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Boston College is the Consensus #1 in Division I Coaches Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 04/22/19, 1:00PM EDT

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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.