Photo courtesy of Jeffrey A. Camarati/UNC Athletic Communications.
2020 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – February 24, 2020
North Carolina (4-0) held onto the top spot in the Division I Coaches Poll this week after a convincing 19-6 victory over Maryland (1-2) on Saturday. Notre Dame (4-0) held onto the second spot, while Stony Brook (2-0) moved up to third, Syracuse (4-1) slotted in at number four, and Loyola (3-0) jumped seven spots to land in fifth. Northwestern (3-2), Virginia (4-0), Florida (2-1), Maryland, and Denver (4-0) comprised the back half of the top ten. There were no new entrants in this week’s poll, but there was a lot of shuffling among the teams ranked 11-25.
This week features several games that should impact next week’s poll, starting with #9 Maryland visiting fourth ranked Syracuse on Friday. Stony Brook (#3) travels to #8 Florida, Loyola (#5) squares off against #19 Penn State, and #7 Virginia welcomes top-ranked North Carolina on Saturday, while Stanford (#24) visits #6 Northwestern, and #22 Duke travels to #2 Notre Dame on Sunday.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Poll |
1 |
North Carolina |
625 |
25 |
4-0 |
1 |
2 |
Notre Dame |
598 |
0 |
4-0 |
2 |
3 |
Stony Brook |
551 |
0 |
2-0 |
5 |
4 |
Syracuse |
535 |
0 |
4-1 |
7 |
5 |
Loyola |
512 |
0 |
3-0 |
12 |
6 |
Northwestern |
492 |
0 |
3-2 |
6 |
7 |
Virginia |
459 |
0 |
4-0 |
8 |
8 |
Florida |
439 |
0 |
2-1 |
4 |
9 |
Maryland |
435 |
0 |
1-2 |
3 |
10 |
Denver |
398 |
0 |
4-0 |
10 |
11 |
Southern California |
388 |
0 |
4-0 |
13 |
12 |
Penn |
361 |
0 |
2-0 |
11 |
13 |
Princeton |
344 |
0 |
1-1 |
9 |
14 |
Michigan |
317 |
0 |
3-1 |
14 |
15 |
James Madison |
231 |
0 |
3-1 |
17 |
16 |
Dartmouth |
219 |
0 |
2-0 |
19 |
17 |
Boston College |
167 |
0 |
2-2 |
15 |
18 |
Navy (USNA) |
166 |
0 |
2-2 |
16 |
19 |
Penn State |
155 |
0 |
4-0 |
25 |
20 |
Massachusetts-Amherst |
148 |
0 |
1-1 |
20 |
21 |
Colorado |
130 |
0 |
1-2 |
18 |
22 |
Duke |
119 |
0 |
3-2 |
21 |
23 |
Virginia Tech |
115 |
0 |
4-1 |
22 |
24 |
Stanford |
71 |
0 |
2-2 |
24 |
25 |
Georgetown |
22 |
0 |
2-1 |
23 |
The IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll will be published every Monday throughout the 2020 regular season.