NFCA Division III Top 25 - FINAL POLL - May 29, 2013

[jonriv]

https://nfca.org//index.php/front-page- ... n-iii-poll

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll is voted on by eight NCAA Division III head coaches representing the eight NCAA regions. 2013 records are shown. First place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 46-3 200 7
2 Salisbury 42-4 190 1
3 Texas-Tyler 47-6 180 5
4 Montclair State 46-5 173 3
5 Cortland State 35-17 167
6 Luther 33-11 158 18
7 Central (Iowa) 32-10 136 16
8 Trine 38-5 135 2
9 East Texas Baptist 37-12 128 9
10 St. Thomas (Minnesota) 41-7 127 8
11 Virginia Wesleyan 41-8 123 15
12 Rowan 41-9 106 10
13 Anderson (Indiana) 40-15 86
14 Emory 42-5 84 4
15 Piedmont 34-10 80
Redlands 36-12 80 17
17 Linfield 36-8 72 6
18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 33-13 58 13
19 Augustana (Illinois) 32-14 54 25
20 Christopher Newport 34-13 47 14
21 Lebanon Valley 36-7-1 41
22 Coe 34-8 39 12
23 Carthage 33-12 35 22
24 Susquehanna 40-9 30 20
25 Babson 34-14 20
Others receiving votes:

North Central College (19), UW Whitewater (10), Illinois Wesleyan (7), Capital (6), Allegany (3), Fontbonne (3) and Lynchburg (3)

Dropped out:

UW Whitewater (No. 11), Illinois Wesleyan (No. 21), Fontbonne (No. 23), Lynchburg (No. 19) and UW Eau Claire (No. 24)

[tnkrbell13]

Love seeing a local team in there from SoCal at #16! Not near enough coverage by the local papers...

[Daddylawman]

Could there possibly be anything dumber than a post-season poll in a sport where the championship was actually decided on the field.

Guess what folks? Everyone already knows where they really finished, they don't need your opinion at this point.

[jonriv]

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll is voted on by eight NCAA Division III head coaches representing the eight NCAA regions

At least in DIII it is probably the fact that coaches from one region to another are not familiar with teams from other regions. That is why you probably see pretty even regional distribution in the poles. Teams from the East (Tufts, Monclair, Cortland & Salisbury) dominated the DIII WCWS this year, but the polls really do not show the East being any stronger

[as the world turns]

Just came here to check if any further updates had been made this week on the top 25

[PDad]

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Top 25 Poll is voted on by eight NCAA Division III head coaches representing the eight NCAA regions

At least in DIII it is probably the fact that coaches from one region to another are not familiar with teams from other regions. That is why you probably see pretty even regional distribution in the poles. Teams from the East (Tufts, Monclair, Cortland & Salisbury) dominated the DIII WCWS this year, but the polls really do not show the East being any stronger

As previously discussed, the lesser familiarity is largely due to infrequent inter-region play and is probably also why NCAA has regional rankings. BTW, I didn't buy your rationale of the regional rankings being a driving force in that - schools don't get any direct benefit by playing more games in their region.

FWIW, your "East" consists of 4 teams from 4 regions - New England, Atlantic, Northeast and Atlantic, respectively. There are only 2 western regions and they have the fewest schools.

[jonriv]

This is it for DIII. DII is final as well

Di will be in a few weeks- that should be the most accurate of the three(but we will see)

[mikescsl]

Love seeing a local team in there from SoCal at #16! Not near enough coverage by the local papers...

#18 Claremont/Mudd/Scripps is also from So Cal and plays in the same conference (SCIAC) as Redlands. Very competitive conference. Redlands won the regular season and CMS won the conference tourney. Both teams went to the Regionals.