Photo by Will Costello; courtesy of Middlebury Athletics Communications.
2020 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 2, 2020
Middlebury College (1-0) maintained its position atop the Division III Coaches Poll after opening the season with a 16-12 win over NESCAC rival Bowdoin College (0-1). Tufts (1-0) and Gettysburg (3-0) held strong in the second and third slot, while Franklin & Marshall (3-0) moved up to fourth. Wesleyan (1-0) stayed at #5, while Washington and Lee (3-1) moved into sixth after beating Salisbury (1-2), knocking them down to #7. York (1-1), Amherst (1-0) and Catholic (2-0) rounded out the top 10. SUNY Geneseo landed at #23 after receiving votes last week, marking the only new entrant to this week’s poll.
The top 25 teams in action this week include Wednesday’s matchup between #21 Denison and York (#8). Saturday’s games feature #18 Ithaca at #20 Brockport, #2 Tufts at #9 Amherst, and William Smith (#19) at York. Gettysburg (#3) visits #6 Washington and Lee on Sunday.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
|
1 |
Middlebury |
625 |
25 |
1-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Tufts |
596 |
0 |
1-0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Gettysburg |
574 |
0 |
3-0 |
3 |
|
4 |
Franklin & Marshall |
528 |
0 |
3-0 |
6 |
|
5 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
522 |
0 |
1-0 |
5 |
|
6 |
Washington and Lee |
495 |
0 |
3-1 |
8 |
|
7 |
Salisbury |
473 |
0 |
1-1 |
4 |
|
8 |
York (PA) |
466 |
0 |
1-1 |
7 |
|
9 |
Amherst |
430 |
0 |
1-0 |
9 |
|
10 |
Catholic |
395 |
0 |
2-0 |
10 |
|
11 |
TCNJ |
348 |
0 |
1-0 |
12 |
|
12 |
St. John Fisher |
336 |
0 |
0-0 |
11 |
|
13 |
Bowdoin |
314 |
0 |
0-1 |
13 |
|
14 |
Mary Washington |
276 |
0 |
2-2 |
14 |
|
15 |
Colorado College |
237 |
0 |
2-0 |
17 |
|
16 |
Trinity (CT) |
226 |
0 |
1-0 |
18 |
|
17 |
Colby |
215 |
0 |
0-1 |
16 |
|
18 |
Ithaca |
214 |
0 |
3-0 |
19 |
|
19 |
William Smith |
156 |
0 |
1-1 |
15 |
|
20 |
Brockport |
154 |
0 |
1-0 |
20 |
|
21 |
Denison |
125 |
0 |
1-2 |
21 |
|
22 |
SUNY Cortland |
85 |
0 |
0-1 |
22 |
|
23 |
SUNY Geneseo |
81 |
0 |
1-1 |
RV |
|
24 |
Messiah |
55 |
0 |
2-1 |
25 |
|
25 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
47 |
0 |
2-1 |
23 |
The IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll will be published every Monday throughout the 2020 regular season.