January 8, 2013
Vikings move to 17th in NCAA Division III men's basketball
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| Freshman Griffin Pils is contributing 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for the 12-1 Vikings, who are now up to 17th in the latest D3hoops.com national poll. |
After winning two games to open the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin season last week, Augustana jumped up two slots in the latest NCAA Division III national ranking in men's basketball. The D3hoops.com poll has the Vikings, now 12-1 and owners of a six game winning streak, at 17th with 223 points.
Augustana was 19th last week before beating North Park (89-54) and Carthage (68-56) to start the CCIW campaign with back-to-back victories. The Vikings were unranked in the first three weeks before making their debut in week four at 22nd and then they moved to 19th last week.
This week Augustana will play road games at two teams in the top 25. Head coach Grey Giovanine's team will face 22nd ranked Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday, January 9 in Bloomington, Illinois before heading to Naperville, Illinois on Saturday, January 12 to take on number one rated North Central.
D3hoops.com Week Six Top 25
| # | School (1st place votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (14) | 13-0 | 609 | 1 |
| 2 | St. Thomas (5) | 11-0 | 594 | 3 |
| 3 | Middlebury (6) | 11-0 | 593 | 2 |
| 4 | Rochester | 12-0 | 549 | 4 |
| 5 | Whitworth | 12-1 | 488 | 6 |
| 6 | Catholic | 12-1 | 428 | 9 |
| 7 | Ramapo | 12-1 | 419 | 10 |
| 8 | WPI | 13-0 | 396 | 14 |
| 9 | St. Mary's (Md.) | 13-1 | 385 | 13 |
| 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 12-2 | 376 | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 11-2 | 363 | 12 |
| 12 | Washington U. | 10-2 | 324 | 5 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 11-1 | 314 | 16 |
| 14 | Franklin and Marshall | 11-1 | 300 | 17 |
| 15 | Wooster | 10-2 | 274 | 15 |
| 16 | Ohio Wesleyan | 11-1 | 238 | 18 |
| 17 | AUGUSTANA | 12-1 | 223 | 19 |
| 18 | Williams | 12-1 | 165 | 21 |
| 19 | Albertus Magnus | 9-1 | 152 | 20 |
| 20 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 10-3 | 138 | 8 |
| 21 | Amherst | 11-2 | 121 | 22 |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10-3 | 99 | 25 |
| 23 | Rose-Hulman | 12-1 | 96 | --- |
| 24 | Randolph | 12-0 | 82 | --- |
| 25 | Adrian | 11-2 | 69 | 7 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Virginia Wesleyan; No. 24 Hampden-Sydney
Others receiving votes: MIT 60; Transylvania 37; Rhode Island 36; Hampden-Sydney 32; Calvin 32; Concordia (Texas) 26; Guilford 24; Virginia Wesleyan 17; NYU 13; Whitman 11; Stevens 11; UW-LaCrosse 6; St. Norbert 5; Brandeis 5; Carroll (Wis.) 4; Augsburg 3; Lycoming 3; UW-Stout 2; Albright 2; SUNY-Oswego 1.
