The Third regional rankings, released Thursday, May 12, 2016.
Teams in bold have won their conference automatic bid. Teams that will need an at-large bid are in italics. Five unranked, Castleton, Huntingdon, Kalamazoo, Pacific Lutheran, and Salve Regina have already earned playoff bids.
| Central Region | ||||
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 28-8-0 ( 0.778) | 28-8-0 ( 0.778) | |
| 2 | Wartburg | 31-9-0 ( 0.775) | 31-9-0 ( 0.775) | |
| 3 | Buena Vista | 31-9-0 ( 0.775) | 31-9-0 ( 0.775) | |
| 4 | Washington U. | 27-16-0 ( 0.628) | 28-16-0 ( 0.636) | |
| 5 | Augustana | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | |
| 6 | Webster | 25-12-0 ( 0.676) | 27-13-0 ( 0.675) | |
| Mid-Atlantic Region | ||||
| 1 | Misericordia | 33-11-0 ( 0.750) | 33-11-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 2 | Keystone | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | |
| 3 | Ramapo | 33-10-1 ( 0.761) | 33-10-1 ( 0.761) | |
| 4 | TCNJ | 30-10-0 ( 0.750) | 30-10-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 5 | Haverford | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | |
| 6 | John Hopkins |
28-13-2 ( 0.674) | 28-13-2 ( 0.674) | |
| 7 | Kean | 24-16-0 ( 0.600) | 24-12-0 ( 0.667) | |
| 8 | Desales | 27-14-0 ( 0.659) | 27-14-0 ( 0.659) | |
| Mideast Region | ||||
| 1 | La Roche | 30-8-0 ( 0.789) | 30-8-0 ( 0.789) | |
| 2 | Marietta | 25-15-0 ( 0.625) | 25-15-0 ( 0.625) | |
| 3 | Ohio Wesleyan | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | |
| 4 | Case Western Reserve | 26-13-0 ( 0.667) | 26-13-0 ( 0.667) | |
| 5 | Wooster | 30-10-0 ( 0.750) | 30-10-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 6 | Otterbein | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | |
| 7 | Adrian | 27-9-0 ( 0.750) | 28-10-0 ( 0.737) | |
| 8 | Rose-Hulman | 26-11-0 ( 0.703) | 26-11-0 ( 0.703) | |
| 9 | Denison | 26-12-0 ( 0.684) | 26-12-0 ( 0.684) | |
| Midwest Region | ||||
| 1 | UW-La Crosse | 31-8-0 ( 0.795) | 31-8-0 ( 0.795) | |
| 2 | Concordia-Chicago | 30-11-0 ( 0.732) | 30-11-0 ( 0.732) | |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | 27-12-0 ( 0.692) | |
| 4 | St. Mary's (Minn.) | 25-12-1 ( 0.671) | 25-13-1 ( 0.654) | |
| 5 | St. Thomas | 25-13-0 ( 0.658) | 25-13-0 ( 0.658) | |
| 6 | St. Scholastica |
28-9-0 ( 0.757) | 28-9-0 ( 0.757) | |
| New England Region | ||||
| 1 | Southern Maine | 29-11-0 ( 0.725) | 29-11-0 ( 0.725) | |
| 2 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 30-11-0 ( 0.732) | 30-11-0 ( 0.732) | |
| 3 | Mass-Boston |
26-12-0 ( 0.684) | 26-12-0 ( 0.684) | |
| 4 | Endicott |
28-13-0 ( 0.683) | 28-13-0 ( 0.683) | |
| 5 | Western New England | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | |
| 6 | Amherst | 24-11-0 ( 0.686) | 24-11-0 ( 0.686) | |
| 7 | Tufts | 28-6-0 ( 0.824) | 29-6-0 ( 0.829) | |
| 8 | Mitchell | 27-9-0 ( 0.750) | 27-9-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 9 | Suffolk | 33-11-0 ( 0.750) | 33-11-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 10 | St. Joseph's (Maine) | 25-14-0 ( 0.641) | 25-14-0 ( 0.641) | |
| New York Region | ||||
| 1 | Cortland | 37-5-0 ( 0.881) | 37-5-0 ( 0.881) | |
| 2 | Oswego State | 31-9-0 ( 0.775) | 32-9-0 ( 0.780) | |
| 3 | St. John Fisher | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | |
| 4 | Stevens | 26-13-0 ( 0.667) | 26-13-0 ( 0.667) | |
| 5 | Ithaca | 24-14-0 ( 0.632) | 24-14-0 ( 0.632) | |
| 6 | Brockport | 23-19-0 ( 0.548) | 23-19-0 ( 0.548) | |
| South Region | ||||
| 1 | Emory | 30-9-0 ( 0.769) | 30-10-0 ( 0.750) | |
| 2 | Birmingham-Southern | 35-11-0 ( 0.761) | 37-11-0 ( 0.771) | |
| 3 | Randolph-Macon | 32-6-1 ( 0.833) | 32-6-1 ( 0.833) | |
| 4 | Salisbury | 25-10-0 ( 0.714) | 25-10-0 ( 0.714) | |
| 5 | Shenandoah | 32-10-0 ( 0.762) | 32-10-0 ( 0.762) | |
| 6 | Frostburg State | 30-12-0 ( 0.714) | 30-12-0 ( 0.714) | |
| West Region | ||||
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) | 33-7-0 ( 0.825) | 35-7-0 ( 0.833) | |
| 2 | Cal Lutheran | 31-10-0 ( 0.756) | 31-10-0 ( 0.756) | |
| 3 | Whitworth | 29-11-0 ( 0.725) | 29-11-0 ( 0.725) | |
| 4 | Texas Lutheran | 26-15-0 ( 0.634) | 26-15-0 ( 0.634) | |
| 5 | Occidental | 32-9-0 ( 0.780) | 32-10-0 ( 0.762) | |
| 6 | Concordia (Texas) | 25-15-0 ( 0.625) | 28-15-0 ( 0.651) |