Polls

Polls - February 17, 1997

Division I Baseball
The Baseball Weekly/American Baseball Coaches Association preseason top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams, with points:

1. Florida State, 798; 2. Southern California, 720; 3. Stanford, 652; 4. UCLA, 615; 5. LSU, 598; 6. (tie) Florida and Miami (Florida), 585; 8. Rice, 541; 9. Wichita State, 493; 10. Georgia Tech, 487; 11. Cal State Fullerton, 473; 12. Oklahoma State, 419; 13. Mississippi State, 418; 14. Texas A&M, 389; 15. Arizona State, 355; 16. Long Beach State, 311; 17. Alabama, 285; 18. Clemson, 284; 19. Tennessee, 208; 20. Texas, 204; 21. Tulane, 166; 22. Stetson, 149; 23. South Alabama, 117; 24. Texas Tech, 114; 25. South Florida, 99.

Division II Men's Basketball
The top 20 NCAA Division II men's basketball teams through February 3 as selected by the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Fort Hays St. (19-1) -- 160
2. Cal St. Bakersfield (18-3) -- 152
3. West Ga. (15-2) -- 144
4. Southern Conn. St. (18-1) -- 136
5. Central Okla. (19-2) -- 128
6. Georgia Col. (16-3) -- 120
7. Salem-Teikyo (18-1) -- 112
8. Northern Ky. (20-3) -- 104
9. Indianapolis (18-1) -- 96
10. South Dak. St. (16-3) -- 86
11. Alabama A&M (15-3) -- 77
12. New Hamp. Col. (17-2) -- 72
13. Presbyterian (15-4) -- 65
14. Mansfield (18-3) -- 57
15. Washburn (15-6) -- 49
16. Grand Canyon (17-3) -- 42
17. Mont. St.-Billings (16-3) -- 29
18. Tex. A&M-Commerce (16-4) -- 25
19. Pitt.-Johnstown (18-2) -- 16
20. Grand Valley St. (17-3) -- 5
20. St. Rose (19-4) -- 5

Division II Women's Basketball
The USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division II women's basketball teams through February 3, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Dak. St. (20-0) -- 600
2. St. Rose (20-0) -- 576
3. West Tex. A&M (19-1) -- 540
4. Southern Ind. (18-1) -- 519
5. Abilene Christian (19-2) -- 494
6. Neb.-Kearney (19-1) -- 467
7. North Dak. (18-2) -- 462
8. UC Davis (18-2) -- 424
9. Stonehill (17-2) -- 395
10. Northern Mich. (18-2) -- 387
11. Oakland (18-3) -- 339
12. Shippensburg (17-3) -- 306
13. Augustana (S.D.) (16-3) -- 299
14. Kennesaw St. (18-1) -- 262
15. South Dak. St. (14-5) -- 238
16. Seattle Pacific (17-2) -- 234
17. Northern Colo. (15-4) -- 231
18. Bentley (15-4) -- 184
19. Delta St. (18-1) -- 171
20. Bowie St. (18-1) -- 162
21. Michigan Tech (15-4) -- 144
22. Florida Tech (18-2) -- 95
23. Longwood (18-1) -- 87
24. Metropolitan St. (15-4) -- 43
25. Minn.-Duluth (14-6) -- 34

Division III Men's Basketball
The top eight NCAA Division III men's basketball teams in each region through February 4 as selected by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee, with records:
Northeast: 1. Williams, 14-2; 2. Colby, 14-2; 3. Amherst, 13-2; 4. Salem State, 14-1; 5. Springfield, 14-2; 6. (tie) Connecticut College, 12-4, and Western Connecticut State, 16-3; 8. Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 11-6.
East: 1. Rochester Institute of Technology, 15-1; 2. St. Lawrence, 14-2; 3. St. John Fisher, 13-3; 4. (tie) Ithaca, 12-4, and Oneonta State, 12-4; 6. Rochester, 11-6; 7. Buffalo State, 10-6; 8. Hamilton, 8-7.
Middle Atlantic: 1. Wilkes, 14-2; 2. (tie) Alvernia, 16-3, and Lycoming, 15-3; 4. Widener, 14-5; 5. Johns Hopkins, 13-5; 6. Goucher, 14-4; 7. Salisbury State, 14-3; 8. Drew, 12-5.
Atlantic: 1. Rowan, 18-0; 2. William Paterson, 16-2; 3. Richard Stockton, 12-5; 4. New York University, 15-4; 5. (tie) Jersey City State, 12-6, and Staten Island, 14-3; 7. Mount St. Mary (New York), 13-4; 8. York (New York), 12-4.
South: 1. Maryville (Tennessee), 14-3; 2. Roanoke, 14-4; 3. (tie) Bridgewater (Virginia), 15-4, and Sewanee (University of the South), 12-4; 5. Hendrix, 16-3; 6. Hampden-Sydney, 14-5; 7. Christopher Newport, 12-5; 8. Stillman, 13-5.
Great Lakes: 1. Hope, 16-2; 2. Wittenberg, 16-3; 3. (tie) John Carroll, 15-3, and Ohio Northern, 13-4; 5. Mount Union, 14-4; 6. Wooster, 15-4; 7. Denison, 14-4; 8. Calvin, 10-6.
Midwest: 1. Illinois Wesleyan, 17-1; 2. Wabash, 17-2; 3. Chicago, 14-4; 4. Washington (Missouri), 14-4; 5. Elmhurst, 13-5; 6. Rose-Hulman, 13-6; 7. Lawrence, 15-1; 8. (tie) Manchester, 12-6, and Wheaton (Illinois), 13-3.
West: 1. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 17-0; 2. Wisconsin-Platteville, 17-1; 3. Pomona-Pitzer, 14-4; 4. Nebraska Wesleyan, 13-4; 5. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 13-5; 6. Buena Vista, 13-4; 7. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 13-4; 8. Gustavus Adolphus, 12-4.

Division III Women's Basketball
The top 10 NCAA Division III women's basketball teams in each region through February 3 as selected by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
Northeast: 1. Western Connecticut State, 16-1; 2. Clark (Massachusetts), 15-3; 3. Salem State, 13-2; 4. Southern Maine, 15-3; 5. Bates, 12-3; 6. Bowdoin, 12-4; 7. Colby, 11-4; 8. Middlebury, 12-3; 9. Springfield, 12-5; 10. Trinity (Connecticut), 10-2.
East: 1. New York University, 16-0; 2. William Smith, 16-0; 3. Binghamton, 15-1; 4. St. John Fisher, 13-2; 5. Oneonta State, 13-3; 6. Nazareth (New York), 12-4; 7. Ithaca, 12-5; 8. Hartwick, 11-5; 9. Cortland State, 9-6; 10. Elmira, 11-6.
Mid-Atlantic: 1. Scranton, 16-2; 2. Johns Hopkins, 15-3; 3. Elizabethtown, 12-5; 4. Cabrini, 15-2; 5. Alvernia, 14-3; 6. Lycoming, 13-5; 7. Susquehanna, 10-5; 8. Misericordia, 11-4; 9. Franklin & Marshall, 12-5; 10. King's (Pennsylvania), 11-6.
Atlantic: 1. Rowan, 17-1; 2. Marymount (Virginia), 17-1; 3. College of New Jersey, 14-4; 4. William Paterson, 15-3; 5. Regis (Massachusetts), 13-3; 6. Colby-Sawyer, 12-3; 7. Montclair State, 14-4; 8. Gallaudet, 12-6; 9. Salisbury State, 12-6; 10. Frostburg State, 17-2.
South: 1. Roanoke, 15-1; 2. Bridgewater (Virginia), 14-2; 3. Hendrix, 16-3; 4. Emory, 11-5; 5. Savannah A&D, 16-4; 6. Christopher Newport, 13-4; 7. Thomas More, 15-5; 8. Greensboro, 11-5; 9. Millsaps, 13-6; 10. Guilford, 11-6.
Great Lakes: 1. Defiance, 18-0; 2. Capital, 16-2; 3. Baldwin-Wallace, 16-2; 4. Alma, 15-3; 5. Calvin, 16-2; 6. Muskingum, 13-5; 7. Mount Union, 12-6; 8. Kenyon, 18-1; 9. Bethany (West Virginia), 15-2; 10. DePauw, 16-3.
Central: 1. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 17-1; 2. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 16-2; 3. Millikin, 15-2; 4. Wheaton (Illinois), 15-3; 5. Washington (Missouri), 14-4; 6. Wisconsin-Stout, 12-6; 7. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 13-3; 8. Lawrence, 13-3; 9. Beloit, 14-3; 10. Lake Forest, 13-3.
West: 1. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 17-1; 2. St. Benedict, 15-3; 3. UC San Diego, 13-3; 4. Buena Vista, 12-4; 5. Chapman, 13-5; 6. Luther, 10-4; 7. Pomona-Pitzer, 13-5; 8. Bethel (Minnesota), 12-5; 9. Concordia-Moorhead, 13-5; 10. Loras, 10-4.

Men's Gymnastics
The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through February 2, based on the teams' highest single scores as provided by GymInfo.
1. Ohio St. -- 231.92
2. Iowa -- 229.62
3. California -- 228.15
4. Michigan St. -- 227.75
5. Oklahoma -- 227.57
6. Nebraska -- 226.65
7. Illinois -- 225.95
8. Brigham Young -- 224.70
9. Penn St. -- 224.40
10. Minnesota -- 223.87
11. New Mexico -- 222.35
12. Ill.-Chicago -- 221.35
13. Massachusetts -- 221.20
14. Michigan -- 218.80
15. Navy -- 216.25
16. Temple -- 215.20
17. Army -- 213.00
18. Air Force -- 212.65
19. Syracuse -- 211.00
20. William & Mary -- 210.80

Women's Gymnastics
The top 20 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through February 4, based on the teams' season averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Georgia -- 196.412
2. Utah -- 196.085
3. Alabama -- 195.500
4. UCLA -- 195.488
5. West Va. -- 194.473
6. Nebraska -- 194.422
7. Michigan -- 194.197
8. Washington -- 193.985
9. Oregon St. -- 193.667
10. Florida -- 193.660
11. LSU -- 193.527
12. Utah St. -- 193.480
13. Arizona -- 193.122
14. Stanford -- 192.835
15. Brigham Young -- 192.745
16. Minnesota -- 192.592
17. Kentucky -- 191.990
18. Penn St. -- 191.902
19. Denver -- 191.847
20. Michigan St. -- 191.737

Division I Men's Ice Hockey
The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through February 3, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (25-1-3) -- 100
2. North Dak. (19-7-2) -- 86
3. New Hampshire (22-6-0) -- 76
4. Boston U. (14-6-5) -- 64
5. Vermont (17-6-1) -- 54
6. Minnesota (18-10-0) -- 42
7. Lake Superior St. (18-9-4) -- 38
8. Michigan St. (16-8-3) -- 30
9. Clarkson (16-8-0) -- 23
10. Miami (Ohio) (20-9-1) -- 16

Division II Men's Ice Hockey
The top five NCAA Division II men's ice hockey teams through February 4 as selected by the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's Ice Hockey Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Ala.-Huntsville (17-3-0) -- 30
2. Bemidji St. (18-5-2) -- 24
3. Mercyhurst (13-6-2) -- 18
4. St. Anselm (13-4-0) -- 12
5. Bentley (12-8-0) -- 3

Division III Men's Ice Hockey
The top 10 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams in each region through February 4 as selected by the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's Ice Hockey Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
West
1. St. Norbert (19-3-1) -- 50
2. St. John's (Minn.) (16-3-0) -- 45
3. Wis.-Superior (13-5-2) -- 39
4. Wis.-Stevens Point (12-7-2) -- 36
5. Wis.-River Falls (14-7-0) -- 30
6. St. Thomas (Minn.) (14-7-0) -- 25
7. St. Mary's (Minn.) (11-8-0) -- 20
8. Gustavus Adolphus (10-9-0) -- 15
9. Wis.-Eau Claire (10-10-2) -- 10
10. Augsburg (9-9-1) -- 5
East
1. Plattsburgh St. (15-4-1) -- 50
2. Rochester Inst. (14-3-2) -- 41
3. Hamilton (13-3-1) -- 38
4. Norwich (15-2-1) -- 36 -- 1/2
5. Middlebury (13-3-1) -- 35
6. Elmira (12-5-3) -- 25
7. Colby (12-5-1) -- 20
8. Williams (10-7-0) -- 15
9. Bowdoin (10-6-0) -- 8
10. Oswego St. (9-7-2) -- 7

Division I Men's Swimming and Diving
The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving teams through February 5 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:
1. Stanford, 294; 2. Tennessee, 288; 3. Auburn, 272; 4. California, 252; 5. Michigan, 248; 6. Texas, 247; 7. Southern California, 229; 8. Georgia, 225; 9. Minnesota, 205; 10. Arizona State, 172; 11. Arizona, 152; 12. North Carolina, 151; 13. Florida State, 142; 14. LSU, 138; 15. Florida, 130; 16. Nebraska, 126; 17. Harvard, 109; 18. Texas A&M, 91; 19. Southern Methodist, 81; 20. Indiana, 60; 21. Ohio State, 39; 22. Alabama, 38; 23. North Carolina State, 35; 24. Kansas, 32; 25. (tie) Miami (Florida) and South Carolina, 28.

Division I Women's Swimming and Diving
The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving teams through February 5 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:
1. Stanford, 297; 2. Southern Methodist, 279; 3. Georgia, 272; 4. Southern California, 268; 5. Michigan, 245; 6. Arizona, 240; 7. Texas, 217; 8. Minnesota, 195; 9. Auburn, 194; 10. Florida, 176; 11. UCLA, 178; 12. California, 176; 13. Nebraska, 154; 14. Tennessee, 142; 15. North Carolina, 132; 16. Northwestern, 125; 17. Kentucky, 97; 18. (tie) LSU and Alabama, 93; 20. Kansas, 73; 21. Illinois, 58; 22. Wisconsin, 47; 23. Arizona State, 45; 24. Texas A&M, 26; 25. Penn State, 25.

Division II Men's Indoor Track
The top 19 NCAA Division II men's indoor track teams through February 4 as determined by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ranking:
1. Central Missouri State, 193.4; 2. Abilene Christian, 187.6; 3. Albany (New York), 168.9; 4. Saginaw Valley, 167.9; 5. Emporia State, 162.1; 6. Lewis, 152.0; 7. Fort Hays State, 148.9; 8. East Stroudsburg, 146.6; 9. Millersville, 138.5; 10. North Dakota, 135.6; 11. Shippensburg, 132.4; 12. Northern State, 125.1; 13. Pittsburg State, 121.2; 14. Grand Valley State, 120.8; 15. Massachusetts-Lowell, 110.3; 16. Slippery Rock, 105.8; 17. Missouri-Rolla, 105.4; 18. Sacred Heart, 91.0; 19. St. Joseph's (Indiana), 84.3.

Division II Women's Indoor Track
The top 20 NCAA Division II women's indoor track teams through February 4 as determined by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ranking:
1. Northwest Missouri State, 158.4; 2. Nebraska-Omaha, 151.7; 3. Emporia State, 150.3; 4. Albany (New York), 143.0; 5. Saginaw Valley, 137.7; 6. Lewis, 136.4; 7. Abilene Christian, 132.1; 8. Central Missouri State, 114.9; 9. Pittsburg State, 109.6; 10. Slippery Rock, 109.1; 11. Massachusetts-Lowell, 105.9; 12. Fort Hays State, 101.6; 13. East Stroudsburg, 95.4; 14. Shippensburg, 93.0; 15. Sacred Heart, 92.5; 16. Northern State, 88.5; 17. Millersville, 87.5; 18. St. Joseph's (Indiana), 77.7; 19. Minnesota-Duluth, 75.3; 20. Grand Valley State, 63.3.

Division I Men's Volleyball
The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through February 4, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Stanford (4-0) -- 240
2. Brigham Young (3-0) -- 211
3. Penn St. (7-1) -- 196
4. UCLA (2-2) -- 174
5. Pepperdine (3-2) -- 160
6. Hawaii (4-3) -- 155
7. Long Beach St. (6-1) -- 149
8. UC Santa Barb. (3-2) -- 141
9. Ball St. (5-0) -- 123
10. Lewis (6-1) -- 97
11. Pacific (Cal.) (5-0) -- 80
12. Cal St. Northridge (5-2) -- 77
13. Loyola Marymount (2-1) -- 67
14. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (4-2) -- 26
15. Ohio St. (7-3) -- 23

Division III Men's Volleyball
The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through February 4 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Juniata (7-2) -- 128
2. UC San Diego (1-6) -- 115
3. N.J. Inst. of Tech. (1-3) -- 99
4. Vassar (6-0) -- 92
5. Springfield (3-1) -- 84
6. La Verne (0-5) -- 68
7. New York U. (2-2) -- 51
8. East. Mennonite (1-3) -- 34
9. Roger Williams (4-2) -- 29
10. Clarke (3-8) -- 12

Division II Wrestling
The top 20 NCAA Division II wrestling teams through February 5 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.

NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Regional Rankings OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS -- The top eight teams in each region in the weekly 1996-97 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III menÍs basketball poll, conducted by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee.

Northeast Region
1. Williams (Mass.) (16-2)
2. Colby (Maine) (17-2)
3. Amherst (Mass.) (15-3)
4. Springfield (Mass.) (17-2)
5. Connecticut College (15-4)
6. Tie -- Massachusetts - Dartmouth (14-6)
Salem State (Mass.) (16-2)
8. Western Connecticut State (16-4)

East Region

1. St. Lawrence (N.Y.) (17-2)
2. Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.) (17-2)
3. St. John Fisher (N.Y.) (15-4)
4. Rochester (N.Y.) (12-7)
5. Oneonta State (N.Y.) (14-5)
6. Ithaca (N.Y.) (14-5)
7. Brockport State (N.Y.) (12-6)
8. Tie -- Cortland State (N.Y.) (12-6)
Hamilton (N.Y.) (10-8)

Middle Atlantic Region

1. Tie -- Alvernia (Pa.) (17-3)
Wilkes (Pa.) (15-3)
3. Lycoming (Pa.) (16-4)
4. Widener (Pa.) (15-5)
5. Johns Hopkins (Md.) (15-5)
6. Goucher (Md.) (16-4)
7. Salisbury State (Md.) (16-4)
8. Washington (Mo.) (13-7)

Atlantic Region

1. Rowan (N.J.) (20-0)
2. William Paterson (N.J.) (17-3)
3. Richard Stockton (N.J.) (15-5)
4. Tie -- Jersey City St. (N.J.) (14-6)
New York University (16-5)
Staten Island (N.Y.) (17-3)
7. Tie -- Mount St. Vincent (N.Y.) (16-4)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (15-5)
York (N.Y.) (14-4)

South Region

1. Sewanee (University of the South) (Tenn.) (14-4)
2. Maryville (Tenn.) (16-4)
3. Hampden-Sydney (Va.) (16-5)
4. Bridgewater (Va.) (16-5)
5. Christopher Newport (Va.) (15-5)
6. Roanoke (Va.) (15-6)
7. Tie -- Hendrix (Ark.) (16-5)
Savannah A&D (Ga.) (15-6)
Stillman (Ala.) (15-5)

Great Lakes Region

1. Hope (Mich.) (18-2)
2. Wittenberg (Ohio) (18-3)
3. Tie -- John Carroll (Ohio) (17-3)
Mount Union (Ohio) (16-4)
5. Ohio Northern (14-5)
6. Tie -- Denison (Ohio) (15-5)
Wooster (Ohio) (16-5)
8. Calvin (Mich.) (12-6)

Midwest Region

1. Illinois Wesleyan (19-1)
2. Wabash (Ind.) (18-2)
3. Chicago (Ill.) (15-4)
4. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (15-6)
5. Washington (Mo.) (14-6)
6. Lawrence (Wis.) (17-1)
7. Tie -- Elmhurst (Ill.) (13-6)
Wheaton (Ill.) (14-3)

West Region

1. Wisconsin-Whitewater (19-0)
2. Wisconsin-Platteville (19-1)
3. Nebraska Wesleyan (15-4)
4. Pomona Pitzer (Calif.) (15-5)
5. Buena Vista (Iowa) (13-4)
6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh (15-4)
7. UC San Diego (Calif.) (15-6)
8. Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) (15-4)

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