IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Harvard, Stanford, Harvard Lights Top USRowing Collegiate Polls
March 28, 2012
Harvard received 11 first-place votes to take the top spot in this year’s first men’s varsity eight poll. University of Washington ranked second, receiving three 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 four first-place votes. Wisconsin received the other first-place vote and ranked second. Princeton, Radcliffe and Georgetown University rounded out the top five.
Harvard received seven of nine first-place votes to earn the top spot in the lightweight men’s poll. Princeton ranked second, followed by Yale University in third. Yale received the remaining two first-place votes. Georgetown and Cornell University rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Harvard University (11) | 277 |
2 | University of Washington (3) | 268 |
3 | University of California | 253 |
4 | Princeton University | 217 |
5 | University of Wisconsin | 213 |
6 | Yale University | 196 |
7 | Brown University | 193 |
8 | Cornell University | 186 |
9 | Stanford University | 154 |
10 | United States Naval Academy | 149 |
11 | Boston University | 148 |
12 | Northeastern University | 140 |
13 | Columbia University | 116 |
14 | Syracuse University | 93 |
15 | Georgetown University | 74 |
16 | University of Pennsylvania | 64 |
17 | Dartmouth College | 60 |
18 | Oregon State University | 39 |
19 | University of Michigan | 26 |
20 | George Washington University | 19 |
(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Topher Bordeau, Michael Callahan, Chris Clark, Rick Clothier, Paul Cooke, Steve Gladstone, Gregg Hartsuff, Greg Hughes, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, John Pojednic, Dave Reischman, Mike Zimmer)
Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford University (4) | 99 |
2 | University of Wisconsin (1) | 94 |
3 | Princeton University | 90 |
4 | Radcliffe | 87 |
5 | Georgetown University | 78 |
6 | University of Buffalo | 74 |
7 | Tulsa University | 64 |
8 | Bucknell University | 57 |
9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 54 |
10 | Temple University | 49 |
11 | University of Massachusetts | 43 |
12 | Lafayette University | 39 |
13t | Stetson University | 21 |
13t | University of California | 21 |
15 | Fordham University | 15 |
(This week’s women’s lightweight eight voters: Kevin Harris, Stephen Kish, Kerri Kanaley, Claire Martin-Doyle, Erik Miller)
Men's Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st Place Votes) | Points |
1. | Harvard University (7) | 159 |
2. | Princeton University | 148 |
3. | Yale University (2) | 147 |
4. | Georgetown University | 138 |
5. | Cornell University | 128 |
6. | United States Naval Academy | 126 |
7. | Columbia University | 117 |
8. | Dartmouth College | 116 |
9. | University of Delaware | 109 |
10. | University of Pennsylvania | 107 |
11. | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 74 |
12. | St. Joseph’s University | 50 |
13. | Marietta College | 44 |
14. | Mercyhurst College | 39 |
15. | Fordham University | 28 |
(This week’s women’s lightweight eight voters: Scott Alwin, Nick Baker, Charley Butt, Andy Card, Marty Crotty, Chris Kerber, Matt Madigan, Steve Perry, Dan Roock)