With most teams not racing last weekend the poll remains mostly unchanged in the eighth regular season USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Poll presented by Pocock Racing Shells. The University of Washington claims the top spot for Division I, Western Washington University for Division II, and Bates College for Division III.
Washington holds the lead position for the sixth week in a row, with 21 first-place votes. University of California, Berkeley remains in second place with the final four remaining first place votes. The remainder of the top five also remains the same with the University of Texas in third, the University of Michigan in fourth, and The Ohio State University fifth.
In the DII poll Western Washington University is first again this week with three first-place votes. University of Central Oklahoma moves up to second, and Florida Institute of Technology in third with the final two remaining first place votes. Humboldt State University stays in fourth this week, and Barry University and Nova Southeastern University are tied for 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 fourth week in a row. Ithaca College breaks last weeks tie and sits in third, with Williams College in fourth and with Pacific Lutheran University rounding out the top five.
Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | University of Washington (21) | 474 | 1 |
2 | University of California, Berkeley (4) | 461 | 2 |
3 | University of Texas | 433 | 3 |
4 | University of Michigan | 412 | 4 |
5 | Ohio State University | 391 | 5 |
6 | Yale University | 353 | 6 |
7 | Princeton University | 335 | 7 |
8 | Stanford University | 329 | 8 |
9 | Brown University | 298 | 9 |
10 | University of Wisconsin | 291 | 10 |
11 | University of Virginia | 223 | 11 |
12 | University of Iowa | 209 | 12 |
13 | Syracuse University | 181 | 13 |
14 | Washington State University | 167 | 14 |
15 | University of Southern California | 161 | 15 |
16 | Indiana University | 116 | 16 |
17 | Duke University | 91 | 17 |
18 | Harvard University | 85 | 18 |
19 | Michigan State University | 66 | 19 |
20 | University of California, Los Angeles | 41 | 20 |
Other Receiving Votes in Alphabetical Order: University of Central Florida, University of Louisville, University of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Western Washington University (3) | 191 | 1 |
2 | University of Central Oklahoma | 153 | 2 |
3 | Florida Institute of Technology (2) | 146 | 3 |
4 | Humboldt State University | 133 | 4 |
5t | Barry University | 71 | 5 |
5t | Nova Southeastern University | 71 | 6t |
7 | University of California San Diego | 68 | 6t |
8 | Mercyhurst University | 50 | 8 |
Other Receiving Votes: Philadelphia University (18)
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Bates College (10) | 150 | 1 |
2 | Wesleyan University | 135 | 2 |
3 | Ithaca College | 127 | 3t |
4 | Williams College | 122 | 3t |
5 | Pacific Lutheran University | 108 | 5 |
6 | Wellesley College | 105 | 7 |
7 | Tufts University | 92 | 6 |
8 | Rochester institute of Technology | 75 | 8 |
9 | Hamilton College | 63 | 10 |
10 | WPI | 62 | 9 |
11 | Washington College | 46 | 11 |
12t | Lewis and Clark College | 32 | 13 |
12t | Smith College | 32 | 15 |
14 | Colby College | 22 | 12 |
15 | William Smith College | 20 | 14 |
Other Receiving Votes: Bryn Mawr College (8); University of Puget Sound (1)