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POLLS: December 2, 1996

Division I Men's Cross Country

The Martin Surfacing top 25 NCAA Division I men's cross country teams through November 19 as selected by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Arkansas, 449; 2. Stanford, 433; 3. Colorado, 391; 4. Oregon, 388; 5. North Carolina State, 371; 6. Notre Dame, 337; 7. Wisconsin, 327; 8. Oklahoma State, 308; 9. Portland, 285; 10. Boise State, 266; 11. Nebraska, 255; 12. Villanova, 252; 13. Wake Forest, 233; 14. Michigan, 231; 15. Northern Arizona, 213; 16. St. John's (New York), 203; 17. Army, 159; 18. Alabama, 135; 19. Penn State, 107; 20. Iowa State, 100; 21. Georgetown, 94; 22. Providence, 57; 23. Navy, 52; 24. Boston U., 50; 25. Brown, 38.

Division I Women's Cross Country

The FinishLynx top 25 NCAA Division I women's cross country teams through November 18 as selected by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Villanova, 200; 2. Stanford, 188; 3. Georgetown, 181; 4. Colorado, 180; 5. Providence, 165; 6. Brigham Young, 159; 7. Wisconsin, 147; 8. Dartmouth, 143; 9. North Carolina State, 139; 10. Arizona, 132; 11. Boston College, 116; 12. North Carolina, 104; 13. Missouri, 98; 14. Texas-San Antonio, 90; 15. Iowa State, 84; 16. Washington, 83; 17. Penn State, 76; 18. Colorado State, 69; 19. Northern Arizona, 51; 20. Arkansas, 49; 21. Eastern Michigan, 41; 22. William and Mary, 31; 23. Nebraska, 21; 24. Coastal Carolina, 18; 25. Oregon, 14.

Division I-AA Football

The Sports Network top 25 NCAA Division I-AA football teams through November 18, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Marshall (11-0) -- 2,327
2. Montana (10-0) -- 2,275
3. Northern Iowa (10-1) -- 2,149
4. Murray St. (9-1) -- 2,028
5. Troy St. (9-1) -- 1,976
6. Northern Ariz. (9-2) -- 1,805
7. William & Mary (9-2) -- 1,689
8. Jackson St. (9-1) -- 1,672
9. East Tenn. St. (9-2) -- 1,577
10. Delaware (8-3) -- 1,363
11. Western Ill. (9-2) -- 1,359
12. New Hampshire (8-2) -- 1,254
13. Florida A&M (8-2) -- 1,175
14. Stephen F. Austin (7-3) -- 1,157
15. Furman (7-3) -- 1,002
16. Youngstown St. (8-3) -- 945
17. Villanova (8-3) -- 746
18. Dartmouth (9-0) -- 636
19. Eastern Ill. (7-3) -- 607
20. Southwest Mo. St. (7-4) -- 573
21. Howard (8-2) -- 544
22. Nicholls St. (7-3) -- 491
23. James Madison (7-4) -- 263
24. Dayton (11-0) -- 114
25. Appalachian St. (6-4) -- 112
25. Buffalo (8-3) -- 112

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 25 Division I women's golf teams through November 16, compiled by Golfstat and administered by the College Golf Foundation, ranked by a point-system formula based on performance:

1. Arizona, 124.450; 2. Stanford, 107.800; 3. Wake Forest, 103.150; 4. San Jose State, 100.933; 5. Duke, 95.000; 6. Tennessee, 88.800; 7. Arizona State, 85.000; 8. Oregon, 65.200; 9. LSU, 63.650; 10. Texas A&M, 60.000; 11. Auburn, 56.150; 12. Florida, 55.100; 13. North Carolina, 54.250; 14. Oklahoma State, 53.650; 15. Tulsa, 53.560; 16. New Mexico State, 47.000; 17. Furman, 43.150; 18. Tulsa, 42.883; 19. Alabama, 41.750; 20. Kentucky, 39.610; 21. Washington, 39.600; 22. Florida State, 36.600; 23. Nebraska, 36.450; 24. UCLA, 32.163; 25. Georgia, 27.260.

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through November 18, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (9-1-1) -- 99
2. Boston U. (7-1-0) -- 90
3. Minnesota (7-3-0) -- 69
4. Colorado Col. (7-3-0) -- 63
5. Vermont (6-2-0) -- 48
6. New Hampshire (7-2-0) -- 45
7. Cornell (4-0-0) -- 35
8. Michigan St. (7-4-0) -- 33
9. Miami (Ohio) (8-2-0) -- 27
10. North Dak. (7-3-0) -- 22

Division I Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams through November 18 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UCLA (16-3-0) -- 450
2. N.C.-Greensboro (21-1-0) -- 442
3. William & Mary (18-2-1) -- 424
4. St. John's (N.Y.) (17-2-2) -- 390
5. Indiana (14-2-2) -- 385
6. Washington (14-2-1) -- 358
7. Southern Methodist (14-4-1) -- 304
8. Maryland (13-5-3) -- 300
9. Harvard (15-1-0) -- 262
10. Virginia (16-2-3) -- 255
11. Fresno St. (15-4-1) -- 248
12. South Fla. (17-3-0) -- 223
13. Rutgers (12-6-3) -- 169
14. Bowling Green (17-3-1) -- 164
15. Florida Int'l (13-4-2) -- 120
16. Creighton (15-4-1) -- 106
17. Connecticut (15-3-3) -- 86
18. Cal St. Fullerton (10-4-5) -- 61
19. James Madison (14-4-2) -- 57
20. Evansville (18-4-0) -- 51
21. Cornell (12-3-2) -- 40
22. Air Force (14-2-3) -- 38
23. N.C.-Charlotte (16-4-0) -- 36
24. Rhode Island (16-5-0) -- 11
25. San Diego (10-3-5) -- 7

Division III Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select final top 25 NCAA Division III women's soccer teams as listed by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records:

1. UC San Diego, 21-1-0; 2. College of New Jersey, 19-2-2; 3. Amherst, 12-2-3; 4. Chicago, 16-4-1; 5. Trinity (Texas), 15-3-1; 6. Macalester, 16-3-2; 7. Ithaca, 16-4-0; 8. Bates, 13-3-1; 9. Binghamton, 17-2-0; 10. Wilmington, 16-3-0; 11. Randolph-Macon, 18-2-1; 12. Williams, 11-1-3; 13. Rochester, 14-4-1; 14. Emory, 14-6-0; 15. Richard Stockton, 14-5-2; 16. Heidelberg, 17-5-0; 17. Gustavus Adolphus, 15-3-1; 18. Kean, 16-3-1; 19. Wooster, 18-3-0; 20. Cal Lutheran, 17-3-0; 21. Bowdoin, 11-2-2; 22. Skidmore, 11-5-2; 23. North Carolina Wesleyan, 15-3-2; 24. William Smith, 12-5-1; 25. Washington (Missouri), 14-4-0.

Division I Women's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through November 19, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Florida (29-1) -- 1,436
2. Stanford (23-2) -- 1,428
3. Hawaii (27-1) -- 1,377
4. Penn St. (25-2) -- 1,268
5. Nebraska (23-3) -- 1,207
6. Long Beach St. (28-1) -- 1,174
7. Loyola Marymount (23-2) -- 1,095
8. Texas (20-4) -- 1,083
9. Michigan St. (20-6) -- 1,018
10. Ohio St. (23-4) -- 880
11. Southern Cal (17-7) -- 847
12. Washington St. (22-5) -- 822
13. Pacific (Cal.) (21-5) -- 787
14. Texas A&M (22-5) -- 743
15. UC Santa Barb. (21-7) -- 635
16. Wisconsin (22-4) -- 565
17. Washington (22-6) -- 524
18. George Mason (24-2) -- 493
19. Louisville (22-3) -- 420
20. Arizona (18-8) -- 282
21. Texas Tech (23-6) -- 263
22. Maryland (23-4) -- 220
23. Oral Roberts (26-3) -- 177
24. Kansas St. (22-7) -- 162
25. Brigham Young (20-6) -- 86

Division II Women's Volleyball

The final top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Neb.-Omaha (31-2) -- 600
2. Cal St. Bakersfield (26-3) -- 558
3. Northern Mich. (29-4) -- 551
4. Augustana (S.D.) (32-3) -- 528
5. North Dak. St. (27-5) -- 482
6. Minn.-Duluth (25-4) -- 470
7. Central Mo. St. (31-4) -- 433
8. Neb.-Kearney (26-5) -- 408
9. New Haven (42-1) -- 396
10. North Ala. (43-3) -- 375
11. Northwood (28-6) -- 355
12. St. Cloud St. (20-11) -- 344
13. Tampa (29-6) -- 336
14. Michigan Tech (24-10) -- 284
15. UC Riverside (18-5) -- 263
16. West Tex. A&M (26-5) -- 241
17. Barry (26-10) -- 224
18. Morningside (24-12) -- 199
19. West Va. Wesleyan (36-5) -- 143
20. Regis (Colo.) (19-12) -- 119
21. UC Davis (21-10) -- 109
22. Texas Woman's (28-7) -- 95
23. Cal Poly Pomona (14-11) -- 77
24. Mesa St. (26-9) -- 59
25. Ferris St. (19-12) -- 37

Men's Water Polo

The top 20 NCAA men's water polo teams through November 19 as selected by the American Water Polo Coaches Association, with points:

1. Southern California, 99; 2. Stanford, 95; 3. UCLA, 91; 4. California, 84; 5. UC Irvine, 81; 6. Pacific (California), 75; 7. Air Force, 69; 8. Pepperdine, 66; 9. UC Davis, 60; 10. Long Beach State, 55; 11. UC San Diego, 50; 12. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 44; 13. Massachusetts, 39; 14. UC Santa Barbara, 36; 15. Queens (New York), 31; 16. Brown, 24; 17. Navy, 20; 18. Santa Clara, 16; 19. Slippery Rock, 10; 20. Villanova, 10.