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UNC Unanimous #1 in First Regular Season Division I Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 02/22/21, 1:00PM EST

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2021 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – February 22, 2021

 

The North Carolina Tar Heels (3-0) maintained their grip on the top spot in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll, locking up all 25 first place votes in the first poll of the regular season. The ACC again claimed the top three spots in the poll, though Notre Dame (1-0) and Syracuse (1-0) flip-flopped from the preseason rankings. Northwestern (1-0) and Stony Brook (1-1) each moved up one spot to round out the top five. Penn State (2-0) made the largest jump in the poll, moving up to #7, giving the Big Ten three teams in the top ten, while Virginia’s (2-0) jump from #16 to #9 gave the ACC four of the top ten. There were four new entrants to the poll: Ohio State (1-1), Louisville (1-1), Rutgers (1-1), and Vanderbilt (1-1).

The marquee matchups for the upcoming week are Friday’s tilt between #11 Duke and top-ranked North Carolina, #5 Stony Brook’s games against #15 Southern California on Tuesday and #2 Syracuse on Saturday, and #16 Virginia Tech at #9 Virginia and #17 Michigan at #10 Maryland, both on Saturday.

 

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

 Record

Last Poll

1

North Carolina

625

25

3-0

1

2

Syracuse

582

0

1-0

3

3

Notre Dame

573

0

1-0

2

4

Northwestern

563

0

1-0

5

5

Stony Brook

506

0

1-1

6

6

Florida

472

0

1-1

8

7

Penn State

429

0

2-0

T-21

8

Loyola Maryland

415

0

0-1

4

9

Virginia

394

0

2-0

16

10

Maryland

373

0

0-1

7

11

Duke

358

0

3-0

15

12

James Madison

342

0

0-0

10

13

Boston College

328

0

0-0

12

14

Denver

302

0

0-0

11

15

Southern California

263

0

1-0

13

16

Virginia Tech

230

0

1-1

18

17

Michigan

224

0

0-1

9

18

Richmond

212

0

1-1

14

19

Ohio State

162

0

1-1

NR

20

Navy

142

0

2-0

T-21

21

Stanford

141

0

0-0

23

22

Massachusetts

127

0

0-0

20

23

Louisville

72

0

1-1

NR

24

Rutgers

62

0

1-1

NR

25

Vanderbilt

42

0

1-1

NR

RV

Hofstra

   

2-0

NR

 

The IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll is published on Mondays throughout the regular season.