December 30, 2011
2011-12 Season - Vikings third in final NCAA poll of 2011
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| Junior Brandon Kunz has averaged 6.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for the third ranked Vikings so far this season. |
With the final non-conference game of the 2011-12 season set for tonight, Augustana will head into the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin portion of the schedule ranked third in NCAA Division III. The Vikings are currently 9-1 overall with a 7:30 p.m. battle set for tonight in the Carver Center against MacMurray.
Middlebury is currently the top-ranked team in the D3hoops.com poll with a 7-0 overall record and 624 points, including 24 of 25 first place votes. Virginia Wesleyan (7-1) is second with 570 points and the other first-place vote. Augustana checks in with 568 points. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12-0) is fourth with 523 points while Emory (8-0) rounds out the top five with 499 points.
2011-12 D3HOOPS.COM TOP 25—WEEK FOUR
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# |
School (1st votes) |
Rec |
Pts |
Prev |
|
1 |
Middlebury (24) |
7-0 |
624 |
1 |
|
2 |
Virginia Wesleyan (1) |
7-1 |
570 |
2 |
|
3 |
AUGUSTANA |
9-1 |
568 |
3 |
|
4 |
MIT |
12-0 |
523 |
4 |
|
5 |
Emory |
8-0 |
499 |
5 |
|
6 |
Amherst |
9-1 |
495 |
6 |
|
7 |
Williams |
8-1 |
493 |
7 |
|
8 |
Whitworth |
7-1 |
436 |
8 |
|
9 |
Franklin and Marshall |
9-0 |
403 |
10 |
|
10 |
Cabrini |
8-0 |
377 |
11 |
|
11 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
8-0 |
357 |
12 |
|
12 |
Puget Sound |
9-0 |
302 |
15 |
|
13 |
St. Thomas |
7-1 |
293 |
14 |
|
14 |
Wabash |
8-0 |
274 |
17 |
|
15 |
Hope |
8-1 |
225 |
18 |
|
16 |
UW-Whitewater |
8-1 |
190 |
13 |
|
17 |
WPI |
8-1 |
173 |
20 |
|
18 |
UW-Stevens Point |
8-2 |
167 |
25 |
|
19 |
Wooster |
5-2 |
136 |
19 |
|
20 |
Marietta |
6-3 |
115 |
9 |
|
21 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
9-0 |
114 |
22 |
|
22 |
Birmingham-Southern |
8-1 |
105 |
16 |
|
23 |
Oswego State |
9-1 |
100 |
24 |
|
24 |
Buffalo State |
8-1 |
96 |
21 |
|
25 |
Rochester |
8-2 |
78 |
23 |
Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Rhode Island College 73; William Paterson 47; Wheaton (Ill.) 46; Wittenberg 37; Ohio Wesleyan 30; Western Connecticut 23; Bethany 22; Grinnell 20; Transylvania 16; UW-River Falls 16; Hardin-Simmons 15; St. Mary’s (Md.) 14; Edgewood 13; Texas-Dallas 11; Washington 9; Catholic 7; New Jersey City 6; Lake Forest 4; Hartwick 1; Hobart 1; Salem State 1.
