National Collegiate Athletic Association

Polls

September 22, 1997

CLICK HERE FOR THE NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL POLL (Press Release, 22 September 1997)

Division II Men's Cross Country

The top NCAA Division II men's cross country teams through September 8 as listed by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association:

1. Cal Poly Pomona, 2. Western State, 3. South Dakota State, 4. Southern Indiana, 5. Ashland, 6. Adams State, 7. Central Missouri State, 8. North Dakota State, 9. South Dakota, 10. Abilene Christian, 11. Shippensburg, 12. Mankato State, 13. UC Davis, 14. Edinboro, 15. Kennesaw State, 16. Lewis, 17. North Dakota, 18. Fort Hays State, 19. Albany (New York), 20. Nebraska-Kearney, 21. Truman State, 22. Humboldt State, 23. North Florida.

Division I-AA Football

The Sports Network top 25 NCAA Division
I-AA football teams through September 8, with records in parentheses and points:

1. Montana (0-0) -- 1,886
2. Troy St. (2-0) -- 1,808
3. William & Mary (2-0) -- 1,755
4. Delaware (1-0) -- 1,578
5. Western Ill. (2-0) -- 1,545
6. East Tenn. St. (2-0) -- 1,432
7. Youngstown St. (2-0) -- 1,421
8. Northern Ariz. (1-1) -- 1,234
9. Western Ky. (2-0) -- 1,207
10. Furman (1-0) -- 1,149
11. Appalachian St. (0-1) -- 1,139
12. Jackson St. (2-0) -- 1,023
13. Northern Iowa (0-1) -- 974
14. Stephen F. Austin (2-0) -- 907
15. Southern U. (2-0) -- 788
16. Florida A&M (1-0) -- 767
17. Murray St. (1-1) -- 731
18. Villanova (1-0) -- 593
19. Eastern Ill. (1-1) -- 498
20. McNeese St. (1-0) -- 407
21. Ga. Southern (1-1) -- 364
22. Eastern Ky. (0-1) -- 350
23. Howard (0-1) -- 229
24. Northwestern St. (0-1) -- 143
25. Nicholls St. (1-1) -- 116

Division I Field Hockey Poll
Overland Park, Kansas--The top 20 teams in the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I field hockey poll, conducted by the Divison I field hockey committee, with records through September 15, 1997, and total points (first-place votes in parentheses).

Institution (Record) -- Points
1. -- Old Dominion (6-0) -- 100 (5)
2. -- North Carolina (5-0) -- 95
3. -- Maryland (6-0) -- 90
4. -- James Madison (5-1) 85
5. -- Virginia (5-0) -- 80
6. -- Providence (4-0) -- 75
7 -- Ball State (2-2) -- 70
8. -- Penn State (5-2) -- 65
9. -- Princeton (2-0) -- 58
10. -- Syracuse (5-0) -- 57
11. -- Wake Forest (6-1) -- 50
12. -- Michigan State (4-2) -- 45
13. -- New Hampshire (4-1) -- 40
14. -- Delaware (4-1) -- 34
15. -- Michigan (5-1) -- 31
16. -- Temple (3-2) -- 25
17. -- Massachusetts (3-2) -- 19
18. -- Rutgers (3-0) -- 12
19. -- Connecticut (4-1) -- 10
20. -- Ohio State (2-1) -- 8
Also receiving votes was Holy Cross.
The next poll will be available September 30, 1997, after noon Central time.
Please note: Institutions must report scores each week in order to be ranked.
This poll is available by calling 770/399-3060 from the handset of a fax machine. The passcode is 1915 and the document number is 1135.

NCAA DIVISION II FIELD HOCKEY REGIONAL RANKINGS

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS -- The top regional teams in the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II field hockey regional rankings, conducted by the NCAA Division II field hockey committee, with records through September 16.

North Region
1. Bloomsburg (Pa.) (4-1)
2. Bentley (Mass.) (2-3)
3. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) (1-3)
4. Southern Connecticut (2-3)
South Region
1. Longwood (Va.) (4-1)
2. Lock Haven (Pa.) (1-2)
3. Shippensburg (Pa.) (2-3)
4. Indiana (Pa.) (2-3)
The next regional rankings will be available October 1, 1997 after noon Central time.
This poll is available by calling 770/399-3060 from the handset of a fax machine. The passcode is 1915 and the document number is 1136.

CLICK HERE FOR THE DIVISION III FIELD HOCKEY REGIONAL RANKINGS (Press Release, 23 September 1997)

Division II Football
The top 20 NCAA Division II football teams through September 8 as selected by the NCAA Division II Football Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Northern Colo. (1-0) -- 79
2. Carson-Newman (2-0) -- 77
3. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (0-0) -- 71
4. Pittsburg St. (1-0) -- 66
4. Clarion (0-0) -- 66
6. Central Okla. (1-0) -- 58
7. Catawba (2-0) -- 57
8. Bloomsburg (1-0) -- 50
9. Northwest Mo. St. (1-0) -- 47
10. Angelo St. (1-0) -- 41
11. Grand Valley St. (1-0) -- 39
12. Albany St. (Ga.) (1-0) -- 35
13. Neb.-Omaha (1-0) -- 31
14. New Haven (1-0) -- 28
15. UC Davis (0-1) -- 25
16. North Dak. (0-0) -- 20
17. Virginia St. (2-0) -- 18
18. Delta St. (0-1) -- 15
19. Edinboro (1-0) -- 11
20. Chadron St. (1-0) -- 5

Division I Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Indiana (3-0-0) -- 410
2. Florida Int'l (3-0-1) -- 408
3. Maryland (4-0-0) -- 407
4. UCLA (3-0-0) -- 385
5. Creighton (3-0-1) -- 333
6. St. John's (N.Y.) (2-0-1) -- 332
7. James Madison (4-0-0) -- 267
8. Boston U. (3-0-0) -- 265
9. Washington (2-0-1) -- 255
10. Penn St. (2-0-1) -- 242
11. Duke (3-0-1) -- 238
12. Southern Methodist (1-1-0) -- 181
13. American (2-1-1) -- 159
14. Saint Louis (2-1-1) -- 133
15. Stanford (3-0-0) -- 97
16. Rutgers (1-2-0) -- 82
17. N.C.-Greensboro (2-1-0) -- 76
18. Virginia (1-1-1) -- 70
19. Notre Dame (1-1-1) -- 59
20. Bowling Green (3-1-0) -- 38
21. Cornell (0-0-0) -- 28
22. Richmond (2-0-1) -- 26
23. Connecticut (1-1-1) -- 24
24. San Diego (3-0-0) -- 16
25. Rhode Island (1-1-0) -- 11
25. Tulsa (3-1-0) -- 11

Division I Women's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division I women's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Caro. (4-0-0) -- 250
2. Notre Dame (4-0-0) -- 240
3. Portland (2-1-0) -- 220
4. William & Mary (3-0-0) -- 216
5. Nebraska (4-0-0) -- 212
6. Duke (4-0-0) -- 202
7. Santa Clara (2-0-0) -- 192
8. Virginia (1-0-1) -- 170
9. Texas A&M (4-0-0) -- 168
10. Harvard (0-0-0) -- 164
11. Clemson (3-1-0) -- 154
12. George Mason (2-0-1) -- 136
13. Florida (2-1-0) -- 104
13. Maryland (2-1-0) -- 104
15. Hartford (2-1-0) -- 102
16. Michigan (2-1-0) -- 98
17. Brigham Young (4-0-0) -- 94
18. Connecticut (2-1-0) -- 86
19. UCLA (4-0-0) -- 60
20. Penn St. (2-1-0) -- 54
21. Colorado Col. (3-0-1) -- 48
22. Kentucky (1-2-1) -- 46
22. Wake Forest (4-0-0) -- 46
24. Massachusetts (2-0-0) -- 42
25. Wisconsin (1-1-1) -- 20

Division II Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division II men's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Southern Conn. St. (3-0-0) -- 394
2. Lynn (3-0-0) -- 388
3. New Hamp. Col. (3-0-0) -- 350
4. Seattle Pacific (1-0-0) -- 344
5. Tampa (2-0-0) -- 340
6. Truman St. (3-1-0) -- 330
7. Cal St. Bakersfield (3-1-0) -- 294
8. Dowling (3-0-0) -- 278
9. SIU-Edwardsville (3-0-1) -- 274
10. St. Leo (2-1-0) -- 264
11. Grand Canyon (1-1-0) -- 234
12. Franklin Pierce (2-1-0) -- 222
13. Gannon (3-1-0) -- 218
14. Lock Haven (2-1-0) -- 182
15. Presbyterian (1-0-0) -- 170
16. UC Davis (1-1-0) -- 160
16. New Haven (3-0-0) -- 160
18. Mo. Southern St. (2-0-1) -- 132
19. Lander (1-0-1) -- 114
20. Fort Lewis (3-0-0) -- 104
21. LIU-C. W. Post (3-1-0) -- 62
22. Francis Marion (2-1-0) -- 56
23. Metropolitan St. (2-1-0) -- 54
24. West Va. Wesleyan (1-1-0) -- 47
25. Wheeling Jesuit (2-1-0) -- 39

Division II Women's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division II women's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Franklin Pierce (0-0-0) -- 125
2. Lynn (1-1-1) -- 117
3. West Va. Wesleyan (3-0-0) -- 111
4. Cal St. Dom. Hills (2-0-1) -- 100
5. Barry (2-0-1) -- 97
5. Merrimack (3-0-0) -- 97
5. Metropolitan St. (3-0-0) -- 97
8. Lewis (2-0-0) -- 83
9. Bloomsburg (1-1-0) -- 78
10. New Hamp. Col. (2-0-0) -- 73
11. Francis Marion (2-0-0) -- 68
12. Adelphi (1-0-0) -- 65
13. UC Davis (1-1-0) -- 46
13. Wheeling Jesuit (2-2-0) -- 46
15. Northern Colo. (3-1-0) -- 44
15. SIU-Edwardsville (3-1-0) -- 44
17. Lock Haven (1-2-0) -- 36
18. Presbyterian (0-1-0) -- 35
19. Stonehill (2-0-0) -- 28
20. North Fla. (0-1-0) -- 26
21. Cal St. Bakersfield (2-1-1) -- 22
21. Catawba (2-0-0) -- 22
23. St. Cloud St. (2-0-0) -- 17
24. Regis (Colo.) (1-1-0) -- 14
25. American Int'l (1-0-0) -- 11

Division III Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Col. of New Jersey (2-0-0) -- 396
2. Kenyon (1-0-0) -- 380
3. Greensboro (2-0-0) -- 358
4. Ithaca (1-0-0) -- 343
4. Williams (0-0-0) -- 343
6. Wheaton (Ill.) (3-0-0) -- 330
7. Luther (2-0-0) -- 300
8. Johns Hopkins (1-0-0) -- 296
9. Rowan (2-0-0) -- 250
10. Salem St. (1-0-0) -- 247
11. Fredonia St. (3-0-0) -- 236
12. Ohio Wesleyan (2-0-0) -- 226
13. Mary Washington (2-0-0) -- 222
14. Chicago (0-0-0) -- 184
15. UC San Diego (0-0-0) -- 172
16. Muhlenberg (2-1-0) -- 166
17. Kean (2-0-0) -- 116
18. DePauw (3-0-0) -- 115
19. Middlebury (0-0-0) -- 111
20. Cortland St. (3-0-0) -- 94
21. Emory (2-1-0) -- 73
22. Concordia-M'head (2-0-0) -- 66
23. Bethany (W.Va.) (2-1-0) -- 48
24. Wheaton (Mass.) (1-0-0) -- 42
25. Trinity (Tex.) (3-0-0) -- 33

Division III Women's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division III women's soccer teams through September 8 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UC San Diego (4-0-0) -- 174
2. Col. of New Jersey (3-0-0) -- 169
3. Chicago (1-0-0) -- 156
4. Trinity (Tex.) (3-0-0) -- 155
5. Binghamton (1-0-0) -- 150
6. Amherst (0-0-0) -- 138
7. Macalester (2-0-0) -- 120
8. Bates (0-0-0) -- 110
9. Rochester (2-0-0) -- 109
10. Kalamazoo (2-0-0) -- 108
11. Emory (3-0-0) -- 103
12. Williams (0-0-0) -- 93
13. Allegheny (3-0-0) -- 92
14. Moravian (3-0-0) -- 83
15. Bowdoin (0-0-0) -- 73
16. Gustavus Adolphus (3-0-0) -- 66
17. Elizabethtown (3-0-0) -- 58
18. Cal Lutheran (0-1-0) -- 51
19. Plattsburgh St. (1-0-0) -- 48
19. Washington (Mo.) (2-0-0) -- 48
21. N.C. Wesleyan (2-1-0) -- 32
22. Drew (3-0-0) -- 25
23. Wheaton (Ill.) (3-0-0) -- 20
24. Oneonta St. (2-0-0) -- 17
24. Tufts (0-0-0) -- 17

Division I Women's Volleyball
The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through September 9, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Penn St. (6-0) -- 1,499
2. Florida (6-0) -- 1,430
3. Long Beach St. (6-0) -- 1,353
4. Stanford (4-2) -- 1,332
5. Nebraska (5-1) -- 1,262
6. Washington St. (7-0) -- 1,180
7. UC Santa Barb. (5-0) -- 1,088
8. Pacific (Cal.) (5-1) -- 1,085
9. Southern Cal (5-0) -- 1,017
10. Brigham Young (4-3) -- 888
11. Michigan St. (5-1) -- 839
12. Texas (3-1) -- 837
13. Hawaii (5-1) -- 774
14. Wisconsin (4-0) -- 750
15. Loyola Marymount (5-1) -- 646
16. Texas A&M (3-2) -- 569
17. Ohio St. (5-1) -- 505
18. Arizona (4-0) -- 493
19. UCLA (3-0) -- 463
20. Washington (4-2) -- 355
21. Notre Dame (4-2) -- 314
22. Colorado (2-1) -- 225
23. Maryland (5-0) -- 211
24. Arkansas (4-2) -- 127
25. Colorado St. (4-1) -- 113

Division II Women's Volleyball
The top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams through September 9 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (7-0) -- 600
2. Northern Mich. (7-1) -- 564
3. Cal St. Bakersfield (7-1) -- 545
4. West Tex. A&M (7-1) -- 512
5. Central Mo. St. (7-1) -- 509
6. Regis (Colo.) (7-1) -- 477
7. Colorado Christian (6-2) -- 428
8. North Dak. St. (6-2) -- 416
9. North Ala. (3-2) -- 357
10. Augustana (S.D.) (6-2) -- 352
11. Northwood (11-0) -- 345
12. Minn.-Duluth (5-1) -- 343
13. Neb.-Omaha (3-5) -- 297
14. Southern Colo. (6-2) -- 254
15. UC Riverside (4-5) -- 246
16. Metropolitan St. (6-2) -- 242
17. New Haven (5-0) -- 237
18. Neb.-Kearney (2-3) -- 214
19. Grand Canyon (3-5) -- 122
20. Barry (0-2) -- 117
21. UC Davis (3-5) -- 86
22. North Dak. (7-3) -- 82
23. Mesa St. (6-2) -- 79
24. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (7-1) -- 70
25. Northern Ky. (6-2) -- 67

Division III Women's Volleyball
The top 15 NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams through September 10 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Washington (Mo.) (2-2) -- 236
2. Wis.-Whitewater (4-0) -- 193
3. St. Olaf (N/A) -- 164
4. Ohio Northern (4-0) -- 160
5. UC San Diego (2-2) -- 155
6. Juniata (N/A) -- 140
7. Elmhurst (3-1) -- 119
8. Cortland St. (6-0) -- 112
9. Wis.-Oshkosh (5-1) -- 105
10. Hope (5-0) -- 74
11. Central (Iowa) (5-0) -- 68
12. Emory (3-1) -- 64
13. Wis.-Eau Claire (5-1) -- 56
14. Coast Guard (3-0) -- 49
14. Ithaca (4-0) -- 49

Men's Water Polo
The top 20 NCAA men's water polo teams through September 10 as selected by the American Water Polo Coaches Association, with points:
1. California, 100; 2. Southern California, 95; 3. Stanford, 89; 4. Pepperdine, 86; 5. UCLA, 80; 6. UC Irvine, 75; 7. Long Beach State, 68; 8. Pacific (California), 67; 9. UC San Diego, 60; 10. UC Davis, 53; 11. Massachusetts, 50; 12. Air Force, 45; 13. UC Santa Barbara, 42; 14. Brown, 35; 15. Santa Clara, 27; 16. (tie) George Washington and Navy, 22; 18. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 19; 19. Slippery Rock, 6; 20. St. Francis (New York), 4.