There were tons of changes made to the AVCA Division III Coaches Rankings this week, but Wittenberg escaped the week by remaining #1 in the country with an 11-0 record.
Scooting up to #2 this week in Colorado College while Emory and Trinity (TX) each moved up a spot to #3 and #4, respectively. Southwestern (TX) fell from #2 to #5 after posting a loss in the week.
Wisconsin-Whitewater moved up to #7 from #11, joining the top-10 along with Northwestern (MN) at #8 from #12 and Carnegie-Mellon from #13 to #10. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps moved back to #9 after being at #7 last week. Falling out of the top-10 were Mikkikin and Juniata who fell to #12 and #13 from #8 and #9, respectively.
St. Thomas broke the top-20, jumping to #17 from #21 along with Ohio Northern from #22 to #19.
Joining this week’s top-25 is Johns Hopkins at #24 and Chicago at #25. Falling out of the rankings are Cal Luthern and Cornell (Iowa).
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS RANKING |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wittenberg (58) | 1666 | 11-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Colorado College (9) | 1594 | 14-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Emory | 1511 | 11-1 | 4 |
| 4 | Trinity (TX) | 1469 | 13-2 | 5 |
| 5 | Southwestern (TX) | 1377 | 14-1 | 2 |
| 6 | Calvin | 1286 | 10-3 | 6 |
| 7 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1121 | 10-3 | 11 |
| 8 | Northwestern (MN) | 1099 | 14-3 | 12 |
| 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1072 | 9-5 | 7 |
| 10 | Carnegie-Mellon | 1036 | 16-0 | 13 |
| 11 | Gustavus Adolphus | 832 | 13-3 | 10 |
| 12 | Millikin | 821 | 11-3 | 8 |
| 13 | Juniata | 770 | 9-4 | 9 |
| 14 | MIT | 722 | 14-0 | 15 |
| 15 | La Verne | 678 | 9-2 | 14 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 637 | 11-4 | 19 |
| 17 | St. Thomas (MN) | 496 | 13-2 | 21 |
| 18 | Washington-St. Louis | 479 | 8-5 | 18 |
| 19 | Ohio Northern | 447 | 14-3 | 22 |
| 20 | Texas-Dallas | 388 | 11-4 | 16 |
| 21 | Hope | 338 | 10-5 | 20 |
| 22 | Christopher Newport | 290 | 12-3 | 24 |
| 23 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 259 | 14-5 | 17 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins | 243 | 10-2 | NR |
| 25 | Chicago | 190 | 11-3 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Johnson & Wales (RI) 125; Bethel (Minn.) 105; Chapman 89; Cal Lutheran 73; Pacific Lutheran 60; Stevens 57; Stevenson 49; Aurora 40; Wisconsin-La Crosse 39; Dubuque 38; Berry 36; Cornell (Iowa) 33; Wesleyan (Conn.) 29; Scranton 26; Randolph-Macon 23; Mary Hardin-Baylor 18; Mount Union 18; Luther 16; Tufts 12; Otterbein 9; Springfield 6; Whittier 6; Mary Washington 5; Wisconsin-Oshkosh 5
Ten teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 37 combined points.
Dropped Out: No. 23 Cal Lutheran; No. 25 Cornell (Iowa)
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