Wittenberg retains their #1 rankings in this week’s AVCA Division III rankings with 55 first-place votes ahead of Colorado College who has 12 first-place nods. Southwestern (TX) moved up two spots this week into the #3 position while Calvin worked their way up into the top-five at #4. Trinity (TX) fell back from #3 into the #5 position.
Carnegie-Mellon jumped ahead to the #6 ranking this week from the #10 position. Wisconsin-Whitewater also moved up to #7 from #9.
Johnson & Wales remain undefeated along with Wittenberg, moving up to #14 from #16 in this week’s poll.
Falling back this week is Emory who held the #4 spot in last weeks rankings but dropped back to #10. Illinois Wesleyan and Chicago also fell back to #18 and #17 after holding the #12 and #13 spots, respectively.
Washington-St. Louis moved up seven positions to #20 in this week’s rankings.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS RANKING |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wittenberg (55) | 1663 | 16-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Colorado College (12) | 1617 | 22-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Southwestern (TX) | 1491 | 22-3 | 5 |
| 4 | Calvin | 1389 | 19-3 | 6 |
| 5 | Trinity (TX) | 1377 | 21-4 | 3 |
| 6 | Carnegie-Mellon | 1249 | 22-1 | 10 |
| 7 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1214 | 18-3 | 9 |
| 8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1197 | 17-5 | 8 |
| 9 | Northwestern (MN) | 1087 | 26-4 | 7 |
| 10 | Emory | 1046 | 19-5 | 4 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 970 | 20-3 | 11 |
| 12 | Millikin | 807 | 20-6 | 14 |
| 13 | Washington-St. Louis | 717 | 18-6 | 20 |
| 14 | Johnson & Wales (RI) | 697 | 23-0 | 16 |
| 15 | MIT | 687 | 21-1 | 15 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins | 676 | 19-2 | 18 |
| 17 | Chicago | 626 | 19-5 | 13 |
| 18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 519 | 14-6 | 12 |
| 19 | Juniata | 416 | 17-6 | 17 |
| 20 | St. Thomas (MN) | 374 | 20-5 | 19 |
| 21 | Ohio Northern | 349 | 21-4 | 21 |
| 22 | Texas-Dallas | 296 | 18-4 | 22 |
| 23 | Christopher Newport | 281 | 19-3 | 23 |
| 24 | La Verne | 201 | 16-5 | 24 |
| 25 | Stevenson | 178 | 23-1 | 25 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Berry 140; Pacific Lutheran 85; Aurora 51; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 42; Cornell (Iowa) 39; Randolph-Macon 38; Scranton 35; Mary Hardin-Baylor 30; Otterbein 30; Wesleyan (Conn.) 30; Ithaca 16; Hope 11; Vassar 11; Carthage 10; Muskingum 9; Wisconsin-La Crosse 5; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4; Cal Lutheran 3; Mount Union 3; Tufts 2
Ten teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 56 combined points.
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