Pocock CRCA Poll
Virginia, WWU, and Williams Top USRowing/CRCA Women’s Collegiate Rowing Polls for 3/28/2012
March 28, 2012
Virginia received 19 of 25 first-place votes to remain atop the Division I rankings. University of California took the second spot in this week’s poll, receiving four first-place votes. University of Michigan, Princeton University and Stanford University rounded out the top five. Stanford received one first-place vote, while sixth-ranked University of Southern California received the other first-place vote.
In Division II, Western Washington University was again a unanimous choice for the top spot, taking all five first-place votes. Mercyhurst University ranked second, followed by Humboldt State University. Nova Southeastern University and Barry University rounded out the top five.
Williams College was also a unanimous choice for the top spot in the Division III poll. Williams received all 10 first-place votes. Bates College ranked second, followed by William Smith College, Wellesley College and Trinity College.
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Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
Team Rank | Total Votes | Prior Ranking | |
1 | University of Virginia (19) | 480 | 1 |
2 | University of California, Berkeley (4) | 455 | 2 |
3 | University of Michigan | 396 | 9 |
4 | Princeton University | 385 | 3 |
5 | Stanford University (1) | 373 | 5 |
6 | University of Southern California (1) | 372 | 6 |
7 | Brown University | 307 | 4 |
8 | University of Washington | 305 | 8 |
9 | Yale University | 294 | 7 |
10 | Ohio State University | 278 | 13 |
11 | University of Wisconsin | 273 | 10 |
12 | Michigan State University | 254 | 11 |
13 | Harvard University | 232 | 12 |
14 | Washington State University | 174 | 14 |
15 | Clemson University | 117 | 16 |
16 | Cornell University | 104 | 15 |
17 | University of Notre Dame | 74 | NR |
18 | University of Minnesota | 55 | NR |
19 | Columbia University | 54 | NR |
20 | Indiana University | 52 | NR |
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Team Rank | Total Votes | Prior Ranking | |
1 | Western Washington University (5) | 200 | 1 |
2 | Mercyhurst University | 154 | 2 |
3 | Humboldt State University | 145 | 3 |
4 | Nova Southeastern University | 91 | 5 |
5 | Barry University | 88 | 7 |
6 | Seattle Pacific University | 74 | 4 |
7 | University of California, San Diego | 54 | 8 |
8 | Philadelphia University | 38 | 6 |
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Team Rank | Total Votes | Prior Ranking | |
1 | Williams College (10) | 150 | 1 |
2 | Bates College | 140 | 2 |
3 | William Smith College | 124 | 4 |
4 | Wellesley College | 119 | 3 |
5 | Trinity College | 111 | 5 |
6 | Ithaca College | 90 | 7 |
7 | US Coast Guard Academy | 85 | 6 |
8 | University of Puget Sound | 70 | 9 |
T9 | Marietta College | 54 | 12 |
T9 | Wesleyan University | 54 | 8 |
11 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 44 | 11 |
12 | Mount Holyoke College | 41 | 10 |
13 | St. Lawrence University | 35 | 13 |
14 | Washington College | 26 | NR |
15 | Smith College | 24 | 15 |