The NCAA News - Polls

December 16, 1996

Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division I all-around athletics programs through December 2, administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and based on performance to date in NCAA men's and women's fall championships. Championships included in this ranking are field hockey and men's and women's cross country. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in each of 22 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial; official standings will be published upon completion of the fall championships season.

1. Stanford, 128; 2. Colorado, 121; 3. Wisconsin, 116; 4. (tie) Arkansas and North Carolina, 114; 6. Villanova, 109; 7. Penn State, 1081/2; 8. Northern Arizona, 108; 9. Nebraska, 103; 10. (tie) North Carolina State and Providence, 101; 12. Boston U., 981/2; 13. Princeton, 63; 14. (tie) Brigham Young and Oregon, 62; 16. (tie) Northeastern and Old Dominion, 611/2; 18. Oklahoma State, 61; 19. Dartmouth, 60; 20. Arizona, 59; 21. (tie) Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland and Virginia, 581/2; 25. Boise State, 57.

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 20 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through December 4, compiled by Golfstat and administered by the College Golf Foundation, ranked by a point-system formula based on performance:

1. Arizona--163.090
2. Arizona St.--142.280
3. San Jose St.--140.383
4. Stanford--138.733
5. Duke--128.640
6. Tennessee--123.800
6. Wake Forest--123.800
8. LSU--110.930
9. Oregon--89.200
10. Florida--76.240
11. Texas A&M--74.450
12. Auburn--69.750
13. North Caro.--67.400
14. Furman--64.290
15. Tulsa--62.883
16. Oklahoma St.--59.450
17. New Mexico St.--56.450
18. Alabama--54.750
19. Texas--54.703
20. Washington--53.160

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through December 2, in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Michigan (13-1-1)--100
2. New Hampshire (11-2-0)--90
3. Boston U. (9-3-1)--67
4. Minnesota (9-5-0)--61
5. Miami (Ohio) (11-4-0)--59
6. Michigan St. (10-5-0)--44
7. North Dak. (10-4-0)--40
8. Colorado Col. (8-4-0)--36
9. Lake Superior St. (12-5-0)--19
10. Vermont (8-4-0)--17

Men's and Women's Rifle

The top 20 NCAA men's and women's rifle teams through December 3 as listed by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association:

1. West Virginia, 2. Alaska Fairbanks, 3. Kentucky, 4. Murray State, 5. Jacksonville State, 6. Xavier (Ohio), 7. Norwich, 8. Tennessee Tech, 9. King's (Pennsylvania), 10. Navy, 11. UTEP, 12. Tennessee-Martin, 13. Morehead State, 14. Ohio State, 15. Marquette, 16. Akron, 17. Wyoming, 18. Duquesne, 19. Rose-Hulman, 20. Virginia Military.

Division II Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select final top 25 NCAA Division II women's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Franklin Pierce (18-1-0)--250
2. Lynn (20-1-0)--240
3. Regis (Colo.) (16-5-2)--230
4. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (23-2-1)--220
5. Barry (14-4-1)--208
6. Humboldt St. (11-4-5)--193
7. Bloomsburg (18-3-1)--192
8. UC Davis (15-4-1)--160
9. Merrimack (18-4-1)--152
10. SIU-Edwardsville (16-4-2)--151
11. Northern Colo. (11-6-2)--148
12. Adelphi (15-2-0)--132
13. Denver (11-5-4)--108
14. Presbyterian (15-3-1)--105
14. Mo.-St. Louis (16-7-0)--105
16. Francis Marion (13-3-1)--88
17. Quinnipiac (13-5-2)--76
18. New Hamp. Col. (12-6-2)--51
19. Sonoma St. (9-9-1)--48
20. West Va. Wesleyan (11-3-1)--47
21. Truman St. (12-3-5)--43
22. Cal St. Dom. Hills (14-5-0)--38
23. Keene St. (15-4-2)--36
24. Lock Haven (14-5-0)--32
25. Metropolitan St. (11-7-1)--46

Division III Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select final top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Col. of New Jersey (17-5-1)--278
2. Kenyon (18-3-1)--263
3. Ithaca (14-5-1)--248
4. Williams (12-2-3)--227
5. Chicago (15-4-2)--224
6. Bethany (W. Va.) (17-5-0)--204
7. Greensboro (13-5-3)--199
8. Luther (21-4-0)--163
9. Richard Stockton (14-3-2)--153
10. Elizabethtown (19-3-2)--133
11. Trinity (Tex.) (17-2-0)--128
12. Wheaton (Ill.) (17-0-3)--125
13. Middlebury (12-3-1)--111
14. Wilmington (Ohio) (17-4-0)--101
15. St. Lawrence (14-2-2)--95
16. Mary Washington (17-4-1)--78
17. Concordia-M'head (12-4-3)--46
18. Salem St. (18-1-1)--39
19. Hope (16-2-1)--33
20. UC San Diego (10-6-1)--31
21. Rowan (14-4-2)--19
22. Fredonia St. (17-3-0)--16
23. Wheaton (Mass.) (14-2-3)--10
24. Muhlenberg (11-5-4)--7
25. Johns Hopkins (16-2-1)--5

Division I Women's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through December 3, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Florida (34-1)--1,445
2. Stanford (26-2)--1,438
3. Penn St. (29-2)--1,328
4. Nebraska (27-3)--1,285
5. Hawaii (31-2)--1,236
6. Loyola Marymount (25-2)--1,140
7. Michigan St. (24-6)--1,111
8. Long Beach St. (32-2)--1,025
9. Washington St. (25-5)--1,001
10. Texas (22-6)--933
11. Pacific (Cal.) (25-6)--893
12. Ohio St. (26-5)--794
13. Southern Cal (19-8)--767
14. UC Santa Barb. (22-8)--673
15. Texas A&M (24-7)--581
16. George Mason (26-2)--555
17. Wisconsin (23-7)--499
18. Washington (22-7)--466
19. Brigham Young (25-6)--435
20. Arizona (19-9)--353
21. Maryland (26-4)--327
22. Louisville (24-4)--220
23. South Fla. (27-4)--201
24. Kansas St. (25-8)--180
25. Oral Roberts (27-4)--112

Division I Wrestling

The InterMat top 25 NCAA Division I wrestling teams through December 4 as selected by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Amateur Wrestling News, with points:

1. Iowa, 275; 2. Oklahoma State, 264; 3. Michigan State, 248; 4. Penn State, 236; 5. Iowa State, 234; 6. Minnesota, 213; 7. Illinois, 205; 8. Michigan, 182; 9. Oklahoma, 179; 10. Lock Haven, 174; 11. Clarion, 161; 12. Edinboro, 150; 13. Nebraska, 131; 14. Indiana, 120; 15. Cal State Bakersfield, 114; 16. Pittsburgh, 104; 17. West Virginia, 102; 18. Rider, 86; 19. Pennsylvania, 79; 20. Wisconsin, 70; 21. Oregon State, 57; 22. North Carolina, 48; 23. Arizona State, 39; 24. Fresno State, 30; 25. Ohio State, 28.