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USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25
Released on Sunday, Jan. 4
Poll taken before Sunday night's games
First-place votes in parentheses
Rank School Record Points Last week
1. North Carolina (30) 15-0 750 1
2. Duke 12-1 715 2
3. Utah 12-0 660 4
4. Kansas 17-2 656 3
5. Arizona 10-3 612 6
6. Kentucky 12-2 579 7
7. Stanford 12-0 569 8
8. (tie) Connecticut 13-1 516 11
9. (tie) Purdue 12-3 516 5
10. New Mexico 9-1 431 13
11. Iowa 13-1 426 14
12. UCLA 9-2 419 9
13. Florida State 12-2 387 15
14. Mississippi 10-1 335 17
15. Princeton 11-1 318 16
16. South Carolina 8-2 307 10
17. Xavier 8-3 234 12
18. Michigan 12-3 216 20
19. Syracuse 12-1 198 19
20. Marquette 10-0 181 25
21. West Virginia 12-2 138 23
22. Clemson 10-4 99 21
23. Hawaii 11-1 79 NR
24. Arkansas 11-2 64 24
25. Rhode Island 8-2 61 NR
DROPPED OUT: No. 18 Maryland (7-5); No. 22 Temple (6-4).
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Maryland 48, Temple 39,
Oklahoma State 37, Miami (Fla.) 29, Georgia Tech 27,
George Washington 15, Texas Christian 14, Illinois
11, Ball State 10, Georgia 10, Kansas State 6,
Tennessee 6, Colorado State 5, Nebraska 4, Arizona
State 3, Cincinnati 3, St. Bonaventure 3, Cleveland
State 2, Gonzaga 2, Michigan State 2, Pacific 2,
Santa Clara 2, Southern Methodist 2, Dayton 1,
Illinois-Chicago 1.
The USA TODAY/CNN Board of Coaches is made up of 30
Division I head coaches, by agreement with the
National Association of Basketball Coaches.
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25
Through Jan. 5
Rank School Record Points Previous
ranking
1. Tennessee (59) 15-0 1,499 1
2. Old Dominion (1) 10-0 1,435 2
3. Connecticut 12-1 1,355 3
4. Louisiana Tech 10-2 1,329 4
5. Vanderbilt 11-1 1,184 7
6. Texas Tech 8-2 1,168 6
7. North Carolina 11-2 1,051 5
8. Washington 10-0 987 11
9. Virginia 10-1 983 9
10. Arizona 8-2 978 8
11. Illinois 9-4 835 13
12. Wisconsin 10-3 769 10
13. North Carolina 12-1 727 14
State
14. Florida 10-3 684 15
15. Stanford 5-4 575 16
16. Nebraska 12-3 561 17
17. SW Missouri State 11-0 552 18
18. Georgia 9-3 548 12
19. Western Kentucky 11-3 385 19
20. Auburn 11-1 352 20
21. Florida 11-0 325 21
International
22. Utah 11-0 212 25
23. Duke 10-4 196 22
24. Tulane 10-2 186 24
25. Purdue 8-4 103 NR
DROPPED OUT: No. 23 Colorado (6-4). OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Clemson
102, Hawaii 69, Stephen F. Austin 57, Colorado St 50, Marquette 41,
Colorado 36, Cal-Santa Barbara 19, Alabama 14, Notre Dame 14, Iowa 13,
So Mississippi 12, Kansas 10, Arkansas 9, Iowa St 9, Miami Fla 9,
Portland 8, Drake 7, SMU 7, New Mexico 6, Penn St 6, American 5,
Indiana 5, LSU 3, Cincinnati 2, Texas-Arlington 2, Geo Washington 1,
Gonzaga 1, Maryland 1, St. Mary's 1, Texas-San Antonio 1, UCLA 1.
The voting panel consists of 60 coaches who are members of the Women's
Basketball Coaches Association.
NABC/Division II poll Through games of Jan. 5 PORTLAND, Ore. - Cal State Bakersfield resumed the number one ranking in the January 5, 1998 NABC/Division II Bulletin Weekly Top 25. The Roadrunners moved from number two to number one when number five Kentucky Wesleyan knocked off top-ranked Southern Indiana 85-80 on Sunday afternoon. TEAM REC 1. Cal State Bakersfield (12-1) 2. Salem-Teikyo (8-1) 3. South Dakota St. (12-0) 4. Kentucky Wesleyan (11-0) 5. Southern Indiana (13-1) 6. Florida Southern (12-0) 7. Delta St. (12-1) 8. Northern State (12-2) 9. Pittsburg St. (11-0) 10. Pitt-Johnstown (11-1) 11. West Texas A&M (11-0) 12. California (PA) (9-1) 13. Washburn (8-2) 14. Fort Hays St. (10-1) 15. Northern Kentucky (9-2) 16. Alaska Anchorage (9-6) 17. Abilene Christian (13-0) 18. Virginia Union (8-0) 19. Metropolitan St. (12-0) 20. Columbus St. (10-2) 21. North Dakota St. (10-2) 22. Johnson C. Smith (9-1) 23. Indiana (PA) (7-1) 24. Montana St. Billings (11-3) 25. South Dakota (11-2) 25. SIU Edwardsville (9-2)
NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Regional Rankings January 6, 1998 Region: East 1. Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.) (7-2) 2 Edinboro (Pa.) (11-3) 3. Belmont Abbey (N.C.) (7-1) 4. Millersville (Pa.) (7-3) 5. Shippensburg (Pa.) (8-3) 6. Wheeling Jesuit (W.Va.) (9-2) Region: Great Lakes 1. Southern Ind. (12-0) 2 Northern Mich. (9-0) 3. Michigan Tech (9-3) 4. Bellarmine (Ky.) (10-3) 5. Saginaw St. (Mi.) (10-1) 6. Grand Valley (Mi.) (11-0) Region: North Central 1. North Dak. (11-1) 2. North Dak. St. (10-2) 3. Neb.-Kearney (11-0) 4. Northern Colo. (11-1) 5. Minn.-Duluth (10-5) 6. Metropolitan St. (Colo.) (10-2) Region: Northeast 1. St. Rose (N.Y.) (15-0) 2. Bentley (Mass.) (11-0) 3. Stonehill (Mass.) (11-2) 4. Mass.-Lowell (7-4) 5. Franklin Pierce (N.H.) (8-4) 6. Phila. Textile (7-5) Region: South 1. Fla. Southern (9-2) 2. West Fla. (13-1) 3. Arkansas Tech. (10-2) 4. Delta St. (Miss.) (10-5) 5. Central Ark. (10-2) 6. Ark.-Monticello (10-3) Region: South Atlantic 1. Francis Marion (S.C.) (11-1) 2. Fayetteville St. (N.C.) (7-3) 3 Bowie State (Md.) (11-1) 4. Kennesaw St. (Ga.) (9-5) 5. Wingate (N.C.) (6-4) 6. SC-Spartanburg (7-2 ) Region: South Central 1. Emporia St. (Kan.) (11-0) 2. Mo. Western St. (11-3) 3. Abilene Christian (Texas) (8-3) 4. Central Mo. State (9-2) 5. Central Okla. (11-2) 6. Northwest Mo. St. (9-1) Region: West 1. Seattle Pacific (Wa.) (12-0) 2. Cal St. San Bıdino (14-1) 3. Mont. St.-Billings (11-4) 4. UC Davis (7-4) 5. Alas. Anchorage (8-5) 6. UC Riverside (9-5) Next rankings: Wednesday, January 14
Through games of Dec. 16 The top eight teams in each region of the NCAA Division III men's college basketball poll, conducted by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee: Northeast Region 1. Amherst, Mass., 5-0 2. Colby-Sawyer, N.H., 8-1 3. Connecticut College, 5-1 4. Mass.-Boston, 5-1 5. Mass.-Dartmouth, 4-2 6. Plymouth State, N.H., 6-0 7. Salem State, Mass., 5-1 8. Springfield, Mass., 5-0 9. Trinity, Conn., 7-0 10. Williams, Mass., 4-0 11. Worcester State, Mass., 5-0 East Region 1. Brockport State, N.Y., 3-2 2. Clarkson, N.Y., 4-3 3. Elmira, N.Y., 4-1 4. Nazareth, N.Y., 4-2 5. Penn State-Behrend, 4-1 6. Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y., 4-2 7. St. John Fisher, N.Y., 6-1 8. St. Lawrence, N.Y., 7-0 9. Skidmore, N.Y., 4-3 10. Utica-Rome, N.Y., 5-0 Middle Atlantic Region 1. Cabrini, Pa., 5-1 2. Catholic, D.C., 5-1 3. Franklin & Marshall, Pa., 5-2 4. Goucher, Md., 6-2 5. Johns Hopkins, Md., 7-2 6. Lebanon Valley, Pa, 6-0 7. Lycoming, Pa., 4-1 8. Muhlenberg, Pa., 4-1 9. Scranton, Pa., 6-2 10. Susquehanna, Pa., 5-1 11. Wilkes, Pa., 6-0 Atlantic Region 1. College of New Jersey, 7-0 2. Hunter, N.Y., 5-1 3. Jersey City State, N.J., 5-3 4. Kean, N.J., 4-2 5. Manhattanville, N.Y., 4-3 6. Montclair State, N.J., 6-3 7. NYU, 3-2 8. Rowan, N.J., 7-1 9. Staten Island, N.Y., 5-3 10. Merchant Marine, N.Y., 5-2 South Region 1. Christopher Newport, Va., 5-1 2. Hampden-Sydney, Va., 6-1 3. McMurry, Texas, 8-1 4. Mississippi College, 4-0 5. Oglethorpe, Ga., 6-1 6. Randolph-Macon, Ga., 5-2 7. Savannah A&D, Ga., 6-3 8. Sewanee, Tenn., 4-1 9. Southwestern, Texas, 4-1 10. Virginia Wesleyan, 6-1 Great Lakes Region 1. Allegheny, Pa., 7-1 2. Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio, 6-1 3. Calvin, Mich., 4-3 4. Hope, Mich., 7-1 5. John Carroll, Ohio, 7-1 6. Mount Union, Ohio, 6-1 7. Ohio Northern, 4-2 8. Waynesburg, Pa., 4-1 9. Wittenberg, Ohio, 3-2 10. Wooster, Ohio, 6-2 Midwest Region 1. Augustana, Ill., 5-1 2. Aurora, Ill., 6-3 3. Benedictine, Ill., 6-2 4. Chicago, 6-1 5. DePauw, Ind., 7-1 6. Edgewood, Wis., 6-3 7. Franklin, Ind., 8-1 8. Hanover, Ind., 7-1 9. Illinois Wesleyan, 4-1 10. Milikin, Ill., 6-2 11. Ripon, Wis. 5-1 12. Wabash, Ind., 7-1 West Region 1. Augsburg, Minn., 7-0 2. Buena Vista, Iowa, 5-1 3. Carleton, Minn., 7-0 4. Gustavus Adolphus, Minn., 5-0 5. Nebraska Wesleyan, 6-0 6. Pomona Pitzer, Calif., 6-0 7. Simpson, Iowa, 5-0 8. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 6-0 9. Wis.-Platteville, 4-0 10. Wis.-Stevens Point, 6-1 |