Texas Lutheran No. 1 After Punching NCAA Ticket

After winning the SCAC tournament championship, Texas Lutheran (28-4) stayed put in the top spot in this week’s NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The NCAA Regional bound Bulldogs made it unanimous picking up all eight first-place votes.

RankTeam2021 RecordPointsPrevious
1Texas Lutheran (8)28-42001
2Virginia Wesleyan33-5-11922
3DePauw31-21845
4Moravian26-01769
5Birmingham-Southern29-5168T3
6Eastern Connecticut State24-2160T3
7Belhaven30-81526
8East Texas Baptist26-51447
9Emory & Henry25-513610
10Berry25-812311
11Linfield33-71208
T12Christopher Newport26-1010614
 Salisbury21-710613
14St. John Fisher25-310312
15Wartburg25-69015
16The College of New Jersey17-37018
17Randolph-Macon14-7-16216
18Mount Union30-66119
19St. Olaf21-34822
20Concordia (Wis.)28-64320
21Rowan25-53821
22Rochester26-73425
23St. Scholastica32-63017
24Williams12-02023
25George Fox27-910NR

Others receiving votes:  Alvernia 6, Misericordia 4, Mount St. Joseph 4, Milwaukee School of Engineering 3, Hope 3, Bethel (Minn.) 2, Aurora 1, Ithaca 1.

Dropped out: Coe, Saint Benedict and Trine.