Polls

Polls - February 24, 1997

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through February 10, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Kennesaw St. (2-0) -- 480
2. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (0-0) -- 464
3. Ala.-Huntsville (0-0) -- 448
4. Delta St. (0-0) -- 420
5. Columbus St. (2-0) -- 416
6. Tampa (3-2) -- 412
7. Mo.-St. Louis (0-0) -- 384
8. St. Leo (2-0) -- 368
9. Mercyhurst (0-0) -- 348
10. Abilene Christian (1-1) -- 328
11. Shippensburg (0-0) -- 304
12. Southern Colo. (2-2) -- 286
13. North Ala. (0-0) -- 284
14. Central Mo. St. (0-0) -- 252
15. Adelphi (0-0) -- 248
16. Fla. Southern (1-3) -- 224
16. Lewis (0-0) -- 224
18. Cal St. Dom. Hills (2-0) -- 208
19. Lincoln Memorial (1-1-1) -- 196
20. Mansfield (0-0) -- 164
21. North Fla. (2-1) -- 156
21. Mankato St. (0-0) -- 156
23. SIU-Edwardsville (0-0) -- 116
24. Valdosta St. (0-0) -- 108
25. Slippery Rock (0-0) -- 52

Division II Men's Basketball

The top 20 NCAA Division II men's basketball teams through February 10 as selected by the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Fort Hays St. (21-1) -- 160
2. Cal St. Bakersfield (20-3) -- 152
3. Central Okla. (21-2) -- 143
4. Georgia Col. (18-3) -- 134
5. Salem-Teikyo (20-1) -- 126
6. Southern Conn. St. (20-2) -- 119
7. Northern Ky. (22-2) -- 118
8. Alabama A&M (18-3) -- 104
9. Indianapolis (20-1) -- 95
10. South Dak. St. (18-3) -- 87
11. New Hamp. Col. (20-2) -- 79
12. West Ga. (17-3) -- 69
13. Presbyterian (17-4) -- 66
14. Mansfield (20-3) -- 58
15. Grand Canyon (18-3) -- 45
15. Washburn (17-7) -- 45
17. St. Rose (21-4) -- 25
18. Grand Valley St. (19-3) -- 21
19. Tex. A&M-Commerce (17-5) -- 20
20. Wheeling Jesuit (18-3) -- 8

Division II Women's Basketball

The USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division II women's basketball teams through February 9, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Dak. St. (22-0) -- 600
2. St. Rose (22-0) -- 575
3. West Tex. A&M (21-1) -- 547
4. Southern Ind. (20-1) -- 526
5. Abilene Christian (21-2) -- 502
6. North Dak. (20-2) -- 478
7. UC Davis (20-2) -- 444
8. Northern Mich. (20-2) -- 415
9. Neb.-Kearney (20-2) -- 406
10. Oakland (20-3) -- 366
11. Augustana (S. D.) (18-3) -- 330
12. Shippensburg (19-3) -- 324
13. Stonehill (18-3) -- 319
14. Kennesaw St. (20-1) -- 310
15. Seattle Pacific (19-2) -- 268
16. Bentley (17-4) -- 229
17. Bowie St. (21-1) -- 197
18. Florida Tech (20-2) -- 168
19. Northern Colo. (16-5) -- 165
20. South Dak. St. (15-6) -- 148
21. Delta St. (16-5) -- 111
22. Metropolitan St. (17-4) -- 73
23. Longwood (19-2) -- 69
24. Michigan Tech (16-5) -- 63
25. Fayetteville St. (20-3) -- 31
25. Fort Hays St. (16-4) -- 31

Division III Men's Basketball

The top eight NCAA Division III men's basketball teams in each region through February 11, as selected by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee, with records:

Northeast: 1. Williams, 16-2; 2. Colby, 17-2; 3. Amherst, 15-3; 4. Springfield, 17-2; 5. Connecticut College, 15-4; 6. (tie) Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 14-6, and Salem State, 16-2; 8. Western Connecticut State, 16-4.

East: 1. St. Lawrence, 17-2; 2. Rochester Institute of Technology, 17-2; 3. St. John Fisher, 15-4; 4. Rochester, 12-7; 5. Oneonta State, 14-5; 6. Ithaca, 14-5; 7. Brockport State, 12-6; 8. (tie) Cortland State, 12-6, and Hamilton, 10-8.

Middle Atlantic: 1. (tie) Alvernia, 17-3, and Wilkes, 15-3; 3. Lycoming, 16-4; 4. Widener, 15-5; 5. Johns Hopkins, 15-5; 6. Goucher, 16-4; 7. Salisbury State, 16-4; 8. Washington (Maryland), 13-7.

Atlantic: 1. Rowan, 20-0; 2. William Paterson, 17-3; 3. Richard Stockton, 15-5; 4. (tie) Jersey City State, 14-6; New York University, 16-5; and Staten Island, 17-3; 7. (tie) Mount St. Vincent, 16-4; New Jersey Institute of Technology, 15-5; and York (New York), 14-4.

South: 1. Sewanee (University of the South), 14-4; 2. Maryville (Tennessee), 16-4; 3. Hampden-Sydney, 16-5; 4. Bridgewater (Virginia), 16-5; 5. Christopher Newport, 15-5; 6. Roanoke, 15-6; 7. (tie) Hendrix, 16-5; Savannah A&D, 15-6; and Stillman, 15-5.

Great Lakes: 1. Hope, 18-2; 2. Wittenberg, 18-3; 3. (tie) John Carroll, 17-3, and Mount Union, 16-4; 5. Ohio Northern, 14-5; 6. (tie) Denison, 15-5, and Wooster, 16-5; 8. Calvin, 12-6.

Midwest: 1. Illinois Wesleyan, 19-1; 2. Wabash, 18-2; 3. Chicago, 15-4; 4. Rose-Hulman, 15-6; 5. Washington (Missouri), 14-6; 6. Lawrence, 17-1; 7. (tie) Elmhurst, 13-6, and Wheaton (Illinois), 14-3.

West: 1. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 19-0; 2. Wisconsin-Platteville, 19-1; 3. Nebraska Wesleyan, 15-4; 4. Pomona-Pitzer, 15-5; 5. Buena Vista, 13-4; 6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 15-4; 7. UC San Diego, 15-6; 8. Gustavus Adolphus, 15-4.

Division III Women's Basketball

The top 10 NCAA Division III women's basketball teams in each region through February 11, as selected by the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Committee, with records:

Northeast: 1. Clark (Massachusetts), 17-3; 2. Salem State, 16-2; 3. Western Connecticut State, 17-2; 4. Southern Maine, 17-3; 5. Bates, 15-3; 6. Bowdoin, 14-4; 7. Springfield, 14-5; 8. Trinity (Connecticut), 12-3; 9. Colby, 13-5; 10. Middlebury, 14-4.

East: 1. New York University, 17-1; 2. William Smith, 19-0; 3. Binghamton, 17-1; 4. St. John Fisher, 16-2; 5. Hartwick, 13-5; 6. Nazareth, 14-5; 7. Ithaca, 14-6; 8. Oneonta State, 14-5; 9. Elmira, 12-7; 10. Geneseo State, 14-4.

Mid-Atlantic: 1. Scranton, 18-2; 2. Johns Hopkins, 17-3; 3. Elizabethtown, 13-6; 4. Cabrini, 18-2; 5. Susquehanna, 14-5; 6. Alvernia, 16-3; 7. Lycoming, 14-6; 8. Misericordia, 13-5; 9. King's (Pennsylvania), 14-6; 10. Allentown, 15-5.

Atlantic: 1. Marymount (Virginia), 19-1; 2. Rowan, 19-1; 3. College of New Jersey, 16-4; 4. William Paterson, 17-3; 5. Colby-Sawyer, 15-3; 6. Gallaudet, 14-6; 7. Regis (Massachusetts), 15-4; 8. Montclair State, 15-5; 9. Frostburg State, 18-2; 10. Salisbury State, 13-7.

South: 1. Roanoke, 18-1; 2. Emory, 14-5; 3. Bridgewater (Virginia), 16-3; 4. Hendrix, 18-3; 5. Christopher Newport, 15-4; 6. Thomas More, 16-5; 7. Savannah A&D, 17-5; 8. Guilford, 12-7; 9. Emory and Henry, 12-6; 10. Greensboro, 12-7.

Great Lakes: 1. Defiance, 20-0; 2. Capital, 18-2; 3. Baldwin-Wallace, 18-2; 4. Calvin, 18-2; 5. Muskingum, 15-5; 6. Alma, 15-5; 7. Kenyon, 20-1; 8. Mount Union, 13-7; 9. Bethany, 18-2; 10. DePauw, 18-3.

Central: 1. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 17-2; 2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 18-2; 3. Millikin, 17-2; 4. Wheaton (Illinois), 17-3; 5. Washington (Missouri), 15-4; 6. Wisconsin-Stout, 14-6; 7. Lawrence, 13-4; 8. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 14-4; 9. Beloit, 15-3; 10. Lake Forest, 14-4.

West: 1. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 18-1; 2. St. Benedict, 16-3; 3. Buena Vista, 13-4; 4. UC San Diego, 14-5; 5. Chapman, 16-5; 6. Luther, 12-4; 7. Pomona-Pitzer, 15-5; 8. Bethel (Minnesota), 14-5; 9. Concordia-Moorhead, 15-5; 10. Wartburg, 13-6.

Men's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through February 9, ranked according to the teams' highest single scores as provided by GymInfo:
1. Ohio St. -- 231.925
2. Iowa -- 229.625
3. Penn St. -- 229.550
4. California -- 228.150
5. Michigan St. -- 227.750
6. Oklahoma -- 227.575
7. Massachusetts -- 227.450
8. New Mexico -- 226.875
9. Nebraska -- 226.650
10. Illinois -- 225.950
11. Brigham Young -- 224.700
12. Minnesota -- 223.875
13. Illinois -- 222.900
14. Stanford -- 220.650
15. Michigan -- 218.800
16. Temple -- 218.025
17. Navy -- 216.250
18. Air Force -- 215.200
19. William & Mary -- 213.150
20. Army -- 213.000

Women's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through February 11, based on the teams' season averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Georgia -- 196.604
2. Alabama -- 195.815
3. Utah -- 195.785
4. Michigan -- 195.146
5. Nebraska -- 194.617
6. West Va. -- 194.556
7. UCLA -- 194.490
8. Washington -- 194.054
9. Florida -- 194.025
10. Oregon St. -- 193.915
11. LSU -- 193.825
12. Stanford -- 193.335
13. Utah St. -- 193.237
14. Arizona -- 193.100
15. Brigham Young -- 193.083
16. Minnesota -- 192.815
17. Denver -- 192.525
18. Kentucky -- 192.375
19. Kent -- 192.015
20. Boise St. -- 191.837

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through February 10, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (26-2-3) -- 100
2. North Dak. (21-7-2) -- 89
3. New Hampshire (23-6-0) -- 76
4. Boston U. (16-6-5) -- 72
5. Vermont (18-6-2) -- 47
6. Minnesota (20-10-0) -- 43
7. Clarkson (18-8-0) -- 36
8. Michigan St. (17-9-3) -- 32
9. Miami (Ohio) (20-9-1) -- 22
10. Lake Superior St. (18-10-4) -- 16

Division II Men's Ice Hockey

The top five NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams through February 11 as selected by the NCAA Divisions II and III Men's Ice Hockey Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Ala.-Huntsville (19-3-0) -- 30
2. Bemidji St. (19-6-2) -- 24
3. Mercyhurst (14-6-2) -- 18
4. St. Anselm (13-6-0) -- 12
5. Bentley (14-8-0) -- 3
5. St. Michael (13-6-0) -- 3

Division III Men's Ice Hockey

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey teams in each region through February 11, with records in parentheses and points:

West
1. St. Norbert (20-4-1) -- 47 -- 1/2
1. St. John's (Minn.) (18-3-0) -- 47 -- 1/2
3. Wis.-Stevens Point (14-7-2) -- 40
4. Wis.-Superior (14-6-2) -- 35
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) (16-7-0) -- 29
6. Wis.-River Falls (15-8-0) -- 26
7. St. Mary's (Minn.) (13-8-0) -- 20
8. Gustavus Adolphus (12-9-0) -- 15
9. Augsburg (11-9-1) -- 10
10. Wis.-Eau Claire (10-12-2) -- 5

East
1. Plattsburgh St. (17-4-1) -- 50
2. Rochester Inst. (16-3-2) -- 45
3. Middlebury (15-3-1) -- 40
4. Elmira (13-5-3) -- 32
5. Norwich (16-3-1) -- 31
6. Hamilton (15-4-1) -- 27
7. Williams (12-7-1) -- 20
8. Colby (12-7-1) -- 10
9. Bowdoin (11-7-0) -- 7
10. Fredonia St. (11-8-1) -- 6 -- 1/2
10. Potsdam St. (11-9-2) -- 6 -- 1/2

Division II Men's Indoor Track

The top 25 NCAA Division II men's indoor track teams through February 10 as selected by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rankings:

1. St. Augustine's, 234.6; 2. Abilene Christian, 226.2; 3. Central Missouri State, 206.0; 4. South Dakota, 199.4; 5. Fort Hays State, 185.1; 6. Lewis, 179.6; 7. Saginaw Valley, 173.5; 8. Albany (New York), 172.1; 9. Shippensburg, 170.3; 10. Kutztown, 163.9; 11. Emporia State, 162.1; 12. East Stroudsburg, 151.1; 13. Ashland, 148.4; 14. Millersville, 138.5; 15. North Dakota, 135.6; 16. Grand Valley State, 132.7; 17. Pittsburg State, 131.8; 18. Northern State, 131.7; 19. Slippery Rock, 131.2; 20. Massachusetts-Lowell, 111.7; 21. Missouri-Rolla, 105.4; 22. St. Joseph's (Indiana), 96.8; 23. Sacred Heart, 95.2; 24. Morris Brown, 21.8; 25. Mankato State, 94.0.

Division II Women's

Indoor Track

The top 25 NCAA Division II women's indoor track teams through February 10 as selected by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rankings:

1. Abilene Christian, 166.4; 2. Northwest Missouri State, 155.7; 3. Nebraska-Omaha, 152.8; 4. Emporia State, 150.3; 5. Albany (New York), 147.2; 6. Lewis, 145.2; 7. Saginaw Valley, 137.7; 8. Slippery Rock, 135.8; 9. Fort Hays State, 129.4; 10. Pittsburg State, 127.9; 11. Shippensburg, 125.5; 12. St. Augustine's, 121.4; 13. Central Missouri State, 120.5; 14. East Stroudsburg, 116.8; 15. Kutztown, 110.1; 16. Massachusetts-Lowell, 105.9; 17. Ashland, 105.1; 18. Northern State, 98.9; 19. St. Joseph's (Indiana), 96.0; 20. Sacred Heart, 93.1; 21. Millersville, 87.5; 22. Mankato State, 81.7; 23. Grand Valley State, 77.6; 24. Minnesota-Duluth, 75.3; 25. Missouri-Rolla, 34.5.

Division III Men's Indoor Track

The top 25 NCAA Division III men's indoor track teams through February 10 as selected by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rankings:

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 214.4; 2. College of New Jersey, 201.1; 3. Nebraska Wesleyan, 172.3; 4. Mount Union, 172.2; 5. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 169.6; 6. Fredonia State, 164.4; 7. Ohio Northern, 158.6; 8. Monmouth (Illinois), 129.4; 9. St. Lawrence, 125.7; 10. Concordia-Moorhead, 125.1; 11. Binghamton, 123.0; 12. Lincoln (Pennsylvania), 122.5; 13. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 120.3; 14. Allegheny, 117.6; 15. St. Olaf, 113.8; 16. Washington (Missouri), 110.1; 17. Wartburg, 107.3; 18. Rose-Hulman, 106.6; 19. Hamline, 106.4; 20. Rochester, 105.2; 21. Carleton, 104.3; 22. Chicago, 104.0; 23. Swarthmore, 103.0; 24. Loras, 101.5; 25. Alfred, 100.5.

Division III Women's Indoor Track

The top 25 NCAA Division III women's indoor track teams through February 10 as selected by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rankings:

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 173.6; 2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 150.7; 3. (tie) Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Loras, 120.7; 5. Mount Union, 117.7; 6. Wartburg, 117.0; 7. St. Lawrence, 116.7; 8. Concordia-Moorhead, 113.2; 9. Ohio Northern, 109.6; 10. Ithaca, 106.1; 11. College of New Jersey, 105.8; 12. Nebraska Wesleyan, 102.0; 13. Rochester, 89.5; 14. Binghamton, 88.0; 15. Monmouth (Illinois), 83.7; 16. Chicago, 82.1; 17. Swarthmore, 75.6; 18. Washington (Missouri), 66.9; 19. Allegheny, 54.5; 20. New York University, 47.9; 21. Defiance, 44.7; 22. Montclair State, 44.4; 23. Alfred, 39.7; 24. Ramapo, 13.5; 25. Hanover, 5.2.

Division II Men's Tennis

The preseason top 20 NCAA Division II men's tennis teams as listed by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association:

1. Lander, 2. West Florida, 3. Lynn, 4. Barry, 5. Bloomsburg, 6. Armstrong Atlantic State, 7. Central Oklahoma, 8. Florida Southern, 9. UC Davis, 10. Valdosta State, 11. Abilene Christian, 12. Elon, 13. North Florida, 14. Georgia College, 15. West Texas A&M, 16. Cal Poly Pomona, 17. Northwood, 18. Rollins, 19. Francis Marion, 20. Cal State Los Angeles.

Division II Women's Tennis

The preseason top 20 NCAA Division II women's tennis teams as listed by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association:

1. Armstrong Atlantic State, 2. Lynn, 3. North Florida, 4. Georgia College; 5. Grand Canyon, 6. Rollins, 7. Abilene Christian, 8. Barry, 9. Presbyterian, 10. Northern Colorado, 11. UC Davis, 12. Central Oklahoma, 13. West Florida, 14. Ferris State, 15. Bloomsburg, 16. Cal State Bakersfield, 17. Eckerd, 18. Cameron, 19. Cal Poly Pomona, 20. Elon.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through February 11, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Stanford (5-1) -- 229
2. Penn St. (10-1) -- 210
3. Brigham Young (5-1) -- 196
4. UCLA (4-2) -- 195
5. Pepperdine (5-2) -- 174
6. Hawaii (5-4) -- 144
7. UC Santa Barb. (4-3) -- 139
8. Ball St. (9-0) -- 135
9. Long Beach St. (7-2) -- 129
10. Southern Cal (5-3) -- 107
11. Lewis (7-2) -- 84
12. Pacific (Cal.) (5-2) -- 63
13. Cal St. Northridge (5-3) -- 52
14. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (6-3) -- 24
15. Loyola Marymount (2-3) -- 22

Division III Men's Volleyball

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through February 11, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Juniata (11-3) -- 127
2. N. J. Inst. of Tech. (3-4) -- 106
3. La Verne (1-5) -- 102
4. Vassar (8-1) -- 90
5. UC San Diego (2-8) -- 85
6. Springfield (4-1) -- 74
7. East. Mennonite (2-6) -- 41
8. New York University (2-5) -- 30
9. Jersey City St. (6-5) -- 25
10. Roger Williams (4-2) -- 18

Division I Wrestling

The InterMat/American Wrestling News top 25 NCAA Division I wrestling teams through February 12 as selected by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, with dual-meet records in parentheses and points:
1. Oklahoma St. (17-0) -- 250
2. Iowa (14-1) -- 240
3. Minnesota (13-4) -- 230
4. Illinois (11-1) -- 215
4. Penn St. (12-4) -- 215
6. Edinboro (11-0) -- 199
7. Rider (11-2) -- 183
8. Nebraska (13-4) -- 176
9. Iowa St. (8-6-1) -- 169
10. Arizona St. (12-4) -- 167
11. Michigan (9-3) -- 136
12. Pennsylvania (7-2-1) -- 133
13. Fresno St. (12-4) -- 123
14. Oklahoma (8-6-1) -- 120
15. Michigan St. (7-11) -- 104
16. Lock Haven (10-5) -- 100
17. Cal St. Bakersfield (6-7) -- 93
18. Oregon St. (13-8) -- 74
19. Cornell (8-4) -- 69
20. Purdue (13-4) -- 62
21. Oregon (9-5) -- 50
22. North Caro. (9-2) -- 30
23. Pittsburgh (10-4-1) -- 25
24. Lehigh (7-7) -- 24
25. West Va. (4-3) -- 18

Division III Wrestling

The Adidas-Brute top 25 NCAA Division III wrestling teams through February 3 as listed by the National Wrestling Coaches Association:

1. Augsburg, 2. Wartburg, 3. Lycoming, 4. John Carroll, 5. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 6. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 7. College of New Jersey, 8. Brockport State, 9. St. John's (Minnesota), 10. Simpson, 11. Cortland State, 12. Mount Union, 13. Springfield, 14. Buena Vista, 15. Loras, 16. Ithaca, 17. Rochester Institute of Technology, 18. Olivet, 19. Manchester, 20. Delaware Valley, 21. Norwich, 22. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 23. Messiah, 24. King's (Pennsylvania), 25. Oswego State.