Texas Lutheran (28-4) continues as the No. 1 team in the land in this week’s NFCA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs coming off their conference championship win, await selection in the NCAA Postseason for the opportunity to defend their 2019 National Championship.
Rank | Team | 2021 Record | Points | Previous |
1 | Texas Lutheran (8) | 28-4 | 200 | 1 |
T2 | DePauw | 32-2 | 192 | 3 |
Virginia Wesleyan | 37-5-1 | 192 | 2 | |
4 | Moravian | 28-0 | 176 | 4 |
5 | Birmingham-Southern | 29-5 | 168 | 5 |
6 | Eastern Connecticut State | 27-2 | 160 | 6 |
7 | East Texas Baptist | 30-5 | 152 | 8 |
8 | Linfield | 36-7 | 144 | 11 |
9 | Salisbury | 24-7 | 136 | T12 |
10 | Berry | 25-8 | 128 | 10 |
11 | Christopher Newport | 28-12 | 113 | T12 |
12 | St. John Fisher | 26-3 | 109 | 14 |
13 | Belhaven | 30-10 | 99 | 7 |
14 | The College of New Jersey | 21-3 | 95 | 16 |
15 | Emory & Henry | 26-7 | 81 | 9 |
16 | Mount Union | 32-6 | 79 | 18 |
17 | Randolph-Macon | 14-7-1 | 55 | 17 |
18 | Rowan | 27-7 | 54 | 21 |
19 | Coe | 23-11 | 48 | NR |
20 | Rochester | 29-8 | 37 | 22 |
21 | St. Olaf | 22-4 | 35 | 19 |
22 | Trine | 30-8 | 33 | NR |
23 | Transylvania | 26-8 | 31 | NR |
24 | Wartburg | 26-8 | 24 | 15 |
25 | Concordia (Wis.) | 31-8 | 20 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Misericordia 14, Milwaukee School of Engineering 14, Tufts 8, Benedictine 4, Millikin 1, Saint Benedict 1.
Dropped out: Alvernia, Aurora, Bethel (Minn.), George Fox, Hope, Ithaca, Mount St. Joseph, St. Scholastica and Williams.