Kenyon and Denison Stay Atop Division III Poll
There was no change atop the CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Division III Poll. It was the final tally in advance of the conference championship season The Kenyon College women and Denison University men gathered the most votes to lead their respective polls.
The Kenyon women maintained their top ranking in the Division III poll over Emory University. Emory topped the first two polls of the season but have now fallen to 10 points behind Kenyon . On the men's side, the top 5 places have remained the same with Denison, Kenyon, and Emory keeping their spots in the top 3 for the entire season. The WashU men made an impressive 2 spot jump up to 6th place.
The national leaders were naturally number one in the Central Region. Carnegie Mellon led the women's Northeast South while Emory led both the men's and women's West-Midwest-South Region. In the Northeast North Region, the Williams women and MIT men led the way.
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and aim to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.
DIII Men
DIII Women
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kenyon | 269 |
| 2 | 2 | Emory | 259 |
| 3 | 3 | Denison | 255 |
| 4 | 6 | Williams | 240 |
| 5 | 4 | Johns Hopkins | 237 |
| 6 | 10 | Amherst | 213 |
| 7 | 8 | MIT | 190 |
| 8 | 5 | NYU | 187 |
| 9 | 11 | Carnegie Mellon | 185 |
| 10 | 9 | Chicago | 184 |
| 11 | 7 | WashU | 181 |
| 12 | 12 | Washington & Lee | 138 |
| 13 | NR | Conn College | 134 |
| 14 | 21 | SUNY Geneseo | 124 |
| 15 | 15 | Pomona-Pitzer | 109 |
| 16 | 16 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 95 |
| 17 | 19 | Ursinus | 79 |
| 18 | NR | Bowdoin | 71 |
| 19 | NR | Franklin | 70 |
| 20 | 13 | Calvin | 66 |
| 21 | 17 | Saint Thomas | 60 |
| 22 | 22 | Bates | 51 |
| 23 | 18 | Case Western Reserve | 42 |
| 24 | 14 | Tufts | 37 |
| 25 | 24 | Rowan | 34 |
RPI (16), Middlebury (12), Ithaca (9), UW-Eau Claire (8), UW-La Crosse (7), Mary Washington (5), Rochester/Trinity (TX) (3), Carthage (2)
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denison | 272 |
| 2 | 2 | Kenyon | 263 |
| 3 | 3 | Emory | 254 |
| 4 | 4 | MIT | 239 |
| 5 | 5 | Johns Hopkins | 237 |
| 6 | 8 | WashU | 208 |
| 7 | 6 | NYU | 199 |
| 8 | 7 | Chicago | 195 |
| 9 | 13 | Tufts | 180 |
| 9 | 10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 180 |
| 11 | 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 166 |
| 12 | 12 | Carnegie Mellon | 163 |
| 13 | 11 | Amherst | 154 |
| 14 | 14 | Rowan | 129 |
| 15 | 17 | Williams | 116 |
| 16 | 15 | UW-Stevens Point | 109 |
| 17 | NR | Case Western | 89 |
| 18 | 19 | Carthage | 75 |
| 19 | NR | Stevens | 66 |
| 20 | 16 | TCNJ | 58 |
| 21 | 18 | DePauw | 48 |
| 22 | 20 | Coast Guard | 45 |
| 23 | 24 | Saint Thomas | 44 |
| 24 | NR | Wabash | 21 |
| 25 | 22 | WPI | 16 |
Also receiving votes:
Washington & Lee (12), Swathmore (11), SUNY Geneseo (7), Trinity (TX) (5), Birmingham Southern (3), Rose-Hulman (1)
Regional Rankings
Women
Central
| 1 | Kenyon |
| 2 | Denison |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | Franklin |
| 5 | Calvin |
| 6 | Saint Thomas |
| 7 | Case Western |
| 8 | Carthage |
| 9 | Hope |
| 10 | Albion |
Northeast North
| 1 | Williams |
| 2 | Amherst |
| 3 | MIT |
| 4 | NYU |
| 5 | Conn College |
| 6 | Bowdoin |
| 7 | Bates |
| 8 | Tufts |
| 9 | RPI |
| 10 | Wheaton College |
Northeast South
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2 | SUNY-Geneseo |
| 3 | Ursinus |
| 4 | Rowan |
| 5 | Rochester |
| 6 | Susquehanna |
| 7 | Swathmore |
| 8 | Stevens |
| 9 | Gettysburg |
| 10 | Ithaca |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins |
| 3 | Washington University (Mo) |
| 4 | Washington and Lee |
| 5 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| 6 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 7 | Mary Washington |
| 8 | Trinity University (TX) |
| 9 | Birmingham Southern |
| 10 | Rhodes |
Men
Central
| 1 | Denison |
| 2 | Kenyon |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | UW-Stevens Point |
| 5 | Case Western |
| 6 | Carthage |
| 7 | DePauw |
| 8 | Saint Thomas |
| 9 | Wabash |
| 10 | Rose-Hulman |
Northeast North
| 1 | MIT |
| 2 | NYU |
| 3 | Tufts |
| 4 | Amerst |
| 5 | Williams |
| 6 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 7 | WPI |
| 8 | RPI |
| 9 | Bates |
| 10 | Conn College |
Northeast South
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2 | Rowan |
| 3 | Stevens |
| 4 | TCNJ |
| 5 | SUNY-Geneseo |
| 6 | Swathmore |
| 7 | Gettysburg |
| 8 | Westminster |
| 9 | Grove City |
| 10 | Nazareth |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins |
| 3 | Washington University (Mo) |
| 4 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 6 | Washington and Lee |
| 7 | Trinity University (TX) |
| 8 | Birmingham Southern |
| 9 | Whitworth |
| 10 | Occidental |
Women's Poll Committee
Jake Taber, Albion (Chair); Will Bernhardt, Wittenberg; Dean Brownley, Centre; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Paul Hughes, Caltech; Charlie King, UW-La Crosse; Dani Korman, MIT; Kirk Kumbier, Allegheny; Meg Sisson, Pomona-Pitzer; Carlos Vega, Trinity (CT); Vanessa Williamson, Bates
Men's Poll Committee
Sean Tedesco, USMMA (Chair); Justin Anderson, Frostburg State; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Jon Carlson, Gustavus; Karin Colby, Swarthmore; David Dow, Williams; Jean-Paul Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer; Kyle McNellis, NYU; Brent Noble, Wabash; Adam Schneider, TCNJ; Steve Webb, Occidental; Jason Weber, Chicago .
About the CSCAA
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