Polls

Polls

March 31, 1997

Division I All-Around

Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division I all-around athletics program through March 20, 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 22 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial.

1. Nebraska, 3841/2; 2. Colorado, 3501/2; 3. North Carolina, 3341/2; 4. Stanford, 312; 5. Wisconsin, 2911/2; 6. Penn State, 2771/2; 7. Florida, 273; 8. Notre Dame, 2671/2; 9. Texas, 251; 10. George Mason, 2431/2; 11. (tie) Arkansas and Brigham Young, 234; 13. Northern Arizona, 227; 14. Villanova, 2211/2; 15. UCLA, 2181/2; 16. Massachusetts, 215; 17. Maryland, 210; 18. William and Mary, 2051/2; 19. Washington, 202; 20. Kentucky, 1891/2; 21. Dartmouth, 186; 22. LSU, 170; 23. Boston U., 1631/2; 24. Kansas State, 1601/2; 25. (tie) Auburn and Ohio State, 152.

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through March 16 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. LSU (20-1 -- 821
2. Florida St. (20-5 -- 768
3. UCLA (23-5-1 -- 716
4. Ga. Tech (19-2 -- 701
5. Alabama (19-2 -- 691
6. Auburn (22-2 -- 630
7. Southern Cal (22-8 -- 595
8. Stanford (18-7 -- 568
9. Rice (18-6 -- 555
10. Clemson (19-2 -- 552
11. Tennessee (18-3 -- 450
12. Wichita St. (14-3 -- 445
13. Florida (17-8 -- 444
14. Texas Tech (18-2 -- 434
15. Miami (Fla.) (17-10 -- 311
16. South Fla. (17-6 -- 264
17. Oklahoma St. (15-7 -- 260
18. Texas (18-8 -- 204
19. Arizona St. (18-11 -- 148
20. South Caro. (18-5 -- 142
21. Arizona (22-12 -- 133
22. San Diego St. (17-4 -- 110
23. Texas A&M (16-10 -- 108
24. Cal St. Northridge (21-10-1 -- 80
25. Cal St. Fullerton (16-11 -- 70

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through March 17, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (19-6 -- 480
2. Fla. Southern (23-4 -- 460
3. Kennesaw St. (18-4 -- 444
4. UC Riverside (23-3 -- 428
5. Ala.-Huntsville (15-2 -- 426
6. Mo.-St. Louis (9-1 -- 393
7. St. Leo (20-3 -- 372
8. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (10-4 -- 371
9. North Ala. (21-3 -- 368
10. Indianapolis (19-2 -- 338
11. Mercyhurst (11-1 -- 308
12. Cal St. Chico (19-4 -- 298
13. Abilene Christian (19-7 -- 272
14. North Fla. (15-8 -- 270
15. Central Mo. St. (10-3 -- 262
16. Columbus St. (17-8 -- 248
17. West Ga. (21-3 -- 226
18. Mesa St. (15-6 -- 220
19. Mount Olive (17-4 -- 188
20. Slippery Rock (3-0 -- 162
21. Georgia Col. (14-14 -- 148
22. Fort Hays St. (9-3 -- 144
23. Adelphi (5-4 -- 142
24. Florida Tech (18-4 -- 118
25. Southern Ark. (14-5 -- 88

Men's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through March 17, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Ohio St. -- 232.040
2. California -- 231.807
3. Oklahoma -- 229.813
4. Iowa -- 229.757
5. Nebraska -- 229.533
6. Penn St. -- 228.783
7. New Mexico St. -- 228.140
8. Stanford -- 226.500
8. Massachusetts -- 226.500
10. Illinois -- 226.407
11. Brigham Young -- 226.390
12. Minnesota -- 225.830
13. Michigan St. -- 225.230
14. Ill.-Chicago -- 223.867
15. Navy -- 221.533
16. Temple -- 221.167
17. Michigan -- 220.250
18. Syracuse -- 219.873
19. Army -- 218.850
20. William & Mary -- 217.590

Women's Gymnastics

The top 25 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through March 19, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Georgia -- 197.722
2. Utah -- 196.847
3. Michigan -- 196.710
4. Alabama -- 196.680
5. LSU -- 196.205
6. Arizona St. -- 196.030
7. UCLA -- 195.765
8. Nebraska -- 197.540
9. Utah St. -- 195.447
10. Florida -- 195.215
11. West Va. -- 195.172
12. Washington -- 194.822
13. Iowa St. -- 194.777
14. Brigham Young -- 194.742
15. Stanford -- 194.692
16. Ohio St. -- 194.660
17. Southeast Mo. St. -- 194.555
18. Oregon St. -- 194.272
19. Towson St. -- 194.252
20. Minnesota -- 194.205
21. Massachusetts -- 194.092
22. Michigan St. -- 194.005
23. Denver -- 193.972
24. North Caro. St. -- 193.957
25. Penn St. -- 193.852

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through March 17, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (34-3-4 -- 100
2. North Dak. (28-10-2 -- 83
3. Boston U. (24-8-6 -- 79
4. Clarkson (27-9-0 -- 78
5. New Hampshire (28-10-0 -- 57
6. Cornell (20-8-5 -- 47
7. Minnesota (27-12-1 -- 43
8. Michigan St. (23-12-4 -- 33
9. Miami (Ohio) (27-11-1 -- 14
10. Colorado Col. (23-14-4 -- 10

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through March 17 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (3-0 -- 200
2. Syracuse (3-1 -- 190
3. Virginia (3-2 -- 172
4. Johns Hopkins (2-2 -- 164
5. Duke (4-1 -- 156
6. Georgetown (4-1 -- 141
7. Hofstra (3-0 -- 138
8. Navy (4-1 -- 128
9. North Caro. (2-3 -- 121
10. Maryland (3-1 -- 118
11. Hobart (1-0 -- 89
12. Loyola (Md.) (2-1 -- 86
13. Army (2-1 -- 85
14. Notre Dame (2-1 -- 64
15. Massachusetts (2-1 -- 61
16. Brown (1-2 -- 58
17. Harvard (2-0 -- 47
18. Md.-Balt. County (3-1 -- 35
19. Delaware (2-2 -- 7
19. Penn St. (2-2 -- 7
19. Towson St. (1-2 -- 7

Division II Men's Lacrosse

The top 10 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse teams through March 17 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LIU-C. W. Post (1-0 -- 95
2. Adelphi (2-0 -- 90
3. New York Tech (2-1 -- 85
4. Sacred Heart (1-1 -- 66
5. LIU-Southampton (1-0 -- 64
6. Limestone (4-1 -- 30
6. Pfeiffer (2-2 -- 30
8. St. Andrews (1-3 -- 29
9. Bentley (0-0 -- 26
10. West Chester (0-2 -- 21

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through March 17 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Nazareth (0-1 -- 197
2. Washington (Md.) (2-2 -- 190
3. Wash. & Lee (5-0 -- 173
4. Ohio Wesleyan (2-1 -- 161
5. Roanoke (3-1 -- 156
6. Salisbury St. (2-1 -- 154
7. Gettysburg (1-1 -- 149
8. Denison (3-1 -- 135
9. Rochester Inst. (1-0 -- 113
10. Alfred (2-0 -- 111
11. Middlebury (0-0 -- 100
12. Hartwick (3-0 -- 90
13. Williams (0-0 -- 62
14. Greensboro (4-1 -- 58
15. Cortland St. (2-1 -- 52
16. Hampden-Sydney (3-2 -- 45
17. Amherst (1-0 -- 35 -- 1/2
18. Connecticut Col. (1-0 -- 34
19. Frank. & Marsh. (2-2 -- 27
20. Springfield (0-1 -- 22

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through March 18, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Brigham Young (14-1 -- 232
2. Penn St. (19-1 -- 224
3. UCLA (14-3 -- 210
4. Stanford (13-3 -- 194
5. Pepperdine (13-3 -- 173
6. Long Beach St. (14-5 -- 164
7. UC Santa Barb. (9-7 -- 134
8. Ball St. (16-5 -- 122
9. Pacific (Cal.) (12-6 -- 114
10. Hawaii (11-7 -- 108
11. Lewis (16-7 -- 75
12. Southern Cal (10-9 -- 54
13. Cal St. Northridge (8-9 -- 51
14. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (11-5 -- 37
15. Ohio St. (15-7 -- 17

Division III Men's Volleyball

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through March 18 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Juniata (16-7 -- 126
2. UC San Diego (5-12 -- 116
3. Springfield (11-5 -- 106
4. Vassar (12-6 -- 92
5. N. J. Inst. of Tech. (11-8 -- 59
6. UC Santa Cruz (3-6 -- 59
7. New Paltz St. (13-6 -- 48
8. La Verne (2-19 -- 44
9. Roger Williams (17-6 -- 23
10. New York University (5-15 -- 14