IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington, Stanford and Harvard Still No. 1 in USRowing Collegiate Polls
April 17, 2013
Washington received 12 of 13 first-place votes to rank No. 1 in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. Harvard and California, which received the other first-place vote, tied for the second spot. Brown and Princeton rounded out the top five.
Stanford earned the No. 1 spot in the lightweight women’s eight poll, receiving all seven first-place votes. Harvard-Radcliffe ranked second, followed by Princeton, Wisconsin and Bucknell.
Harvard topped this week’s lightweight men’s eight poll, receiving eight of 10 first-place votes. Yale received the other two first-place votes, ranking second. Cornell, Princeton and Dartmouth rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | University of Washington (12) | 259 | 1 |
2t | Harvard University | 239 | 4 |
2t | University of California (1) | 239 | 2 |
4 | Brown University | 221 | 3 |
5 | Princeton University | 199 | 5 |
6 | Northeastern University | 190 | 8 |
7 | Stanford University | 177 | 7 |
8 | Yale University | 165 | 6 |
9 | Columbia University | 149 | 15 |
10 | United State Naval Academy | 148 | 10 |
11 | University of Wisconsin | 147 | 9 |
12 | Cornell University | 99 | 12 |
13 | Syracuse University | 95 | 14 |
14 | Dartmouth College | 88 | 17 |
15 | Boston University | 87 | 11 |
16 | University of Pennsylvania | 83 | 13 |
17 | Georgetown University | 56 | 16 |
18 | George Washington University | 25 | 18 |
19 | Florida Institute of Technology | 24 | 20 |
20 | Oregon State University | 21 | 19 |
(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Topher Bordeau, Mike Callahan, Chris Clark, Rob Friedrich, Steve Gladstone, Greg Hughes, Tony Johnson, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, John Pojednic, Steve Todd, Mike Zimmer)
Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Stanford University (7) | 140 | 1 |
2 | Harvard-Radcliffe | 132 | 2 |
3 | Princeton University | 126 | 3 |
4 | University of Wisconsin | 117 | 6 |
5 | Bucknell University | 115 | 4 |
6 | University of Tulsa | 103 | 10t |
7 | Georgetown University | 95 | 7 |
8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 94 | 8 |
9 | University of Buffalo | 75 | 9 |
10 | Boston University | 74 | 5 |
11 | University of Massachusetts | 61 | 10t |
12 | Washington State University | 48 | 13 |
13 | Stetson University | 35 | 15 |
14 | Lafayette University | 32 | 14 |
15 | Penn State University | 19 | NR |
(This week’s women’s lightweight eight voters: Al Acosta, Michiel Bartman, Ted Bonanno, Claire Martin-Doyle, Rodney Mott, Paul Rassam, Dan Wolleben)
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Harvard University (8) | 179 | 1 |
2 | Yale University (2) | 173 | 2 |
3 | Cornell University | 164 | 3 |
4 | Princeton University | 153 | 4 |
5 | Dartmouth College | 149 | 6 |
6 | Columbia University | 142 | 5 |
7 | University of Pennsylvania | 132 | 7 |
8 | Georgetown University | 128 | 8 |
9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 124 | 9 |
10 | United States Naval Academy | 102 | 10 |
11 | University of Delaware | 77 | 12 |
12 | Mercyhurst University | 63 | 11 |
13 | Fordham University | 55 | 13 |
14 | San Diego State University | 44 | 15 |
15 | University of California at Santa Barbara | 43 | 14 |
(This week’s men’s lightweight eight voters: Scott Alwin, Nick Baker, Ted Bonanno, Charley Butt, Andy Card, Marty Crotty, Sean Healey, Chris Kerber, Will Oliver, Steve Perry)