Latest Division III Poll
December 2, 2008 by Kevin Hunter
Filed under Basketball
Lots of movement in this week’s Division III poll with nine teams dropping in and out of the poll. The highest debut being Capital University of Granville, OH checking in at number 12.
Washington University of St. Louis stays at the top spot with a 5-0 record.
Biggest jumps include Elms College of Chicopee, MA moving from 25th to 16th, and Elmhurst College from 17th into the top 10 at number eight.
Rhode Island College had the biggest drop this week tumbling from 16th to 25th.
Here’s the latest poll courtesy of d3hoops.com.
Team W-L, Last Week
1 Washington U. (23) 5-0, 1
2 UW-Whitewater (1) 5-0, 4
3 Augustana 3-1, 2
4 Wheaton (Ill.) 3-0, 3
5 UW-Platteville (1) 6-0, 7
6 St. Thomas 3-0, 5
7 UW-Stevens Point 4-0, 6
8 Elmhurst 5-0, 17
9 Gettysburg 3-0, 11
10 Amherst 3-0, 15
11 Buena Vista 4-1, 8
12 Capital 4-0 300, NR
13 Illinois Wesleyan 3-0, 18
14 Puget Sound 5-0, NR
15 Whitworth 4-0, NR
16 Elms 5-0, 25
17 Worcester Polytech 4-0, NR
18 St. Mary’s (Md.) 5-0, NR
19 Carnegie Mellon 5-0, NR
20 Mass-Dartmouth 4-0, NR
21 Ursinus 3-1, 12
22 Transylvania 3-0, NR
23 Centre 2-1, 13
24 North Carolina Wesleyan 6-0, NR
25 Rhode Island College 2-1, 16
Others receiving votes: Hope 84, Gordon 40, Richard Stockton 40, Calvin 37, Ithaca 23, Bethel 21, Bowdoin 21, Loras 16, Carleton 15, Mary Hardin-Baylor 14, Trinity (Texas) 14, Maryville (Tenn.) 13, Anderson 11, Brandeis 11, Guilford 10, Middlebury 8, Geneseo State 7, Texas-Dallas 7, Albion 4, UW-La Crosse 4, Widener 4, Coast Guard 2, DeSales 2, Lawrence 2, William Paterson 2, Cabrini 1















There is no doubt, Elms College and Elmhurst College have been in good form of recent. However, what they need now is to stick to thier current form and continue their momentum. For Rhode Island College, they need to improve much in the weeks to come.