For another week the University of Washington claims the top spot for Division I, and Bates College for Division III. Florida Institute of Technology takes over the top spot this week for Division II in the sixth regular season USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Poll presented by Pocock Racing Shells.
Washington holds the lead position for the fourth week in a row, with 20 first-place votes. University of California, Berkeley remains in second place with the final five remaining first place votes. The University of Texas jumps from fifth to third this week, while University of Michigan goes to fourth and The Ohio State University was fifth.
In the DII poll Florida Institute of Technology is first this week with three first-place votes. Western Washington University moves to second, receiving two first-place votes. The rest of the top five remains the same with the University of Central Oklahoma in third, University of California, San Diego in fourth and Humboldt State University fifth.
Bates College stays in first again this week in the DIII poll, claiming all ten first place votes. Wesleyan University holds in second place for the third week in a row. Tufts University moves up into third this week, with Williams College moving to fouth, and Ithaca College was fifth again.
Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | University of Washington (20) | 473 | 1 |
2 | University of California, Berkeley (5) | 462 | 2 |
3 | University of Texas | 435 | 5 |
4 | University of Michigan | 410 | 3 |
5 | Ohio State University | 397 | 4 |
6 | Yale University | 357 | 6 |
7 | Princeton University | 341 | 7 |
8 | Stanford University | 321 | 8 |
9 | Brown University | 289 | 9 |
10 | University of Wisconsin | 287 | 11 |
11 | University of Iowa | 207 | 12 |
12 | University of Virginia | 200 | 10 |
13 | University of Southern California | 183 | 13 |
14 | Washington State University | 176 | 14 |
15 | Syracuse University | 171 | 15 |
16 | Indiana University | 110 | 20 |
17 | Duke University | 95 | 19 |
18 | Harvard University | 93 | 16 |
19 | Michigan State University | 69 | 17 |
20 | University of Oklahoma | 35 | NR |
Other Receiving Votes in Alphabetical Order: Northeastern University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Central Florida, University of Louisville, University of Notre Dame
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Florida Institute of Technology (3) | 181 | 2 |
2 | Western Washington University (2) | 176 | 1 |
3 | University of Central Oklahoma | 168 | 3 |
4 | University of California San Diego | 91 | 4 |
5 | Humboldt State University | 88 | 5 |
6 | Barry University | 72 | 6 |
7 | Mercyhurst University | 49 | 7 |
8 | Nova Southeastern University | 41 | 8 |
Other Receiving Votes: Philadelphia University (34)
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Bates College (10) | 148 | 1 |
2 | Wesleyan University | 137 | 2 |
3 | Tufts University | 119 | 4 |
4 | Williams College | 117 | 3 |
5 | Ithaca College | 116 | 5 |
6 | Wellesley College | 99 | 6 |
7 | Pacific Lutheran University | 89 | 7 |
8 | Rochester institute of Technology | 75 | 8 |
9 | WPI | 73 | 9 |
10 | Colby College | 53 | 12 |
11 | Hamilton College | 46 | 11 |
12 | William Smith College | 42 | 10 |
13 | Washington College | 34 | 13 |
14 | Lewis and Clark College | 17 | 15t |
15 | Bryn Mawr College | 10 | NR |
Other Receiving Votes: Franklin & Marshall College (9); University of Puget Sound (4); Trinity College (4); University of Rochester (3); Smith College (3); St. Lawrence University (1); Mount Holyoke College (1)