Washington Holds Top Position in Third USRowing/CRCA Poll

PRINCETON, N.J. — University of Washington had a strong weekend of racing and was the consensus pick as the top Division I program in the third USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I, II and III Collegiate Rowing Polls, presented by Pocock Racing Shells.
Washington won all seven of its races against UCLA, University of Oregon and Washington State University Saturday morning on Dexter Lake, Ore. to earn all 25 first-place votes.
The University of California, Berkeley ranked second after winning 13 of 13 races at the Lake Natoma Invitational. Following last week’s rankings, University of Michigan was third, the Ohio State University fourth and University of Texas fifth.
In the DII poll, Western Washington reclaimed sole possession of its number one ranking and earned three first-place votes. The Vikings are looking to take home another win Saturday, April 15 at the Covered Bridge Regatta.
Ranked second in the DII poll was Florida Institute of Technology who’s winning finish in the club eight at the Knecht Cup on Mercer Lake, N.J. earned them two first-place votes. University of Central Oklahoma and Humboldt State University maintained their places at third and fourth respectively. Barry University rounded out the top five, moving up one place from last week’s poll.
Division III Bates College took six first-place votes, leading the pack after its top two eights swept a four-team field on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Bates beat Wellesley College, Worcester Polytechnic, and Trinity College.
Wesleyan University ranks second with three first-place votes and Williams College finished third. Wellesley College and Ithaca College (one first-place vote) completed the top five.

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Women’s NCAA Division I Team Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Prior Ranking
1	University of Washington (25)	490	1
2	University of California, Berkeley	463	2
3	University of Michigan	436	3
4	Ohio State University	378	4
5	University of Texas	375	5
6	Princeton University	352	8
7	Stanford University	346	6
8	Yale University	333	7
9	Brown University	314	9
10	University of Virginia	291	10
11	University of Wisconsin	259	11
12	University of Iowa	244	13
13	University of Southern California	184	12
14	Washington State University	150	15
15	Harvard University	143	14
16	Michigan State University	97	16
17	Syracuse University	89	17
18	University of Louisville	64	19
19	Indiana University	62	18
20	Duke University	44	20
	Others Receiving Votes in Alphabetical Order: Gonzaga University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee

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Women’s NCAA Division II Team Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Prior Ranking
1	Western Washington University (3)	180	1t
2	Florida Institute of Technology (2)	167	1t
3	University of Central Oklahoma	162	3
4	Humboldt State University	122	4
5	Barry University	72	6
6	Mercyhurst University	60	8
7	University of California, San Diego	50	7
8	Nova Southeastern University	45	5
	Others Receiving Votes: Philadelphia University (42)

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Women’s NCAA Division III Team Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Prior Ranking
1	Bates (6)	146	1t
2	Wesleyan University (3)	134	1t
3	Williams College	132	3
4	Wellesley College	119	4
5	Ithaca College (1)	114	5
6	Tufts University	94	6
7	Pacific Lutheran University	83	7
8	Hamilton College	73	11
9	WPI	66	9t
10	Rochester institute of Technology	57	8
11	Washington College	47	12
12	William Smith College	44	9t
13	Colby College	34	14
14	Lewis and Clark College	17	15
15	Franklin & Marshall College	11	NR
	Other Receiving Votes: University of Puget Sound (9), Smith College (9), Trinity College (7), Mount Holyoke College (4)

 
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