Pocock CRCA Poll
Yale, Western Washington, Williams Top Preseason USRowing/CRCA Women's Collegiate Rowing Polls
March 18, 2010
Yale University claimed the top spot in the preseason USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division I Coaches Poll.
This year's Division I poll has a new format as it now ranks the top 20 teams, not just the varsity eights. Yale University earned six first-place votes to top the preseason rankings. Stanford University ranked second, receiving 16 first-place votes. The University of California at Berkeley and the University of Virginia tied for third place. Cal received one first-place vote, while Virginia received two. Brown University rounded out the top five.
Western Washington University, the defending NCAA Division II champion, was the unanimous choice in the preseason poll, receiving all four first-place votes. Mercyhurst College ranked second, followed by Seattle Pacific University.
Defending champion Williams College received all seven first-place votes to top the Division III poll, while Bates College ranked second. Ithaca College, Trinity College and the University of Puget Sound rounded out the top five.
Women's NCAA Division I Team
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. Yale University (6) | 459 |
2. Stanford University (16) | 456 |
3t. University of California (1) | 434 |
3t. University of Virginia (2) | 434 |
5. Brown University | 391 |
6. University of Washington | 349 |
7. Michigan State University | 341 |
8. Princeton University | 298 |
9. University of Michigan | 293 |
10t. The Ohio State University | 283 |
10t. University of Southern California | 283 |
12. Clemson University | 251 |
13. University of Wisconsin | 195 |
14. Harvard University | 167 |
15. Oregon State University | 134 |
16. Washington State University | 109 |
17. Dartmouth College | 95 |
18. University of Iowa | 85 |
19t. University of Louisville | 37 |
19t. University of Minnesota | 37 |
19t. University of Tennessee | 37 |
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. Western Washington University (4) | 20 |
2. Mercyhurst College | 16 |
3. Seattle Pacific University | 10 |
4. Philadelphia University | 8 |
5. Dowling College | 4 |
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
1. Williams College (7) | 140 |
2. Bates College | 124 |
3. Ithaca College | 123 |
4. Trinity College | 112 |
5. University of Puget Sound | 108 |
6t. Smith College | 99 |
6t. St. Lawrence University | 99 |
8t. Willamette University | 86 |
8t. William Smith College | 86 |
10. Mt. Holyoke College | 61 |
11. Simmons College | 57 |
12. Wellesley College | 46 |
13. Wesleyan College | 44 |
14. University of Rochester | 40 |
15. Skidmore College | 37 |