Division III Basketball Rankings: Hope College ranked No. 7 in the country
November 17, 2012 in Division III, Rankings
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| RANK | SCHOOL (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) | RECORD | POINTS | 2011-12 FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIT (12) | 29-2 | 594 | 4 |
| 2 | Virginia Wesleyan (3) | 27-4 | 585 | 5 |
| 3 | Wisconsin-Whitewater (10) | 29-4 | 543 | 1 |
| 4 | Middlebury | 26-4 | 474 | 9 |
| 5 | Amherst | 26-3 | 453 | 8 |
| 6 | North Central (Ill.) | 22-8 | 444 | 16 |
| 7 | Hope | 27-2 | 417 | 6 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 23-8 | 380 | 3 |
| 9 | Franklin & Marshall | 28-3 | 368 | 7 |
| 10 | Cabrini | 31-2 | 307 | 2 |
| 11 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 22-7 | 299 | NR |
| 12 | Birmingham-Southern | 25-3 | 295 | 21 |
| 13 | Wooster | 26-5 | 270 | 12 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 26-4 | 210 | 10 |
| 15 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 20-8 | 201 | NR |
| 16 | Transylvania | 23-5 | 194 | NR |
| 17 | Ramapo | 18-9 | 149 | NR |
| 18 | Scranton | 23-8 | 143 | 15 |
| 19 | St. Mary’s (Md.) | 20-8 | 137 | NR |
| 20 | William Paterson | 24-4 | 136 | 24 |
| 21 | Washington (Mo.) | 20-7 | 134 | 22 |
| 22 | Ohio Wesleyan | 20-8 | 124 | NR |
| 23 | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 20-6 | 118 | NR |
| 24 | Randolph-Macon | 21-7 | 102 | NR |
| 25 | Hampden-Sydney | 19-8 | 95 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Bethany 84; New York University 76; Albertus Magnus 75; St. Norbert 75; Rose-Hulman 69; Carroll 59; Oswego State 58; Eastern Connecticut 54; Whitman 50; Trinity (Texas) 49; Hobart 40; Christopher Newport 39; Augustana 34; Wittenberg 30; Williams 27; Keene State 23; Hartwick 21; Wheaton (Ill.) 20; Capital 16; Rochester 10; Mary Hardin-Baylor 9; Farmingdale State 9; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7; WPI 6; Lebanon Valley 4; Rhode Island College 2; Staten Island 2; Emory 2; Coe 1; Dickinson 1; Salem State 1.
[...] didn’t have as much success in its second game, losing to North Central (Ill.). The team was Michigan’s highest ranked Division III team in the preseason, so expect Hope to climb up higher as the team gets more games under its [...]