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The second official regional rankings are here from the NCAA.
Regional rankings primarily take Division III games into account.
Teams are listed with their Division III record only. For more information about the playoff format and how participants are determined, check out our FAQ.
A plus sign signifies that the team also has a non-Division III win, while a minus sign signifies a non-Division III loss. Teams in bold have clinched automatic bids. The numbers listed are a team's Division III record and their D-III strength of schedule. (The committee will dive even further into that and consider the specifics of a team's results against regionally ranked opponents, or RROs.)
| Region 1 | School | D-III record | SOS |
| 1 | Delaware Valley | 9-0 | .546 |
| 2 | Merchant Marine | 7-1 | .517 |
| 3 | Endicott | 7-2 | .551 |
| 4 | Husson | 7-2 | .547 |
| 5 | Salve Regina | 8-2 | .492 |
| 6 | Widener | 7-2 | .486 |
| 7 | Framingham State | 7-2 | .465 |
| 8 | UMass Dartmouth | 7-2 | .437 |
| Region 2 | |||
| 1 | Cortland | 9-0 | .490 |
| 2 | Muhlenberg | 8-1 | .495 |
| 3 | Salisbury | 7-1 | .523 |
| 4 | RPI | 8-1 | .519 |
| 5 | Ithaca | 8-1 | .596 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 8-1 | .510 |
| 7 | Union | 8-1 | .530 |
| 8 | Hobart | 7-2 | .524 |
| Region 3 | |||
| 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 9-0 | .500 |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) | 8-0 | .496 |
| 3 | Birmingham-Southern + | 7-1 | .525 |
| 4 | Hardin-Simmons + | 7-1 | .528 |
| 5 | Washington & Lee ++ | 6-1 | .502 |
| 6 | Randolph-Macon ++ | 6-1 | .549 |
| 7 | Huntingdon | 7-2 | .506 |
| Region 4 | |||
| 1 | Mount Union | 9-0 | .546 |
| 2 | DePauw | 8-0 | .490 |
| 3 | Baldwin Wallace | 8-1 | .515 |
| 4 | Albion | 8-1 | .528 |
| 5 | Heidelberg | 6-2 | .552 |
| 6 | Hope | 7-2 | .542 |
| 7 | John Carroll | 6-3 | .507 |
| Region 5 | |||
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-0 | .542 |
| 2 | Central | 9-0 | .466 |
| 3 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-1 | .495 |
| 4 | Lake Forest | 9-0 | .450 |
| 5 | Aurora | 7-2 | .570 |
| 6 | Coe | 7-2 | .517 |
| 7 | Chicago | 8-1 | .471 |
| 8 | Wartburg | 6-3 | .575 |
| Region 6 | |||
| 1 | UW-Whitewater | 9-0 | .624 |
| 2 | St. John's | 9-0 | .615 |
| 3 | Linfield + | 7-0 | .542 |
| 4 | UW-La Crosse +- | 6-1 | .608 |
| 5 | Bethel | 8-1 | .541 |
| 6 | Redlands | 7-1 | .512 |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 7-2 | .594 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh + | 5-2 | .587 |
How to use regional rankings: If you are an at-large candidate, you want to be sure you are the top at-large candidate in your region. That will ensure you get discussed by the national committee and have a chance to be put in the field.
There are 27 automatic bids, zero Pool B bid (teams not in the 27 automatic bid conferences) and five Pool C (true national at-large) bids. Selection Sunday is Nov. 14.