heidelberg and DePauw.
Falling in the rankings were Carthage (from 13 to 19) and Northwestern (Minn.) (from 14 to 21).
Newcomers on Week 2 were Christopher Newport (5-2) and Texas-Tyler (6-1).
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2018 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin (54) | 1731 | 7-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Colorado College (13) | 1678 | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1) | 1571 | 7-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Wittenberg (2) | 1472 | 5-1 | 3 |
| 5 | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | 1440 | 5-1 | 6 |
| 6 | Emory | 1319 | 7-1 | 8 |
| 7 | Trinity (Texas) | 1261 | 7-2 | 5 |
| 8 | Ithaca | 1249 | 5-1 | 7 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 1168 | 7-1 | 9 |
| 10 | Pacific Lutheran | 927 | 7-1 | 12 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 855 | 5-2 | 10 |
| 12 | Washington-St. Louis | 830 | 6-2 | 19 |
| 13 | Juniata | 735 | 3-3 | 15 |
| 14 | Thomas More | 673 | 8-0 | 23 |
| 15 | Cal Lutheran | 663 | 6-2 | 11 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 655 | 5-0 | 16 |
| 17 | Hope | 618 | 7-0 | 20 |
| 18 | MIT | 505 | 8-0 | 17 |
| 19 | Carthage | 499 | 5-3 | 13 |
| 20 | Ohio Northern | 395 | 6-2 | 18 |
| 21 | Northwestern (Minn.) | 390 | 5-3 | 14 |
| 22 | Christopher Newport | 349 | 5-2 | NR |
| 23 | Texas-Tyler | 218 | 6-1 | NR |
| 24 | Berry | 205 | 4-2 | 25 |
| 25 | Swarthmore | 166 | 7-1 | 22 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Chicago 141; Mary Hardin-Baylor 132; Texas-Dallas 103; Southwestern (Texas) 102; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 88; Muhlenberg 77; Millikin 60; Carnegie-Mellon 59; Augsburg 57; Wesleyan (Conn.) 53; Wisconsin-Whitewater 52; Chapman 51; St. Thomas (Minn.) 36; Clarkson 31; Wisconsin-La Crosse 29; Eastern 25; Stevens 22; Mary Washington 17; Aurora 9; Tufts 5; Marymount 4
Eleven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 21 combined points.
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