Two New Number Ones and Six Debuts for the DIII Polls

tyr top 25 Division III polls put kenyon men and hopkins women on top.

TYR Top 25 Dual meet poll for Division III has been released.  The Kenyon men and Johns Hopkins women are ranked in the top spot. Both were ranked number two in the preseason poll last month.

The Men’s Committee unanimously picked Kenyon and Denison as number one and two, respectively. John Hopkins and Emory flipped positions from the preseason poll as Hopkins comes in at third and Emory is fourth this time around. WashU men keeps their preseason ranking to round out the top five spots on the men's side. 

Johns Hopkins tallied ten of the number one votes in the women's poll giving them the top ranking. With three number one votes going to the Denison ladies, they hold the second position. Emory is third after opening the season number one. Kenyon and Williams both slide one position to take the 4th and 5th rankings, respectively. 
 
The November polls includes six newcomers. Gustavus at 21st and Case Western Reserve at 25th for the men. Case Western Reserve women also climb into the polls at 18th. Swarthmore and Mary Washington share the 21st position on the women's poll. Rhodes ladies are are represented for the first time at number 23rd. 

The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition. The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches. The next scheduled release is December 11th. 

cscaa.org/top25

Division III Women

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	6	Johns Hopkins	321
2	2	Denison	307
3	1	Emory	304
4	3	Kenyon	285
5	4	Williams	256
6	10	WashU	250
7	5	NYU	240
8	7	Chicago	235
9	8	Tufts	219
10	17	Carnegie Mellon	207
11	15	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	199
12	9	MIT	186
13	13	Pomona-Pitzer	160
14	11	Saint Kate's	157
15	12	Amherst	155
16	19	Washington & Lee	125
17	23	Rowan	112
18	NR	Case Western Reserve	96
19	16	Bates	85
20	17	Calvin	73
21	NR	Swarthmore	64
22	NR	Mary Washington	64
23	NR	Rhodes	36
24	22	Bowdoin	27
25	14	SUNY Geneseo	22

Also receiving votes: Albion (18), Ursinus (9), Trinity (TX) (4), Carthage (3), Wheaton (MA)/ Wellesley (2), Trinity (CT)/ Gettysburg (1)

Division III Men

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	2	Kenyon	375
2	1	Denison	360
3	4	Johns Hopkins	343
4	3	Emory	331
5	5	WashU	312
6	7	MIT	299
7	16	NYU	272
8	6	Chicago	270
9	8	Carnegie Mellon	256
10	9	Pomona-Pitzer	254
11	10	Williams	206
12	11	Tufts	190
13	19	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	189
14	15	Calvin	185
15	17	John Carroll	165
16	14	Swarthmore	126
17	18	Rowan	120
18	12	Coast Guard	110
19	13	Amherst	106
20	22	TCNJ	95
21	NR	Gustavus	59
22	21	Merchant Marine	33
23	25	SUNY Geneseo	28
24	24	Birmingham Southern	27
25	NR	Case Western Reserve	21

Also Receiving Votes: Franklin & Marshall (15), Trinity (TX) (8), RPI (6), Carthage (4)

Regional Rankings

WOMEN:

CENTRAL: 
1. Denison 
2. Kenyon 
3. Chicago 
4. Saint Catherine
 5. Case Western 
6. Calvin 
7. Albion
 8. Carthage
 9. DePauw 10. Saint Thomas

NORTHEAST-NORTH: 
1. Williams
 2. New York University
 3. Tufts 
4. MIT 
5. Amherst 
6. Bates 
7. Bowdoin 
8. Wellesley 
9. Connecticut College
 10. Wheaton College (Massachusetts)


WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 
1. Johns Hopkins 
2. Emory 
3. Washington University (Mo)
 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
 5. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
 6. Washington and Lee 7. Mary Washington 
8. Rhodes
 9. Trinity (TX)
 10. Birmingham Southern
 


NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 
1.Carnegie Mellon 2. Rowan 3. Swarthmore 4. SUNY-Geneseo 5. Ursinus
 6. Gettysburg
 7. Ithaca 
 8. Franklin & Marshall 9. Allegheny 10.RIT

MEN:

CENTRAL: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Calvin 5. John Carroll 6. Gustavus Adolphus 7. Case Western 8. Carthage 9. UW-Stevens Point 10. DePauw

NORTHEAST-NORTH: 1. MIT 2. New York University 3. Williams 4. Tufts 5. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 6. Amherst 7. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 8. RPI 9. Babson 10. Bowdoin

WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 
1. Johns Hopkins 
2. Emory 
3. Washington University (Mo)
 4. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
 5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
 6. Birmingham Southern 7.Trinity (TX) 8. Washington & Lee 9. California Lutheran
 10. UC-Santa Cruz

NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 
1.Carnegie Mellon 2. Swarthmore
 3. Rowan 
 4. TCNJ
 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. Franklin & Marshall 7. Gettysburg 8. Stevens 
9.Ithaca 10. Ursinus

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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