With opening week of practices on hand, the first preseason ranking has been released by DIII News. Here is the complete poll, with the Tigers coming in at #22 -
DIII News Men's Preseason Top 25
1. Va. Wesleyan
2. Wis. Whitewater
3. North Central
4. Wooster
5. Cabrini
6. Franklin & Marshall
7. Hope
8. Amherst
9. William Paterson
10. Ill. Wesleyan
11. Wis. Stevens Point
12. East. Connecticut
13. Capital
14. Washington (Mo.)
15. Middlebury
16. MIT
17. St. Thomas
18. Scranton
19. Farmingdale St.
20. St. Mary’s (Md.)
21. Ohio Wesleyan
22. Trinity (Texas)
23. Hartwick
24. Messiah
25. Birmingham-Southern
Others to watch:
R.I. College
Ithaca
Randolph-Macon
Oswego St.
Texas-Dallas
Chris. Newport
Staten Island
Wittenberg
Bethany
Transylvania
Rose-Hulman
St. Norbert
NYU
Coe
Whitworth