CMS men move into national rankings
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's basketball team has moved into the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll at No. 22. The Stags improved to 9-0 with a win on Saturday over Point Loma Nazarene.
CMS is the only SCIAC team earning mention.
The Stags have been bolstered by the return of two-time SCIAC Player of the Year Chris Blees who sustained a season-ending knee injury in the second game last season. He is averaging 15 points and 8.8 rebounds to lead the way.
Here's the Top 25 rundown:
| # | School (1st votes) | Rec | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Middlebury (24) | 7-0 | 624 | 1 |
| 2 | Virginia Wesleyan (1) | 6-1 | 560 | 3 |
| 3 | Augustana | 7-1 | 556 | 4 |
| 4 | MIT | 11-0 | 511 | 7 |
| 5 | Emory | 8-0 | 490 | 9 |
| 6 | Amherst | 8-1 | 480 | 2 |
| 7 | Williams | 8-1 | 477 | 8 |
| 8 | Whitworth | 6-1 | 417 | 6 |
| 9 | Marietta | 6-1 | 396 | 10 |
| 10 | Franklin and Marshall | 9-0 | 392 | 11 |
| 11 | Cabrini | 7-0 | 360 | 12 |
| 12 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 6-0 | 305 | 13 |
| 13 | UW-Whitewater | 8-0 | 279 | 19 |
| 14 | St. Thomas | 7-1 | 235 | 16 |
| 15 | Puget Sound | 8-0 | 227 | 20 |
| 16 | Birmingham-Southern | 7-0 | 214 | 18 |
| 17 | Wabash | 8-0 | 212 | 25 |
| 18 | Hope | 8-1 | 189 | 23 |
| 19 | Wooster | 5-2 | 188 | 5 |
| 20 | WPI | 8-1 | 124 | 15 |
| 21 | Buffalo State | 6-1 | 85 | 14 |
| 22 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 9-0 | 84 | -- |
| 23 | Rochester | 8-2 | 82 | 24 |
| 24 | Oswego State | 8-1 | 75 | -- |
| 25 | UW-Stevens Point | 6-2 | 63 | 21 |
Dropped out: No. 17 Wheaton (Ill.), No. 22 William Paterson.
Others receiving votes: Edgewood 60, Washington U. 60, Wittenberg 60, Rhode Island College 53, Wheaton (Ill.) 52, William Paterson 35, Ohio Wesleyan 27, Western Connecticut 27, Grinnell 22, Bethany 21, St. Mary's (Md.) 18, Hardin-Simmons 16, Transylvania 14, Texas-Dallas 9, UW-River Falls 8, Rose-Hulman 7, Hobart 5, New Jersey City 4, Hartwick 1, Salem State 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.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
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