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March 27, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 27, 2017
There is a new number one in the IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll this week, as Gettysburg (8-0) claims the top spot, sweeping all 20 first place votes. The College of New Jersey (4-0), Franklin & Marshall (6-1), and Washington and Lee (8-1) follow in the #2-4 spots. Middlebury (5-1) tumbles to #5 after an overtime loss to Bowdoin (6-1), who is the week’s biggest mover, jumping from #15 last week into the #8 spot in the current poll. Trinity (8-1) and York (5-2) each moved up one spot in the poll to #7 and #8 respectively, while Cortland (4-2) falls to #9 and Catholic (4-2) ties Ithaca in the tenth spot to round out the top half of the poll. The same teams as last week populate the #12 through #20 positions, thought the order keeps shuffling based on the previous week’s results.
There are several interesting top twenty match-ups on tap for this week, which begins with a bang on Monday night when TCNJ (#2) hosts #5 Middlebury. Brockport (#14) hosts #18 St. John Fisher, and Middlebury faces a second test against #3 Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday. New number one Gettysburg headlines Thursday’s action when they put their ranking on the line against #2 TCNJ, but the bulk of the big games will be played this weekend: Trinity (#6) visits Bowdoin (#8), Colby (#20) hosts Wesleyan (RV), Middlebury (#5) plays their third game of the week against #19 Amherst, and #18 St. John Fisher welcomes #T-10 Ithaca to town.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Gettysburg |
400 |
20 |
8-0 |
2 |
2 |
TCNJ |
357 |
4-0 |
3 |
|
3 |
Franklin & Marshall |
349 |
6-1 |
T-4 |
|
4 |
Washington and Lee |
344 |
8-1 |
T-4 |
|
5 |
Middlebury |
328 |
5-1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Trinity (CT) |
265 |
8-1 |
7 |
|
7 |
York (PA) |
261 |
5-2 |
8 |
|
8 |
Bowdoin |
244 |
6-1 |
15 |
|
9 |
SUNY Cortland |
223 |
4-2 |
6 |
|
T-10 |
Catholic |
207 |
4-2 |
9 |
|
T-10 |
Ithaca |
207 |
6-1 |
13 |
|
12 |
Messiah |
186 |
5-2 |
11 |
|
13 |
Salisbury |
179 |
7-3 |
10 |
|
14 |
Brockport |
176 |
6-0 |
12 |
|
15 |
William Smith |
121 |
6-1 |
17 |
|
16 |
Mary Washington |
90 |
7-4 |
16 |
|
17 |
Hamilton |
81 |
5-3 |
18 |
|
18 |
St. John Fisher |
47 |
3-2 |
14 |
|
19 |
Amherst |
39 |
3-3 |
T-19 |
|
20 |
Colby |
33 |
3-3 |
T-19 |
|
RV |
Wesleyan (CT) |
6-2 |
RV |
||
RV |
Stevens |
6-2 |
NR |
||
RV |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
7-1 |
RV |
The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on April 3.