Photo by David Lucas, courtesy of Gettysburg Athletics.
2018 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – May 29, 2018
Gettysburg College (21-2) reclaimed the number one ranking in the final Division III Coaches Poll of the season, collecting all 25 first-place votes after winning their back-to-back NCAA Championships by defeating Middlebury College 11-9. The Panthers (20-3) end the season ranked second in the poll. The College of New Jersey (20-3), Salisbury (21-2), and Amherst (17-3) round out the top five teams in the final poll.
Franklin & Marshall (18-5) and York (15-5) are tied for sixth, while Trinity (13-7) finished eighth, Bowdoin (14-6) is ninth, and Mary Washington (17-5) claims the final spot in the top ten. Colorado College (15-5) ends up claiming the 20th spot in the poll after previously being unranked, and Denison (17-3), who was also unranked, lands at number 25.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Gettysburg |
625 |
25 |
21-2 |
3 |
2 |
Middlebury |
600 |
0 |
20-3 |
4 |
3 |
TCNJ |
570 |
0 |
20-3 |
1 |
4 |
Salisbury |
555 |
0 |
21-2 |
2 |
5 |
Amherst |
493 |
0 |
17-3 |
6 |
T-6 |
Franklin & Marshall |
487 |
0 |
18-5 |
7 |
T-6 |
York (PA) |
487 |
0 |
15-5 |
8 |
8 |
Trinity (CT) |
473 |
0 |
13-7 |
11 |
9 |
Bowdoin |
412 |
0 |
14-6 |
9 |
10 |
Mary Washington |
411 |
0 |
17-5 |
5 |
11 |
Wesleyan (CT) |
323 |
0 |
12-7 |
15 |
12 |
Tufts |
310 |
0 |
13-5 |
13 |
13 |
Washington and Lee |
308 |
0 |
16-5 |
10 |
14 |
Catholic |
302 |
0 |
15-7 |
14 |
15 |
Messiah |
235 |
0 |
15-4 |
12 |
16 |
SUNY Cortland |
226 |
0 |
16-5 |
17 |
17 |
William Smith |
222 |
0 |
15-5 |
16 |
18 |
St. John Fisher |
174 |
0 |
17-3 |
18 |
19 |
Rowan |
167 |
0 |
14-4 |
21 |
20 |
Colorado College |
142 |
0 |
15-5 |
NR |
21 |
Colby |
107 |
0 |
9-7 |
19 |
22 |
Ithaca |
95 |
0 |
14-5 |
20 |
23 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
93 |
0 |
18-2 |
22 |
24 |
Stevens |
91 |
0 |
14-6 |
23 |
25 |
Denison |
60 |
0 |
17-3 |
NR |
This is the final IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll of the 2018 season.