Queens Men and Drury Women Maintain Top Spots

The results of the third Division II Poll are in. Queens University of Charlotte men and the Drury women have kept their number one spots.  Though the two programs continued to lead their respective polls, both saw their leads dwindle, thus setting up a showdown for the NCAA Division II Championships in March

In the men's poll, the defending NCAA Champion Royals maintained a seven-point lead over Drury.  Delta State and Lindenwood both made leaps into the top four, moving up nine and seven spots respectively.  Grand Valley dropped one to fifth while Indianapolis fell three to sixth.  Oklahoma Baptist, Northern Michigan, Cal Baptist and Colorado Mesa rounded out the top ten. 

In the women's poll Drury maintained a two point lead over Queens University of Charlotte.  Nova Southeastern moved up three spots to third.  Lindenwood made the biggest jump in the poll, leaping fifteen spots to number four.  Tampa rose five spots to number five.  Rounding out the top ten women's team were Indianapolis, West Chester, Northern Michigan and West Florida.

The CSCAA / TYR Top 25 aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.  The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches.   This is the final Division II dual meet poll of the season.

Division II Men

Division II Women

Rank Previous Team Points
1 1 Drury 148
2 2 Queens (NC) 146
3 6 Nova Southeastern 138
4 19 Lindenwood 132
5 10 Tampa 123
6 3 UC San Diego 120
7 4 Indianapolis 114
8 5 West Chester 106
9 7 Northern Michigan 99
10 9 West Florida 91
10 8 Fresno Pacific 88
12 10 Colorado Mesa 71
13 14 Cal Baptist 70
14 13 Wingate 64
14 12 Grand Valley 64
16 23 Delta State 57
17 18 Minnesota State 51
18 NR Florida Southern 46
19 16 Carson-Newman 45
20 14 Truman State 44
21 21 Cal State East Bay 33
21 24 Wayne State 22
23 21 LIU Post 21
24 17 Oklahoma Baptist 16
25 20 Findlay 14

Also receiving votes:
Bloomsburg (13), Saint Cloud State (4), Mines (4), Azusa Pacific (3), Saint Leo (2), Concordia-Irvine (1)
Rank Previous Team Points
1 1 Queens (NC) 175
2 2 Drury 168
3 12 Delta State 160
4 11 Lindenwood 153
5 4 Grand Valley 145
6 3 Indianapolis 140
7 7 Oklahoma Baptist 126
8 5 Northern Michigan 121
9 8 Cal Baptist 110
10 6 Colorado Mesa 104
10 15 Saint Leo 104
12 17 Nova Southeastern 99
13 19 Florida Southern 95
14 9 Wingate 85
15 10 Florida Tech 80
16 13 UC San Diego 64
17 25 Tampa 63
17 14 Carson-Newman 63
19 24 Missouri S&T 47
20 21 West Chester 43
21 16 Emmanuel 36
22 20 Truman State 28
23 18 McKendree 27
24 23 Limestone 17
25 22 Fresno Pacific 15

Also receiving votes:
Simon Fraser (6), Bridgeport (1)

Poll Committee

Kyle Berg, Rollins; Josh Christensen, Fresno Pacific; Justin Hastings, Colorado Mesa; Jason Hite, Indianapolis; John Long, Queens; Noah Moran, Tiffin; Chris Villa, Indiana (PA); Kyle Almoney, Millersville; Jeff Boss, Concordia Irvine; Liam Donnelly, Simon Fraser; Andrew Hancock, West Florida; James Kiner, Tampa; Jon MacColl, Sioux Falls; Paul Schiffel, Lenoir Rhyne

 

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