DII, DIII power rankings: Oct. 14
October 14, 2014
Another week in Division II and Division III men's and women's soccer, and the TopDrawerSoccer.com power rankings continue to churn. There's a debutant in every poll this week, as six teams joined the top 10 fray for the first time. Meanwhile, no No. 1 lost last week as most of the turmoil in the polls occured a bit further down the line.
The highest ranked team to lose last week? That'd be the Emory men, who fell from No. 2 to No. 7 in the DIII men's poll thanks to a loss to a four-loss Chicago team. Find out how the rest of the nation fared in this week's comprehensive power rankings.
Men's
Division II
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Southern New Hampshire | 10-0-1 | The Penmen are no longer perfect thanks to a 2-2 draw against Merrimack that required a two-goal comeback. But still no losses. |
| 2 | 2 | Young Harris College | 7-0-1 | Over its last two games, Young Harris is outscoring opponents 10-4. In its last game, YH gave up a 3-0 lead only to win 6-3. Go figure. |
| 3 | 3 | Charleston | 11-0-1 | Like SNH, Charleston's record now has a draw on it, but 3-1 and 3-0 wins last week prove the Golden Eagles aren't going anywhere. |
| 4 | 4 | Quincy | 12-0-1 | As if to dispell any notion that its recent draw was of worry, Quincy smashed Saint Joseph's 9-0 over the weekend. That's eight games with 4 or more goals. |
| 5 | 6 (+1) | Seattle Pacific | 10-0-1 | SPU is the hottest team on the West Coast. Two more wins over the weekend brought the Falcons' win streak to nine games. |
| 6 | 5 (-1) | Lynn | 9-1-1 | Lynn's draw against Rollins last week cracked open the door just enough for streaking SPU. An Oct. 25 matchup with No. 7 Saint Leo looms. |
| 7 | 8 (+1) | Mercyhurst | 10-2-0 | After a loss on Sept. 19, Mercyhurst's rattled off six straight wins to hop right back in the PSAC race. |
| 8 | 10 (+2) | Saginaw Valley State(m) | 10-0-2 | Still no losses from the rising Cardinals, whose dominant weekend included 4-1 and 5-1 wins spaced just two days apart. |
| 9 | NR | Cal Poly Pomona | 11-0-1 | For the first time, Pomona cracks the top 10 on the back of its unbeaten record. Tested but never bested so far. |
| 10 | NR | Midwestern State | 8-1-2 | A 3-2 double overtime victory over West Texas A&M over the weekend added padding to the resume and kept the unbeaten streak alive at 10. |
Division III
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Messiah | 13-0-0 | Death, taxes, Messiah men's soccer. Lebanon Valley gave the Falcons a scare, but a 1-0 deficit shortly turned into a 3-2 Messiah victory. |
| 2 | 3 (+1) | Amherst | 9-0-2 | The first to profit off Emory's fall, Amherst topped Elms (3-0) and Colby (3-1) last week to stay the course and become The Best Not Named Messiah. |
| 3 | 6 (+3) | Franklin and Marshall | 12-0-1 | The unbeaten Diplomats just can't lose of late, and a seven-game winning streak carries them up to No. 3 this week. |
| 4 | 5 (+1) | Loras | 11-1-1 | Suddenly the Duhawks' win over Chicago earlier this season looks mighty impressive after the latter bumped off No. 2 Emory last week. |
| 5 | 7 (+2) | Kenyon | 11-0-0 | Kenyon's steady march up the poll continues after a comfortable 2-0 win over Wooster at the weekend. |
| 6 | 8 (+2) | Trinity (Texas) | 13-1-0 | Trinity's one loss this season nearly two months ago feels like eons. Ten straight wins, most of them blowouts, parks them at No. 6. |
| 7 | 2 (-5) | Emory | 11-1-1 | Emory suffered its first loss of the season in a 1-0 upset loss to four-loss Chicago, which will force the RPI to take a hit. |
| 8 | 9 (+1) | SUNY Oneonta | 11-0-2 | A lot of credit goes to SUNY Oneonta this week, which avoided an upset with an entertaining 3-2 OT win over Potsdam. |
| 9 | 4 (-5) | Brandeis | 11-1-0 | Another upset inside the top five? Brandeis is licking its wounds after a 2-1 loss to Rochester precipitated a five-spot slide this week. |
| 10 | NR | Christopher Newport | 11-1-3 | The Captains clawed their way into the poll for the first time this week thanks in part to a 10-game unbeaten streak. |
Women's
Division II
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Western Washington | 8-0-3 | The upset bug finally took a break in DII women's soccer. Western notched a draw and a win last week to keep from becoming another casualty. |
| 2 | 2 | Minnesota State-Mankato(w) | 12-0-0 | Now that the Mavericks established themselves as No. 2, piling up wins will keep the pressure on Western. How long can they stay perfect? |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Grand Valley State | 11-1-0 | A loss to No. 2 Mankato hasn't derailed the train, and turmoil ahead allows the defending champs to leap into the top three. |
| 4 | 7 (+3) | Barry | 7-1-1 | Credit Barry, which plowed through then-No. 5 Tampa last weekend to keep alive a heater that has no end in sight. |
| 5 | 8 (+3) | Columbus State | 10-0-1 | Staying unbeaten this long in the Peach Belt deserves some kind of medal. Question now is whether they can stave off losses for longer. |
| 6 | 9 (-3) | North Georgia | 7-1-2 | North Georgia is chewing through its schedule with shocking ease. Last week, the Nighhawks won its two battles a combined 19-3. |
| 7 | 3 (-4) | Saint Rose | 10-1-1 | Saint Rose's first trip-up of the season involved a 2-0 loss to a two-loss Saint Anselm team. How do they respond? |
| 8 | NR | Rollins | 9-2-0 | Rollins smashed into the poll this week with all the force of the Kool Aid man. Consecutive wins over Lynn and Saint Leo did the trick. |
| 9 | NR | Cal State Los Angeles | 11-1-1 | Is there a new queen in the CCAA? CSU LA is making the case with a perfect 6-0-0 record to start league play. |
| 10 | 4 (-6) | Cal State Stanislaus(w) | 11-2-0 | The former No. 1 is having trouble just staying in the poll these days. A second loss in five games last week is a troubling sign. |
Division III
| RANK | PREV | TEAM | RECORD | COMMENTS |
| 1 | 1 | Trinity (Texas) | 13-0-1 | Trinity isn't aware of any such thing as an upset, at least not yet. It's been a month since any team finished within a goal of the Tigers. |
| 2 | 2 | Messiah | 13-0-0 | If not for Trinity's recent dominance, Messiah might expect to be No. 1. As is, a perfect start like this is nothing to sneeze at. |
| 3 | 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 10-0-2 | Beating No. 4 Carnegie Mellon 1-0 is an impressive resume builder and will go a long way toward pushing the pack in the top three. |
| 4 | 5 (+1) | Lynchburg | 14-0-0 | Lynchburg loaded up with a three-game week and won all three by a margin of 10-0. The Hornets haven't surrendered a goal in 10 games. |
| 5 | 4 (-1) | Carnegie Mellon | 11-0-0 | It's hard to fault CM too much for dropping a hard-fought battle to the No. 3 team in the nation, so they only drop one spot this week. |
| 6 | 7 (+1) | Wheaton (Ill.) | 11-1-1 | Wheaton continues to build momentum, and a 2-0 week stretched the Thunder's unbeaten streak to six games. |
| 7 | 8 (+1) | Johns Hopkins | 11-2-0 | With only losses to No. 2 Messiah and No. 4 Lynchburg on the docket, JHU's nine-game winning streak takes on even more significance. |
| 8 | 9 (+1) | Williams(w) | 10-1-0 | Williams' climb back up the rankings after an early loss to Amherst continues. A 2-1 win over one-loss Bowdoin helps the resume. |
| 9 | NR | Montclair State | 11-1-0 | Soaring Montclair State makes its debut in the poll this week thanks to a 12-game unbeaten run after opening the year with a loss to No. 7 Johns Hopkins. |
| 10 | 6 (-4) | Amherst | 9-2-0 | Amherst's fall continued last week with a defeat to an Eastern Connecticut team that had five losses. An OT win over Colby steadied the ship. |
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