Washington received nine first-place votes to take the top spot in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. Harvard ranked second, receiving the remaining four first-place votes. University of California, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin rounded out the top five.

Stanford took the top spot in the lightweight women’s poll, earning all nine first-place votes. Wisconsin ranked second, followed by Bucknell, Radcliffe and Princeton.

Harvard received seven of 11 first-place votes to rank first in the lightweight men’s eight poll. Yale earned three first-place votes to rank second, followed by Georgetown, Cornell and Princeton. Georgetown received the other first-place vote.

Men’s Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st-Place Votes)	Points	Previous
1	University of Washington (9)	256	2
2	Harvard University (4)	247	1
3	University of California	235	3
4t	Princeton University	210	4
4t	University of Wisconsin	210	5
6	Brown University	192	8
7	United States Naval Academy	187	6
8	Yale University	164	7
9	Northeastern University	150	10t
10	Stanford University	146	9
11	Cornell University	130	10t
12	Boston University	121	12
13	Syracuse University	101	14
14	University of Pennsylvania	83	17
15	Dartmouth College	70	15
16	Columbia University	62	13
17	Georgetown University	61	16
18	Oregon State University	35	18
19	George Washington University	24	20
20	University of Michigan	19	19

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: University of Virginia 10, Rutgers University 3, Temple University 3, Williams College 3, College of the Holy Cross 2, Florida Institute of Technology 2 and University of California at San Diego 1.

(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Topher Bordeau, Mike Callahan, Chris Clark, Rick Clothier, Gregg Hartsuff, Greg Hughes, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, John Pojednic, Dave Reischman, Steve Todd, Steve Wagner)

Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st Place Votes)	Points	Previous Week
1	Stanford University (9)	180	1
2	University of Wisconsin	171	2
3	Bucknell University	157	9
4	Radcliffe	155	4
5	Princeton University	147	3
6	Georgetown University	129	5
7	University of Buffalo	122	6
8	Tulsa University	119	7
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	109	8
10t	Temple University	91	10t
10t	University of Massachusetts	91	10t
12	Lafayette University	69	12
13t	Stetson University	56	13t
13t	University of California	56	13t
15	Fordham University	50	15

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: West Virginia University 13.

(This week’s women’s lightweight eight voters: Al Acosta, Michiel Bartman, Ted Bonanno, Kevin Harris, Stephen Kish, Kerri Kanaley, Claire Martin-Doyle, Erik Miller, Jason Read)

Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st Place Votes)	Points	Previous Week
1	Harvard University (7)	197	1
2	Yale University (3)	193	2
3	Georgetown University (1)	183	3
4t	Cornell University	166	5
4t	Princeton University	166	4
6t	Columbia University	153	7
6t	Dartmouth College	153	6
8	United States Naval Academy	133	8
9	University of Pennsylvania	132	9
10	University of Delaware	128	10
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	103	11
12	Marietta College	89	13
13	St. Joseph's University	83	12
14	Mercyhurst College	78	14
15	Fordham University	49	15

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: University of Rochester 27, Lafayette University 15, University of California 7, Duke University 6, Michigan State University 6 and University of Michigan 6.

(This week’s men’s lightweight eight voters: Scott Alwin, Nick Baker, Ted Bonanno, Charley Butt, Andy Card, Marty Crotty, Chris Kerber, Matt Madigan, Will Oliver, Steve Perry, Dan Roock)