STERLING, Va. -- UW-Platteville made its debut in the D3hoops.com poll, ranking 22nd this week.
The Pioneers are 13-4 overall and tied atop the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings with a 7-2 record, the same as #8 UW-Whitewater and #20 UW-Oshkosh. UW-Stevens Point, ranked 12th, is one game behind at 6-3.
UW-Platteville plays host to UW-Oshkosh Wednesday at 7 p.m. It's the Pioneers' sixth game already against a ranked foe. UWP won at Oshkosh and Whitewater and lost to number one Wash U. by 11 points, Stevens Point by three and NAIA #10 Point Loma Nazarene by two. Wednesday's game is the first against a ranked team that will be contested on Bo Ryan Court, where the Pioneers are 7-0 this season.
Washington U. returned to the top spot for the first time since this year's preseason poll, after defeating then-No. 2 Brandeis on the road Sunday afternoon. No. 1 Rochester dropped two spots after losing at Emory on Friday night.
Week 9 men's poll
| # | Team | W-L | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington U. (11) | 14-2 | 598 | 4 |
| 2 | Amherst (8) | 16-2 | 593 | 3 |
| 3 | Rochester (3) | 15-1 | 579 | 1 |
| 4 | Hope | 14-2 | 555 | 5 |
| 5 | Mass-Dartmouth (3) | 17-0 | 533 | 8 |
| 6 | Capital | 15-2 | 470 | 9 |
| 7 | Puget Sound | 14-2 | 411 | 11 |
| 8 | UW-Whitewater | 14-3 | 373 | 6 |
| 9 | Brandeis | 12-4 | 370 | 2 |
| 10 | Augustana | 13-4 | 360 | 12 |
| 11 | Centre | 16-1 | 350 | 14 |
| 12 | UW-Stevens Point | 14-4 | 322 | 7 |
| 13 | Williams | 15-3 | 276 | 10 |
| 14 | Virginia Wesleyan | 13-3 | 273 | 16 |
| 15 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13-3 | 269 | 15 |
| 16 | Plattsburgh State | 14-2 | 255 | 17 |
| 17 | Stevens | 15-2 | 211 | 21 |
| 18 | Wooster | 14-3 | 162 | 23 |
| 19 | Lawrence | 13-1 | 138 | — |
| 20 | UW-Oshkosh | 13-5 | 126 | 20 |
| 21 | Elmhurst | 13-4 | 112 | 13 |
| 22 | UW-Platteville | 13-4 | 111 | — |
| 23 | Guilford | 12-4 | 107 | — |
| 24 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 13-4 | 102 | 22 |
| 25 | St. Thomas | 14-3 | 89 | — |
Dropped out: No. 18 Millsaps, No. 19 Randolph-Macon, No. 24 Roanoke, No. 25 Elizabethtown
Others receiving votes: Occidental 82, Randolph-Macon 63, Ursinus 58, Whitworth 38, Roanoke 35, Elizabethtown 25, Cal Lutheran 18, Widener 15, Millsaps 15, Carthage 10, Aurora 7, Bowdoin 7, Albright 4, Carleton 2, Richard Stockton 1.