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NCAA's first regional 'ranking'

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The first NCAA regional release is here. But note, this first listing is merely alphabetical. They are not ranked. The first true ranking is slated for release on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

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

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 Team Vs. D3 Overall
  Delaware Valley 8-0 8-0
  Endicott 8-0 8-0
  King's 7-1 7-1
  Mass-Dartmouth 8-1 8-1
  Plymouth State 7-1 7-1
  Springfield 6-2 6-2
  Stevenson 7-2 7-2
       
Region 2      
  Carnegie Mellon 9-0 9-0
  Cortland 8-0 8-0
  Ithaca 8-0 8-0
  Johns Hopkins 7-1 7-1
  Salisbury 6-1 7-1
  Susquehanna 8-0 8-0
  Utica 7-1 7-1
       
Region 3      
  Belhaven 7-1 7-1
  Bridgewater (Va.) 7-1 7-1
  Hardin-Simmons 6-1 7-1
  Huntingdon 7-1 7-1
  Mary Hardin-Baylor 7-1 7-1
  Randolph-Macon 8-0 8-0
  Trinity (Texas) 8-0 8-0
       
Region 4      
  Albion 8-0 8-0
  Alma 8-0 8-0
  DePauw 7-1 7-1
  John Carroll 7-1 7-1
  Mount Union 8-0 8-0
  Mount St. Joseph 8-0 8-0
  Trine 6-2 6-2
       
Region 5      
  Aurora 7-1 7-1
  Lake Forest 7-1 7-1
  North Central  8-0 8-0
  Ripon 8-0 8-0
  Wartburg 8-0 8-0
  Washington U. 7-1 7-1
  Wheaton (Ill.) 6-2 6-2
       
Region 6      
  Bethel 7-1 7-1
  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps  6-1 6-1
  Linfield 7-0 7-0
  St. John's  7-1 7-1
  UW-La Crosse 5-1 7-1
  UW-Platteville 4-3 4-4
  UW-Whitewater 6-2 6-2

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 bids (teams not in the 27 automatic bid conferences) and five Pool C (true national at-large) bids. Selection Sunday is Nov. 13.

 

Dec. 15: All times Eastern
Final
Cortland 38, at North Central (Ill.) 37
@ Salem, Virginia
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Dec. 9: All times Eastern
Final
North Central (Ill.) 34, at Wartburg 27
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Final
Cortland 49, at Randolph-Macon 14
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