Reference: Schools' all-time Division III record

[gccfan]

Through the 2005-06 season Grove City is 413-360 for a .534 winning percentage.

[Titan Q]

This board kind of fizzled after we started it but I wonder if we can get some records together here.

Illinois Wesleyan's overall record as a D3 institution through 2005-06 is...

* 458-183 (.716)

* 23 seasons, starting 1983-84

* 18 tournament appearances

* 39-18 (.684) tournament record

[gccfan]

I looked up a couple of ASC schools...

Hardin-Simmons 115-133 since 1996
McMurry 194-70 since 1996
Mississippi College is 378-117 since 1988 for a .764 winning percentage.  I'm not sure if 1988 was there first year of D3 play though.

[David Collinge]

Wittenberg and Wooster are both NCAA D3 charter members.  Since 1974-75, they have compiled these records:

Wittenberg:  751-177 (.809) entering the 2006-07 season (currently 7-2, 758-179, .809).  The Tigers have 26 20+-win seasons, and have never won fewer than 18 games as a D3 school.  They have appeared in 24 of the 32 D3 national tournaments, and have won 47 tournament games.  I believe that all of these stats (wins, win %, 20-win seasons, tourney appearance, tourney wins) are D3 records.

Wooster:  614-260 (.703) entering the 2006-07 season (currently 9-1, 623-261, .705).  The Scots have 18 seasons of 20 wins or better, including the last 10 in a row, and have participated in 15 D3 national tournaments.

These two NCAC foes are also #1 and #2 on the all-time wins list for current D3 schools.  Witt has 1544 wins since 1911-12, and Wooster has either 1429 or 1430 (there is a forfeit win in 1963 that the NCAA evidently disputes.)  Illinois Wesleyan stands third at 1426.

[smedindy]

Something I found funny in looking at some Wabash seasons in the past. Back in ye olde daye, if Wabash had a good team, they scheduled a lot of games. If they didn't, they didn't play that many games. I wonder if that was common???

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry's first full year in D3 was 1997-98.  Drop the 14-12 record in 1996-97 and you have 180-58 (.756).

[Gregory Sager]

Wittenberg:  751-177 (.809) entering the 2006-07 season (currently 7-2, 758-179, .809).  The Tigers have 26 20+-win seasons, and have never won fewer than 18 games as a D3 school.  They have appeared in 24 of the 32 D3 national tournaments, and have won 47 tournament games.  I believe that all of these stats (wins, win %, 20-win seasons, tourney appearance, tourney wins) are D3 records.

They are, and the Tigers own another D3 record: Most Final Fours, with seven (1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1994, and 2006). North Park, Potsdam State, and UW-Platteville are next, with five apiece, so that's a pretty healthy lead for Wittenberg.

[David Collinge]

Wittenberg:  751-177 (.809) entering the 2006-07 season (currently 7-2, 758-179, .809).  The Tigers have 26 20+-win seasons, and have never won fewer than 18 games as a D3 school.  They have appeared in 24 of the 32 D3 national tournaments, and have won 47 tournament games.  I believe that all of these stats (wins, win %, 20-win seasons, tourney appearance, tourney wins) are D3 records.

They are, and the Tigers own another D3 record: Most Final Fours, with seven (1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1994, and 2006). North Park, Potsdam State, and UW-Platteville are next, with five apiece, so that's a pretty healthy lead for Wittenberg.

Thanks.  Wittenberg has 1 championship (1977), three second-place trophies, and three third-place trophies from those Final Four appearances.  They also have one first (1961) and one second (1963) from the old College Division.

[sac]

Found out this week Hope was a charter member of D3, I assume the rest of the MIAA was as well.

Since 74-75 thru 05-06 Hope is 594-230 for .721


17 NCAA Tournament appearances 20-19 record

Two Final Fours in 1996, 1998 both runner-up

[John Gleich]

Here are Point's DIII results from the '96-'97 season through '06-'07 (carried over from the top 25 discussion):

1996-97 22-7
1997-98 17-8
1998-99 15-10
1999-2000 25-5
2000-01 18-7
2001-02 21-6
2002-03 24-4
2003-04 29-5
2004-05 29-3
2005-06 17-10
2006-07 26-3

So, that totals 243-68 for a winning percentage of 78.1

[Gregory Sager]

This discussion somehow bled into the Top 25 room, so in response to a request in there I'm posting the all-time top D3 tourney winning percentages here:

All-time best D3 tourney winning %s (minimum .700)

1. Ohio Wesleyan	5-0	1.000
2. UW-Platteville	30-5	.857
3. North Park	26-6	.813
4. UW-Stevens Point	17-4	.810
5. Oneonta State	4-1	.800
5. Brooklyn	4-1	.800
7. *LeMoyne-Owen	15-5	.750
7. UW-Eau Claire	6-2	.750
9. Williams	25-9	.7353
10. Potsdam State	36-13	.7346
11. Rowan	29-11	.725
12. Connecticut College	5-2	.714
13. Carthage	7-3	.700

* no longer a D3 member

Since several of those schools have made only limited appearances (one, two, or three) in the D3 tourney, this next list will weed those out and indicate only those who have put their winning percentage on the line in a lot of tournament games:

All-time best D3 tourney winning %s, minimum ten wins (minimum .600)

1. UW-Platteville	30-5	.857
2. North Park	26-6	.813
3. UW-Stevens Point	17-4	.810
4. *LeMoyne-Owen	15-5	.750
5. Williams	25-9	.7353
6. Potsdam State	36-13	.7346
7. Rowan	29-11	.725
8. Illinois Wesleyan	39-18	.684
9. Rochester	23-11	.676
10. Augustana	22-11	.667
11. Wittenberg	47-24	.662
12. UW-Whitewater	22-12	.647
13. Amherst	20-11	.645
14. Clark	26-15	.634
15. Otterbein	22-13	.629
16. Calvin	30-18	.625
17. Scranton	33-20	.623
18. Gustavus Adolphus	18-11	.621
19. William Paterson	22-14	.611
19. Wilkes	11-7	.611
21. Nebraska Wesleyan	24-16	.600
21. John Carroll	18-12	.600
21. Virginia Wesleyan	12-8	.600

There are three members of the Twenty-Win Club that fall short of the .600 mark:

Franklin & Marshall	32-23	.582
Hope	22-20	.524
Salem State	21-22	.488

Incidentally, Wooster's right at the break-even mark with a 17-17 record.

[haterinthehouse]

According to the NCAA Championship book the D3 leaders in all-time wins are:
1. Wittenberg 1,537
2. Illinois Wesleyan 1,420
3. Wooster 1,402
4. St. Thomas 1,373
5. Hope 1,344
6. Nebraska Wesleyan 1,303

Not sure about the most NCAA D3 Final Four appearances, but Nebraska Wesleyan has appeared in 5 D3 Final Fours most recently in 1997

[David Collinge]

According to the NCAA Championship book the D3 leaders in all-time wins are:
1. Wittenberg 1,537
2. Illinois Wesleyan 1,420
3. Wooster 1,402
4. St. Thomas 1,373
5. Hope 1,344
6. Nebraska Wesleyan 1,303

Not sure about the most NCAA D3 Final Four appearances, but Nebraska Wesleyan has appeared in 5 D3 Final Fours most recently in 1997

That book is both a year out of date and incorrect.  Coming into last season, Wooster had 1,420 wins recognized* by the NCAA, not 1,402 as incorrectly listed.  The NCAA has the right data, they just transposed the digits.  Adding in the 2006-07 results, the new top of the list is
1. Wittenberg 1,559
2. Wooster 1,449
3. IWU 1,431

*Wooster has a forfeit win on their books (claiming 1,450 wins) that as of two years ago the NCAA does not recognize.  I believe that negotiations are ongoing between the warring factions. 

As regards Final Four appearances, see above:

Wittenberg:  751-177 (.809) entering the 2006-07 season (currently 7-2, 758-179, .809).  The Tigers have 26 20+-win seasons, and have never won fewer than 18 games as a D3 school.  They have appeared in 24 of the 32 D3 national tournaments, and have won 47 tournament games.  I believe that all of these stats (wins, win %, 20-win seasons, tourney appearance, tourney wins) are D3 records.

They are, and the Tigers own another D3 record: Most Final Fours, with seven (1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1994, and 2006). North Park, Potsdam State, and UW-Platteville are next, with five apiece, so that's a pretty healthy lead for Wittenberg.

[smedindy]

That book is both a year out of date and incorrect.  Coming into last season, Wooster had 1,420 wins recognized* by the NCAA, not 1,402 as incorrectly listed.  The NCAA has the right data, they just transposed the digits.  Adding in the 2006-07 results, the new top of the list is
1. Wittenberg 1,559
2. Wooster 1,449
3. IWU 1,431

*Wooster has a forfeit win on their books (claiming 1,450 wins) that as of two years ago the NCAA does not recognize.  I believe that negotiations are ongoing between the warring factions. 

Who was that forfeit win against? And can I see the play by play for Wooster's 11-7 loss to Mt. Union in OT in 1932??

[David Collinge]

That book is both a year out of date and incorrect.  Coming into last season, Wooster had 1,420 wins recognized* by the NCAA, not 1,402 as incorrectly listed.  The NCAA has the right data, they just transposed the digits.  Adding in the 2006-07 results, the new top of the list is
1. Wittenberg 1,559
2. Wooster 1,449
3. IWU 1,431

*Wooster has a forfeit win on their books (claiming 1,450 wins) that as of two years ago the NCAA does not recognize.  I believe that negotiations are ongoing between the warring factions. 

Who was that forfeit win against? And can I see the play by play for Wooster's 11-7 loss to Mt. Union in OT in 1932??

Central State, Dec. 13, 1963.  And no.