IRA/USRowing Collegiate Poll
Washington, Stanford and Harvard Remain No. 1 in This Week's USRowing Collegiate Polls
May 2, 2012
The top five in the men’s varsity eight poll remained the same. Washington received 11 of 13 first-place votes to once again take the top spot. Harvard ranked second, receiving the remaining two first-place votes. Brown ranked third, followed by California and Navy.
In the lightweight women’s poll, Stanford earned the No. 1 ranking with six of nine first-place votes. Wisconsin received the other three first-place votes to rank second. Bucknell, Radcliffe and Princeton rounded out the top five.
Harvard received nine of 11 first-place votes to rank first in the lightweight men’s eight poll. Dartmouth earned the other two first-place votes to rank second, followed by Georgetown, Princeton and Yale.
Men’s Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1 | University of Washington (11) | 258 | 1 |
2 | Harvard University (2) | 248 | 2 |
3 | Brown University | 227 | 3 |
4 | University of California | 225 | 4 |
5 | United States Naval Academy | 207 | 5 |
6 | University of Wisconsin | 188 | 7 |
7 | Cornell University | 184 | 6 |
8t | Northeastern University | 161 | 10 |
8t | Stanford University | 161 | 9 |
10 | Princeton University | 140 | 8 |
11 | Syracuse University | 130 | 11 |
12 | Yale University | 117 | 12 |
13 | Boston University | 102 | 13 |
14 | Columbia University | 94 | 14 |
15 | Dartmouth College | 72 | 15 |
16 | University of Pennsylvania | 60 | 16 |
17 | Georgetown University | 59 | 17 |
18 | George Washington University | 37 | 18 |
19 | Oregon State University | 35 | 19 |
20 | University of Virginia | 9 | 20 |
(This week’s men’s varsity eight voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Mike Callahan, Rick Clothier, Paul Cooke, Greg Hughes, Tony Johnson, Greg Myhr, Todd Pearson, John Pojednic, Dave Reischman, Steve Todd, Steve Wagner, Mike Zimmer)
Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1 | Stanford University (6) | 177 | 1 |
2 | University of Wisconsin (3) | 174 | 2 |
3 | Bucknell University | 161 | 3 |
4 | Radcliffe | 154 | 4 |
5 | Princeton University | 144 | 5 |
6 | Georgetown University | 135 | 6 |
7 | University of Buffalo | 123 | 7 |
8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 113 | 8 |
9 | University of Tulsa | 102 | 9 |
10 | University of Massachusetts | 91 | 11 |
11 | Temple University | 81 | 10 |
12 | Lafayette University | 62 | 12 |
13t | Fordham University | 49 | 14 |
13t | Stetson University | 49 | 13 |
15 | University of California | 40 | 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)
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
Rank | Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points | Previous Week |
1 | Harvard University (9) | 199 | 1 |
2 | Dartmouth College (2) | 192 | 2 |
3 | Georgetown University | 179 | 4 |
4 | Princeton University | 170 | 6 |
5 | Yale University | 163 | 3 |
6 | Cornell University | 162 | 5 |
7 | United States Naval Academy | 155 | 7 |
8 | Columbia University | 141 | 8 |
9 | University of Pennsylvania | 125 | 10 |
10 | University of Delaware | 120 | 9 |
11 | St. Joseph's University | 94 | 11 |
12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 84 | 12 |
13 | Fordham University | 72 | 13 |
14 | Michigan State University | 51 | NR |
15 | Purdue University | 42 | NR |
(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)