Photo by Keith Lucas, courtesy of Gettysburg Athletics.
2018 IWLCA Division III Pre-Season Poll – January 29, 2018
The IWLCA Division III Coaches Pre-Season Poll is topped by 2017 NCAA National Champion Gettysburg College, who claimed 19 of the 25 available first place votes. The Bullets narrowly edged out #2 TCNJ in the rankings after doing the same in last year’s Championship game, a 6-5 defensive battle that saw Gettysburg claim its second NCAA title in program history. Washington and Lee, Trinity, and Middlebury comprise the remainder of the top five in the pre-season poll after going deep in the NCAA tournament last year. Checking in at numbers six through ten are William Smith, Franklin & Marshall, York, Salisbury, and Colby. The NESCAC is again the top conference in Division III with seven teams ranked in the pre-season Top 25, including Hamilton (#12), Tufts (#19), Wesleyan (#20), and Bowdoin (#23), who join the Top 10 peers (Trinity, Middlebury, and Colby).
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
2017 Record |
1 |
Gettysburg |
618 |
19 |
21-3 |
2 |
TCNJ |
605 |
6 |
19-2 |
3 |
Washington and Lee |
559 |
0 |
19-2 |
4 |
Trinity (CT) |
533 |
0 |
17-5 |
5 |
Middlebury |
519 |
0 |
16-5 |
6 |
William Smith |
482 |
0 |
20-2 |
7 |
Franklin & Marshall |
472 |
0 |
17-5 |
8 |
York (PA) |
452 |
0 |
16-4 |
9 |
Salisbury |
434 |
0 |
16-6 |
10 |
Colby |
397 |
0 |
15-4 |
11 |
Ithaca |
323 |
0 |
14-5 |
12 |
Hamilton |
314 |
0 |
12-6 |
13 |
Messiah |
311 |
0 |
16-3 |
14 |
Catholic |
302 |
0 |
14-5 |
15 |
SUNY Brockport |
282 |
0 |
16-3 |
16 |
SUNY Cortland |
255 |
0 |
14-5 |
17 |
Mary Washington |
219 |
0 |
15-6 |
18 |
St. John Fisher |
207 |
0 |
15-5 |
19 |
Tufts |
168 |
0 |
10-6 |
20 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
167 |
0 |
11-6 |
21 |
Colorado College |
125 |
0 |
15-5 |
22 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
86 |
0 |
16-2 |
23 |
Bowdoin |
62 |
0 |
10-6 |
24 |
Denison |
41 |
0 |
15-4 |
25 |
Stevens |
35 |
0 |
13-5 |
RV |
Amherst |
|
|
6-9 |
RV |
Muhlenberg |
|
|
13-4 |
The 2018 Coaches Poll has been expanded to include 25 teams in all three NCAA Divisions this year in order to more accurately reflect the growth of the game at the collegiate level in recent years. The first Division III regular season poll for the 2018 season will be published on February 26.