DII, DIII Power Rankings: Final Edition
November 11, 2014
The start of the DII and DIII men's and women's NCAA tournaments is nearly here, which means this is the last edition of this year's TDS power rankings. After a week full of movement based on a variety of conference tournament results, things got wild in the final poll of the season.
Here's a look at this week's full complement of polls.
Men's
Division II
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Young Harris College | 17-0-1 | A Peach Belt title was in the cards for the Mountain Lions, who topped USC Aiken 1-0 in OT to head into the tourney without a loss. |
| 2 | 2 | Charleston | 18-0-1 | The MEC regular season and tourney champs are riding high. A 1-0 win in the finale assured Charleston a high seed in the dance. |
| 3 | 4 (+1) | Southern New Hampshire | 17-1-1 | Since suffering their only loss on Oct. 25, the Penmen are 4-0, including an NE-10 title. The national title defense begins in earnest now. |
| 4 | 5 (+1) | Lynn | 15-1-1 | Seven straight wins is a heck of a way to polish the schedule. An SSC title fell with a 3-2 win over Florida Tech on Nov. 9. |
| 5 | 6 (+1) | Mercyhurst | 18-2-0 | Mercyhurst could've hardly done better than a 5-0 win over Bloomsburg in the PSAC finale. The Lakers are on a 14-game win streak. |
| 6 | 7 (+1) | Seattle Pacific | 15-1-2 | SPU finished with a draw with the GNAC title already secured. But after a 13-game win streak, the Falcons finished the regular season 1-1-1. |
| 7 | 3 (-4) | Quincy | 18-1-2 | One of three of the nation's remaining men's DII unbeatens, Quincy fell 3-1 to Indianapolis in the GLVC title game. Tough end to the regular season. |
| 8 | 8 | St. Edward's | 16-2-1 | St. Ed's secured an NCAA berth with a rousing 3-1 win over Newman to capture the Heartland tourney title. No losses since Sept. 13. |
| 9 | 9 | Cal Poly Pomona | 17-1-2 | Pomona locked in its first ever CCAA championship with a PK win over Stanislaus last week. One of the hottest teams in the country. |
| 10 | NR | Northeastern State | 16-3-1 | A debut in the last poll of the season is a good way to finish. NE St. hasn't lost in a month, including an MIAA title won over Lindenwood. |
Division III
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Messiah | 19-0-1 | To the surprise of no one, Messiah cut through the Commonwealth tourney with 3-0 and 4-0 wins to dash into the NCAA tourney unbeaten. |
| 2 | 2 | SUNY Oneonta | 18-0-2 | Winning a conference tourney as the hunted deserves its plaudits. The Red Dragons topped SUNY Cortland 2-1 to finish strong. |
| 3 | 4 (+1) | Trinity (Texas) | 21-1-0 | Wins over Texas Lutheran (3-0) and Colorado College (2-1) gave Trinity 21 wins and the SCAC tournament title. |
| 4 | 5 (+1) | Kenyon | 17-1-1 | An overtime goal from Dalton Eudy gave Kenyon a 2-1 win over Ohio Wesleyan and the conference title. Good way to go out. |
| 5 | 8 (+3) | Whitworth | 15-1-3 | A 6-0-2 finish to the season, including a Northwest Conference title, pushed Whitworth up to No. 5 as the NCAA tournament approaches. |
| 6 | 9 (+3) | Muhlenberg | 14-1-3 | The Mules turned it on in the postseason. While F&M couldn't hang, Muhlenberg notched 1-0 wins over Dickinson and Haverford to win it. |
| 7 | NR | Calvin | 17-2-1 | After losing the MIAA title in a shootout last year, Calvin downed Kalamazoo 8-7 to win it all this time around. |
| 8 | NR | Christopher Newport | 16-3-4 | The Captains become the lowest seed in history to win the CAC title with a 3-1 win over PSU-Harrisburg. Three straight road wins. |
| 9 | NR | St. Lawrence | 16-2-1 | The Saints are riding high after a 1-0 win over Rensselaer gave them the Liberty tourney title. No losses since Sept. 13. |
| 10 | NR | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-3-0 | There's no way to stamp your authority quite like winning the conference tourney with consecutive 4-0 and 5-2 victories. |
Women's
Division II
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Minnesota State-Mankato | 21-0-0 | Three consecutive 1-0 wins in the NSIC tournament led the Mavericks to a conference title. A No. 1 overall seed in the dance awaits. |
| 2 | 3 (+1) | Columbus State | 19-0-1 | Peach Belt regular season and tournament champs? In the most difficult DII women's soccer league in the country, mighty impressive. |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Rollins | 16-2-0 | Rollins somehow managed to beat a solid Tampa side 6-0 in the SSC tourney championship game. Can't end any better than that. |
| 4 | 6 (+2) | Saint Rose | 18-1-2 | Saint Rose won its seventh NE-10 title in the last eight years with a 3-0 victory over Assumption in the conference tourney title game. |
| 5 | 7 (+2) | Cal State Los Angeles | 16-1-3 | CSULA won its second ever CCAA conference title last week and first since 2009. A 3-1 win over Chico State finished the deal. |
| 6 | 8 (+2) | Grand Valley State | 18-2-1 | The defending national champs couldn't be denied an eighth straight GLIAC tourney title. Is a surprise repeat on the cards? |
| 7 | 9 (+2) | Central Missouri | 19-0-2 | There aren't many unbeatens left anywhere in the country, so the Jennies' second tourney title in the last four years doesn't go unnoticed. |
| 8 | 10 (+2) | Wisconsin-Parkside | 14-2-1 | Parkside won its fifth GLVC tourney title by steamrolling Missouri S&T 4-1 in the finale. |
| 9 | NR | East Stroudsburg University | 20-1-0 | ESU is on an unreal 20-game win streak after dropping the season opener. That includes a PSAC tourney title. |
| 10 | NR | Colorado Mines | 15-1-2 | Mines might've been fighting wars of attrition throughout the conference tourney, but two 1-0 wins an a PK win after a scoreless game does the trick. |
Division III
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Trinity (Texas) | 18-0-1 | Scything through the conference tournament with combined 9-0 wins will inspire confidence for a true national title contender. |
| 2 | 3 (+1) | Lynchburg | 22-0-0 | One of the final perfect teams in college soccer snuck past Washington & Lee 1-0 in the tourney final to streak into the NCAAs. |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Wheaton (Ill.) | 18-1-2 | A smashing 8-0 win and then a 1-0 victory four days later sewed up the conference tourney title for a Thunder team on a heater. |
| 4 | 7 (+3) | Montclair State | 17-1-2 | Winning penalty shootouts when it's tournament time is tough, so props to MSU for pulling out a squeaker to win the conference tourney. |
| 5 | 8 (+3) | Connecticut College | 15-2-1 | The best season in program history isn't over yet. A shootout victory over Williams in the conference tourney finals was the Camels' first ever title. |
| 6 | 2 (-4) | Messiah | 19-0-2 | The Falcons' schedule doesn't show a loss, but a defeat in PKs in the conference tourney title game isn't a great way to go into the NCAAs. |
| 7 | NR | William Smith(w) | 15-2-1 | The defending national champions eased to a Liberty tourney title, making them 14-0-1 in their last 15. |
| 8 | NR | Thomas More | 20-1-0 | Since losing on Sept. 27, Thomas More is 12-0, which includes a run to the PAC tournament championship. |
| 9 | NR | Misericordia | 17-2-1 | A tough early-season schedule hardened this team for late season life, as proven by an easy jaunt to the Freedom tourney title. |
| 10 | NR | Lake Forest | 20-0-0 | The schedule hasn't been the toughest at times, but major props to any team that manages to enter the NCAA tourney with a perfect mark. |
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