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Division I Coaches Poll for May 8, 2017

By IWLCA Admin, 05/08/17, 1:00PM EDT

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May 8, 2017

 

2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – May 8, 2017

 

The University of Maryland (19-0) finished the regular season with a Big Ten Championship, the #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, and all 20 first place votes in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. Big East champion Florida (17-2) finishes in the second position, followed by North Carolina (16-2), the ACC champion, and Stony Brook (18-1), who won the America East championship. Princeton (14-3) slides into the fifth spot after taking down Penn and Cornell in the Ivy League tournament, and Penn State (15-3) drops to the sixth position after falling to Northwestern in the Big Ten semi-finals. Southern California (16-3), the MPSF champion, sits at #7, followed by Penn (13-3) at #8, Syracuse (15-6) at #9 and Colorado (16-3) in the tenth spot.

The back half of the poll includes Northwestern (10-9) at eleven, and Cornell (12-5) in the twelfth spot. A trio of ACC schools holds down the next three spots: Virginia (11-8) is #13, Boston College (13-6) sits at 14, and Notre Dame (11-7) claims the fifteenth position. CAA champion James Madison (13-6) is ranked #16, Denver (14-4) is seventeenth, followed by Louisville (11-7), Towson (12-6), and Elon (13-6) to wrap up the final spots. Both Albany (12-5) and Massachusetts (16-3) received votes in the final regular season poll.

 

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Week

1

Maryland

400

20

19-0

1

2

Florida

372

 

17-2

2

3

North Carolina

368

 

16-2

3

4

Stony Brook

350

 

18-1

4

5

Princeton

310

 

14-3

6

6

Penn State

292

 

15-3

5

7

Southern California

268

 

16-3

T-7

8

Penn

264

 

13-3

T-7

9

Syracuse

258

 

15-6

9

10

Colorado

205

 

16-3

10

11

Northwestern

187

 

10-9

14

12

Cornell

185

 

12-5

11

13

Virginia

164

 

11-8

12

14

Boston College

154

 

13-6

13

15

Notre Dame

113

 

11-7

15

16

James Madison

78

 

13-6

19

17

Denver

75

 

14-4

16

18

Louisville

60

 

11-7

18

19

Towson

40

 

12-6

17

20

Elon

28

 

13-6

RV

RV

Albany

   

12-5

RV

RV

Massachusetts

   

16-3

NR

 

The final poll for the 2017 season will be published on May 30.