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POLLS: November 25, 1996

Division II Women's Basketball

The USA Today/Women's Basketball Coaches Association preseason top 25 NCAA Division II basketball teams, with points:

1. North Dakota State, 598; 2. North Dakota, 542; 3. Abilene Christian, 500; 4. West Texas A&M, 490; 5. Delta State, 480; 6. Bentley, 473; 7. UC Davis, 339; 8. Shippensburg, 319; 9. Stonehill, 308; 10. Northern Michigan, 298; 11. St. Rose, 295; 12. South Dakota State, 275; 13. Florida Southern, 252; 14. Bellarmine, 245; 15. Southern Indiana, 218; 16. Norfolk State, 204; 17. Bridgeport, 195; 18. Nebraska-Kearney, 190; 19. Wingate, 175; 20. Minnesota-Duluth, 172; 21. Oakland, 113; 22. Northern Colorado, 103; 23. Missouri-Rolla, 86; 24. Fort Valley State, 80; 25. Arkansas Tech, 73.

Division III Men's Cross Country

The top 25 NCAA Division III men's cross country teams through November 12 as selected by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Williams, 200; 2. Rochester, 183; 3. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 181; 4. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 178; 5. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 170; 6. North Central, 160; 7. Calvin, 151; 8. Tufts, 141; 9. Mount Union, 132; 10. (tie) Haverford and St. John's (Minnesota), 120; 12. Augustana (Illinois), 114; 13. Rochester Institute of Technology, 102; 14. Ithaca, 99; 15. UC San Diego, 98; 16. Carleton, 80; 17. Wabash, 75; 18. Frostburg State, 55; 19. Rensselaer, 48; 20. Colorado College, 47; 21. (tie) Carnegie Mellon and Washington (Missouri), 42; 23. Loras, 22; 24. Brandeis, 20; 25. Bates, 9.

Division III Women's Cross Country

The top 25 NCAA Division III women's cross country teams through November 12 as selected by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association, with points:

1. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 200; 2. St. Thomas (Minnesota), 182; 3. Williams, 179; 4. Calvin, 176; 5. Cortland State, 168; 6. College of New Jersey, 161; 7. St. Olaf, 150; 8. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 129; 9. Moravian, 126; 10. Bowdoin, 124; 11. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 118; 12. Middlebury, 111; 13. Emory, 99; 14. Colorado College, 92; 15. Loras, 88; 16. Haverford, 76; 17. Geneseo State, 72; 18. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 70; 19. Wooster, 54; 20. Augustana (Illinois), 44; 21. Colby, 34; 22. (tie) Washington (Missouri) and Luther, 30; 24. Carnegie Mellon, 14; 25. UC San Diego, 13.

Division I-AA Football

The Sports Network top 25 NCAA Division
I-AA football teams through November 11, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Marshall (10-0) -- 2,251
2. Montana (9-0) -- 2,202
3. Northern Iowa (9-1) -- 2,075
4. Murray St. (8-1) -- 1,929
5. Troy St. (8-1) -- 1,907
6. Northern Ariz. (9-2) -- 1,766
7. Stephen F. Austin (7-2) -- 1,599
8. Western Ill. (9-1) -- 1,579
9. Jackson St. (8-1) -- 1,549
10. William & Mary (8-2) -- 1,412
11. East Tenn. St. (8-2) -- 1,350
12. Furman (7-2) -- 1,264
13. Delaware (7-3) -- 1,058
14. Eastern Ill. (7-2) -- 1,051
15. New Hampshire (7-2) -- 1,010
16. Florida A&M (7-2) -- 891
17. Youngstown St. (7-3) -- 725
18. James Madison (7-3) -- 685
19. Dartmouth (8-0) -- 518
20. Southwest Mo. St. (6-4) -- 451
21. Villanova (7-3) -- 385
22. Nicholls St. (6-3) -- 312
23. Howard (7-2) -- 196
24. Eastern Wash. (6-4) -- 173
25. Northwestern St. (5-4) -- 169

Division II Football

The top 20 NCAA Division II football teams through November 10 as selected by the NCAA Division II Football Committee, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (7-2) -- 80
2. Northwest Mo. St. (10-0) -- 76
3. Ferris St. (9-1) -- 72
4. Neb.-Omaha (9-1) -- 66
4. Valdosta St. (9-1) -- 66
6. Carson-Newman (9-1) -- 60
7. Pittsburg St. (7-2) -- 53
8. Clarion (8-2) -- 52
9. Central Okla. (7-2) -- 51
10. Indiana (Pa.) (7-2) -- 43
11. Chadron St. (9-1) -- 40
12. West Ga. (8-2) -- 37
13. Bloomsburg (9-1) -- 27
14. Albany St. (Ga.) (8-2) -- 26
15. Northern Colo. (7-3) -- 24
16. Angelo St. (6-3) -- 23
17. UC Davis (5-4) -- 15
18. Catawba (8-2) -- 12
19. North Dak. (6-3) -- 11
20. Saginaw Valley (7-2) -- 6

Division III Football

The top six NCAA Division III football teams in each region through November 10 as listed by the NCAA Division III Football Committee, with records:

East: 1. Buffalo State, 7-1; 2. College of New Jersey, 6-2; 3. Rowan, 6-2; 4. Cortland State, 6-3; 5. Coast Guard, 7-2; 6. Ithaca, 6-2.

North: 1. Mount Union, 9-0; 2. Albion, 8-0; 3. Illinois Wesleyan, 8-0; 4. Allegheny, 9-0; 5. John Carroll, 8-1; 6. Wheaton (Illinois), 7-1.

South: 1. Lycoming, 8-0; 2. Trinity (Texas), 9-0; 3. Washington and Jefferson, 7-1; 4. Albright, 8-1; 5. Catholic, 7-1; 6. Wilkes, 8-1.

West: 1. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 9-0; 2. St. John's (Minnesota), 10-0; 3. Simpson, 9-0; 4. Wisconsin-River Falls, 8-1; 5. Bethel (Minnesota) , 9-1; 6. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 8-2.

Division I Men's Ice Hockey

The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine top 10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams through November 11, selected in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association and One Xcel, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Michigan (8-1-0) -- 100
2. Vermont (5-1-0) -- 88
3. Boston U. (5-1-0) -- 82
4. Minnesota (5-3-0) -- 57
5. Colorado Col. (5-3-0) -- 45
6. Michigan St. (6-3-0) -- 38
7. North Dak. (6-3-0) -- 36
8. Colgate (5-1-0) -- 27
9. New Hampshire (5-2-0) -- 24
10. Miami (Ohio) (7-2-0) -- 22

Division I Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division I men's soccer teams through November 11 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Virginia (15-1-3) -- 463
2. N.C.-Greensboro (20-1-0) -- 432
3. St. John's (N.Y.) (17-2-1) -- 420
4. UCLA (15-3-0) -- 405
5. Indiana (12-2-2) -- 372
6. Washington (14-2-1) -- 345
7. Harvard (14-1-0) -- 334
7. William & Mary (15-2-1) -- 334
9. Air Force (14-2-3) -- 314
10. N.C.-Charlotte (16-3-0) -- 244
11. Southern Methodist (14-4-1) -- 229
12. Rutgers (12-5-2) -- 216
13. Fresno St. (13-4-1) -- 195
14. Connecticut (15-2-3) -- 173
15. Bowling Green (15-3-1) -- 149
16. Florida Int'l (13-4-2) -- 118
17. James Madison (13-3-1) -- 106
18. Creighton (14-3-1) -- 70
19. Cornell (11-3-2) -- 45
20. Cal St. Fullerton (10-4-5) -- 31
21. George Mason (12-4-3) -- 12
21. South Fla. (14-3-0) -- 12
23. Rhode Island (16-5-0) -- 9
24. Evansville (16-4-0) -- 8
25. California (12-4-2) -- 7

Division I Women's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division I women's soccer teams through November 11 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Notre Dame (20-1-0) -- 373
2. North Caro. (20-1-0) -- 362
3. Portland (16-0-2) -- 343
4. Connecticut (20-2-0) -- 330
5. Nebraska (21-0-0) -- 313
6. Santa Clara (15-3-1) -- 291
7. Texas A&M (19-3-0) -- 281
8. Florida (20-2-0) -- 274
9. Maryland (17-4-2) -- 244
10. Harvard (14-1-0) -- 233
11. Clemson (15-6-1) -- 226
12. Wisconsin (14-4-4) -- 220
13. Virginia (12-6-2) -- 209
14. Penn St. (14-4-2) -- 162
15. N.C.-Greensboro (16-5-1) -- 142
16. Kentucky (13-5-2) -- 134
17. Brigham Young (22-1-0) -- 118
18. Dartmouth (12-3-1) -- 100
19. George Mason (14-6-1) -- 96
20. California (13-3-2) -- 86
21. James Madison (14-5-2) -- 49
22. Vanderbilt (11-8-1) -- 47
23. Massachusetts (15-4-1) -- 45
24. Evansville (16-4-1) -- 43
25. Wake Forest (13-7-0) -- 40

Division II Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 20 NCAA Division II men's soccer teams through November 11 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Southern Conn. St. (19-0-1) -- 239
2. Lander (16-3-1) -- 228
3. Grand Canyon (9-4-5) -- 217
4. Mercyhurst (12-3-2) -- 197
5. Cal St. Bakersfield (13-5-2) -- 189
6. Dowling (13-4-1) -- 180
7. Tampa (13-3-2) -- 174
8. West Va. Wesleyan (17-4-1) -- 155
9. Franklin Pierce (14-4-1) -- 136
10. Lynn (11-3-4) -- 128
11. Lewis (16-4-0) -- 118
12. Cal St. Los Angeles (10-6-4) -- 102
13. Lock Haven (14-3-2) -- 91
14. New Hamp. Col. (13-2-2) -- 80
15. West Tex. A&M (12-4-0) -- 75
16. St. Leo (14-4-2) -- 56
17. Sonoma St. (13-5-2) -- 46
18. Charleston (W. Va.) (17-2-1) -- 35
19. Presbyterian (15-4-3) -- 24
20. Concordia (N.Y.) (13-2-2) -- 16

Division III Men's Soccer

The Umbro Select top 25 NCAA Division III men's soccer teams through November 11 as selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wheaton (Ill.) (17-0-2) -- 398
2. Williams (11-1-2) -- 368
3. Kenyon (14-2-1) -- 353
4. Elizabethtown (18-2-2) -- 344
5. Richard Stockton (13-2-2) -- 309
6. UC San Diego (10-5-1) -- 301
7. Rensselaer (14-2-0) -- 266
8. Trinity (Tex.) (17-1-0) -- 255
9. Greensboro (11-4-3) -- 240
10. Hope (16-1-1) -- 224
11. Bethany (W. Va.) (15-4-0) -- 170
12. Middlebury (11-2-1) -- 166
13. Col. of New Jersey (13-5-0) -- 160
14. St. Lawrence (13-1-2) -- 159
15. Mary Washington (16-3-1) -- 131
16. Concordia-M'head (12-3-2) -- 81
17. Wilmington (Ohio) (16-3-0) -- 70
18. Johns Hopkins (16-1-1) -- 62
19. Wis.-Oshkosh (16-2-0) -- 37
20. Rowan (14-3-2) -- 35
21. Salem St. (18-1-0) -- 32
22. Fredonia St. (17-2-0) -- 28
23. Macalester (14-4-0) -- 5
24. Maryville (Tenn.) (13-4-0) -- 4
25. Muhlenberg (11-4-4) -- 2

Division I Men's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving teams through November 13 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Texas, 319; 2. Auburn, 313; 3. Stanford, 295; 4. (tie) Michigan and Tennessee, 277; 6. Southern California, 260; 7. Arizona State, 219; 8. Southern Methodist, 217; 9. Georgia, 215; 10. California, 200; 11. Minnesota, 177; 12. Arizona, 163; 13. Florida, 161; 14. North Carolina, 157; 15. LSU, 131; 16. Nebraska, 105; 17. Miami (Florida), 99; 18. Harvard, 90; 19. Texas A&M, 89; 20. Florida State, 77; 21. Alabama, 70; 22. Indiana, 56; 23. Kansas, 54; 24. Ohio State, 50; 25. North Carolina State, 37.

Division I Women's Swimming and Diving

The Speedo America top 25 NCAA Division I women's swimming and diving teams through November 13 as selected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, with points:

1. Stanford, 348; 2. Southern Methodist, 329; 3. Michigan, 312; 4. Southern California, 307; 5. Georgia, 303; 6. Arizona, 263; 7. Florida, 257; 8. Texas, 256; 9. UCLA, 207; 10. Minnesota, 191; 11. Nebraska, 180; 12. North Carolina, 176; 13. Auburn, 169; 14. Tennessee, 166; 15. Northwestern, 165; 16. Alabama, 132; 17. LSU, 122; 18. California, 116; 19. Kentucky, 102; 20. Kansas, 96; 21. Wisconsin, 72; 22. Arizona State, 67; 23. Illinois, 43; 24. Penn State, 34; 25. (tie) Miami (Florida) and Nevada, 13.

Division I Women's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams through November 12, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Florida (26-1) -- 1,441
2. Stanford (21-2) -- 1,431
3. Hawaii (25-1) -- 1,369
4. Penn St. (23-2) -- 1,263
5. Nebraska (21-3) -- 1,193
6. Long Beach St. (26-1) -- 1,161
7. Loyola Marymount (21-2) -- 1,094
8. Texas (18-4) -- 1,053
9. Michigan St. (18-6) -- 1,018
10. Washington St. (21-4) -- 980
11. Ohio St. (22-3) -- 846
12. Southern Cal (16-6) -- 815
13. Texas A&M (21-4) -- 744
14. Pacific (Cal.) (19-5) -- 689
15. Washington (21-5) -- 678
16. UC Santa Barb. (19-7) -- 599
17. Wisconsin (20-4) -- 564
18. George Mason (22-2) -- 491
19. Louisville (19-3) -- 392
20. Kansas St. (22-5) -- 358
21. Oral Roberts (24-2) -- 239
22. Texas Tech (21-6) -- 213
23. Maryland (21-4) -- 183
24. UCLA (14-11) -- 99
25. Arizona (16-8) -- 64

Division II Women's Volleyball

The top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams through November 12 as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Neb.-Omaha (29-2) -- 590
2. Minn.-Duluth (24-3) -- 539
3. Cal St. Bakersfield (25-3) -- 530
4. Northern Mich. (27-4) -- 522
5. Central Mo. St. (30-3) -- 514
6. Augustana (S.D.) (30-3) -- 501
7. North Dak. St. (26-4) -- 449
8. Neb.-Kearney (25-4) -- 432
9. New Haven (38-1) -- 411
10. St. Cloud St. (20-10) -- 382
11. Northwood (26-5) -- 348
12. Morningside (24-10) -- 307
13. Tampa (27-6) -- 303
14. North Ala. (40-3) -- 289
15. Michigan Tech (22-9) -- 280
16. UC Riverside (18-5) -- 224
17. West Tex. A&M (23-5) -- 215
18. Barry (24-10) -- 199
19. UC Davis (21-9) -- 160
20. Texas Woman's (28-4) -- 155
21. Regis (Colo.) (19-11) -- 133
22. Colo. Christian (20-9) -- 63
23. West Va. Wesleyan (29-5) -- 59
24. Cal Poly Pomona (12-9) -- 51
25. Grand Canyon (17-12) -- 39

Men's Water Polo

The top 20 NCAA men's water polo teams through November 12 as selected by the American Water Polo Coaches Association, with points:

1. Southern California, 98; 2. Stanford, 96; 3. UCLA, 91; 4. California, 84; 5. UC Irvine, 81; 6. Pacific (Cal.), 75; 7. Air Force, 69; 8. Pepperdine, 66; 9. UC Davis, 60; 10. Long Beach State, 55; 11. UC San Diego, 50; 12. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 43; 13. Massachusetts, 40; 14. UC Santa Barbara, 35; 15. Queens (New York), 32; 16. Brown, 22; 17. Navy, 21; 18. Santa Clara, 17; 19. Slippery Rock, 10; 20. Villanova, 4.