Polls

June 2, 1997

Division II All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears' Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division II all-around athletics programs through May 21, administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and based on performance to date in NCAA men's and women's fall, winter and spring championships. Spring championships included in this ranking are women's golf and softball, men's lacrosse, and men's and women's tennis. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in 16 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial:

1. UC Davis, 6351/2; 2. Abilene Christian, 4001/2; 3. Cal State Bakersfield, 3961/2; 4. South Dakota State, 3781/2; 5. Lynn, 376; 6. North Dakota State, 366; 7. Western State, 349; 8. Bloomsburg, 3301/2; 9. Central Missouri State, 3291/2; 10. Ashland, 3131/2; 11. Northwest Missouri State, 312; 12. (tie) North Dakota and Northern Colorado, 310; 14. Indianapolis, 2981/2; 15. (tie) Lewis and Nebraska-Omaha, 2961/2; 17. Nebraska-Kearney, 294; 18. Shippensburg, 286; 19. Oakland, 283; 20. Augustana (South Dakota), 2821/2; 21. Edinboro, 279; 22. Barry, 2771/2; 23. (tie) Hillsdale and South Dakota, 2771/2; 25. Adams State, 274.

Division III All-Around Athletics Programs

The Sears' Directors' Cup top 25 NCAA Division III all-around athletics programs through May 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, winter and spring championships. Spring championships included in this ranking are men's and women's golf and women's lacrosse, softball and tennis. Points are awarded on the basis of an institution's finish in 20 sports. These midseason standings are unofficial:

1. College of New Jersey, 713; 2. Williams, 7091/2; 3. UC San Diego, 5801/2; 4. Ithaca, 5531/2; 5. Emory, 519; 6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 517; 7. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 432; 8. Amherst, 4061/2; 9. Middlebury, 4011/2; 10. Cortland State, 3971/2; 11. Rowan, 390; 12. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 3651/2; 13. Binghamton, 3461/2; 14. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 341; 15. Mount Union, 323; 16. Gustavus Adolphus, 315; 17. St. Olaf, 2961/2; 18. Springfield, 290; 19. Kenyon, 2711/2; 20. Rochester Institute of Technology, 267; 21. Nebraska Wesleyan, 2631/2; 22. Johns Hopkins, 261; 23. Trinity (Texas), 260; 24. Luther, 253; 25. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 246.

Division I Baseball

The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through May 18 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Alabama (48-12) -- 824
2. LSU (48-12) -- 783
3. Miami (Fla.) (44-15) -- 753
4. Florida St. (46-15) -- 696
5. UCLA (40-18-1) -- 666
6. Texas Tech (46-12) -- 618
7. Auburn (45-14) -- 583
8. Ga. Tech (44-13) -- 544
9. Stanford (39-18) -- 518
10. Rice (43-14) -- 499
11. Southern Cal (39-18) -- 466
12. Wichita St. (51-16) -- 460
13. Oklahoma St. (43-17) -- 408
14. Mississippi St. (41-18) -- 385
15. Oklahoma (39-18) -- 353
16. Tennessee (41-17) -- 298
17. Texas A&M (39-20) -- 258
18. Arizona St. (36-20) -- 242
19. Florida (38-22) -- 229
20. Ohio St. (42-16) -- 186
21. Washington (43-18) -- 174
22. Clemson (40-21) -- 166
23. North Caro. St. (41-18) -- 129
24. Southwestern La. (43-16) -- 84
25. South Ala. (40-17) -- 63

Division III Baseball
The Collegiate Baseball top 30 NCAA Division III baseball teams through May 19 as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. N.C. Wesleyan (39-5) -- 237
2. Wooster (42-6-1) -- 221
3. Carthage (38-8) -- 219
4. Southern Me. (35-8) -- 218
5. Bri'water (Mass.) (29-9-1) -- 203
6. Wis.-Stevens Point (29-11) -- 198
7. Chapman (31-14) -- 196
8. Cortland St. (31-14) -- 192
9. Wm. Paterson (33-9) -- 183
10. Allegheny (40-8) -- 156
11. Wis.-Oshkosh (27-10) -- 149
12. Va. Wesleyan (31-12) -- 135
13. Rensselaer (31-8) -- 134
14. Cal Lutheran (35-10) -- 133
15. Eastern Conn. St. (31-13) -- 127
15. Rowan (28-11) -- 127
17. Aurora (36-9-1) -- 122
18. Marietta (43-7) -- 114
19. Allentown (29-12) -- 80
20. Emory (32-16) -- 74
21. Southwestern (Tex.) (37-7) -- 72
22. Ithaca (26-16) -- 68
23. Montclair St. (24-20-1) -- 66
24. MacMurray (36-12) -- 60
24. St. Thomas (Minn.) (35-8) -- 60
26. Amherst (26-6) -- 55
27. Mary Washington (28-7) -- 45
28. Ohio Wesleyan (29-15) -- 34
29. Wartburg (29-15) -- 15
29. Brandeis (25-10-1) -- 15