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2021 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 29, 2021
The top team in this week’s poll, Franklin & Marshall (1-0) collected 21 of 25 first-place votes to hold their ranking, as did the top nine teams in the Division III Coaches Poll. Tufts, Washington and Lee (6-0), Salisbury (7-0), and Gettysburg (2-0) round out the top five. Ithaca (4-0) is a new entrant into the top ten, while TCNJ (1-1) fell to the eleventh spot. The only new entrant to this week’s poll is Meredith College (5-1), while Roanoke (3-1), last week’s #25, dropped out, but continues to receive votes.
There are several Top-25 matchups on tap for this week, starting Wednesday, when #20 St. Mary’s visits #23 Christopher Newport and St. John Fisher (#9) travels to #22 Cortland. Friday’s lone game involving two ranked teams features #14 William Smith at #10 Ithaca. On Saturday, Christopher Newport takes on #4 Salisbury, #18 Mary Washington visits Roanoke (RV), Ithaca and William Smith play again, and Wesleyan (#6) makes the short trip to #17 Trinity. The only game on Sunday is a rematch between Trinity and Wesleyan.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Franklin & Marshall |
619 |
21 |
1-0 |
1 |
2 |
Tufts |
594 |
3 |
0-0 |
2 |
3 |
Washington and Lee |
573 |
0 |
6-0 |
3 |
4 |
Salisbury |
559 |
1 |
7-0 |
4 |
5 |
Gettysburg |
528 |
0 |
2-0 |
5 |
6 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
495 |
0 |
0-0 |
6 |
7 |
York (PA) |
481 |
0 |
5-0 |
7 |
8 |
Catholic |
443 |
0 |
1-0 |
8 |
9 |
St. John Fisher |
426 |
0 |
5-0 |
9 |
10 |
Ithaca |
381 |
0 |
4-0 |
11 |
11 |
TCNJ |
375 |
0 |
1-1 |
10 |
12 |
Colby |
343 |
0 |
0-0 |
12 |
13 |
Denison |
312 |
0 |
4-0 |
14 |
14 |
William Smith |
284 |
0 |
2-1 |
15 |
15 |
SUNY Geneseo |
281 |
0 |
1-0 |
16 |
16 |
Brockport |
236 |
0 |
1-2 |
13 |
17 |
Trinity (CT) |
226 |
0 |
2-0 |
18 |
18 |
Mary Washington |
208 |
0 |
2-3 |
17 |
19 |
Messiah |
156 |
0 |
7-0 |
21 |
20 |
St. Mary's (MD) |
154 |
0 |
3-1 |
20 |
21 |
Colorado College |
144 |
0 |
0-1 |
19 |
22 |
SUNY Cortland |
94 |
0 |
3-1 |
22 |
23 |
Christopher Newport |
61 |
0 |
5-3 |
25 |
24 |
Lynchburg |
34 |
0 |
3-3 |
23 |
25 |
Meredith |
33 |
0 |
5-1 |
NR |
RV |
Roanoke |
3-1 |
24 |
The IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll is published on Mondays throughout the regular season.