Gettysburg College (17-1) returned to the top spot in the Division III Coaches Poll after avenging their regular season loss to Franklin & Marshall (15-4) by defeating them in the Centennial Conference Championship game, 16-6. Last week's number one team, Washington and Lee (17-2) drops one position in the rankings, while Middlebury (17-1) holds in the third spot. The Panthers claimed the NESCAC title by defeating Tufts (16-2) by a 10-9 score, and despite the loss, the Jumbos move up to fourth. Franklin & Marshall drops to fifth, York (15-5) won the CAC title and moved up to the sixth position, with a 13-11 defeat of Salisbury (16-3), who dropped to seventh in the poll. Wesleyan (14-3) sits in the eighth spot, Mary Washington (15-4) is ninth, and Catholic (15-4) rounds out the top ten.
The NCAA Division III Championship Tournament gets underway next weekend as 42 teams will vie for the 2019 title, including most of the top twenty-five.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Gettysburg |
609 |
9 |
17-1 |
2 |
2 |
Washington and Lee |
607 |
14 |
17-2 |
1 |
3 |
Middlebury |
583 |
2 |
17-1 |
3 |
4 |
Tufts |
527 |
0 |
16-2 |
5 |
5 |
Franklin & Marshall |
525 |
0 |
15-4 |
4 |
6 |
York (PA) |
507 |
0 |
15-5 |
8 |
7 |
Salisbury |
479 |
0 |
16-3 |
6 |
8 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
456 |
0 |
14-3 |
7 |
9 |
Mary Washington |
410 |
0 |
15-4 |
9 |
10 |
Catholic |
399 |
0 |
15-4 |
10 |
11 |
St. John Fisher |
373 |
0 |
18-1 |
12 |
12 |
Amherst |
346 |
0 |
12-5 |
11 |
13 |
William Smith |
324 |
0 |
17-2 |
14 |
14 |
Bowdoin |
299 |
0 |
9-7 |
13 |
15 |
TCNJ |
272 |
0 |
13-5 |
16 |
16 |
Colby |
257 |
0 |
9-6 |
15 |
17 |
Trinity (CT) |
204 |
0 |
9-7 |
17 |
18 |
University of Scranton |
200 |
0 |
16-3 |
18 |
19 |
Colorado College |
183 |
0 |
17-1 |
19 |
20 |
Ithaca |
137 |
0 |
13-6 |
21 |
21 |
Brockport |
133 |
0 |
15-4 |
NR |
T-22 |
SUNY Cortland |
67 |
0 |
11-6 |
20 |
T-22 |
SUNY Geneseo |
67 |
0 |
14-5 |
23 |
24 |
Dickinson |
52 |
0 |
11-6 |
22 |
25 |
Washington College |
38 |
0 |
12-6 |
24 |
The final 2019 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll will be published on May 28.