2016 NCAA regional rankings: UWW moves atop Midwest

The NCAA published the third set of 2016 regional rankings today. The final set of rankings is purportedly due out Sunday, according to the Pre-Championship Manual.

Central (Week 1,2 Ranks)  1 (1,1). Northwestern 2 (4,3). Washington-St. Louis 3 (5,4). Augsburg 4 (3,5). St. Thomas 5 (2,2). Gustavus Adolphus 6 (6,7). Saint Mary’s (Minn.) 7 (8,8). Wartburg 8 (7,6). Luther

Midwest (Week 1,2 Ranks) 1 (3,2). UW-Whitewater 2 (1,1). UW-La Crosse 3 (4,3). UW-Oshkosh 4 (2,4). Elmhurst 5 (5,6). UW-Eau Claire 6 (6,7). UW-Stevens Point 7 (7,5). Millikin 8 (NR,8). Chicago Illinois Wesleyan was ranked eighth in Week 1.

Top four teams in other regions: Great Lakes: 1. Calvin; 2. Wittenberg; 3. Ohio Northern; 4. DePauw. Mid-Atlantic: 1. Mary Washington;  2. Juniata; 3. Eastern; 4. Carnegie Mellon. New England: 1. Tufts; 2. Springfield; 3. MIT; 4. UMass Boston. New York: 1. Stevens; 2. Ramapo; 3. Ithaca; 4. Union. South: 1. Emory; 2. Hendrix; 3. Berry; 4. Randolph-Macon. West: 1. Texas Dallas; 2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; 3. Cal Lutheran; 4. Southwestern.

-Ricky Nelson