2016 Big Ten Champions - Photo courtesy of University of Maryland Athletics Media Relations
2016 IWLCA Division I Poll – May 9, 2016
The University of Maryland (19-0) held onto the number one spot in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll for the 14th week in a row after winning the Big Ten Championship and collecting all 20 first place votes. The Terrapins were rewarded with the number one seed in the NCAA tournament and will face the winner of the #15 Virginia/#20 Johns Hopkins matchup in the second round of the NCAA tournament on May 15. Northwestern (10-9) was a big mover in this week’s poll, jumping into the top ten after making a run to the Big Ten Championship game before falling to Maryland 12-9. The Wildcats will face #8 Louisville in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. The other big jump came from Cornell, who upset Princeton and Penn to claim the Ivy League Championship and the #13 ranking. The Big Red are the #8 seed in the tournament and will face MAAC Champion Canisius in the first round. The full NCAA Division I tournament bracket can be found here.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
LW |
|
1 |
Maryland |
400 |
(20) |
19-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Florida |
368 |
18-1 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
North Carolina |
367 |
16-2 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Syracuse |
341 |
17-5 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
Southern California |
320 |
19-0 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Notre Dame |
298 |
13-6 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
Stony Brook |
257 |
16-3 |
7 |
|
|
8 |
Louisville |
238 |
12-5 |
8 |
|
|
9 |
Stanford |
220 |
14-4 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Northwestern |
193 |
10-9 |
15 |
|
|
11 |
Penn St. |
187 |
11-6 |
10 |
|
|
12 |
Duke |
184 |
10-8 |
11 |
|
|
13 |
Cornell |
170 |
13-4 |
18 |
|
|
14 |
Penn |
161 |
13-4 |
12 |
|
|
15 |
Virginia |
134 |
9-8 |
14 |
|
|
16 |
Princeton |
130 |
11-5 |
13 |
|
|
17 |
Massachusetts |
75 |
18-1 |
16 |
|
|
18 |
Boston College |
56 |
10-8 |
17 |
|
|
19 |
Towson |
52 |
15-3 |
19 T |
|
|
20 |
Johns Hopkins |
21 |
10-7 |
RV |
|
|
Also Receiving Votes: Albany (NY), Ohio St., Loyola Maryland, James Madison, Colorado |
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The weekly IWLCA Division I Fan Poll on Twitter (@IWLCA) will be posted on Tuesdays at noon, EST, and voting will remain open for 24 hours.
The final IWLCA Division I Poll will be released on May 31, 2016 at 1:00 pm.