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Polls

March 24, 1997

Division II All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division II all-around athletics programs through March 13, administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and based on performance to date in NCAA men's and women's fall and winter championships. Winter championships included in this ranking are men's and women's rifle, skiing and indoor track. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in each of 16 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial.

1. UC Davis, 3571/2; 2. Western State, 290; 3. Lewis, 244; 4. Abilene Christian, 243; 5. Adams State, 225; 6. North Dakota State, 215; 7. Northwest Missouri State, 210; 8. South Dakota State, 201; 9. Central Missouri State, 181; 10. Bloomsburg, 175; 11. Nebraska-Omaha, 172; 12. South Dakota, 1691/2; 13. Humboldt State, 1621/2; 14. Edinboro, 1611/2; 15. Augustana (S.D.), 1521/2; 16. Ashland, 152; 17. North Florida, 1431/2; 18. Fort Hays State, 1381/2; 19. St. Augustine's, 126; 20. Lynn, 1241/2; 21. Tampa, 1211/2; 22. Cal State Los Angeles, 119; 23. (tie) Franklin Pierce and Northern Colorado, 1181/2; 25. Hillsdale, 118.

Division III All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division III all-around athletics programs through March 13, administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and based on performance to date in NCAA men's and women's fall and winter championships. Winter championships included in this ranking are men's and women's rifle, skiing and indoor track and men's wrestling. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in each of 20 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial.

1. College of New Jersey, 463; 2. Williams, 3781/2; 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 359; 4. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 3261/2; 5. Cortland State, 3141/2; 6. Ithaca, 309; 7. Mount Union, 2701/2; 8. Emory, 237; 9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 215; 10. Middlebury, 212; 11. Haverford, 211; 12. UC San Diego, 207; 13. Wilmington (Ohio), 2051/2; 14. St. Olaf, 1981/2; 15. Binghamton, 1861/2; 16. Luther, 1831/2; 17. Ohio Northern, 1781/2; 18. North Central, 172; 19. Springfield, 1701/2; 20. (tie) Bates and St. John's (Minnesota), 168; 22. Loras, 166; 23. Chicago, 163; 24. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1571/2; 25. Rochester Institute of Technology, 156.

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through March 9 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. LSU (16-0) -- 812
2. Florida St. (15-5) -- 747
3. UCLA (21-5-1) -- 701
4. Ga. Tech (14-1) -- 696
5. Rice (17-4) -- 662
6. Southern Cal (20-6) -- 630
7. Alabama (15-1) -- 615
8. Stanford (18-7) -- 591
9. Tennessee (16-1) -- 554
10. Auburn (19-1) -- 549
11. Florida (14-6) -- 538
12. Clemson (15-2) -- 476
13. Wichita St. (8-2) -- 398
14. Texas Tech (13-2) -- 355
15. Texas (17-6) -- 307
16. Miami (Fla.) (13-10) -- 234
17. Texas A&M (14-8) -- 233
18. South Fla. (13-6) -- 204
19. Oklahoma St. (13-6) -- 197
20. Arizona St. (15-10) -- 164
21. South Ala. (12-4) -- 136
22. Jacksonville (13-1) -- 123
23. Arizona (19-10) -- 108
24. Cal St. Northridge (17-8-1) -- 94
25. Tulane (10-6) -- 89

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Divis-
ion II baseball teams through March 10, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Kennesaw St. (14-3) -- 474
2. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (6-1) -- 468
3. Tampa (15-6) -- 448
4. Ala.-Huntsville (8-2) -- 426
5. North Fla. (12-5) -- 418
6. Fla. Southern (16-3) -- 404
7. Mo.-St. Louis (5-0) -- 370
8. UC Riverside (19-3) -- 364
9. Abilene Christian (14-4) -- 340
10. Indianapolis (16-1) -- 324
11. St. Leo (13-3) -- 322
12. Columbus St. (14-5) -- 318
13. Southern Colo. (8-3) -- 284
14. Mesa St. (13-4) -- 282
15. Mercyhurst (8-1) -- 246
16. Mount Olive (15-2) -- 236
17. Central Mo. St. (6-2) -- 212
18. West Ga. (16-1) -- 204
19. Adelphi (1-1) -- 198
20. North Ala. (14-3) -- 180
21. Cal St. San B'dino (13-6-1) -- 174
22. SIU-Edwardsville (6-2) -- 130
23. Florida Tech (14-2) -- 122
24. Slippery Rock (0-0) -- 116
25. Fort Hays St. (6-2) -- 96

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 25 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through March 12, based on a computer ranking compiled by Golfstat and administered by the Collegiate Golf Foundation:
1. Arizona -- 232.530
2. San Jose St. -- 229.263
3. Arizona St. -- 217.633
4. LSU -- 187.330
5. Duke -- 181.975
6. Tennessee -- 175.400
7. Stanford -- 170.592
8. Wake Forest -- 164.125
9. Tulsa -- 142.344
10. Florida -- 129.550
11. Oregon -- 129.292
12. North Caro. -- 128.250
13. UCLA -- 120.997
14. Auburn -- 112.350
15. Texas A&M -- 96.092
16. Furman -- 93.675
17. Oklahoma St. -- 73.628
18. Texas -- 70.885
19. Alabama -- 68.438
20. Georgia -- 65.260
21. New Mexico -- 63.610
22. Washington -- 63.207
23. New Mexico St. -- 61.561
24. Kentucky -- 55.530
25. Southern Cal -- 51.965

Men's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through March 10, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as provided by GymInfo:
1. Ohio St. -- 232.040
2. California -- 231.807
3. Iowa -- 229.757
4. Nebraska -- 229.533
5. Oklahoma -- 229.003
6. Penn St. -- 228.283
7. Stanford -- 226.500
7. Massachusetts -- 226.500
9. Illinois -- 226.407
10. Minnesota -- 225.830
11. Brigham Young -- 225.673
12. Michigan St. -- 225.197
13. New Mexico -- 225.190
14. Ill.-Chicago -- 223.867
15. Navy -- 221.533
16. Temple -- 220.733
17. Syracuse -- 219.873
18. Army -- 218.633
19. Michigan -- 218.350
20. Air Force -- 215.083

Women's Gymnastics

The top 25 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through March 11, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as provided by GymInfo:
1. Georgia -- 197.722
2. Utah -- 196.847
3. Michigan -- 196.565
4. Alabama -- 196.555
5. Arizona St. -- 196.030
6. LSU -- 195.930
7. UCLA -- 195.765
8. Nebraska -- 195.635
9. Florida -- 195.215
10. Utah St. -- 195.210
11. Washington -- 194.822
12. West Va. -- 194.760
13. Stanford -- 194.692
14. Iowa St. -- 194.447
15. Brigham Young -- 194.330
16. Oregon St. -- 194.272
17. Ohio St. -- 194.230
18. Massachusetts -- 194.092
19. Towson St. -- 194.002
20. Minnesota -- 193.905
21. Arizona -- 193.617
22. Kentucky -- 193.497
23. Penn St. -- 193.440
24. Michigan St. -- 193.355
25. Boise St. -- 193.302

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through March 10, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (32-3-4) -- 100
2. Clarkson (26-8-0) -- 88
3. Minnesota (26-11-1) -- 78
4. Boston U. (22-8-6) -- 66
5. North Dak. (26-10-2) -- 60
6. New Hampshire (27-9-0) -- 51
7. Miami (Ohio) (27-10-1) -- 42
8. Michigan St. (22-11-4) -- 30
9. Cornell (18-8-5) -- 17
10. Denver (23-11-4) -- 10

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through March 10 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (2-0) -- 200
2. Johns Hopkins (2-1) -- 188
3. Syracuse (2-1) -- 167
4. Navy (4-0) -- 159
5. Virginia (1-2) -- 157
6. Georgetown (2-1) -- 143
7. Army (2-0) -- 137
8. North Caro. (2-1) -- 125
9. Brown (1-1) -- 115
10. Maryland (2-1) -- 106
11. Duke (2-1) -- 104
12. Hofstra (2-0) -- 99
13. Loyola (Md.) (1-1) -- 87
14. Massachusetts (1-0) -- 73
15. Notre Dame (1-0) -- 66
16. Harvard (0-0) -- 50
17. Md.-Balt. County (2-1) -- 29
18. Penn St. (1-0) -- 17
18. Yale (0-1) -- 17
20. Rutgers (2-1) -- 16

Division II Men's Lacrosse

The top 10 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse teams through March 10 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LIU-C. W. Post (0-0) -- 76
2. Adelphi (1-0) -- 72
3. New York Tech (2-0) -- 68
4. Sacred Heart (1-0) -- 56
5. LIU-Southampton (0-0) -- 48
6. West Chester (0-1) -- 28
7. Limestone (4-0) -- 27
8. St. Andrews (1-3) -- 24
9. Pfeiffer (1-1) -- 21
10. Bentley (0-0) -- 18

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through March 10 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Nazareth (0-0) -- 199
2. Ohio Wesleyan (1-0) -- 189
3. Washington (Md.) (0-2) -- 176
4. Salisbury St. (1-1) -- 165
5. Gettysburg (1-0) -- 161
6. Denison (2-0) -- 149
7. Wash. & Lee (4-0) -- 136
8. Rochester Inst. (1-0) -- 125
9. Roanoke (1-1) -- 123
10. Middlebury (0-0) -- 119
11. Alfred (0-0) -- 91
12. Hartwick (1-0) -- 76
13. Frank. & Marsh. (2-0) -- 73
14. Williams (0-0) -- 66
15. Springfield (0-0) -- 64
16. Hampden-Sydney (2-1) -- 46
17. Cortland St. (1-1) -- 29
18. Connecticut Col. (0-0) -- 22
19. Ithaca (0-0) -- 20
19. Greensboro (2-1) -- 20

Division I Men's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving teams through March 10 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Stanford, 239; 2. Auburn, 238; 3. Tennessee, 227; 4. Texas, 217; 5. Southern California, 206; 6. California, 204; 7. Michigan, 199; 8. Georgia, 182; 9. Minnesota, 169; 10. Arizona State, 147; 11. (tie) Arizona and Florida State, 129; 13. North Carolina, 123; 14. Nebraska, 110; 15. LSU, 109; 16. Florida, 94; 17. Harvard, 91; 18. Southern Methodist, 65; 19. Miami (Florida), 59; 20. Texas A&M, 58; 21. Indiana, 52; 22. North Carolina State, 50; 23. Ohio State, 33; 24. Purdue, 32; 25. Alabama, 27.

Division I Women's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving teams through March 10 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Stanford, 272; 2. Southern Methodist, 264; 3. Georgia, 249; 4. Southern California, 243; 5. Arizona, 224; 6. Michigan, 223; 7. Auburn, 198; 8. Minnesota, 181; 9. Nebraska, 177; 10. Texas, 171; 11. Florida, 168; 12. UCLA, 153; 13. California, 139; 14. Tennessee, 131; 15. Northwestern, 122; 16. North Carolina, 109; 17. LSU, 99; 18. Alabama, 85; 19. Kentucky, 57; 20. Arizona State, 51; 21. Wisconsin, 48; 22. Kansas, 45; 23. Clemson, 34; 24. Illinois, 32; 25. Virginia, 28.

Division III Men's Indoor Track

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

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 224.2; 2. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 202.2; 3. Mount Union, 189.3; 4. Augustana (Illinois), 187.3; 5. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 184.1; 6. Fredonia State, 178.1; 7. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 177.6; 8. Nebraska Wesleyan, 177.2; 9. Williams, 170.8; 10. MIT, 168.3; 11. Ohio Northern, 167.5; 12. College of New Jersey, 165.9; 13. St. John's (Minnesota), 164.6; 14. Bates, 162.3; 15. Ithaca, 148.7; 16. Baldwin-Wallace, 146.8; 17. Lynchburg, 145.4; 18. Methodist, 144.5; 19. Wartburg, 144.3; 20. Carleton, 138.0; 21. Monmouth (Illinois), 135.4; 22. Concordia-Moorhead, 134.8; 23. Rensselaer, 134.0; 24. Binghamton, 128.6; 25. St. Lawrence, 128.4.

Division III Women's Indoor Track

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

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 181.7; 2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 171.0; 3. Williams, 147.2; 4. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 138.6; 5. Baldwin-Wallace, 137.9; 6. Loras, 135.0; 7. Wartburg, 134.5; 8. Mount Union, 132.4; 9. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 130.8; 10. Augustana (Illinois), 129.5; 11. Concordia-Moorhead, 127.4; 12. Carthage, 126.6; 13. Ohio Northern, 125.7; 14. St. Lawrence, 124.0; 15. Ithaca, 114.7; 16. Nebraska Wesleyan, 112.7; 17. Bates, 111.9; 18. College of New Jersey, 110.5; 19. Mary Washington, 105.3; 20. Emory, 103.0; 21. Rochester, 99.8; 22. Monmouth (Illinois), 99.5; 23. Swarthmore, 94.9; 24. Washington (Missouri), 94.8; 25. Binghamton, 91.0.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through March 11, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Brigham Young (13-1) -- 233
2. Penn St. (17-1) -- 224
3. UCLA (12-3) -- 210
4. Stanford (11-3) -- 188
5. Pepperdine (12-3) -- 166
6. Ball St. (15-3) -- 161
7. Long Beach St. (12-5) -- 157
8. UC Santa Barb. (8-6) -- 129
9. Pacific (Cal.) (11-5) -- 114
10. Lewis (15-5) -- 92
11. Hawaii (9-7) -- 83
12. Southern Cal (9-8) -- 59
13. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (11-4) -- 46
14. Ohio St. (15-6) -- 23
15. Cal St. Northridge (7-8) -- 18

Division III Men's Volleyball

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through March 11 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Juniata (14-7) -- 123
2. UC San Diego (5-12) -- 122
3. Springfield (9-4) -- 106
4. Vassar (12-6) -- 87
5. N. J. Inst. of Tech. (9-7) -- 76
6. La Verne (1-15) -- 69
7. New Paltz St. (10-5) -- 48
8. UC Santa Cruz (3-6) -- 42
9. New York University (5-13) -- 21
10. Roger Williams (12-6) -- 15