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April 14, 1997

Division I All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division I all-around athletics programs through April 3, 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 22 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial.

1. Stanford, 6461/2; 2. North Carolina, 6311/2; 3. Nebraska, 547; 4. Texas, 460; 5. Colorado, 4431/2; 6. Notre Dame, 432; 7. Florida, 4241/2; 8. Minnesota, 4211/2; 9. Wisconsin, 4001/2; 10. Penn State, 3961/2; 11. Michigan, 369; 12. Arizona, 3591/2; 13. Ohio State, 349; 14. Kentucky, 3321/2; 15. Michigan State, 3301/2; 16. UCLA, 328; 17. LSU, 3211/2; 18. Virginia, 3151/2; 19. Auburn, 3141/2; 20. Brigham Young, 313; 21. Iowa, 311; 22. Villanova, 2991/2; 23. Southern California, 2951/2; 24. Iowa State, 2921/2; 25. Tennessee, 288.

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through March 30 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LSU (27-3) -- 824
2. UCLA (28-6-1) -- 765
3. Ga. Tech (27-2) -- 759
4. Auburn (28-3) -- 707
5. Alabama (25-4) -- 675
6. Stanford (23-8) -- 671
7. Southern Cal (28-10) -- 608
8. Florida St. (24-9) -- 585
9. Texas Tech (25-4) -- 562
10. Wichita St. (22-6) -- 506
11. Rice (22-9) -- 452
12. Tennessee (24-7) -- 448
13. Clemson (23-7) -- 414
14. Oklahoma St. (23-9) -- 368
15. Florida (20-12) -- 338
16. Miami (Fla.) (23-12) -- 290
17. Mississippi St. (20-7) -- 270
18. South Fla. (22-10) -- 187
19. Arizona St. (21-15) -- 159
20. Texas A&M (22-14) -- 147
21. Arizona (25-16) -- 118
22. Long Beach St. (20-12) -- 84
23. Ohio St. (18-6) -- 73
24. Texas (20-13) -- 72
25. Oklahoma (20-10) -- 67
25. San Diego St. (22-9-1) -- 67

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through March 31, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (26-8) -- 476
2. Kennesaw St. (24-6) -- 468
3. Fla. Southern (31-7) -- 440
4. Ala.-Huntsville (25-5) -- 422
5. UC Riverside (26-5) -- 420
6. Mercyhurst (19-1) -- 412
7. Mo.-St. Louis (15-4) -- 380
8. St. Leo (29-8) -- 372
9. Cal St. Chico (26-6) -- 348
10. North Ala. (26-8) -- 338
11. Mount Olive (25-4) -- 330
12. Mesa St. (24-7) -- 298
13. Central Mo. St. (19-5) -- 278
14. Abilene Christian (24-8) -- 270
15. Quincy (21-4) -- 258
16. Florida Tech (25-6) -- 240
17. West Ga. (29-6) -- 236
18. Georgia Col. (22-16) -- 216
19. SIU-Edwardsville (17-8) -- 184
20. North Fla. (20-12) -- 168
21. Columbus St. (20-12) -- 154
22. Adelphi (12-5) -- 144
23. Slippery Rock (10-5) -- 119
24. Indianapolis (21-7) -- 98
24. Lincoln Memorial (25-9-1) -- 98

Division II Men's Golf

The top 25 NCAA Division II men's golf teams through April 1 as listed by the Golf Coaches Association of America:

1. North Florida, 2. South Carolina-Aiken, 3. Cal State Stanislaus, 4. Texas A&M-Commerce, 5. Central Oklahoma, 6. Columbus State, 7. Abilene Christian, 8. Cameron, 9. West Florida, 10. Valdosta State, 11. Florida Southern, 12. Missouri Western State, 13. Grand Canyon, 14. Indianapolis, 15. Bryant, 16. Charleston (West Virginia), 17. Indiana (Pennsylvania), 18. High Point, 19. UC Davis, 20. Rollins, 21. Elon, 22. Presbyterian, 23. Southern Colorado, 24. Oakland, 25. (tie) Central Missouri State and Bellarmine.

Men's Gymnastics

The top 20 NCAA men's gymnastics teams through March 31, ranked according to the teams' regional qualifying averages as reported by GymInfo:
1. Ohio St. -- 232.040
2. California -- 231.817
3. Nebraska -- 230.567
4. Oklahoma -- 230.323
5. Iowa -- 230.290
6. Penn St. -- 228.783
7. Minnesota -- 227.333
8. Illinois -- 227.307
9. Ill.-Chicago -- 227.050
10. New Mexico -- 226.963
11. Stanford -- 226.667
12. Michigan St. -- 226.573
13. Massachusetts -- 226.500
14. Brigham Young -- 226.390
15. Temple -- 223.917
16. Michigan -- 221.573
17. Navy -- 221.533
18. Syracuse -- 220.440
19. William & Mary -- 219.100
20. Army -- 218.850

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Dak. (31-10-2) -- 100
2. Boston U. (26-9-6) -- 90
3. Michigan (35-4-4) -- 80
4. Minnesota (28-13-1) -- 66
5. Colorado Col. (25-15-4) -- 64
6. Clarkson (27-10-0) -- 50
7. Denver (24-13-4) -- 40
8. New Hampshire (28-11-0) -- 26
9. Cornell (21-9-5) -- 24
10. Michigan St. (23-13-4) -- 5

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through March 31 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (5-0) -- 200
2. Virginia (5-2) -- 188
3. Duke (6-1) -- 180
4. Hofstra (5-0) -- 156
4. Maryland (4-2) -- 156
6. Syracuse (4-2) -- 147
7. Georgetown (5-2) -- 146
8. Johns Hopkins (3-3) -- 141
9. Loyola (Md.) (4-1) -- 101
10. Navy (5-2) -- 98
11. Brown (3-3) -- 95
12. Massachusetts (4-2) -- 92
13. Notre Dame (4-1) -- 90
14. North Caro. (2-5) -- 69
15. Army (4-2) -- 58
16. Hobart (1-2) -- 45
17. Hartford (3-1) -- 35
18. Butler (6-3) -- 23
19. Penn St. (3-3) -- 21
20. Rutgers (5-2) -- 17
20. Md.-Balt. Co. (4-2) -- 17

Division I Women's Lacrosse

The Brine top 15 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams through March 31 as listed by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, with records:

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

Division II Men's Lacrosse

The top 10 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse teams through March 31 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LIU-C. W. Post (3-0) -- 80
2. Adelphi (5-0) -- 71
3. New York Tech (5-1) -- 65
4. LIU-Southampton (2-1) -- 55
5. Sacred Heart (2-2) -- 49
6. Limestone (6-2) -- 37
7. Bentley (4-1) -- 25
8. St. Andrews (2-3) -- 20
9. Pfeiffer (2-5) -- 19
10. West Chester (1-4) -- 11

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through March 31 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Nazareth (3-1) -- 197
2. Washington (Md.) (6-2) -- 192
3. Roanoke (4-2) -- 167
4. Salisbury St. (6-1) -- 163
5. Ohio Wesleyan (5-2) -- 161
6. Wash. & Lee (6-1) -- 147
7. Denison (6-1) -- 143
8. Gettysburg (5-1) -- 135
9. Alfred (6-0) -- 129
10. Middlebury (2-1) -- 109
11. Hartwick (4-1) -- 100
12. Rochester Inst. (2-2) -- 75
13. Amherst (5-0) -- 58
14. Greensboro (6-3) -- 55
15. Bowdoin (3-0) -- 53
16. Connecticut Col. (2-1) -- 52
16. Williams (2-1) -- 52
18. Hampden-Sydney (4-5) -- 47
19. Whittier (10-4) -- 21
20. Ithaca (1-2) -- 14

Division II Women's Softball

The top 20 NCAA Division II women's softball teams through April 2 as selected by the NCAA Division II Women's Softball Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wis.-Parkside (37-5) -- 158
2. Neb.-Omaha (24-2) -- 152
3. Kennesaw St. (29-3) -- 143
4. UC Davis (28-4-1) -- 139
5. Calif. (Pa.) (17-4) -- 127
6. Neb.-Kearney (22-3) -- 121
7. Barry (22-10) -- 107
8. LIU-C. W. Post (15-4) -- 101
9. Humboldt St. (39-7) -- 100
10. Columbus St. (34-3) -- 89
11. Fla. Southern (29-8) -- 78
12. Bloomsburg (16-1) -- 74
13. Lewis (22-10) -- 58
14. Mankato St. (15-4) -- 54
15. Mesa St. (27-7) -- 42
16. Valdosta St. (26-17) -- 34
17. Coker (30-9-1) -- 31
18. Sonoma St. (25-14) -- 28
19. New Haven (10-4) -- 22
20. Augustana (S.D.) (14-2) -- 15

Division III Women's Softball

The top five NCAA Division III women's softball teams in each region through April 2 as listed by the NCAA Division III Women's Softball Committee, with records:

Atlantic: 1. College of New Jersey, 14-1; 2. Montclair State, 13-2; 3. Rowan, 15-1; 4. Salisbury State, 12-7; 5. North Carolina Wesleyan, 16-6.

East: 1. Allegheny, 7-6; 2. Messiah, 11-7; 3. Cortland State, 7-6; 4. Bethany (West Virginia), 14-5; 5. Binghamton, 6-0.

Northeast: 1. Bridgewater State (Massachusetts), 9-3; 2. Ithaca, 10-6; 3. Springfield, 8-6; 4. Western Connecticut State, 9-1; 5. Tufts, 12-3-1.

Midwest: 1. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 12-0; 2. St. Mary's (Minnesota), 10-0; 3. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 8-3; 4. St. Olaf, 9-6; 5. Illinois Benedictine, 9-6.

Central: 1. Alma, 17-3; 2. Baldwin-Wallace, 7-5; 3. (tie) Calvin, 10-7, and Hope, 6-6; 5. Mount Union, 8-6.

West: 1. Simpson, 21-3; 2. Central (Iowa), 17-5; 3. Chapman, 21-6; 4. UC San Diego, 17-7; 5. Cal Lutheran, 14-3.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through April 1, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UCLA (16-3) -- 233
2. Penn St. (24-1) -- 219
3. Brigham Young (16-3) -- 211
4. Stanford (16-3) -- 198
5. Pepperdine (16-5) -- 169
6. Ball St. (21-6) -- 154
7. Long Beach St. (16-8) -- 138
8. UC Santa Barb. (12-7) -- 135
9. Hawaii (15-7) -- 116
10. Pacific (Cal.) (13-8) -- 88
11. Lewis (21-8) -- 81
12. Southern Cal (11-9) -- 63
13. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (14-8) -- 56
14. Cal St. Northridge (13-10) -- 38
15. Ohio St. (16-7) -- 11

Division III Men's Volleyball

The top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams through April 1 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. N. J. Inst. of Tech (16-8) -- 124
2. UC San Diego (5-14) -- 120
3. Juniata (19-8) -- 101
4. Springfield (13-6) -- 95
5. UC Santa Cruz (6-7) -- 75
6. La Verne (3-23) -- 56
7. Roger Williams (19-7) -- 48
8. New Paltz St. (14-8) -- 45
9. Vassar (12-9) -- 30
10. New York U. (7-17) -- 11