Polls

May 19, 1997

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through May 4 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. LSU (44-9) 823
2. Alabama (42-10) -- 757
3. Miami (Fla.) (39-14) -- 721
4. Texas Tech (42-8) -- 696
5. Stanford (37-13) -- 688
6. Auburn (41-10) -- 656
7. UCLA (38-15-1) -- 612
8. Wichita St. (44-12) -- 564
8. Florida St. (38-15) -- 564
10. Ga. Tech (39-10) -- 512
11. Oklahoma St. (39-14) -- 480
12. Tennessee (40-13) -- 460
13. Southern Cal (37-18) -- 438
14. Mississippi St. (38-15) -- 378
15. Rice (36-13) -- 348
16. North Caro. St. (38-12) -- 306
17. Arizona St. (34-20) -- 273
18. Texas A&M (36-17) -- 257
19. Long Beach St. (33-19) -- 173
20. Oklahoma (34-15) -- 169
21. Clemson (33-17) -- 124
22. Ohio St. (36-14) -- 121
23. Arkansas (35-17) -- 106
24. Cal St. Northridge (40-18-1) -- 100
25. Southwestern La. (39-13) -- 76

Division II Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through May 5, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (38-12) -- 480
2. Cal St. Chico (43-9) -- 454
3. Kennesaw St. (40-12) -- 445
4. Fla. Southern (41-10) -- 436
5. Mount Olive (38-6) -- 419
6. North Ala. (40-13--1) -- 404
7. Georgia Col. (38-20) -- 384
8. Mesa St. (40-13) -- 362
9. Mercyhurst (36-6) -- 360
10. UC Riverside (38-12) -- 334
11. North Fla. (35-14) -- 318
12. Central Mo. St. (33-9) -- 302
13. Ala.-Huntsville (39-11) -- 296
14. Shepherd (36-4) -- 252
14. Central Okla. (36-18) -- 252
16. Quincy (36-13) -- 248
17. Delta St. (36-20) -- 224
18. West Ga. (40-15) -- 206
19. Southern Colo. (36-15) -- 188
20. Pittsburg St. (38-15) -- 174
21. St. Leo (36-16) -- 147
22. Fort Hays St. (42-12) -- 138
23. SIU-Edwardsville (31-16) -- 126
24. Slippery Rock (26-16) -- 124
25. Mass.-Lowell (21-10) -- 100

Division III Baseball

The Collegiate Baseball top 30 NCAA Division III baseball teams through May 5 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. N.C. Wesleyan (35-5) -- 209
2. Allegheny (35-5) -- 197
3. Cal Lutheran (33-7) -- 193
4. Carthage (32-5) -- 184
5. St. Thomas (Minn.) (32-6) -- 177
6. Rowan (27-7) -- 173
7. Amherst (23-4) -- 168
8. Wooster (37-3-1) -- 162
9. Ithaca (25-12) -- 155
10. Mary Washington (28-4) -- 145
11. Wm. Paterson (27-7) -- 139
12. Eastern Conn. St. (29-9) -- 129
13. Rensselaer (28-6) -- 121
14. Marietta (38-5) -- 117
15. Southern Me. (29-8) -- 108
16. Wis.-Stevens Point (25-9) -- 103
17. Chapman (28-12) -- 93
18. Va. Wesleyan (29-10) -- 92
19. Wartburg (29-13) -- 82
20. Methodist (28-10) -- 68
21. Cortland St. (24-8) -- 65
21. Wis.-Oshkosh (23-8) -- 65
23. Aurora (29-7-1) -- 43
24. Ohio Wesleyan (28-11) -- 42
25. Allentown (26-10) -- 41
25. Brandeis (25-8-1) -- 41
27. Claremont-M-S (25-15) -- 34
28. Emory (31-14) -- 33
29. Wis.-Stout (25-6) -- 23
30. Southwestern (Tex.) (36-5) -- 17

Division I Women's Golf

The Rolex top 25 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through May 7, administered by the College Golf Foundation and compiled by Golfstat, as determined by a point-system formula based on performance:
1. San Jose St. -- 417.853
2. Arizona -- 490.534
3. Arizona St. -- 387.527
4. Tennessee -- 340.779
5. Duke -- 337.766
6. LSU -- 317.139
7. Stanford -- 294.480
8. UCLA -- 267.111
9. Wake Forest -- 264.043
10. North Caro. -- 262.157
11. Tulsa -- 260.246
12. Oregon -- 242.381
13. Auburn -- 220.971
14. Furman -- 209.859
15. Georgia -- 204.579
16. Florida -- 188.031
17. Texas Christian -- 164.845
18. Texas A&M -- 164.655
19. Texas -- 154.765
20. New Mexico -- 144.274
21. New Mexico St. -- 131.511
22. Oklahoma St. -- 128.013
23. Memphis -- 112.736
24. Southern Cal -- 99.798
25. Alabama -- 97.705

Division I Men's Lacrosse

The final top 20 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams through May 5 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Princeton (12-0) -- 200
2. Virginia (11-2) -- 190
3. Syracuse (10-2) -- 176
4. Johns Hopkins (10-3) -- 170
5. Duke (10-3) -- 163
6. Loyola (Md.) (9-3) -- 148
7. Georgetown (9-4) -- 129
8. Massachusetts (8-5) -- 127
9. Notre Dame (9-2) -- 121
10. Maryland (8-4) -- 109
11. Brown (8-6) -- 100
12. Hofstra (9-5) -- 84
13. Army (9-5) -- 72
13. Penn St. (8-4) -- 72
15. North Caro. (6-7) -- 62
16. Md.-Balt. Co. (9-3) -- 41
17. Hartford (11-3) -- 34
18. Rutgers (8-7) -- 30
19. Butler (10-4) -- 15
19. Harvard (7-6) -- 15

Division I Women's Lacrosse

The Brine final top 15 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams through May 5 as selected by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, with records:

1. Maryland, 18-1; 2. Virginia, 14-4; 3. Loyola (Maryland), 13-2; 4. James Madison, 13-4; 5. Temple, 13-2; 6. William and Mary, 10-5; 7. North Carolina, 12-3; 8. Penn State, 10-5; 9. Dartmouth, 10-4; 10. Princeton, 7-7; 11. Brown, 10-4; 12. Georgetown, 9-8; 13. Yale, 12-5; 14. Rutgers, 12-5; 15. Delaware, 12-6.

Division III Men's Lacrosse

The final top 20 NCAA Division III men's lacrosse teams through May 5 as selected by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Salisbury St. (12-1) -- 199
2. Washington (Md.) (12-3) -- 189
3. Nazareth (10-3) -- 173
4. Roanoke (11-2) -- 171
5. Ohio Wesleyan (12-3) -- 166
6. Denison (10-2) -- 144
7. Alfred (10-3) -- 133
8. Hartwick (11-3) -- 116
9. Middlebury (8-3) -- 112
10. Western Md. (11-2) -- 110
11. Gettysburg (10-4) -- 104
12. Williams (12-2) -- 92
13. Wash. & Lee (11-3) -- 86
14. Ithaca (9-4) -- 75
15. Hampden-Sydney (8-7) -- 44
16. Amherst (9-3) -- 43
16. Bowdoin (10-3) -- 43
18. Connecticut Col. (9-4) -- 24
19. Greensboro (9-5) -- 22
19. Whittier (16-4) -- 22

Division I Women's Softball

The top seven NCAA Division I women's softball teams in each region through May 7 as listed by the NCAA Division I Women's Softball Committee:

Northeast: 1. Hofstra, 2. Boston College, 3. Connecticut, 4. Massachusetts, 5. Boston U., 6. Canisius, 7. Princeton.

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

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

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

West: 1. Fresno State, 2. Colorado State, 3. Long Beach State, 4. Utah, 5. New Mexico State, 6. Hawaii, 7. San Diego State.

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

Division III Men's

Outdoor Track and Field

The top 25 NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field teams through May 5 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ratings:

1. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 294.6; 2. Wisconsin La Crosse, 294.3; 3. Rowan, 279.0; 4. Nebraska Wesleyan, 267.2; 5. Williams, 257.9; 6. UC San Diego, 250.7; 7. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 240.2; 8. Augustana (Illinois), 237.2; 9. Fredonia State, 230.3; 10. Baldwin-Wallace, 220.7; 11. Washington (Missouri), 217.0; 12. (tie) Monmouth (Illinois) and Rensselaer, 213.8; 14. Lynchburg, 213.7; 15. Bates, 206.9; 16. MIT, 203.5; 17. Loras, 202.1; 18. Allegheny, 200.9; 19. Wittenberg, 200.5; 20. Concordia (Illinois), 198.8; 21. Carnegie Mellon, 192.6; 22. Emory, 190.9; 23. Wartburg, 190.7; 24. Bridgewater (Virginia), 190.0; 25. Methodist, 188.2.

Division III Women's

Outdoor Track and Field

The top 25 NCAA Division III women's outdoor track and field teams through May 5 as ranked by the United States Track Coaches Association, with power ratings:

1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 262.8; 2. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 259.4; 3. Williams, 239.9; 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 233.8; 5. Loras, 230.0; 6. Baldwin-Wallace, 211.4; 7. Augustana (Illinois), 210.4; 8. Nebraska Wesleyan, 209.2; 9. La Verne, 198.2; 10. Carthage, 193.5; 11. Emory, 187.5; 12. St. Lawrence, 184.2; 13. Wartburg, 178.9; 14. Concordia (Illinois), 177.0; 15. UC San Diego, 172.5; 16. Alma, 164.4; 17. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 164.3; 18. Ithaca, 163.3; 19. Pomona-Pitzer, 161.4; 20. Monmouth (Illinois), 160.0; 21. Washington (Missouri), 147.7; 22. Lynchburg, 142.2; 23. Wittenberg, 133.8; 24. Roanoke, 131.6; 25. Whitworth, 123.8.

Men's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association final top 15 NCAA men's volleyball teams, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Stanford (27-3) -- 240
2. UCLA (24-5) -- 223
3. Penn St. (29-2) -- 209
4. Brigham Young (20-6) -- 191
5. UC Santa Barb. (17-9) -- 176
6. Pepperdine (18-9) -- 159
7. Ball St. (27-8) -- 142
8. Long Beach St. (19-10) -- 127
9. Hawaii (18-11) -- 115
10. Lewis (25-10) -- 93
11. Pacific (Cal.) (16-11) -- 79
12. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (17-9) -- 60
13. Southern Cal (12-12) -- 44
14. Princeton (24-2) -- 34
15. Cal St. Northridge (14-13) -- 20