Washington and Lee (15-2) again claimed the top spot in the Division III Coaches Poll, grabbing 18 first-place votes. The entire top-ten held their rankings and no new teams entered the poll in the final week before the NCAA selections are announced. Gettysburg (15-1), Middlebury (15-1), Franklin & Marshall (14-3), and Tufts (15-1) round out the top five this week.
Conference tournaments should provide several top-25 clashes this week. In the Centennial Conference tournament, #2 Gettysburg is scheduled to face #24 Washington College in one semifinal, while #4 Franklin & Marshall could potentially face #22 Dickinson in the other semifinal if the Red Devils survive their first-round matchup. In the NESCAC, #2 Middlebury will face #11 Amherst and Tufts (#5) draws #7 Wesleyan in Saturday's semifinal matchups. The CAC semifinals feature #8 York squaring off with #9 Mary Washington, and #6 Salisbury against unranked Christopher Newport. A potential top-25 matchup between #20 Cortland and #23 Geneseo awaits in the SUNYAC championship on Sunday if both teams win their semifinal matchups on Friday, while a similar scenario could pit #14 William Smith against #21 Ithaca in the Liberty League Championship if both teams advance.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Washington and Lee |
613 |
18 |
15-2 |
1 |
2 |
Gettysburg |
597 |
2 |
15-1 |
2 |
3 |
Middlebury |
582 |
4 |
15-1 |
3 |
4 |
Franklin & Marshall |
543 |
0 |
14-3 |
4 |
5 |
Tufts |
533 |
1 |
15-1 |
5 |
6 |
Salisbury |
504 |
0 |
15-2 |
6 |
7 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
476 |
0 |
14-2 |
7 |
8 |
York (PA) |
448 |
0 |
13-5 |
8 |
9 |
Mary Washington |
421 |
0 |
15-3 |
9 |
10 |
Catholic |
386 |
0 |
13-4 |
10 |
11 |
Amherst |
382 |
0 |
12-4 |
11 |
12 |
St. John Fisher |
356 |
0 |
16-1 |
12 |
13 |
Bowdoin |
303 |
0 |
9-7 |
13 |
14 |
William Smith |
300 |
0 |
15-2 |
T-14 |
15 |
Colby |
282 |
0 |
9-6 |
T-14 |
16 |
TCNJ |
245 |
0 |
11-5 |
17 |
17 |
Trinity (CT) |
224 |
0 |
9-7 |
16 |
18 |
University of Scranton |
192 |
0 |
15-2 |
18 |
19 |
Colorado College |
178 |
0 |
17-1 |
19 |
20 |
SUNY Cortland |
147 |
0 |
11-5 |
20 |
21 |
Ithaca |
118 |
0 |
12-5 |
21 |
22 |
Dickinson |
89 |
0 |
11-5 |
22 |
23 |
SUNY Geneseo |
80 |
0 |
13-4 |
24 |
24 |
Washington College |
48 |
0 |
12-5 |
25 |
25 |
Bates |
38 |
0 |
8-8 |
23 |
The 2019 Coaches Poll will include 25 teams and be released weekly during the regular season. The final regular season poll for the 2019 season will be published on May 6.