Pocock CRCA Poll
Ohio State, Humboldt State, and Trinity College Top Preseason USRowing/CRCA Rowing Polls
March 11, 2015
The Ohio State University, Humboldt State University and Trinity College claimed the top spots in the preseason USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I, II and III Collegiate Rowing Polls, presented by Pocock Rowing Shells.
Defending national champion Ohio State earned 18 first-place votes to top the preseason Division I team rankings. The University of Virginia received 15 first place votes to claim the second spot, followed in the third position by Brown University, which earned one first place vote. The University of California, Berkley, earned one first-place vote and ranked fourth. Stanford University rounded out the top five.
In Division II, Humboldt earned two first-place votes and topped the preseason poll, followed by Nova Southeastern University, which also earned two first-place votes. Western Washington University was ranked third with one first-place vote, followed by Barry University and Mercyhurst University to round out the top five.
In the Division III preseason poll, Trinity College earned six first-place votes and placed first. Bates College was second and received four first-place votes, followed in third by Wellesley College. Williams College and Washington College rounded out the top five.
Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes | 1 | Ohio State (18) | 479 |
2 | Virginia (5) | 445 |
3 | Brown (1) | 431 |
4 | Cal (1) | 401 |
5 | Stanford | 370 |
6 | Michigan | 359 |
7 | Washington | 341 |
8 | Princeton | 298 |
9 | Yale | 256 |
10 | USC | 255 |
11 | UCLA | 234 |
12t | Harvard | 213 |
12t | Notre Dame | 213 |
14 | Indiana | 189 |
15 | Wisconsin | 161 |
16 | Washington State | 145 |
17 | Syracuse | 127 |
18 | Louisville | 96 |
19 | San Diego | 73 |
20 | Cornell | 45 |
Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes |
1 | Humboldt State University (2) | 162 |
2 | Nova Southeatern (2) | 144 |
3 | Western Washington (1) | 140 |
4 | Barry | 139 |
5 | Mercyhurst | 89 |
6 | University of Central Oklahoma | 85 |
7 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43 |
8 | UC San Diego | 42 |
Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings
Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Votes |
1 | Trinity College (6) | 146 |
2 | Bates (4) | 137 |
3 | Wellesley College | 129 |
4 | Williams College | 126 |
5 | Washington College | 92 |
6 | Wesleyan University | 89 |
7 | William Smith College | 86 |
8 | Ithaca College | 81 |
9 | Tufts University | 54 |
10 | Rochester institute of Technology | 51 |
11 | Marietta College | 46 |
12 | University of Puget Sound | 27 |
13 | University of Rochester | 26 |
14 | WPI | 24 |
15 | Hamilton College | 22 |