Polls

April 21, 1997

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through April 6 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. LSU (31-4) -- 823
2. Auburn (31-4) -- 763
3. Stanford (26-8) -- 744
4. Alabama (29-5) -- 705
5. Texas Tech (30-4) -- 685
6. UCLA (29-9-1) -- 626
7. Florida St. (28-10) -- 611
8. Wichita St. (28-6) -- 601
9. Ga. Tech (28-5) -- 553
10. Oklahoma St. (27-10) -- 490
11. Tennessee (28-8) -- 486
12. Southern Cal (29-13) -- 484
13. Miami (Fla.) (26-12) -- 456
14. Rice (24-12) -- 283
15. Clemson (24-11) -- 247
15. Texas A&M (27-14) -- 247
17. Arizona St. (24-16) -- 224
18. Arizona (28-16) -- 221
19. Florida (22-14) -- 216
20. Mississippi St. (23-10) -- 179
21. Ohio St. (23-7) -- 164
22. Long Beach St. (23-13) -- 141
23. Fresno St. (26-14) -- 93
23. Oklahoma (23-10) -- 93
25. Arkansas (24-10) -- 75

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 20 NCAA Division II baseball teams through April 6, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (30-8) -- 480
2. Fla. Southern (35-7) -- 462
3. Kennesaw St. (28-8) -- 448
4. West Ga. (34-7) -- 432
5. Cal St. Chico (29-7) -- 410
6. Mercyhurst (22-2) -- 404
7. Mount Olive (28-4) -- 386
8. Mesa St. (28-7) -- 368
9. Ala.-Huntsville (27-10) -- 342
10. St. Leo (30-11) -- 338
11. Georgia Col. (27-16) -- 308
12. UC Riverside (27-8) -- 294
13. Mo.-St. Louis (16-5) -- 292
14. Abilene Christian (28-9) -- 272
15. SIU-Edwardsville (20-9) -- 250
16. North Ala. (20-10-1) -- 242
17. North Fla. (23-13) -- 216
18. Indianapolis (25-9) -- 200
19. Central Mo. St. (19-8) -- 193
20. Adelphi (16-5) -- 168

Division III Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 30 NCAA Division III baseball teams through April 7 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wis.-Oshkosh (9-2) -- 229
2. Wm. Paterson (13-3) -- 225
3. N.C. Wesleyan (22-4) -- 220
4. Marietta (21-2) -- 218
5. Cal Lutheran (21-6) -- 209
5. Southern Me. (14-1) -- 209
7. Carthage (12-3) -- 189
8. Mary Washington (20-2) -- 177
9. Wooster (20-2) -- 176
10. Cortland St. (10-3) -- 160
11. Methodist (20-6) -- 147
12. St. Thomas (Minn.) (16-4) -- 145
13. Brandeis (11-2-1) -- 142
14. Ohio Wesleyan (20-3) -- 128 -- 1/2
15. Chapman (17-9) -- 128
16. Aurora (13-4-1) -- 106 -- 1/2
17. Ferrum (22-4) -- 106
18. Allegheny (18-4) -- 91 -- 1/2
19. Rensselaer (7-6) -- 88
20. Albright (10-5) -- 83
20. Amherst (10-3) -- 83
22. Wis.-Whitewater (9-5) -- 77
23. Southwestern (Tex.) (26-4) -- 68
24. MacMurray (16-8) -- 57 -- 1/2
25. Johns Hopkins (15-9-1) -- 51
26. Claremont-M-S (17-12) -- 36
27. Emory (23-10) -- 33
28. Bri'water (Mass.) (6-2-1) -- 25
29. John Jay (9-3) -- 20
29. Wis.-Stout (12-1) -- 20

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 25 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through April 9, administered by the College Golf Foundation and compiled by Golfstat, as determined by a point-system formula based on performance:
1. San Jose St. -- 327.850
2. Arizona -- 312.150
3. Arizona St. -- 304.107
4. Tennessee -- 269.118
5. Duke -- 256.976
6. LSU -- 256.206
7. Stanford -- 221.489
8. North Caro. -- 207.868
9. Tulsa -- 204.672
10. Wake Forest -- 197.082
11. UCLA -- 191.234
12. Oregon -- 189.538
13. Auburn -- 160.618
14. Furman -- 151.983
15. Florida -- 128.071
16. Texas -- 123.664
17. Texas A&M -- 123.579
18. Texas Christian -- 116.762
19. Oklahoma St. -- 112.299
20. New Mexico St. -- 101.541
21. New Mexico -- 94.773
22. Georgia -- 93.902
23. Alabama -- 92.723
24. Memphis -- 87.282
25. Washington -- 81.706

Women's Gymnastics

The top 25 NCAA women's gymnastics teams through April 8, ranked according to the teams' regional-meet results as compiled by GymInfo (ties are broken by regional qualifying averages):
1. Michigan* -- 197.700
2. UCLA* -- 196.300
3. Alabama -- 196.250
4. LSU -- 196.175
5. Florida* -- 195.750
6. Georgia -- 195.725
7. Washington -- 195.725
8. Utah* -- 195.700
9. Arizona St -- 195.225
10. Nebraska -- 195.150
11. Minnesota -- 195.125
12. Penn St.* -- 194.150
13. Oregon St. -- 195.075
14. Boise St. -- 194.750
15. Michigan St. -- 194.700
16. Iowa St. -- 194.475
17. Brigham Young -- 194.025
18. Stanford -- 193.950
19. Arizona -- 193.875
20. Ohio St. -- 193.800
20. Kent -- 193.800
22. Utah St. -- 193.675
23. Southeast Mo. St. -- 193.450
24. West Va. -- 193.150
25. California -- 193.050
*Regional champion

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through April 7 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (6-0) -- 200
2. Virginia (7-2) -- 189
3. Duke (7-1) -- 180
4. Maryland (6-2) -- 166
5. Syracuse (5-2) -- 152
6. Georgetown (7-2) -- 151
7. Johns Hopkins (5-3) -- 143
8. Notre Dame (5-1) -- 122
9. Loyola (Md.) (4-2) -- 105
10. Hofstra (6-1) -- 101
11. Brown (3-4) -- 97
12. Massachusetts (4-3) -- 92
13. Navy (6-3) -- 91
14. Hartford (5-1) -- 59
15. Hobart (3-2) -- 53
16. North Caro. (2-6) -- 50
17. Army (4-3) -- 43
18. Rutgers (6-2) -- 28
19. Butler (6-3) -- 26
20. Penn St. (4-3) -- 19

Division I Women's Lacrosse

The top 15 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams through April 6 as listed by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, with records:

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

Division II Men's Lacrosse

The top 10 NCAA Division II men's lacrosse teams through April 7 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. LIU-C. W. Post (5-0) -- 85
2. Adelphi (6-0) -- 84
3. New York Tech (5-2) -- 74
4. LIU-Southampton (4-1) -- 61
5. Sacred Heart (3-2) -- 47
6. St. Andrews (3-3) -- 40
7. Limestone (6-3) -- 38
8. Bentley (4-3) -- 20
9. Le Moyne (2-1) -- 19
10. Pfeiffer (4-5) -- 9

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through April 7 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Nazareth (5-1) -- 198
2. Washington (Md.) (7-2) -- 192
3. Roanoke (6-2) -- 175
4. Salisbury St. (7-1) -- 166
5. Denison (8-1) -- 164
6. Wash. & Lee (7-1) -- 149
7. Ohio Wesleyan (6-3) -- 143
8. Gettysburg (5-2) -- 128
9. Hartwick (6-1) -- 123
10. Alfred (7-1) -- 111
11. Middlebury (2-2) -- 98
12. Bowdoin (4-0) -- 84
13. Greensboro (8-3) -- 67
14. Ithaca (3-2) -- 62
15. Williams (3-1) -- 53
16. Hampden-Sydney (6-5) -- 44
17. Rochester Inst. (2-3) -- 41
18. Connecticut Col. (4-5) -- 40
19. Amherst (5-1) -- 26
20. Whittier (11-4) -- 14

Division I Women's Softball

The top seven NCAA Division I women's softball teams in each region through April 9 as listed by the NCAA Division I Women's Softball Committee:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Division I Men's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving teams through April 9 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Auburn, 200; 2. Stanford, 192; 3. Georgia, 184; 4. Texas, 176; 5. Tennessee, 166; 6. Southern California, 161; 7. Michigan, 153; 8. (tie) Miami (Florida) and Florida State, 134; 10. Southern Methodist, 130; 11. Arizona State, 115; 12. Minnesota, 114; 13. Nebraska, 109; 14. (tie) LSU and California, 97; 16. Arizona, 79; 17. Florida, 77; 18. Harvard, 72; 19. Purdue, 56; 20. Indiana, 48; 21. Virginia, 42; 22. North Carolina, 37; 23. Texas A&M, 21; 24. Alabama, 16; 25. Ohio State, 8.

Division I Women's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving teams through April 9 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Southern California, 248; 2. Stanford, 240; 3. Southern Methodist, 228; 4. Arizona, 218; 5. Georgia, 211; 6. Michigan, 198; 7. Auburn, 189; 8. Nebraska, 181; 9. California, 151; 10. Tennessee, 149; 11. Texas, 147; 12. (tie) Northwestern and Minnesota, 141; 14. UCLA, 125; 15. LSU, 98; 16. North Carolina, 95; 17. Florida, 85; 18. Miami (Florida), 80; 19. Ohio State, 54; 20. Nevada, 53; 21. (tie) Wisconsin and Alabama, 46; 23. Kentucky, 24; 24. (tie) Cincinnati and Virginia, 15.

Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field

The top 24 NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field teams through April 7 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ratings:

1. UC San Diego, 228.0; 2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 218.9; 3. Wartburg, 197.6; 4. Fredonia State, 195.4; 5. Augustana (Illinois), 190.0; 6. Wittenberg, 178.5; 7. Rensselaer, 173.1; 8. Methodist, 169.2; 9. Allegheny, 157.8; 10. Binghamton, 150.8; 11. Whitworth, 147.1; 12. Chicago, 138.4; 13. Redlands, 138.3; 14. La Verne, 132.7; 15. Alfred, 132.3; 16. St. Lawrence, 123.5; 17. Whittier, 104.1; 18. Hanover, 93.0; 19. Thiel, 92.0; 20. Roanoke, 83.8; 21. Mary Washington, 82.3; 22. Bethany (West Virginia), 54.0; 23. Cal Tech, 52.4; 24. New York University, 51.5.

Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field

The top 25 NCAA Division III women's outdoor track and field teams through April 7 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ratings:

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 208.8; 2. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 207.5; 3. Wartburg, 180.3; 4. La Verne, 175.4; 5. UC San Diego, 158.6; 6. Augustana (Illinois), 152.9; 7. Concordia-Moorhead, 149.1; 8. Pomona-Pitzer, 148.9; 9. Loras, 130.5; 10. Whitworth, 123.8; 11. St. Lawrence, 118.3; 12. Wittenberg, 115.2; 13. Ithaca, 114.9; 14. Mary Washington, 111.6; 15. Roanoke, 110.5; 16. Fredonia State, 109.2; 17. Binghamton, 100.7; 18. Hartwick, 91.6; 19. Chicago, 89.6; 20. Rensselaer, 82.1; 21. Thiel, 76.7; 22. Allegheny, 75.8; 23. Hanover, 68.6; 24. Redlands, 57.9; 25. Whittier, 54.8.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams through April 8, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UCLA (18-3) -- 234
2. Penn St. (26-1) -- 225
3. Stanford (19-3) -- 212
4. Brigham Young (17-5) -- 181
5. Pepperdine (17-6) -- 180
6. UC Santa Barb. (14-7) -- 162
7. Ball St. (23-7) -- 134
8. Long Beach St. (17-9) -- 111
9. Hawaii (16-10) -- 110
10. Lewis (23-9) -- 97
11. Pacific (Cal.) (14-9) -- 91
12. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (16-8) -- 61
13. Southern Cal (12-9) -- 54
14. Cal St. Northridge (14-11) -- 44
15. Ohio St. (18-7) -- 19

Division III Men's Volleyball

The final top 10 NCAA Division III men's volleyball teams as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Springfield (15-6) -- 130
2. N.J. Inst. of Tech. (17-9) -- 117
3. Juniata (20-9) -- 104
4. UC San Diego (5-18) -- 91
5. UC Santa Cruz (6-7) -- 73
6. New Paltz St. (15-9) -- 61
7. Roger Williams (19-8) -- 52
8. Vassar (12-9) -- 42
9. La Verne (3-23) -- 24
10. New York U. (7-17) -- 15

NCAA NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
WOMEN'S ROWING REGIONAL RANKINGS

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS -- The top six teams in each region in the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate Women's Rowing, conducted by the NCAA Women's Rowing Committee, with results through April 15, 1997.

NEW ENGLAND REGION
Teams
1. Brown
2. Yale
3. Boston
4. Harvard

I Eights
1. Massachusetts
2. Brown
3. Northeastern
4. Boston
5. Yale
6. Harvard

II Eights
1. Brown
2. Dartmouth
3. Northeastern
4. Harvard
5. Yale
6. Boston

Fours
1. Yale
2. Boston
3. Brown
4. Harvard
5. Trinity (Connecticut)
6. Connecticut College

Divisions II/III I Eights
1. Wesleyan (Conn.)
2. Williams (Mass.)
3. Connecticut College

Divisions II/III Fours
1. Trinity (Connecticut)
2. Connecticut College
3. MIT


MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Teams
1. Princeton
2. Rutgers
3. Cornell

I Eights
1. Princeton
2. Rutgers
3. Georgetown
tie - Cornell
5. Syracuse
tie - George Washington

II Eights
1. Princeton
2. Cornell
3. Rutgers
4. George Washington
5. Georgetown
tie - Syracuse

Fours
1. Princeton
2. Rutgers
3. Cornell




Divisions II/III I Eights
1. William Smith (N.Y.)
2. Skidmore (N.Y.)
3. Ithaca (N.Y.)
tie - Mercyhurst (Pa.)

Divisions II/III Fours
1. Ithaca (N.Y.)


CENTRAL REGION

Teams
1. Virginia
2. Ohio State
3. Wisconsin
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. Central Florida

Others receiving votes: Kansas and Miami.

I Eights
1. Virginia
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Wisconsin
5. Iowa
6. Central Florida

II Eights
1. no selections

Fours
1. Ohio State
2. Tennessee
3. Virginia
4. Miami
5. Central Florida
6. Florida Tech

Divisions II/III I Eights
1. Florida Tech
2. Barry (Fla.)
3. Rollins (Fla.)



Divisions II/III Fours
1. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
2. Florida Tech
3. Rollins (Fla.)


WEST REGION

Teams
1. Washington
2. Stanford
3. Washington State
4. Cal State Sacramento
5. UC Davis

I Eights
1. Washington
2. Oregon State
3. Stanford
4. Washington State
5. California
6. Gonzaga

II Eights
1. Washington
2. Washington State
3. Stanford
4. California
5. Cal State Sacramento
6. UC Davis

Fours
1. Washington
2. Gonzaga
3. Mills (Calif.)
tie - Stanford
tie - Washington State
6. Cal State Sacramento

Divisions II/III I Eights
1. UC Davis
2. UC San Diego
3. Humboldt State (Calif.)

Divisions II/III Fours
1. Mills (Calif.)
2. UC Davis