Colorado College 17th; Southwestern 25th in AVCA national rankings

Colorado College 17th; Southwestern 25th in AVCA national rankings

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Colorado College fell one spot to 17th while Southwestern University remained in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) top 25 rankings at 25th this week.

The Tigers, who last week were ranked 16th in the AVCA rankings, went 2-1 during the  opening weekend of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play. Colorado College's lone loss was a 3-2 decision to Trinity University. The Tigers improved to 10-4 on the season.

Southwestern went 3-0 at the season's first SCAC Divisional. The Pirates now stand at 11-4 on the season. Southwestern remained at 25th in this week's rankings.


AVCA NCAA Division III Women's National Poll 4 - September 25, 2012

 

Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2012 Record

Previous
Rank
 

Washington-St. Louis (23) 

598 

13-1 

 2 

Calvin 

574

13-1 

3

Wittenberg

546 

10-2 

 4 

Hope (1) 

515 

13-2 

5

Christopher Newport

498 

13-2 

Emory

482 

15-2 

St. Thomas (Minn.)

450 

13-1 

Cal Lutheran

444 

11-3 

9

SUNY Cortland

386 

17-0 

10

Puget Sound

361 

8-2 

10 

11 

Elmhurst

310 

10-4 

12 

12 

Wisconsin-Whitewater 

302 

12-4 

13 

13

Otterbein 

268 

11-5 

14 

14

Chicago 

235 

13-5 

11 

15

Wartburg 

230 

13-1 

17 

16

Mount Union 

217 

13-4 

18 

 17 

Colorado College 

172 

10-4 

16 

18 

Pacific Lutheran 

166 

10-2 

19 

19 

 Eastern

158 

11-2 

20 

20 

Salisbury

147 

18-1 

23 

T-21

Carthage

136 

8-7 

21 

T-21 

Juniata 

136 

11-5 

15 

23

Heidelberg 

100 

12-5 

22 

24

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

97 

13-3 

24 

25

Southwestern (Texas)

56 

11-4 

25 


Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Wellesley 49; Johns Hopkins 33; Bowdoin 30; St. Benedict (Minn.) 25; Occidental 22; Texas-Dallas 14; Springfield 12; Chapman 7; Randolph-Macon 5; Dominican 4 

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