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2019 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 22, 2019
The IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll continues to be dominated by the same two teams, as the Boston College Eagles (17-0) remained in the top spot, collecting all 25 first-place votes, while Maryland (16-0) remained right behind the Eagles in the second spot. North Carolina (12-3) held onto the third spot, Syracuse (14-3) climbed into fourth, and Northwestern (11-4) bumped up to the fifth position after a 15-11 win over Notre Dame (13-3) last week, dropping the Irish into the sixth spot. Virginia (12-5), Michigan (14-2), and James Madison (14-3) remained steady at seven, eight, and nine, but Princeton (11-3) dislodged Loyola (12-4) to climb back into the top ten after beating Ivy League rival Penn (10-4) last week. The bottom half of the poll featured very little movement, and though there were no new entrants to the poll this week, Penn State (7-7) is again receiving votes after dispatching then #21 Johns Hopkins (10-6) last week.
This week features several Top-25 games as some conference tournaments get underway this week, while others are concluding their regular season slate. Stony Brook (#16) travels to Penn State (RV) on Tuesday for a non-conference match-up, and ACC tournament play gets underway on Wednesday, when #21 Virginia Tech faces #3 North Carolina, #6 Notre Dame squares off against #15 Duke, and #4 Syracuse battles #7 Virginia. The ACC semi-finals are scheduled for Friday, and the Championship is on Sunday. The Pac-12 tournament begins on Thursday, setting up a potential semi-final between #20 Stanford and #22 Colorado on Friday. Southern California (#17) waits on the other side of the bracket for a potential top-25 clash in the conference Championship on Sunday. Finally, on Saturday Johns Hopkins (#23) will travel to #2 Maryland for their final regular season Big Ten game.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
Boston College |
625 |
25 |
17-0 |
1 |
2 |
Maryland |
600 |
0 |
16-0 |
2 |
3 |
North Carolina |
571 |
0 |
12-3 |
3 |
4 |
Syracuse |
540 |
0 |
14-3 |
5 |
5 |
Northwestern |
532 |
0 |
11-4 |
6 |
6 |
Notre Dame |
502 |
0 |
13-3 |
4 |
7 |
Virginia |
473 |
0 |
12-5 |
7 |
8 |
Michigan |
445 |
0 |
14-2 |
8 |
9 |
James Madison |
417 |
0 |
14-3 |
9 |
10 |
Princeton |
389 |
0 |
11-3 |
11 |
11 |
Loyola |
388 |
0 |
12-4 |
10 |
12 |
Penn |
348 |
0 |
10-4 |
12 |
13 |
Navy (USNA) |
298 |
0 |
13-3 |
14 |
14 |
Denver |
273 |
0 |
12-2 |
15 |
15 |
Duke |
265 |
0 |
9-7 |
13 |
16 |
Stony Brook |
251 |
0 |
11-4 |
17 |
17 |
Southern California |
241 |
0 |
14-3 |
16 |
18 |
Florida |
199 |
0 |
10-6 |
18 |
19 |
Dartmouth |
193 |
0 |
10-4 |
20 |
20 |
Stanford |
172 |
0 |
12-4 |
19 |
21 |
Virginia Tech |
110 |
0 |
8-9 |
22 |
22 |
Colorado |
99 |
0 |
9-6 |
23 |
23 |
Johns Hopkins |
69 |
0 |
10-6 |
21 |
24 |
Georgetown |
51 |
0 |
9-7 |
24 |
25 |
High Point |
33 |
0 |
13-4 |
25 |
RV |
Penn State |
7-7 |
NR |
The 2019 Coaches Poll will include 25 teams and be released weekly during the regular season. The final regular season poll for the 2019 season will be published on May 6.