Polls

September 29, 1997

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Division I Men's Cross Country

The Martin Surfacing preseason top 25 NCAA Division I men's cross country teams as selected by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Stanford, 390; 2. Arkansas, 388; 3. Colorado, 343; 4. Oregon, 330; 5. Michigan, 307; 6. Oklahoma State, 305; 7. North Carolina State, 288; 8. Wisconsin, 286; 9. Georgetown, 187; 10. Providence, 181; 11. Northern Arizona, 175; 12. Wake Forest, 173; 13. Alabama, 162; 14. Iowa State, 155; 15. Nebraska, 153; 16. Notre Dame, 140; 17. Brigham Young, 115; 18. Weber State, 112; 19. Arizona, 98; 20. Washington, 93; 21. Michigan State, 79; 22. Villanova, 76; 23. Portland, 73; 24. Army, 69; 25. Boise State, 65.

Division II Men's Cross Country

The top 25 NCAA Division II men's cross country teams through September 15 as listed by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association:

1. Cal Poly Pomona, 2. Western State, 3. Southern Indiana, 4. Ashland, 5. Central Missouri State, 6. Adams State, 7. North Dakota State, 8. South Dakota, 9. South Dakota State, 10. Abilene Christian, 11. UC Davis, 12. Shippensburg, 13. Hillsdale, 14. Lewis, 15. North Dakota, 16. Edinboro, 17. Northwest Missouri State, 18. Fort Hays State, 19. Mankato State, 20. Kennesaw State, 21. Humboldt State, 22. Nebraska-Kearney, 23. Minnesota-Duluth, 24. North Florida, 25. Truman State.

Division I-AA Football
The Sports Network top 25 NCAA Division
I-AA football teams through September 15, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Montana (1-0) -- 1,949
2. Troy St. (2-0) -- 1,856
3. William & Mary (3-0) -- 1,839
4. Western Ill. (3-0) -- 1,666
5. Youngstown St. (2-0) -- 1,582
6. Western Ky. (3-0) -- 1,426
7. Northern Ariz. (1-1) -- 1,400
8. Jackson St. (3-0) -- 1,261
9. Appalachian St. (0-1) -- 1,183
10. Villanova (2-0) -- 1,179
11. Delaware (1-1) -- 1,040
12. Northern Iowa (1-1) -- 1,014
13. Southern U. (3-0) -- 957
14. East Tenn. St. (2-1) -- 889
15. Florida A&M (2-0) -- 845
16. McNeese St. (2-0) -- 769
17. Stephen F. Austin (2-1) -- 735
18. Furman (1-1) -- 682
19. Eastern Ill. (2-1) -- 619
20. Ga. Southern (1-1) -- 493
21. Eastern Wash. (2-0) -- 339
22. Chattanooga (2-0) -- 227
23. Northwestern St. (1-1) -- 214
24. Weber St. (2-0) -- 209
25. Nicholls St. (1-1) -- 202

NCAA DIVISION III FIELD HOCKEY REGIONAL RANKINGS

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS -- The top regional teams in the 1997 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III field hockey regional rankings, conducted by the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee, with records through September 22.

New England East Region
1. Bowdoin (Maine) (3-1)
2. Wellesley (Mass.) (2-1)
3. Colby (Maine) (2-1)
4. MIT (Mass.) (3-0)

New England West Region
1. Plymouth State (N.H.) (5-1)
2. Springfield (Mass.) (6-1)
3. Wesleyan (Conn.) (3-0)
4. Amherst (Mass.) (4-0)
5. Middlebury (Vt.) (3-0)

South Region
\r 1. Salisbury State (Md.) (5-2)
2. Eastern Mennonite (Va.) (5-0)
3. Johns Hopkins (Md.) (3-1)
4. Notre Dame (Md.) (7-0)
5. Gettysburg (Pa.) (4-4)

North Atlantic Region
1. Ithaca (N.Y.) (5-0)
2. Cortland State (N.Y.) (5-1)
3. William Smith (N.Y.) (4-1)
4. Brockport State (N.Y.) (4-2)
5. Scranton (Pa.) (6-1)

South Atlantic Region
1. Lebanon Valley (Pa.) (7-0)
2. Col. of New Jersey (5-0)
3. Messiah (Pa.) (4-2)
4. Montclair St. (N.J.) (6-2)
5. Swarthmore (Pa.) (6-0)

Great Lakes Region
1. Wittenberg (Ohio) (6-0)
2. Kenyon (Ohio) (7-0)
3. Denison (Ohio) (4-3)
4. Wooster (Ohio) (3-2)
5. (Tie) -- DePauw (Ind.) (4-3)
Ohio Wesleyan (3-3)

Division I Men's Golf
The MasterCard top 25 NCAA Division I men's golf teams through September 17, based on rankings administered by the Collegiate Golf Foundation, with points:
1. Oklahoma State, 123; 2. Clemson, 122; 3. Wake Forest, 111; 4. UNLV, 92; 5. New Mexico, 91; 6. Arizona, 90; 7. (tie) Arizona State and Florida, 84; 9. Texas Christian, 83; 10. Auburn, 81; 11. North Carolina, 77; 12. Texas, 68; 13. Georgia, 67; 14. Houston, 63; 15. Mississippi State, 56; 16. East Tennessee State, 50; 17. Georgia Tech, 38; 18. Ohio State, 35; 19. (tie) Brigham Young and Southern California, 33; 21. South Carolina, 27; 22. Southern Methodist, 26; 23. Virginia, 23; 24. Texas A&M, 16; 25. (tie) Arkansas, LSU and North Carolina State, 10.

Division I Women's Golf
The MasterCard top 25 NCAA Division I women's golf teams through September 17, based on rankings administered by the Collegiate Golf Foundation, with points:
1. Arizona, 125; 2. Arizona State, 120; 3. Tulsa, 105; 4. Wake Forest, 101; 5. Stanford, 98; 6. LSU, 93; 7. Duke, 90; 8. Tennessee, 89; 9. UCLA, 88; 10. Oregon, 83; 11. Furman, 78; 12. Texas A&M, 72; 13. Florida, 56; 14. (tie) Campbell and New Mexico, 48; 16. North Carolina, 46; 17. Georgia, 39; 18. Texas Christian, 32; 19. Kentucky 23; 20. (tie) Auburn, San Jose State and Texas, 21; 23. (tie) Indiana and Memphis, 20; 25. (tie) Ohio State and Oklahoma State, 19.

Division I Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Indiana (5-0-0) -- 460
2. Maryland (4-0-1) -- 434
3. St. John's (N.Y.) (4-0-1) -- 402
4. Washington (3-0-2) -- 379
5. Duke (4-1-0) -- 353
6. Southern Methodist (3-1-0) -- 340
7. James Madison (5-0-0) -- 327
8. UCLA (5-1-0) -- 291
9. Boston U. (4-1-1) -- 238
10. Rutgers (2-2-0) -- 225
11. Creighton (4-1-1) -- 214
12. N.C.-Charlotte (3-1-1) -- 207
13. Virginia (2-1-2) -- 185
14. California (4-0-1) -- 151
15. Florida Int'l (3-2-1) -- 113
16. Wisconsin (3-2-0) -- 88
17. William & Mary (4-1-0) -- 66
18. San Diego (4-0-1) -- 54
19. Cornell (1-0-0) -- 50
20. Tulsa (4-1-0) -- 28
21. Pennsylvania (1-0-0) -- 38
22. New Hampshire (4-2-0) -- 28
23. Stanford (4-0-0) -- 22
24. Army (5-0-0) -- 12
25. Bowling Green (3-2-0) -- 9
25. South Carolina (3-1-1) -- 9

Division I Women's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division I women's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. North Caro. (6-0-0) -- 300
2. Notre Dame (6-0-0) -- 296
3. Virginia (4-0-1) -- 270
4. Texas A&M (6-0-0) -- 258
5. Duke (5-0-0) -- 254
6. Portland (3-2-0) -- 250
7. Santa Clara (3-0-0) -- 222
8. Southern Methodist (5-1-0) -- 216
9. William & Mary (4-2-0) -- 168
10. Clemson (4-2-0) -- 166
11. Nebraska (4-2-0) -- 162
12. Hartford (2-1-0) -- 158
13. Harvard (2-0-0) -- 152
14. Maryland (5-1-0) -- 142
15. Brigham Young (6-0-0) -- 126
16. Connecticut (4-1-0) -- 114
17. Michigan (5-1-0) -- 112
18. Vanderbilt (4-2-0) -- 78
19. Florida (3-2-0) -- 72
20. Massachusetts (5-0-0) -- 68
20. UCLA (5-0-0) -- 68
22. George Mason (3-1-1) -- 60
23. Wake Forest (5-1-0) -- 48
24. Kentucky (2-3-1) -- 30
25. Stanford (3-2-0) -- 28

Division II Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division II men's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Southern Conn. St. (5-0-0) -- 398
2. Lynn (4-0-0) -- 378
3. Cal St. Bakersfield (5-1-0) -- 360
4. New Hamp. Col. (3-0-0) -- 346
4. Tampa (2-0-0) -- 346
6. Truman St. (5-2-0) -- 322
7. Seattle Pacific (3-1-0) -- 312
8. Mercyhurst (4-2-0) -- 276
9. Franklin Pierce (3-1-0) -- 268
10. Grand Canyon (3-1-0) -- 252
11. St. Leo (2-1-0) -- 250
12. SIU-Edwardsville (4-0-1) -- 232
13. Dowling (3-1-0) -- 192
14. Lock Haven (3-1-0) -- 184
14. Lander (3-1-0) -- 184
16. Regis (Colo.) (5-0-0) -- 158
17. S.C.-Spartanburg (4-0-0) -- 134
18. New Haven (5-0-0) -- 126
19. West Tex. A&M (3-2-0) -- 116
20. West Va. Wesleyan (2-2-0) -- 100
21. Wingate (3-0-0) -- 82
22. LIU-Southampton (4-1-0) -- 68
23. Gannon (4-2-0) -- 38
23. Midwestern St. (3-1-0) -- 38
25. UC Davis (2-2-0) -- 16

Division II Women's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division II women's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Franklin Pierce (2-0-0) -- 225
2. Lynn (2-1-1) -- 210
3. West Va. Wesleyan (5-0-0) -- 203
4. Cal St. Dom. Hills (5-0-1) -- 196
5. Metropolitan St. (5-0-0) -- 184
6. Merrimack (5-0-0) -- 170
7. Adelphi (3-0-0) -- 163
8. Lewis (4-0-0) -- 156
9. Barry (3-1-1) -- 148
10. Francis Marion (4-0-0) -- 147
11. Bloomsburg (2-1-0) -- 135
12. Cal Poly Pomona (5-0-0) -- 123
13. New Hamp. Col. (2-0-0) -- 107
14. Catawba (3-0-0) -- 96
15. Indianapolis (6-2-0) -- 88
16. Wheeling Jesuit (3-3-0) -- 87
17. Northern Colo. (4-1-1) -- 85
18. UC Davis (2-1-0) -- 72
19. Lock Haven (3-2-0) -- 64
20. SIU-Edwardsville (4-2-0) -- 50
20. Stonehill (5-0-0) -- 50
22. Presbyterian (2-1-0) -- 35
23. Mesa St. (6-1-0) -- 28
24. West Fla. (4-2-0) -- 21
25. Cal St. Bakersfield (3-2-1) -- 19

Division III Men's Soccer
The Umbro top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wheaton (Ill.) (5-0-0) -- 396
2. Ithaca (4-0-0) -- 372
3. Johns Hopkins (4-0-0) -- 359
4. Rowan (4-0-0) -- 347
5. Salem St. (2-0-0) -- 334
6. Luther (4-0-0) -- 325
7. Mary Washington (4-0-1) -- 313
8. Kenyon (3-1-0) -- 306
9. Williams (0-0-0) -- 250
10. Trinity (Tex.) (5-0-0) -- 247
11. Greensboro (3-1-0) -- 226
12. Muhlenberg (4-1-0) -- 222
13. DePauw (5-0-0) -- 220
14. Wm. Paterson (3-1-0) -- 200
15. Macalester (3-0-1) -- 175
16. Cortland St. (4-1-0) -- 161
17. Messiah (4-0-1) -- 110
18. Chicago (1-0-0) -- 104
18. Montclair St. (1-1-0) -- 104
20. Ohio Wesleyan (3-1-0) -- 94
21. Emory (3-1-0) -- 90
22. Middlebury (1-0-0) -- 88
23. Concordia-M'head (3-0-0) -- 76
24. Fredonia St. (4-2-0) -- 52
25. Methodist (4-1-0) -- 17

Division III Women's Soccer
The top 25 NCAA Division III women's soccer teams through September 15 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. UC San Diego (6-0-0) -- 199
2. Col. of New Jersey (4-0-0) -- 193
3. Trinity (Tex.) (4-0-0) -- 183
4. Amherst (1-0-0) -- 156
5. Macalester (4-0-0) -- 152
5. Rochester (3-0-0) -- 152
7. Kalamazoo (3-0-0) -- 144
8. Tufts (2-0-0) -- 143
9. Bowdoin (2-0-0) -- 115
10. Allegheny (6-0-0) -- 110
10. Drew (4-0-1) -- 110
12. Elmira (5-1-0) -- 107
13. Elizabethtown (4-0-1) -- 101
14. N.C. Wesleyan (3-1-0) -- 99
15. Wheaton (Ill.) (5-1-0) -- 92
16. Cal Lutheran (1-1-0) -- 68
17. Gettysburg (4-1-0) -- 59
18. Gust. Adolphus (4-1-0) -- 56
18. Oswego St. (3-0-0) -- 56
20. Washington (Mo.) (3-1-0) -- 45
21. Chicago (3-1-0) -- 42
22. Keene St. (4-0-1) -- 37
23. Mary Washington (3-1-0) -- 36
24. Binghamton (2-1-0) -- 34
25. Western Conn. St. (4-1-0) -- 20

Division I Men's Tennis
The Rolex preseason top 25 NCAA Division
I men's tennis teams as selected by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, with points:
1. Stanford, 525; 2. UCLA, 517; 3. Mississippi State, 503; 4. Georgia, 502; 5. Mississippi, 495; 6. Kentucky, 490; 7. LSU, 485; 8. Duke, 477; 9. Texas, 468; 10. Florida, 463; 11. Southern California, 445; 12. Pepperdine, 442; 13. South Alabama, 437; 14. Auburn, 435; 15. Boise State, 433; 16. Notre Dame, 424; 17. Illinois, 408; 18. Middle Tennessee State, 396; 19. Harvard, 392; 20. Virginia Commonwealth, 391; 21. Alabama, 380; 22. Clemson, 378; 23. South Carolina, 371; 24. Northwestern, 364; 25. UC Santa Barbara, 358.

Division I Women's Tennis
The Rolex preseason top 25 NCAA Division I women's tennis teams as selected by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, with points:
1. Florida, 523; 2. UCLA, 510; 3. Texas, 506;
4. Duke, 505; 5. Georgia, 491; 6. Arizona State, 483; 7. California, 474; 8. William and Mary,
473; 9. Mississippi, 468; 10. Tennessee, 458;
11. Pepperdine, 447; 12. Stanford, 439; 13. Vanderbilt, 435; 14. Wake Forest, 434; 15. South Carolina, 422; 16. Notre Dame, 412; 17. Brigham Young, 408; 18. South Alabama, 395; 19. Michigan, 388; 20. Wisconsin, 386; 21. Arkansas, 378; 22. Harvard, 370; 23. San Diego State, 356; 24. Arizona, 355; 25. LSU, 354.

Division I Women's Volleyball
The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through September 16, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Penn St. (9-0) -- 1,497
2. Florida (8-0) -- 1,430
3. Long Beach St. (8-0) -- 1,377
4. Stanford (6-2) -- 1,319
5. Nebraska (8-1) -- 1,260
6. Washington St. (11-0) -- 1,162
7. UC Santa Barb. (9-0) -- 1,147
8. Southern Cal (9-0) -- 1,081
9. Brigham Young (7-4) -- 949
10. Texas (4-1) -- 920
11. Pacific (Cal.) (6-2) -- 861
12. Wisconsin (8-0) -- 836
13. Michigan St. (7-3) -- 685
14. Texas A&M (5-2) -- 643
15. Arizona (7-0) -- 613
16. Loyola Marymount (8-2) -- 612
17. UCLA (4-1) -- 593
18. Hawaii (5-3) -- 484
19. Pepperdine (9-0) -- 409
20. Colorado (4-1) -- 374
21. Arkansas (8-2) -- 349
22. Ohio St. (6-3) -- 249
23. Maryland (5-0) -- 202
24. Colorado St. (6-2) -- 150
25. Notre Dame (5-4) -- 116

Division II Women's Volleyball
The top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams through September 16 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tampa (7-0) -- 593
2. Northern Mich. (7-1) -- 573
3. Cal St. Bakersfield (7-1) -- 553
4. West Tex. A&M (9-1) -- 525
5. Central Mo. St. (9-2) -- 493
6. Regis (Colo.) (9-1) -- 490
7. Colo. Christian (9-2) -- 455
8. North Dak. St. (9-2) -- 413
9. Augustana (S.D.) (10-2) -- 383
10. Northwood (14-0) -- 366
11. North Ala. (7-2) -- 359
12. Southern Colo. (8-2) -- 310
13. Neb.-Omaha (6-5) -- 259
14. Metropolitan St. (8-2) -- 264
15. UC Riverside (6-5) -- 259
16. New Haven (10-0) -- 247
17. Minn.-Duluth (5-4) -- 162
18. South Dak. St. (11-1) -- 143
19. UC Davis (5-5) -- 121
20. Northern Ky. (9-2) -- 109
21. Barry (2-2) -- 105
22. Neb.-Kearney (3-5) -- 99
23. Wayne St. (Mich.) (11-2) -- 82
24. IU/PU-Ft. Wayne (11-2) -- 78
25. Wayne St. (Neb.) (10-4) -- 66

Division III Women's Volleyball
The top 15 NCAA Division III women's volleyball teams through September 17 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wis-Whitewater (7-2) -- 220
2. Juniata (8-0) -- 214
3. Washington (Mo.) (5-3) -- 213
4. St. Olaf (4-1) -- 204
5. UC San Diego (3-4) -- 157
6. Wis.-Oshkosh (8-2) -- 143
7. Wittenberg (8-1) -- 130
8. Hope (11-0) -- 105
9. Wis.-Eau Claire (10-1) -- 84
10. Neb. Wesleyan (8-1) -- 79
11. Central (Iowa) (10-0) -- 77
12. Ithaca (7-1) -- 70
13. Emory (7-2) -- 49
14. Ohio Northern (7-2) -- 40
15. Coast Guard (7-0) -- 35
15. Cortland St. (10-1) -- 35

Men's Water Polo
The top 20 NCAA men's water polo teams through September 18 as selected by the American Water Polo Coaches Association, with points:
1. California, 80; 2. Southern California, 76; 3. Stanford, 72; 4. Pepperdine, 68; 5. UCLA, 64; 6. UC Irvine, 60; 7. Long Beach State, 56; 8. Pacific (California), 52; 9. UC San Diego, 46; 10. UC Santa Barbara, 44; 11. UC Davis, 40; 12. (tie) Air Force and Massachusetts, 35; 14. Brown, 28; 15. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 24; 16. Santa Clara, 18; 17. George Washington, 15; 18. Navy, 10; 19. Queens (New York), 9; 20. Slippery Rock, 5.