Kenyon Men and Denison Women Lead Division III into 2020
As 2019 comes to a close CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Division III Poll ranks the Kenyon men and Denison women number one. Kenyon defends their top spot while Denison women moved into first after being ranked second for two straight polls.
The Denison men hold steady at number two while Emory moves up one spot to number three in the polls. MIT breaks into the top five for the first time this year - they were 7th in October and 6th in November. John Hopkins rounds out the top five for the men,
On the women's side, Emory and Kenyon both jump one position to second and third, respectively. John Hopkins slides to fourth after being ranked number one in November. NYU men are back into the top five to finish out the decade.
You can find a complete list of the TYR Top 25 rankings at: cscaa.org/top25
The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition. The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media.The next poll is scheduled February 4th.
Division III Women
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Denison | 422 |
| 2 | 3 | Emory | 407 |
| 3 | 4 | Kenyon | 393 |
| 4 | 1 | Johns Hopkins | 370 |
| 5 | 7 | NYU | 360 |
| 6 | 9 | Tufts | 324 |
| 7 | 8 | Chicago | 314 |
| 8 | 12 | MIT | 307 |
| 9 | 6 | WashU | 292 |
| 10 | 5 | Williams | 263 |
| 11 | 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 257 |
| 12 | 10 | Carnegie Mellon | 243 |
| 13 | 13 | Pomona-Pitzer | 214 |
| 14 | 14 | Saint Kate's | 207 |
| 15 | 19 | Bates | 179 |
| 16 | 15 | Washington & Lee | 160 |
| 17 | 16 | Amherst | 159 |
| 18 | 18 | Case Western Reserve | 142 |
| 19 | 25 | SUNY Geneseo | 132 |
| 20 | 24 | Bowdoin | 93 |
| 21 | 20 | Calvin | 78 |
| 22 | 17 | Rowan | 71 |
| 23 | NR | Trinity (TX) | 55 |
| 24 | 22 | Birmingham Southern | 35 |
| 25 | NR | Wellesley | 21 |
Also Receiving Votes
Gettysburg (13), Franklin (7), Rhodes (4), Vassar (2)Division III Men
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kenyon | 419 |
| 2 | 2 | Denison | 406 |
| 3 | 4 | Emory | 399 |
| 4 | 6 | MIT | 371 |
| 5 | 3 | Johns Hopkins | 354 |
| 6 | 7 | NYU | 338 |
| 7 | 5 | WashU | 322 |
| 8 | 8 | Chicago | 292 |
| 9 | 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 272 |
| 10 | 9 | Carnegie Mellon | 266 |
| 11 | 11 | Williams | 258 |
| 12 | 10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 226 |
| 13 | 12 | Tufts | 220 |
| 14 | 17 | Rowan | 199 |
| 15 | 14 | Calvin | 187 |
| 16 | 20 | TCNJ | 175 |
| 17 | 19 | Amherst | 153 |
| 18 | 15 | John Carroll | 129 |
| 19 | 24 | Birmingham Southern | 111 |
| 20 | NR | Franklin & Marshall | 110 |
| 21 | 25 | Case Western Reserve | 94 |
| 22 | NR | Trinity (TX) | 67 |
| 23 | NR | Mary Washington | 42 |
| 24 | NR | UW-Stevens Point | 41 |
| 25 | NR | Gettysburg | 35 |
Also Receiving Votes
Hope (13), Coast Guard (10), Merchant Marine (5), RPI (4), Swarthmore (3), UW-EAU Claire (2), UW-LA Crosse (1), Colby (1)Regional Rankings
WOMEN:
CENTRAL: 1. Denison 2. Kenyon 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Case Western 6. Calvin 7. Franklin 8. Hope 9. Saint Thomas 10. Albion
NORTHEAST-NORTH: 1. New York University 2. Tufts 3. MIT 4. WIlliams 5. Bates 6. Amherst 7. Bowdoin 8. Wellesley 9. Vassar 10. Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Washington University (Mo) 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5.Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 6. Washington and Lee 7.Trinity University (TX) 8.Birmingham Southern 9. Mary Washington 10.Rhodes
NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 1.Carnegie Mellon 2, SUNY-Geneseo 3. Rowan 4. Gettysburg 5. Swarthmore 6. Rochester 7. RIT 8. Allegheny 9. Ithaca 10. TCNJ
MEN:
CENTRAL: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Calvin 5. Joh Carroll 6. Case Western 7. UW-Stevens Point 8. Hope 9. Carthage 10. Wabash
NORTHEAST-NORTH: 1. MIT 2. New York University 3. Williams 4. Tufts 5. Amherst 6. RPI 7. Colby 8. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 9. U.S. Merchant Marine 10. Babson
WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Washington University (Mo) 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 6. Birmingham Southern 7. Trinity University (TX) 8. Mary Washington 9. Washington & Lee 10. California Lutheran
NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Rowan 3. TCNJ 4. Franklin & Marshall 5.Gettysburg 6. Stevens 7.SUNY-Geneseo 8. Swarthmore 9. RIT 10. Rochester
Women's Poll Committee
Jake Taber, Hope (Chair); Meg Sission French, MIT (Chair of NE-N); Dean Brownlee, Centre O(Chair of MWSW); Justin Zook, Saint Catherine's (Chair of Central); Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall (Chair NE-S); Shannon O'Brien, RPI; Bob Rueppel, Middlebury; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Chris Mhyre, Puget Sound; Cori Meyette, Pomona-Pitzer; Jason Webber, Chicago; Jay Daniels, Kalamazoo; Anne Ryder, UWEC; Melissa Gates, Elizabethtown; Paul Waas, Catholic; Andy Eaton, Franklin & Marshall
Men's Poll Committee
Sean Tedesco, USMMA (Chair); Paul Bennett, WPI (Chair of NE-N); Jean-Paul Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer (Chair of MWSW); Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman (Chair of Central); Brad Bowser, Rowan (Chair of NE-S); Jason Webber, Chicago; Mark Fino, John Carroll; Nick Stone, Albion; Eleanore Stevens, Wash U; Brent Summers, Willemette; Nate Harding, Redlands; Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Matt Emmert, Roger Williams; Peter Casares, Bates; Erica Belcher, Rowan; Pat Smith, Westminster; Michael Kroll, Buffalo State; David Dow, TCNJ; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseco
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