4/7 Power Rankings (M)

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Here we have the latest chapter in our division3tennis.com Power Rankings.  In this chapter, old stalwarts have risen to beat previously overrated foes and new challengers have joined the top 30. Regional biases have been called out and some have been thrown out the window, but not all have been eliminated.  However, one team still stands as the unanimous top of the throne as his challengers continue to fight for the right to challenge.  Here is the information that has gone into our latest chapter.

Latest Results:
Hopkins def. CNU 5-4
P-P def. GAC 5-4
Amherst def. Wash U 7-2
Williams def. Skidmore 5-4
CMS def. Williams (8-1?)
CMS def. Redlands 8-1
CMS def. GAC 9-0
CMU def. Case 6-3
Kenyon def. CMU 6-3
Wash U def. Williams 6-3
Bowdoin def. Brandeis 9-0
Amherst def. Tufts 7-2
Brandeis def. Tufts 6-3
Emory def. NCW 6-3
Williams def GAC 7-2
Midd def. Skid 7-2
Babson def. MIT 6-3
Pacific def. GFU 6-3

New Ranking School Previous Rank D3AS D3West D3NE D3 Central D3Regional
1 CMS 1 CMS CMS CMS CMS CMS
2 Pomona 3 Pomona Pomona Pomona Pomona Pomona
3 Amherst 6 Amherst Trinity TX Amherst Amherst Trinity TX
4 Trinity TX 5 Emory Amherst Emory Emory Emory
5 Emory 2 Trinity TX Wash U Trinity Tx Trinity TX Amherst
6 Wash U 4 Wash U Emory Wash U Wash U Wash U
7 Bowdoin 9 Bowdoin Bowdoin Bowdoin Kenyon Middlebury
8 Middlebury 8 Middlebury Middlebury Johns Hopkins Bowdoin Bowdoin
9 Kenyon 11 Kenyon Kenyon Middlebury Middlebury Kenyon
10 Johns Hopkins 7 Carnegie Mellon Johns Hopkins Kenyon Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins
11 Carnegie Mellon 10 Johns Hopkins Carnegie Mellon Carnegie Mellon Chicago Carnegie Mellon
12 Case Western 12 Case Western Case Western Williams Carnegie Mellon Case Western
13 Chicago 13 Chicago Chicago Case Western Case Western Chicago
14 Williams 14 Whitman Williams Chicago Williams Williams
15 Whitman 15 Williams Whitman Whitman Whitman Whitman
16 Redlands 16 Redlands Redlands Redlands Redlands Redlands
17 Gustavus Adolphus 17 Wesleyan Gustavus Adolphus Mary Washington Gustavus Adolphus Gustavus Adolphus
18 Wesleyan 18 Gustavus Adolphus Wesleyan Gustavus Adolphus Wesleyan Bates
19 Mary Washington 20 Mary Washington Mary Washington Bates Mary Washington Wesleyan
20 Bates 21 UCSC UCSC Wesleyan Bates UCSC
21 UCSC 23 UT-Tyler UT-Tyler UT-Tyler UT-Tyler UT-Tyler
22 UT-Tyler 22 Bates Bates UCSC UCSC Mary Washington
23 Stevens 25 Stevens Tufts Stevens Stevens Stevens
24 Tufts 19 Trinity CT Stevens Tufts Tufts Trinity CT
25 Trinity CT 24 Skidmore Trinity CT Trinity Ct Trinity CT Tufts
26 Skidmore 26 Tufts Skidmore Skidmore Skidmore Skidmore
27 Cal Lutheran 28 Brandeis NC Wesleyan Brandeis UW-Whitewater UW-Whitewater
28 Brandeis 31 NC Wesleyan Cal Lutheran NC Wesleyan Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran
29 UW-Whitewater 30 Cal Lutheran Brandeis Swarthmore Swarthmore NC Wesleyan
30 NC Wesleyan 27 UW-Whitewater UW-Whitewater Cal Lutheran Brandeis Brandeis
31 Swarthmore 29 Swarthmore Swarthmore UW-Whitewater Sewanee Swarthmore
32 Sewanee 33 Sewanee Depauw Depauw Washington & Lee Sewanee
33 DePauw 32 Depauw Sewanee Sewanee Depauw Washington & Lee
34 Washington & Lee 34 Washington & Lee Washington & Lee Washington & Lee NC Wesleyan DePauw
35 Coe 35 Coe Coe Denison Denison Coe
36 Denison 36 Denison Chapman Chapman Coe Denison
37 Chapman 37 Chapman Denison Babson Chapman Chapman
38 Babson 40 Pacific Pacific Coe Babson Pacific
39 Pacific 38 Babson Babson Pacific TCNJ Babson
40 TCNJ 42 MIT McMurry TCNJ CNU RPI
41 MIT 39
42 McMurry 41

Movers and Shakers

Amherst, Up 3 Spots to #3 – The Lord Jeffs decided to come out of their shell and notch Coach Doebler’s first significant Spring win as the Amherst coach.  With a shellacking of Wash U (and I mean shellacking), we have decided to award them with the #3 spot in our rankings, with some people putting them #4.  Amherst is a team that comes around the end of the year and this year will probably be no different.  Unless it is.

Tufts, Down 5 Spots to #24 – This is what happens when your team has a lot of hype and it has not yet come to pass.  After suffering a tough loss at the hands of Brandeis, the Jumbos move down despite having two awesome music videos.  Here’s to hoping one of the most entertaining teams in DIII finds their way and shapes up their performance to get into the NESCAC tournament.

Those were our two BIG moves this week, but there are obviously a few more moves that you can take note of and comment below.  I have nothing else to say, but as a PSA – if you haven’t watched the Stevens Reads Mean Blogs video on the top left of our site, please do! Alright, we out!

 

7 thoughts on “4/7 Power Rankings (M)”

  1. Dealing with incompetence...
    April 8, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    slightly confused by d3wests choice of wash u over emory in its ranking. When Amherst just spanked wash u and emory had also beat them with a similar score. Smh d3west smh

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    1. D3West
      April 8, 2015 at 8:03 pm

      Emory beat Wash U who beat Trinity who beat Emory. In the 3-way ties, I go with the rest of a team’s resume. Emory hasn’t won a top 20 match since mid-February and just beat NCW only slightly more convincingly than Stevens and Depauw. Wash U may have lost to Amherst, but have wayyyyyy more wins than Emory. It’s real simple stuff. Try to keep up

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      1. D3AtlanticSouth
        April 9, 2015 at 9:10 am

        blech, Wash U beat Trinity on the third day of the Stag-Hen after Trinity’s 10 matches in 5 days trip.

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      2. Dealing with Incompetence, but slighty more irritated...
        April 9, 2015 at 9:25 am

        They played NCW without Halpern…. And still won 6-3, seems more convincing then you stated. So maybe You should keep up or actually look a little deeper into the Match you are using as your ammunition.

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        1. D3AtlanticSouth
          April 9, 2015 at 10:44 am

          While I agree with you about the rankings (I have Emory ahead), these are power rankings. D3West is a fan of the Wash U team and looked at their resume and put them ahead. They have a lot of good wins despite their shellacking by Amherst and those are his reasons why. In no way is this what he thinks the ITA rankings will look like, but a true Power Ranking.

          Also, in no way is this “incompetence,” which is I think what is irritating us.

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          1. D3AtlanticSouth
            April 9, 2015 at 2:22 pm

            Power Rankings are like what you would see on ESPN. A mix of things with no true definition. All our bloggers have power rankings as subjective. This has never changed. They use objective facts to validate their arguments. I could wake up tomorrow and say “Emory is going to win it all!” and put them at #1 because that’s what my gut says. But I would need objective facts to stand up in an argument.

  2. Jeanne
    April 7, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    GO LORDS!!!!!

    Reply

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