The 2017 NCAA Men’s Division III champions, Springfield have topped the season-opening poll with 20 first-place votes ahead of Stevens who has earned 2 first-place nods. Stevens slide in front of the runners-up SUNY New Paltz who enters 2018 with the third place ranking while Vassar and NYU round out the top five.
Vassar was the season-ending #5 who moved up to #4 while NYU jumped up to #5 from #7. Wentworth, who finished 2017 with the #4 rank has fallen back to the #10 spot. Jumping up is Juniata to #6 from #10 while Kean and MIT move up two spots each to #11 and #12, respectively. Falling back significantly is Hunter from #8 to #13.
Marymount enters the top-15 tied at #14 with Mount St. Joseph.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | 2017 RECORD | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springfield (20) | 325 | 29-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Stevens (2) | 301 | 31-6 | 3 |
| 3 | SUNY New Paltz | 288 | 27-9 | 2 |
| 4 | Vassar | 241 | 26-8 | 5 |
| 5 | NYU | 210 | 18-10 | 7 |
| 6 | Juniata | 198 | 22-11 | 10 |
| 7 | Dominican | 169 | 26-3 | 6 |
| 8 | UC Santa Cruz | 161 | 14-5 | 9 |
| 9 | Carthage | 152 | 21-3 | 11 |
| 10 | Wentworth | 136 | 27-7 | 4 |
| 11 | Kean | 130 | 26-9 | 13 |
| 12 | MIT | 65 | 20-10 | 14 |
| 13 | Hunter | 49 | 27-7 | 8 |
| T-14 | Marymount | 45 | 19-10 | NR |
| T-14 | Mount St. Joseph | 45 | 21-7 | 14 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Lasell 34; Endicott 30; Eastern Mennonite 28; MSOE 9; Nazareth 9
Five teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 18 combined points.
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