Three Top-25 Division III Schools Remain Unbeaten

  0 Carly DeMarque | October 05th, 2017 | College - Women's Indoor, NCAA D3, News, Rankings

Three teams in the top-25 remain undefeated so far this season – Wittenberg, Colorado College and Johnson & Wales (RI). Maintaining the top-two spots this week are Wittenberg and Colorado College with their unblemished records while Wittenberg receives 48 first-place votes and Colorado College 19. Trinity (TX) takes over #3 in this week’s rankings while Emory falls to #4.

Johnson & Wales make their way into the top-25 with their perfect record at #20, while Wisconsin-Stevens Points falls out of the top-25.

Chicago makes the largest jump in the rankings this week as they climb from #25 to #16. At #17 there is a three-way tie with MIT, Ohio Northern and St. Thomas (MN).

RANK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD PREVIOUS RANKING
1 Wittenberg (48) 1656 13-0 1
2 Colorado College (19) 1622 18-0 2
3 Trinity (TX) 1458 16-3 4
4 Emory 1370 14-2 3
5 Southwestern (TX) 1340 17-3 5
6 Calvin 1289 11-3 6
7 Northwestern (MN) 1197 19-3 8
8 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1141 11-5 9
9 Wisconsin-Whitewater 1101 12-3 7
10 Carnegie Mellon 922 18-1 10
11 Gustavus Adolphus 898 15-3 11
12 Juniata 779 12-4 13
13 Illinois Wesleyan 716 12-4 16
14 La Verne 673 12-2 15
15 Millikin 599 12-4 12
16 Chicago 579 15-3 25
T-17 MIT 519 17-1 14
T-17 Ohio Northern 519 16-3 19
T-17 St. Thomas (MN) 519 15-3 17
20 Johnson & Wales (RI) 405 16-0 NR
21 Washington-St. Louis 373 10-6 18
22 Texas-Dallas 332 12-4 20
23 Johns Hopkins 322 13-2 24
24 Christopher Newport 308 15-3 22
25 Hope 238 10-5 21

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 210; Wesleyan (Conn.) 85; Cornell (Iowa) 57; Pacific Lutheran 50; Bethel (Minn.) 49; Stevenson 49; Dubuque 46; Aurora 45; Randolph-Macon 40; Berry 39; Cal Lutheran 39; Scranton 29; Otterbein 23; Wisconsin-La Crosse 20; DePauw 17; Case Western 16; Mary Hardin-Baylor 14; Tufts 12; Baldwin-Wallace 10; Whittier 6; Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5; Muhlenberg 3; Wartburg 2

11 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 51 combined points.

Dropped Out: Wisconsin-Stevens Point 23

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Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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