Photo courtesy Franklin & Marshall Athletic Communications.
April 3, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – April 3, 2017
For the second week in a row, the IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll features a new number one: Franklin & Marshall (8-1) collected ten first place votes to land at the top of Division III. The College of New Jersey (5-1), who lost to Middlebury and beat Gettysburg last week, lands in second place after collecting eight first-place votes. Washington and Lee (9-1) collected two first-place votes and claims the third spot, while Middlebury (7-2) and Gettysburg (8-2) round out the top five. Trinity, York, Bowdoin, and Cortland maintain their rankings in the six through nine positions, while Ithaca jumps a spot to land in the top ten. In the bottom half of the poll, Muhlenburg (7-1) makes its 2017 poll debut at #20 after beating Gettysburg, last week’s number one team.
This week’s top twenty action kicks off with Stevens (RV) visiting #2 TCNJ, William Smith (#14) hosting #10 Ithaca, and York (#7) welcoming Catholic (#11) on Tuesday. Top-ranked F&M hosts #5 Gettysburg, and #15 Hamilton tangles with #4 Middlebury on Wednesday, while the weekend’s action includes #19 Colby at Amherst (RV), and #11 Catholic at #16 Mary Washington.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Franklin & Marshall |
385 |
10 |
8-1 |
3 |
2 |
TCNJ |
374 |
8 |
5-1 |
2 |
3 |
Washington and Lee |
354 |
2 |
9-1 |
4 |
4 |
Middlebury |
344 |
7-2 |
5 |
|
5 |
Gettysburg |
313 |
8-2 |
1 |
|
6 |
Trinity (CT) |
310 |
9-1 |
6 |
|
7 |
York (PA) |
277 |
8-2 |
7 |
|
8 |
Bowdoin |
257 |
6-2 |
8 |
|
9 |
SUNY Cortland |
239 |
5-2 |
9 |
|
10 |
Ithaca |
221 |
8-1 |
11 |
|
11 |
Catholic |
204 |
6-2 |
10 |
|
12 |
Messiah |
186 |
7-2 |
12 |
|
13 |
Salisbury |
165 |
9-3 |
13 |
|
14 |
William Smith |
139 |
8-1 |
15 |
|
15 |
Hamilton |
87 |
6-3 |
17 |
|
16 |
Mary Washington |
86 |
9-4 |
16 |
|
17 |
Brockport |
78 |
7-1 |
14 |
|
18 |
St. John Fisher |
70 |
4-3 |
18 |
|
19 |
Colby |
35 |
5-3 |
20 |
|
20 |
Muhlenberg |
33 |
7-1 |
NR |
|
RV |
Amherst |
15 |
4-4 |
19 |
|
RV |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
13 |
9-1 |
RV |
|
RV |
Stevens |
11 |
8-2 |
RV |
The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on April 3.