Pocock CRCA Poll
California, Nova Southeastern and Williams College Top USRowing/CRCA Rowing Polls
April 2, 2014
California earned 15 first-place votes and a total of 468 votes to top the Division I poll. The Ohio State University took the No. 2 spot with six first-place votes, followed by the University of Virginia in the No. 3 spot with four first-place votes.
In the Division II poll, Nova Southeastern held its first-place pre-season ranking with all five first-place votes and 200 total votes. Barry University remained in the No. 2 spot with 157 votes and Western Washington University rounded out the top three with 156 votes.
In the Division III poll, Williams also held its preseason No. 1 ranking with seven first-place votes and 145 votes. Bates College moved up to the No. 2 spot with two first-place votes, followed in the No. 3 spot by William Smith College. No. 4 Trinity College earned one first-place vote.
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Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | University of California, Berkeley (15) | 468 | 2 |
2 | Ohio State University (6) | 449 | 1 |
3 | University of Virginia (4) | 436 | 3 |
4 | University of Southern California | 404 | 6 |
5 | Brown University | 367 | 9 |
6 | University of Washington | 361 | 4 |
7 | Princeton University | 332 | 5 |
8 | University of Notre Dame | 314 | 8 |
T-9 | University of Michigan | 293 | 12 |
T-9 | Yale University | 293 | 7 |
11 | Stanford University | 274 | 13 |
12 | University of California, Los Angeles | 260 | 10 |
13 | Harvard-Radcliffe University | 209 | 11 |
14 | Washington State University | 159 | 14 |
15 | Clemson University | 115 | 18 |
16 | University of Wisconsin | 107 | 15 |
17 | University of Louisville | 97 | 16 |
18 | Syracuse University | 90 | 19 |
19 | Cornell University | 81 | 17 |
20 | Oregon State University | 41 | NR |
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Nova Southeastern University (5) | 200 | 1 |
2 | Barry University | 157 | 2 |
3 | Western Washington University | 156 | 3 |
4 | Humboldt State University | 111 | 6 |
5 | University of California, San Diego | 87 | 4 |
6 | University of Central Oklahoma | 71 | 5 |
7 | Mercyhurst University | 62 | 7 |
8 | Philadelphia University | 28 | T-8 |
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | Prior Ranking |
1 | Williams College (7) | 145 | 1 |
2 | Bates College (2) | 132 | T-3 |
3 | William Smith College | 130 | 2 |
4 | Trinity College (1) | 127 | T-3 |
5 | Wellesley College | 105 | 5 |
6 | Wesleyan University | 94 | 8 |
7 | Ithaca College | 81 | 6 |
8 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 74 | 9 |
9 | Washington College | 67 | 7 |
10 | Marietta College | 60 | 10 |
11 | University of Rochester | 48 | 12 |
12 | St. Lawrence University | 33 | 11 |
13 | University of Puget Sound | 31 | 14 |
14 | Smith College | 29 | 13 |
15 | Tufts University | 18 | 15 |