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Stony Brook Takes Over Top Spot in Division I Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 02/26/18, 1:00PM EST

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Photo courtesy of Stony Brook Athletic Communications.

2018 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – February 26, 2018

 

There’s a new number one in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll, as Stony Brook University earns its first-ever #1 ranking with 21 first-place votes this week. The Seawolves (3-0) cruised into the top spot after posting a convincing 16-3 win over #21 Denver (3-1) the same weekend that #3 North Carolina (3-1) took down previously top-ranked Maryland in overtime. The Terps (2-1) dropped to the second position in the poll, while Florida (2-1) slipped to fourth after surviving their own overtime battle with #23 Loyola (0-2), and Syracuse (3-0) fell to #5. Boston College (5-0) dropped to the #6 spot, while James Madison claimed the number seven position. Northwestern moved from #15 to #8, Virginia climbed from #16 to #9, and Towson gained a spot to move into the tenth spot.

Boston College (#6) and Navy (#11) start off a big week of Top-25 action with a game in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday. The #25 Stanford Cardinal welcome #16 Duke to campus on Friday, while Northwestern (#8) tries to knock of newly-minted #1 Stony Brook in a road test for the Seawolves. Ivy League rivals Cornell (#18) and Penn (#15) also square off on Saturday, along with Florida (#4) and North Carolina (#3), and Penn State (#13) and (#23) Loyola. Top-25 action wraps up on Sunday with #22 Colorado hosting Virginia Tech (#19), and the #5-ranked Syracuse Orange visiting ACC-rival Virginia (#9).

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Week

1

Stony Brook

618

21

3-0

2

2

Maryland

578

2

2-1

1

3

North Carolina

543

1

3-1

7

4

Florida

541

0

2-1

3

5

Syracuse

537

1

3-0

4

6

Boston College

535

0

5-0

5

7

James Madison

479

0

4-0

8

8

Northwestern

389

0

4-1

15

9

Virginia

383

0

3-0

16

10

Towson

380

0

2-0

11

11

Navy (USNA)

365

0

3-0

10

12

Southern California

362

0

2-2

6

13

Penn State

331

0

3-1

12

14

Princeton

311

0

1-1

9

15

Penn

310

0

2-0

14

16

Duke

259

0

3-1

13

17

Notre Dame

204

0

3-2

18

18

Cornell

202

0

1-1

17

19

Virginia Tech

182

0

3-2

25

20

Johns Hopkins

125

0

3-1

22

21

Denver

123

0

3-1

21

22

Colorado

111

0

2-2

20

23

Loyola (MD)

107

0

0-2

23

24

Massachusetts

43

0

1-2

19

25

Stanford

38

0

1-2

24

 

The 2018 Coaches Poll has been expanded to include 25 teams in all three NCAA Divisions this year in order to more accurately reflect the growth of the game at the collegiate level in recent years. The Coaches Polls are published every Monday during the regular season.