Polls

POLLS: January 20, 1997

Division II Men's Basketball

The top 20 NCAA Division II men's basketball teams through January 6 as selected by the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Fort Hays St. (11-0) -- 160
2. Central Okla. (11-1) -- 152
3. Wheeling Jesuit (8-0) -- 144
4. New Hamp. Col. (9-0) -- 136
5. Indianapolis (11-0) -- 126
6. N.C. Central (8-0) -- 118
7. Cal St. Bakersfield (12-3) -- 111
8. Alabama A&M (7-1) -- 109
9. Northern Ky. (13-1) -- 96
10. Pitt.-Johnstown (10-1) -- 85
11. South Dak. St. (11-1) -- 73
12. West Ga. (7-2) -- 72
13. Catawba (9-1) -- 66
14. UC Riverside (10-1) -- 61
15. Southern Conn. St. (8-1) -- 481/2
16. Pittsburg St. (9-2) -- 421/2
17. Southern Ind. (8-1) -- 32
18. North Dak. St. (11-1) -- 24
19. Coker (8-1) -- 14
20. St. Rose (10-3) -- 4

Division II Women's Basketball

The USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's basketball teams through January 5, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Dak. St. (12-0) -- 600
2. St. Rose (12-0) -- 558
3. North Dak. (11-1) -- 557
4. Abilene Christian (10-1) -- 513
5. West Tex. A&M (10-1) -- 501
6. Oakland (13-1) -- 450
7. South Dak. St. (10-1) -- 442
8. Southern Ind. (10-1) -- 370
9. UC Davis (11-2) -- 360
10. Shippensburg (10-2) -- 339
11. Stonehill (8-2) -- 311
12. Neb.-Kearney (10-1) -- 289
13. Bentley (8-3) -- 286
14. Augustana (S.D.) (11-1) -- 278
15. Northern Colo. (11-1) -- 258
16. Northern Mich. (10-2) -- 253
17. Delta St. (7-3) -- 196
18. Ashland (12-0) -- 179
19. Metropolitan St. (10-2) -- 153
20. Seattle Pacific (10-1) -- 132
21. Western N.M. (10-4) -- 98
22. Bellarmine (7-3) -- 95
23. Minn.-Duluth (9-5) -- 93
24. Georgia Col. (9-1) -- 91
25. Michigan Tech (10-3) -- 74

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through January 6, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (18-1-1) -- 100
2. North Dak. (14-4-2) -- 86
3. Boston U. (10-4-3) -- 79
4. Minnesota (14-6-0) -- 65
5. New Hampshire (15-4-0) -- 62
6. Miami (Ohio) (17-5-0) -- 53
7. Michigan St. (13-6-0) -- 32
8. Vermont (12-5-0) -- 24
9. Lake Superior St. (15-8-1) -- 18
10. Colorado Col. (11-7-1) -- 11

Division II Men's Ice Hockey

The top five NCAA Division II men's ice hockey teams through January 7 as selected by the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's Ice Hockey Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Ala.-Huntsville (11-3) -- 30
2. Bemidji St. (11-4-2) -- 24
3. Mercyhurst (9-4-2) -- 18
4. St. Anselm (7-1-0) -- 12
5. Bentley (7-4) -- 6

Division III Men's Ice Hockey

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams in each region through January 7 as selected by the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's Ice Hockey Committee, with records in parentheses and points:

West
1. Wis.-Superior (8-3-2) -- 48
2. St. John's (Minn.) (8-2-0) -- 47
3. Wis.-River Falls (10-3-0) -- 38
4. St. Norbert (12-3-1) -- 37
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) (9-4-0) -- 29
6. Wis.-Stevens Point (10-6-1) -- 26
7. St. Mary's (Minn.) (5-6-0) -- 18
8. Gustavus Adolphus (6-5-0) -- 17
9. Augsburg (4-5-1) -- 9
10. Wis.-Eau Claire (5-6-0) -- 6

East
1. Rochester Inst. (8-1-2) -- 50
2. Hamilton (7-2-0) -- 44
3. Middlebury (5-2-0) -- 41
4. Elmira (9-3-2) -- 34
5. Norwich (8-1-0) -- 291/2
6. Fredonia St. (7-4-1) -- 26
7. Plattsburgh St. (9-4-1) -- 201/2
8. Colby (5-4-0) -- 15
9. Williams (4-4-0) -- 10
10. Bowdoin (4-3-0) -- 21/2
10. Geneseo St. (5-1-4) -- 21/2

Division I Men's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving teams through January 8 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Stanford, 266; 2. Tennessee, 230; 3. Texas, 229; 4. Auburn, 227; 5. California, 201; 6. Michigan, 196; 7. Southern California, 190; 8. Georgia, 178; 9. Minnesota, 175; 10. Arizona State, 148; 11. North Carolina, 147; 12. Arizona, 142; 13. LSU, 128; 14. Florida State, 108; 15. (tie) Florida and Nebraska, 105; 17. Southern Methodist, 96; 18. Texas A&M, 74; 19. Alabama, 70; 20. Harvard, 55; 21. Indiana, 46; 22. Kansas, 39; 23. Ohio State, 32; 24. Miami (Florida), 27; 25. North Carolina State, 19.

Division I Women's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving teams through January 8 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Stanford, 200; 2. Southern Methodist, 186; 3. (tie) Southern California and Georgia, 180; 5. Michigan, 167; 6. Arizona, 163; 7. Florida, 139; 8. Texas, 136; 9. UCLA, 133; 10. Minnesota, 120; 11. Auburn, 114; 12. North Carolina, 111; 13. Tennessee, 108; 14. Northwestern, 82; 15. California, 81; 16. Nebraska, 78; 17. Alabama, 68; 18. LSU, 63; 19. (tie) Kentucky and Kansas, 51; 21. Arizona State, 44; 22. Illinois, 38; 23. Wisconsin, 33; 24. Penn State, 25; 25. Texas A&M, 21.

Division I Wrestling

The InterMat top 25 NCAA Division I wrestling teams through January 8 as selected by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and Amateur Wrestling News, with points:

1. Iowa, 250; 2. Oklahoma State, 240; 3. Iowa State, 226; 4. Penn State, 223; 5. Minnesota, 207; 6. Illinois, 198; 7. Michigan, 178; 8. Cal State Bakersfield, 174; 9. Michigan State, 160; 10. Edinboro, 157; 11. Oklahoma, 144; 12. Lock Haven, 139; 13. Nebraska, 125; 14. Indiana, 113; 15. Arizona State, 105; 16. Rider, 104; 17. Clarion, 85; 18. Pennsylvania, 77; 19. Fresno State, 64; 20. Purdue, 50; 21. (tie) North Carolina and Pittsburgh, 49; 23. Cornell, 41; 24. West Virginia, 40; 25. Oregon State, 22.

Division II Wrestling

The top 20 NCAA Division II wrestling teams through January 7 as selected by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, with points:

1. Pittsburgh-Johnstown, 197; 2. Central Oklahoma, 191; 3. Nebraska-Omaha, 178; 4. South Dakota State, 157; 5. West Liberty State, 155; 6. Northern Colorado, 150; 7. San Francisco State, 148; 8. Western State, 133; 9. North Dakota State, 111; 10. Adams State, 95; 11. Chadron State, 88; 12. Mankato State, 79; 13. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 69; 14. Carson-Newman, 66; 15. Ashland, 64; 16. Wisconsin-Parkside, 60; 17. Central Missouri State, 36; 18. St. Cloud State, 31; 19. Colorado School of Mines, 25; 20. Fort Hays State, 23.