Texas Lutheran Sits At No. 1 Awaiting NCAA Destination

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.

RankTeam2021 RecordPointsPrevious
1Texas Lutheran (8)28-42001
T2DePauw32-21923
 Virginia Wesleyan37-5-11922
4Moravian28-01764
5Birmingham-Southern29-51685
6Eastern Connecticut State27-21606
7East Texas Baptist30-51528
8Linfield36-714411
9Salisbury24-7136T12
10Berry25-812810
11Christopher Newport28-12113T12
12St. John Fisher26-310914
13Belhaven30-10997
14The College of New Jersey21-39516
15Emory & Henry26-7819
16Mount Union32-67918
17Randolph-Macon14-7-15517
18Rowan27-75421
19Coe23-1148NR
20Rochester29-83722
21St. Olaf22-43519
22Trine30-833NR
23Transylvania26-831NR
24Wartburg26-82415
25Concordia (Wis.)31-82020

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.