Back on the Polls

STERLING, Va. (Feb. 4, 2008) – After falling out of the D3Hoops. Division III National Poll with a loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in week one of Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action, the Tigers have returned to the Top-25 for the first time since week six.

The Tigers broke into the Division III rankings at the 25^th spot after posting a 9-1 record five weeks in. Oxy then  climbed to the 21^st spot a week later, boasting an 11-1 mark.

Since falling to CMS, the Tigers have gone 6-0, claiming the top spot in the SCIAC at the mid-way mark of the conference schedule. Oxy has a 48.8 team field goal percentage (42.5 % from three-point range) and a 73.3 free-throw percentage, and lead the SCIAC in all aforementioned categories. 

Occidental will have a chance for redemption on Wednesday night when the Stags travel to Rush Gymnasium in the SCIAC Showdown of the year with tip-off slated for 7:30 p.m.

Below find the complete Week 10 Poll results.

No. Team W-L Pts. Prev.

1 Amherst (18) 18-2 615 2
2 Mass-Dartmouth (7) 19-0 597 5
3 Rochester 16-2 533 3
4 UW-Whitewater 16-3 510 8
5 Centre 18-1 460 11
6 Hope 15-3 454 4
7 Augustana 15-4 441 10
8 Capital 16-3 424 6
9 Washington U. 14-4 417 1
10 Brandeis 14-4 409 9
11 UW-Stevens Point 15-4 370 12
12 Mary Hardin-Baylor 15-3 319 15
13 Puget Sound 15-3 293 7
14 Plattsburgh State 17-2 287 16
15 Wooster 16-3 265 18
16 Guilford 14-4 261 23
17 UW-Platteville 15-4 233 22
18 Virginia Wesleyan 15-4 181 14
19 St. Thomas 16-3 180 25
20 Occidental 17-2 157 —
21 Ursinus 17-2 126 —
22 Stevens 17-3 92 17
23 Lawrence 14-2 82 19
24 UW-Oshkosh 14-6 71 20
25 Elmhurst 14-5 47 21

Dropped out: No. 13 Williams, No. 24 Wheaton (Ill.)

Others receiving votes: Williams 42, Randolph-Macon 37, DePauw 35, Maryville (Tenn.) 30, Millsaps 34, Wheaton (Ill.) 23, Cal Lutheran 17, Middlebury 17, Whitworth 12, DeSales 11, Roanoke 11, William Paterson 11, Bowdoin 7, Richard Stockton 5, Chicago 4, Aurora 1, Carnegie Mellon 1, Gustavus Adolphus 1.