by Whitworth Athletics
SPOKANE, Wash. – Following a week in which three of the top-five teams in the last D3hoops.com men's top-25 poll lost, Whitworth has moved up one spot to third in this week's poll.
The Pirates improved to 18-1 overall and 10-0 in the NWC with their 17th and 18th consecutive victories last weekend at Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran. The 18-game winning streak is the third-longest in school history.
Rochester (18-0) moved into the top spot in the poll for the first time this season. St. Thomas (18-1) dropped from first to second after suffering its first loss of the year last Monday. Previous #3 Middlebury fell to sixth this week.
Whitworth will put its national rating on the line when the Pirates take on Lewis & Clark (13-6, 7-3 NWC – 2nd place) on Friday night in the Fieldhouse at 8:00 pm.
D3hoops.com men's Top 25, Week 9
Through games of Sunday, Jan. 27:
Dropped out: No. 18 Albertus Magnus; No. 20 Stevens; No. 22 Ohio Wesleyan.
Others receiving votes: Augustana 24; Albertus Magnus 22; MIT 22; St. Norbert 21; Emory 13; Stevens 11; Albright 9; Ohio Wesleyan 9; UW-Stout 7; Carroll 6; DeSales 5; Randolph 5; Richard Stockton 4; Mary Hardin-Baylor 4; Adrian 4; Centre 2; Lycoming 2; Cortland State 2; Virginia Wesleyan 2; Alvernia 1; SUNY-Old Westbury 1; Lynchburg 1.
The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.
