Men's Basketball | Mount Union moves up to No. 12 in d3hoops.com poll
Mount Union's men's basketball team moved up nine spots to No. 12 in this week's d3hoops.com poll.
The Purple Raiders (5-0) picked up impressive home victories over then-No. 7 Trine and traditional Division III power Wooster last week.
Mount Union has won 60 of its last 73 games, dating to the 2019-20 season. The Purple Raiders return to action at 6 p.m. Saturday against Heidelberg in the Ohio Athletic Conference opener at Timken Gymnasium.
OAC rival Marietta is No. 13 in the poll.
d3hoops.com Top 25
First place votes in parentheses, with records, total points and previous ranking
1, Yeshiva (N.Y.) (13) 8-0 603 2
2, Illinois Wesleyan (3) 5-0 586 4
3, Randolph-Macon (Va.) (8) 6-1 583 1
4, Wisconsin-Platteville (1) 7-0 562 5
5, Wheaton (Ill.) 6-0 471 6
6, St. Joseph (Conn.) 5-0 435 9
7, Elmhurst (Ill.) 6-0 420 10
8, Wisconsin-La Crosse 7-0 402 15
9, Roanoke (Va.) 5-0 385 20
10, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 6-1 376 17
11, Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 3-0 354 12
12, Mount Union 5-0 351 21
13, Marietta 3-2 320 3
14, Trine (Ind.) 5-1 281 7
15, Johns Hopkins (Md.) 5-1 271 14
16, Whitworth (Calif.) 5-1 253 19
17, Christopher Newport (Va.) 5-2 221 NR
18, Swarthmore (Pa.) 4-1 220 8
19, Wesleyan (Conn.) 6-0 159 NR
20, Washington U. (Mo.) 5-1 146 18
21, Amherst (Mass.) 5-0 128 NR
22, Emory (Ga.) 3-2 105 13
23, Rensselaer (N.Y.) 4-0 78 NR
24, Maryville (Tenn.) 4-1 71 23
25, DeSales (Pa.) 6-0 59 NR
Others receiving votes: Berry (Ga.) 50, Worcester (Mass.) 36, Lynchburg (Va.) 29, Williams (Mass.) 23, Mass-Dartmouth 21, Cal Lutheran 21, Trinity (Texas) 19, Brandeis (Mass.) 18, Case Western Reserve 13, Wooster 12, Colby (Maine) 9, Rochester (N.Y.) 7, Dubuque (Iowa) 5, Linfield (Ore.) 5, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4, Hanover (Ind.) 4, Calvin (Mich.) 3, LeTourneau (Texas) 3, Baldwin Wallace 1, Catholic (D.C.) 1, Nichols (Mass.) 1.
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Mount Union men's basketball No. 12 in d3hoops.com poll
