NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - 2014 Preseason

[jonriv]

NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - 2014 Preseason
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. Final 2013 records are shown. First place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 46-3 200
2 Montclair State 46-5 186
3 Salisbury 42-4 185
4 Cortland State 35-17 164
5 Texas-Tyler 47-6 162
6 Central (Iowa) 32-10 158
7 Luther 33-11 152
8 East Texas Baptist 37-12 146
9 Trine 38-5 123
10 Virginia Wesleyan 41-8 122
11 St. Thomas (Minn.) 41-7 119
12 Emory 42-5 109
13 Piedmont 34-10 108
14 Linfield 36-8 89
15 Augustana (Ill.) 32-14 86
16 Lebanon Valley 36-7-1 79
17 Christopher Newport 34-13 50
Washington (Mo.) 31-14 50
19 Redlands 36-12 49
20 Rowan 41-9 48
21 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 33-13 43
22 Carthage 33-12 32
23 Babson 34-14 27
24 Coe 34-8 25
25 North Central (Ill.) 35-12 23

Others receiving votes:
Anderson (17), Capital (17), Ithaca (8), Kean (8), Utica (8), Lynchburg (3), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (3), Wisconsin-Whitewater (1).

All Polls for Division III in 2014

[3'sDad]

JR: DD's team is starting the year @ #23 . Pretty good. Lts hope they finish above that number.

[jonriv]

Thanks! Not sure if it is good to ranked or just a target!

Some tough games against Tufts, Plattsburgh, and Utica in Clermont should be good indicators on how they will be this year. Two more games against Tufts later in the season-as well as usually tough conference rivals Springfield will be further tests. Lost our best hitter and middle infield to graduation- so we will see who rises.

Pre-season polls are fun, but until the games start are only really good for conversations and online boards!

[jonriv]

http://www.ncaa.com/news/softball/artic ... -diii-poll

[jonriv]

NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - 2014 Week 1
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. Current 2014 records are shown. First place votes are in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 0-0 200 1
2 Montclair State 0-0 190 2
3 Salisbury 4-0 185 3
4 Cortland State 0-0 167 4
5 Central (Iowa) 0-0 162 6
6 Texas-Tyler 9-0 161 5
7 Luther 0-0 148 7
8 East Texas Baptist 7-0 147 8
9 Virginia Wesleyan 4-0 127 10
10 Trine 0-0 126 9
11 St. Thomas (Minn.) 0-0 122 11
12 Emory 12-0 114 12
13 Augustana (Ill.) 0-0 97 15
14 Linfield 4-0 95 14
15 Piedmont 4-2 94 13
16 Lebanon Valley 0-0 91 16
17 Washington (Mo.) 0-0 78 18
18 Rowan 0-0 55 20
19 Carthage 0-0 50 22
20 Babson 0-0 41 23
21 Coe 0-0 37 24
22 Christopher Newport 0-2 33 17
23 Redlands 6-6 21 19
North Central (Ill.) 0-0 21 25
25 Ithaca 0-0 12

Others receiving votes:
Capital (9), Kean (8), Anderson (4), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (4), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1).

Dropped out:
Lynchburg, Wisconsin-Whitewater.

[jonriv]

Week 2


NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - 2014 Week 2
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. Records as of Monday are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 0-0 200 1
2 Montclair State 0-0 190 2
3 Salisbury 4-0 185 3
4 Central (Iowa) 0-0 168 5
Cortland State 0-0 168 4
6 East Texas Baptist 10-0 164 8
7 Luther 4-0 147 7
8 Virginia Wesleyan 10-0 138 9
9 Emory 16-0 130 12
Texas-Tyler 11-1 130 6
11 Coe 2-0 107 21
12 St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-1 101 11
13 Linfield 6-0 98 14
14 Augustana (Ill.) 3-1 95 13
Piedmont 10-2 95 15
16 Trine 1-1 94 10
17 Lebanon Valley 0-0 85 16
18 Washington (Mo.) 3-0 78 17
19 Carthage 0-0 52 19
20 Babson 0-0 47 20
21 Christopher Newport 5-3 29 22
22 North Central (Ill.) 0-0 25 24
23 Redlands 6-6 23 23
24 Kean 4-0 18
25 Ithaca 0-0 12 25

Others receiving votes:
Cal Lutheran 7, Randolph-Macon 5, Capital 4, Anderson 3, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1, Washington (Md.) 1.

Dropped out:
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

[jonriv]

NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - 2014 Week 3
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. Records as of Monday are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 0-0 200 1
2 Montclair State 2-0 192 2
3 Salisbury 10-0 184 3
4 Central (Iowa) 0-0 171 4
5 Cortland State 2-0 161 5
6 East Texas Baptist 12-1 153 6
7 Luther 6-0 148 7
8 Virginia Wesleyan 12-0 146 8
9 Emory 20-0 142 9
10 Texas-Tyler 14-1 127 10
11 Linfield 10-0 111 13
12 Piedmont 14-2 101 15
13 St. Thomas (Minn.) 3-1 99 12
14 Coe 10-1 98 11
15 Lebanon Valley 7-0 96 17
16 Trine 8-1 95 16
17 Washington (Mo.) 7-0 69 18
18 Carthage 0-0 64 19
19 Augustana (Ill.) 8-2 54 14
20 Babson 0-0 45 20
21 Christopher Newport 9-3 40 21
22 North Central (Ill.) 0-0 35 22
23 Kean 4-0 26 24
24 Redlands 10-6 18 23
25 Ithaca 2-0 14 25

Others receiving votes:
Muhlenberg 6, Randolph-Macon 3, Illinois Wesleyan 1, Louisiana College 1.

Dropped out:
Anderson, Cal Lutheran, Capital, Washington (Md.), Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

[PairOfAces]

Is weather the only reason some teams have not played any games yet, while several have played quite a few games? Does Tufts and some of the other New England teams not travel south to play in tournaments to avoid weather issues? I know the northeast and many other areas have had that white stuff, I think I heard it called "snow," falling out of the sky often, and in large quantities, this year.

[jonriv]

Trip south usually coinsides with the school's spring break. My DDs first game is this Friday-they fly down tomorrow. The NESCAC schools(like Tufts) are having first games around the same time. Fields up north here are still unplayable- still snow on the ground.

Next two weeks there will be some movement in the polls as teams get their games in

[jonriv]

Should be interesting to see what changes in the rankings now that all teams will have some games under their belts