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April 7, 1997

Division II All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division II all-around athletics programs through March 25, 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 basketball, fencing, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, and indoor track, and men's ice hockey and wrestling. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in each of 16 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial:

1. UC Davis, 504; 2. North Dakota State, 366; 3. Western State, 349; 4. North Dakota, 345; 5. South Dakota State, 3201/2; 6. Cal State Bakersfield, 298; 7. Abilene Christian, 2831/2; 8. Oakland, 283; 9. Central Missouri State, 277; 10. (tie) Hillsdale and South Dakota, 2741/2; 12. Adams State, 274; 13. Ashland, 269; 14. Tampa, 259; 15. Northern Colorado, 2511/2; 16. Fort Hays State, 246; 17. Lewis, 244; 18. Nebraska-Omaha, 235; 19. Shippensburg, 2331/2; 20. Augustana (South Dakota), 230; 21. Northern Michigan, 2251/2; 22. Edinboro, 220; 23. Northwest Missouri State, 210; 24. West Virginia Wesleyan, 203; 25. Truman State, 2001/2.

Division III All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division III all-around athletics programs through March 25, 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 basketball, fencing, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, and indoor track, and men's ice hockey and wrestling. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in each of 20 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial:

1. Williams, 604; 2. College of New Jersey, 560; 3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 4731/2; 4. Ithaca, 4391/2; 5. UC San Diego, 415; 6. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 402; 7. Emory, 3971/2; 8. Middlebury, 390; 9. Rowan, 3401/2; 10. Cortland State, 331; 11. Mount Union, 323; 12. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 3081/2; 13. Amherst, 303; 14. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2971/2; 15. St. Olaf, 2961/2; 16. Rochester Institute of Technology, 267; 17. Springfield, 2461/2; 18. Chicago, 241; 19. New York University, 2301/2; 20. St. John's (Minnesota), 230; 21. Nebraska Wesleyan, 2131/2; 22. Haverford, 211; 23. Binghamton, 209; 24. Kenyon, 2071/2; 25. Wooster, 2061/2.

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through March 23 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. LSU (23-2) -- 824
2. UCLA (25-5-1) -- 747
3. Ga. Tech (22-2) -- 732
4. Florida St. (23-7) -- 720
5. Auburn (25-2) -- 705
6. Stanford (20-7) -- 640
7. Alabama (21-4) -- 620
8. Tennessee (22-4) -- 608
9. Southern Cal (23-10) -- 536
10. Texas Tech (21-3) -- 513
11. Rice (20-7) -- 484
12. Wichita St. (16-5) -- 406
13. Clemson (20-5) -- 403
14. Oklahoma St. (20-7) -- 400
15. Miami (Fla.) (20-10) -- 374
16. Florida (18-11) -- 309
17. Arizona St. (21-12) -- 240
18. South Fla. (20-8) -- 209
19. Texas (19-10) -- 148
20. Mississippi St. (16-7) -- 129
20. Arizona (23-14) -- 129
22. Texas A&M (18-13) -- 111
22. South Caro. (20-7) -- 111
24. Cal St. Northridge (21-10-1) -- 76
25. Nevada (22-8) -- 67

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through March 24, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (23-7) -- 480
2. Kennesaw St. (21-5) -- 462
3. Fla. Southern (27-6) -- 446
4. UC Riverside (24-3) -- 432
5. Ala.-Huntsville (17-3) -- 416
6. Mo.-St. Louis (13-3) -- 394
7. Mercyhurst (16-1) -- 370
8. North Fla. (19-10) -- 366
9. North Ala. (23-6) -- 360
10. Cal St. Chico (24-5) -- 334
11. Abilene Christian (23-7) -- 308
12. Mount Olive (21-4) -- 304
13. Georgia Col. (20-14) -- 274
14. Central Mo. St. (15-4) -- 270
15. St. Leo (23-8) -- 264
16. Mesa St. (17-6) -- 260
17. Southern Colo. (13-6) -- 212
18. Quincy (17-4) -- 206
19. West Ga. (24-5) -- 194
20. Florida Tech (23-4) -- 184
21. Columbus St. (17-11) -- 156
22. Adelphi (9-5) -- 154
23. SIU-Edwardsville (13-8) -- 120
24. Slippery Rock (6-2) -- 113
25. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (12-7) -- 106

Division III Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 30 NCAA Division III baseball teams through March 24 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wis.-Oshkosh (7-2) -- 222
2. William Paterson (8-3) -- 219
3. Cal Lutheran (19-5) -- 216
4. N. C. Wesleyan (15-4) -- 212
5. Marietta (14-3) -- 207
6. Upper Iowa (8-3) -- 192
7. Rensselaer (6-2) -- 181
8. Southern Me. (4-1) -- 166
9. Mass.-Dartmouth (3-1) -- 165
10. Methodist (15-4) -- 156
10. Wooster (14-1) -- 156
12. Emory (18-7) -- 145
13. Susquehanna (10-2) -- 140
14. Carthage (4-2) -- 131
15. St. Thomas (Minn.) (4-2) -- 115
16. Mary Washington (12-1) -- 112
17. Brandeis (7-1) -- 108
18. Cortland St. (5-2) -- 102
19. Allegheny (12-4) -- 92
20. Chapman (10-9) -- 87
21. Ferrum (13-2) -- 85
22. Claremont-M-S (16-8) -- 76
23. Amherst (9-2) -- 67
24. Wis.-Whitewater (6-2) -- 61
25. Wis.-Stout (10-1) -- 54
26. Southwestern (Tex.) (21-3) -- 51
27. Ohio Wesleyan (13-3) -- 48
28. MacMurray (7-4) -- 30
29. Montclair St. (5-7) -- 25
30. Rowan (5-3) -- 23

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 25 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through March 27, based on a computerized statistical ranking developed by the College Golf Foundation and compiled by Golfstat:
1. San Jose St. -- 285.684
2. Arizona -- 275.029
3. Arizona St. -- 266.111
4. Tennessee -- 230.673
5. Stanford -- 220.840
6. Duke -- 220.265
7. LSU -- 219.605
8. North Caro. -- 178.173
9. Tulsa -- 175.433
10. Wake Forest -- 168.927
11. Oregon -- 160.964
12. UCLA -- 157.227
13. Auburn -- 137.673
14. Furman -- 130.271
15. Texas A&M -- 119.538
16. Florida -- 113.895
17. Texas -- 105.997
18. Texas Christian -- 88.166
19. Oklahoma St. -- 82.849
20. Washington -- 82.070
21. New Mexico St. -- 81.776
22. New Mexico -- 81.627
23. Georgia -- 80.487
24. Alabama -- 79.477
25. Memphis -- 74.813

NCAA/GCAA Division II Golf Top 25 Teams
April 1, 1997

1. University of North Florida
2. USC at Aiken
3. CSU at Stanislaus
4. Texas A&M at Commerce
5. Univ. of Central Oklahoma
6. Columbus State Univ.
7. Abilene Christian Univ.
8. Cameron Univ
9. West Florida Univ.
10. Valdosta State Univ.
11. Florida Southern Univ.
12. Missouri Western Univ.
13. Grand Canyon Univ.
14. Indianapolis Univ.
15. Bryant Col.
16. Charlston Univ.
17. IUP
18. Highpoint Univ.
19. CSU at Davis
20. Rollins
21. Elon Col.
22. Presbyterian Col.
23. Univ. of Southern Colorado
24. Oakland Univ.
25. Central Missouri State/Bellarmine Col.

Men's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through March 26, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Ohio St. -- 232.040
2. California -- 231.807
3. Iowa -- 230.290
4. Oklahoma -- 229.813
5. Nebraska -- 229.533
6. Penn St. -- 228.783
7. Illinois -- 227.307
8. Minnesota -- 227.023
9. New Mexico St. -- 226.847
10. Michigan St. -- 226.573
11. Stanford -- 226.500
11. Massachusetts -- 226.500
13. Brigham Young -- 226.390
14. Ill.-Chicago -- 225.983
15. Temple -- 223.400
16. Navy -- 221.533
17. Michigan -- 221.273
18. Syracuse -- 220.440
19. William & Mary -- 219.100
20. Army -- 218.850

Women's Gymnastics

The top 25 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through March 27, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Georgia -- 197.927
2. Utah -- 196.894
2. Michigan -- 196.894
4. Alabama -- 196.680
5. LSU -- 196.297
6. UCLA -- 196.097
7. Arizona St. -- 196.030
8. Nebraska -- 195.927
9. West Va. -- 195.497
10. Florida -- 195.485
11. Utah St. -- 195.447
12. Stanford -- 195.297
13. Brigham Young -- 195.272
14. Washington -- 195.260
15. Ohio St. -- 195.177
16. Southeast Mo. St. -- 195.092
17. Denver -- 194.994
17. Iowa St. -- 194.994
19. North Caro. St. -- 194.590
20. Oregon St. -- 194.542
21. Minnesota -- 194.530
22. Massachusetts -- 194.450
23. Michigan St. -- 194.392
24. Kentucky -- 194.335
25. Towson St. -- 194.252

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through March 24 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (4-0) -- 200
2. Syracuse (4-1) -- 190
3. Virginia (4-2) -- 180
4. Duke (5-1) -- 169
5. Maryland (4-1) -- 138
6. Navy (5-1) -- 135
7. Hofstra (4-0) -- 132
8. Johns Hopkins (2-3) -- 130
9. Georgetown (4-2) -- 125
10. North Caro. (2-4) -- 108
11. Loyola (Md.) (4-1) -- 106
12. Hobart (1-0) -- 91
13. Army (3-1) -- 87
14. Notre Dame (3-1) -- 69
15. Massachusetts (2-2) -- 58
16. Hartford (2-1) -- 46
17. Md.-Balt. Co. (4-1) -- 39
18. Brown (1-3) -- 37
19. Harvard (3-1) -- 25
20. Towson St. (1-3) -- 12

Division I Women's Lacrosse

The Brine top 15 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams through March 24 as listed by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, with records:

1. Maryland, 5-0; 2. Virginia, 5-1; 3. Loyola (Maryland), 3-0; 4. James Madison, 4-1; 5. William and Mary, 3-0; 6. Penn State, 2-4; 7. Temple, 3-1; 8. Princeton, 1-3; 9. Old Dominion, 3-3; 10. Yale, 3-0; 11. Dartmouth, 2-0; 12. Georgetown, 2-4; 13. North Carolina, 4-1; 14. Harvard, 3-1; 15. Brown, 2-1.

Division II Men's Lacrosse

The top 10 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse teams through March 24 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LIU-C. W. Post (2-0) -- 96
2. Adelphi (3-0) -- 89
3. New York Tech (3-1) -- 85
4. Sacred Heart (2-1) -- 65
4. LIU-Southampton (2-1) -- 65
6. Limestone (6-1) -- 43
7. Bentley (2-1) -- 35
8. Pfeiffer (2-3) -- 28
9. St. Andrews (1-3) -- 25
10. West Chester (1-2) -- 10

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through March 24 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Nazareth (1-1) -- 196
2. Washington (Md.) (4-2) -- 192
3. Wash. & Lee (6-0) -- 171
4. Salisbury St. (4-1) -- 160
5. Ohio Wesleyan (3-2) -- 158
6. Roanoke (3-2) -- 150
7. Gettysburg (3-1) -- 149
8. Denison (5-1) -- 134
9. Alfred (5-0) -- 119
10. Rochester Inst. (1-1) -- 99
11. Middlebury (1-1) -- 98
12. Hartwick (4-0) -- 97
13. Greensboro (5-1) -- 77
14. Williams (0-0) -- 60
15. Connecticut Col. (2-0) -- 58
16. Cortland St. (2-2) -- 45
17. Hampden-Sydney (3-4) -- 30
18. Amherst (3-0) -- 28
19. Bowdoin (1-0) -- 19
20. Ithaca (0-1) -- 17

Division I Women's Softball

The top seven NCAA Division I women's softball teams in each region as listed by the NCAA Division I Women's Softball Committee:

Northeast: 1. Hofstra, 2. Massachusetts, 3. Princeton, 4. Boston U., 5. Boston College, 6. Yale, 7. St. Peter's.

Mideast: 1. Iowa, 2. Michigan, 3. Michigan State, 4. Minnesota, 5. DePaul, 6. Indiana, 7. Wisconsin.

Midwest: 1. Oklahoma, 2. Missouri, 3. Oklahoma State, 4. Kansas, 5. Southern Illinois, 6. Baylor, 7. Nebraska.

South: 1. South Carolina, 2. Northeast Louisiana, 3. Louisiana Tech, 4. South Florida, 5. Florida State, 6. Southwestern Louisiana, 7. Tennessee.

West: 1. Fresno State, 2. Long Beach State, 3. Utah, 4. Colorado State, 5. Pacific (California), 6. San Diego State, 7. Hawaii.

Pacific: 1. Arizona, 2. UCLA, 3. Washington, 4. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 5. Arizona State, 6. Oregon State, 7. California.

Division II Women's Softball

The top 20 NCAA Division II women's softball teams through March 19 as selected by the NCAA Division II Women's Softball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Kennesaw St. (17-1) -- 160
2. Wis.-Parkside (20-3) -- 148
3. Neb.-Omaha (13-1) -- 140
4. UC Davis (21-3-1) -- 138
5. Bloomsburg (10-0) -- 130
6. Fla. Southern (21-4) -- 117
7. Neb.-Kearney (14-3) -- 115
8. LIU-C. W. Post (9-1) -- 96
9. Calif. (Pa.) (12-4) -- 95
10. Humboldt St. (26-6) -- 91
11. Columbus St. (21-1) -- 73
12. St. Cloud St. (8-2) -- 69
13. Lewis (11-6) -- 67
14. Barry (17-9) -- 61
15. UC Riverside (15-9-3) -- 42
16. Washburn (12-5) -- 40
17. Coker (23-6-1) -- 29
18. Valdosta St. (16-14) -- 26
19. American Int'l (4-3) -- 25
20. Northwood (11-8) -- 7

Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field

The top NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field teams through March 24 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rating:

1. UC San Diego, 214.9; 2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 210.4; 3. Redlands, 133.5; 4. La Verne, 132.7; 5. Alfred, 92.6; 6. Bethany (West Virginia), 53.1; 7. Cal Tech, 44.1.

Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field

The top NCAA Division III women's outdoor track and field teams through March 24 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power rating:

1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 190.6; 2. La Verne, 175.4; 3. UC San Diego, 130.9; 4. Pomona-Pitzer, 125.6; 5. Augustana (Illinois), 124.3; 6. Redlands, 54.8; 7. Bethany (West Virginia), 26.9; 8. Alfred, 24.0; 9. Cal Tech, 5.9.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through March 25, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Brigham Young (16-1) -- 235
2. Penn St. (22-1) -- 224
3. UCLA (14-3) -- 210
4. Stanford (13-3) -- 194
5. Long Beach St. (15-6) -- 163
6. Pepperdine (14-4) -- 159
7. UC Santa Barb. (9-7) -- 144
8. Ball St. (18-6) -- 131
9. Hawaii (13-7) -- 110
10. Pacific (Cal.) (12-7) -- 103
11. Lewis (19-7) -- 78
12. Southern Cal (11-9) -- 65
13. Cal St. Northridge (10-10) -- 47
14. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (11-7) -- 36
15. Ohio St. (15-7) -- 16

Division III Men's Volleyball

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through March 25 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Juniata (18-7) -- 126
2. UC San Diego (5-12) -- 119
3. Springfield (11-5) -- 105
4. Vassar (12-6) -- 91
5. N. J. Inst. of Tech. (11-8) -- 76
6. UC Santa Cruz (2-10) -- 65
7. La Verne (3-20) -- 49
8. New Paltz St. (13-7) -- 40
9. Roger Williams (18-6) -- 24
10. New York U. (5-16) -- 13