Division III rankings went topsy-turvey last week: the University of Chicago (16-0) soared from 5th into the top spot. This is the first time in the program's 36-year-history they've been ranked #1. U of C is one of only three undefeated teams in D-III and, in case you're wondering, plays in the University Athletic Association, a conference formed around schools with academic similarities (research-focused) and located in metropolitan areas. Next up for the Maroons? The Violets. Yes, this Friday they play fellow-conference member, and 12th-ranked, New York University (sometimes known as the Bobcats.)

A side note:
NYU is coached by Janice Quinn. A graduate of NYU in '85, Quinn double-majored in economics and metropolitan studies. She was also NYU's first 1,000-point scorer. Quinn became NYU's coach in 1987, went on to earn a master’s degree in finance and management, and guided her team to a National Championship in 1997. In her spare time, Quinn also serves as NYU's Associate Director of Athletics. Interestingly enough, it is not unusual to find D-III, D-II and NAIA coaches with post-graduate degrees and additional management or professorial responsibilites.

Now to our regularly scheduled poll-programming...

Another UAA conference member, U. of Rochester, dropped from the #2 spot down to tenth. Bowdoin fell from the top spot to #2, and Pennsylvania's Messiah College leapt from 7th to 3rd. Calvin College (Mich) (who knocked off Hope College) and Wilmington College (Ohio) round out the top five.

Not much changed in the top-5 Divison-II rankings. North Dakota's still at the top, undefeated Missouri Western State (18-0) inched up to number two, Washburn and Southern Connecticut are tied for third, while Florida Gulf Coast University holds steady in the fifth spot.

In Division I, the top ten held to form. Vanguard still holds the #1 spot in NAIA Division I, while 23-0 Indiana Wesleyan held on to the top spot in DII for the sixth consecutive week.