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. California ranked third, followed by Brown. Yale and Princeton tied for fifth position.

Stanford took the top spot in the lightweight women’s poll, earning nine of 10 first-place votes. Wisconsin received the other first-place vote and ranked second. Bucknell, Radcliffe and Princeton rounded out the top five.

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

Men’s Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st-Place Votes	Points	Previous Week
1	University of Washington (9)	256	1
2	Harvard University (4)	250	2
3	University of California	234	3
4	Brown University	209	6
5t	Yale University	188	8
5t	Princeton University	188	4t
7	University of Wisconsin	186	4t
8	United States Naval Academy	182	7
9	Stanford University	152	10
10	Northeastern University	142	9
11	Cornell University	134	11
12	Boston University	122	12
13	Syracuse University	111	13
14	Columbia University	89	16
15	Dartmouth College	62	15
16	University of Pennsylvania	60	14
17	Georgetown University	58	17
18	Oregon State University	51	18
19	George Washington University	25	19
20	University of Virginia	12	NR

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Temple University 5, College of the Holy Cross 4, Grand Valley State University 3, Williams College 3, Florida Institute of Technology 2, University of California at San Diego 1 and University of Michigan 1.

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

Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st-Place Votes	Points	Previous Week
1	Stanford University (9)	199	1
2	University of Wisconsin (1)	191	2
3	Bucknell University	180	3
4	Radcliffe	165	4
5	Princeton University	163	5
6	Georgetown University	150	6
7	University of Buffalo	140	7
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	124	9
9	Tulsa University	113	8
10	University of Massachusetts	102	10t
11	Temple University	99	10t
12	Lafayette University	71	12
13	Stetson University	64	13t
14	University of California	55	13t
15	Fordham University	54	15

(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, Paul Rassam, Jason Read)

Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight

Rank	Team (1st-Place Votes	Points	Previous Week
1	Harvard University (6)	196	1
2	Yale University (4)	194	2
3	Georgetown University (1)	183	3
4	Cornell University	168	4t
5	Dartmouth College	161	6t
6	Princeton University	154	4t
7	Columbia University	153	6t
8	United States Naval Academy	139	8
9	University of Delaware	131	10
10	University of Pennsylvania	127	9
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97	11
12	Marietta College	89	12
13	St. Joseph's University	80	13
14	Mercyhurst College	75	14
15	Fordham University	55	15

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: University of Rochester 28, Duke University 16, Emory University 7, Lafayette University 7, University of California 7 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)