DIII Preseason Poll

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Rankings - NFCA Coaches

Last Updated - January 28, 2015
NFCA Coaches
RANK SCHOOL 2014 RECORD POINTS
RANK SCHOOL 2014 RECORD POINTS
1 Tufts (8) 47-4 200
2 Salisbury 44-5 188
3 East Texas Baptist 45-10 186
4 Wisconsin-Whitewater 39-13 170
5 Christopher Newport 38-8 163
T6 Trine 43-6 158
T6 Texas-Tyler 41-6 158
T8 Claremont-M-S 32-15 122
T8 Illinois Wesleyan 41-7 122
10 Rochester (N.Y.) 32-14 117
11 Montclair State 42-8 101
T12 Virginia Wesleyan 39-7 93
T12 Central 30-12 93
T12 St. Thomas (Minn.) 44-9 93
15 Kean 35-13 92
16 Emory 39-9 90
17 Linfield 34-9 81
18 Luther 32-8 79
19 North Central (Ill.) 33-13 60
20 Augustana (Ill.) 35-13 49
21 Washington (Mo.) 31-17 36
22 Rowan 37-12 27
23 Redlands 31-15 26
24 Piedmont 43-8 24
25 William Paterson 31-11 21
Others receiving votes: Western Connecticut State 15, Williams 8, Texas Lutheran 6, Coe 5, Messiah 5, Simpson 4, Alfred State 3, SUNY Oneonta 3, Anderson (Ind.) 2.

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Latest Poll

NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - March 18, 2015
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 records are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.

Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 8-0 200 1
2 East Texas Baptist 8-0 184 3
Salisbury 8-1 184 2
4 Texas-Tyler 15-0 176 5
5 Wisconsin-Whitewater 0-0 174 4
6 Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 150 6
7 Luther 14-0 142 9
8 Trine 12-1 141 7
9 Rowan 14-0 138 21
10 Emory 18-2 135 8
11 Virginia Wesleyan 10-2 132 11
12 Kean 4-2 95 12
13 Simpson (Iowa) 18-2 94 18
14 Augustana (Ill.) 10-0 93 15
15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11-3 87 16
16 St. Thomas (Minn.) 15-2 71 13
17 North Central (Ill.) 0-0 68 20
18 Washington (Mo.) 16-4 60 23
19 Central (Iowa) 8-4 53 17
20 William Paterson 5-1 49 22
21 Louisiana College 12-1 39 26
22 Anderson (Ind.) 5-1 23
Christopher Newport 5-4 23 10
Rochester 8-5 23 19
25 Averett 18-0-1 21

Others receiving votes:
Lake Forest 10, George Fox 10, DePauw 6, Williams 6, Alfred 5, Oneonta 2, Fontbonne 2, Linfield 1, Texas Lutheran 1, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1, Wheaton (Mass.) 1.

Dropped out:
Montclair State, Western Connecticut State.

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NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - March 25, 2015

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 records are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 14-0 200 1
2 Salisbury 12-1 189 3
3 East Texas Baptist 8-0 186 2
4 Texas-Tyler 17-0 177 4
5 Luther 20-0 162 7
6 Illinois Wesleyan 12-1 156 6
7 Rowan 18-0 152 9
8 Trine 16-1 151 8
9 Emory 20-2 136 10
10 Simpson (Iowa) 18-2 120 13
11 North Central (Ill.) 10-0 111 17
12 St. Thomas (Minn.) 16-2 102 16
13 Virginia Wesleyan 14-4 100 11
14 Wisconsin-Whitewater 6-2 98 5
15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14-4 89 15
16 Augustana (Ill.) 12-2 84 14
17 William Paterson 9-3 79 20
18 Washington (Mo.) 18-6 70 18
19 Central (Iowa) 14-5 54 19
20 Kean 6-3 34 12
21 Averett 22-0-1 32 25
22 Louisiana College 13-3 28 21
23 Rochester 8-5 25 24
24 Christopher Newport 11-6 23 23
25 Anderson (Ind.) 8-4 13 22
George Fox 18-4 13
Others receiving votes:

Hope 8, Wheaton (Mass.) 3, Linfield 2, Oneonta 2, Alfred 1.

Dropped out:

DePauw, Fontbonne, Lake Forest, Texas Lutheran, Williams, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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NFCA Division III Top 25 Poll - April 8, 2015

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 records are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Tufts (8) 16-0 200 1
2 Texas-Tyler 25-1 189 4
3 East Texas Baptist 17-2 179 3
4 Luther 25-1 178 5
5 Rowan 25-0 173 6
6 Salisbury 20-3 161 2
7 Virginia Wesleyan 22-4 141 11
8 Illinois Wesleyan 20-4 133 7
9 Trine 23-2 132 8
10 North Central (Ill.) 15-1 131 12
11 Wisconsin-Whitewater 15-3 124 13
12 Emory 26-4 117 9
13 Central (Iowa) 23-6 105 16
14 Washington (Mo.) 25-7 97 15
15 Christopher Newport 19-6 90 21
16 Averett 28-1-1 76 17
17 St. Thomas (Minn.) 21-5 59 14
18 Louisiana College 22-5 48 18
Augustana (Ill.) 18-7-1 48 20
20 Rochester 10-7 42 22
21 Wheaton (Mass.) 17-3 37
22 Simpson (Iowa) 22-6 35 10
23 Texas Lutheran 26-4 32
24 Hope 18-4 31
25 Williams 14-3 17 23
Others receiving votes:

Anderson (Ind.) 9, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4, Alfred 4, Birmingham-Southern 4, Oneonta 2, Lake Forest 2.

Dropped out:

The College of New Jersey, George Fox, Kean.