The new NSCAA/Continental Tire national polls have been released for all three NCAA divisions, the two Junior College divisions and the NCCAA.

Updated national rankings for the NAIA and the NCCAA divisions will be posted later today.

The rankings and records are based on games played during the previous week through Sunday, Sept. 9. Below are brief summaries of the Top 3 teams in each poll.

The next national polls will be available Tuesday, Sept. 18.

NCAA Division I

In the NCAA Division I polls, the UNC men (4-0-0) and Florida State women (6-0-0) both remain at No. 1 with their undefeated records.

Creighton and Maryland each move up one spot in the men’s poll to No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. Meanwhile in the women’s poll, Duke (6-1-0) moves to No. 2 from its fourth spot in last week’s poll. UCLA (5-0-1) and Stanford (4-1-1) are tied for the No. 3 spot.

NCAA Division II

The Lynn men (4-0-0) take over the top spot in the NCAA Division II men’s poll, followed by Seattle Pacific (3-0-0) and Southern New Hampshire (3-0-0) both making jumps to the second and third spots.

On the women’s side, Saint Rose (3-0-0) remained at No. 1. Fort Lewis made a jump from fifth to second with its 3-0-0 record, followed by Grand Valley State at No. 3.

NCAA Division III

The No. 1 spots in both NCAA Division III polls remained unchanged, with the Trinity (Texas) men and William Smith women staying on top.

The St. Lawrence men make a large jump from No. 9 to the No. 2 spot this week, followed by Amherst moving from fifth to No. 3.

Emory (3-0-1) and Wheaton (Ill.) round out the top 3 in the women’s Division III poll.

Junior College Division I

The top two spots in both the men’s and women’s Junior College Division I polls stayed the same. Darton and Yavapai are first and second in the men’s poll, each with a 6-0-0 record, followed by Cloud County Community College at No. 3 with a 5-1-0 mark.

On the women’s side, Butler Community (6-2-0) and Iowa Western Community (4-0-1) are No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. Paradise Valley sits at No. 3, up from last week’s fifth spot with a 5-0-0 record.

Junior College Division III

The top three in the men’s Junior College Division III poll mirror last week, with Herkimer (5-0-0) at No. 1, Mount San Antonio (4-0-0) at No. 2 and Bunker Hill Community (4-1-0) at No. 3.

In the women’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College (1-0-0) and Santiago Canyon (4-0-0) are in the same top two spots, followed by Finger Lakes Community College (4-0-0) up a spot at No. 3.

The NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings are an indicator of week-to-week status of qualified programs. More information about the NSCAA College Rankings can be found at NSCAA.com/rankings/college.

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