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North Carolina Tops the Division I Poll

By IWLCA Admin, 04/19/21, 1:00PM EDT

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Photo Credit: Jeffrey Camarati/UNC Athletics

2021 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 19, 2021

 

North Carolina extended their unbeaten streak and stand at 14-0 and on top of the Division I Coaches Poll with all 25 first place votes this week. Northwestern (11-0) remains second, Syracuse (11-1) sits in third, and Boston College (11-1) and Notre Dame (6-5) swapped places, landing the Eagles at number four and dropping the Irish to fifth. Loyola (8-2) returned to the top ten for the first time since late February, and James Madison (7-4) is back in the poll at #25 after taking down Towson last weekend. The big movers this week were 5-7 Rutgers, who used wins over Penn State and Maryland to vault from #24 to #16, and Johns Hopkins, who beat the same teams to jump five spots, landing at #15.

Boston College (#4) visits #3 Syracuse and #15 Johns Hopkins plays at Michigan (#23) on Thursday to kick off top-25 action this week. On Friday, top ranked North Carolina makes the short trip to #8 Duke, and #12 Drexel hosts #20 Towson. Saturday features rematches between Boston College and Syracuse and Johns Hopkins and Michigan, while #19 Louisville hits the road to face #5 Notre Dame.

 

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

 Record

Last Poll

1

North Carolina

625

25

14-0

1

2

Northwestern

595

0

11-0

2

3

Syracuse

572

0

11-1

3

4

Boston College

556

0

11-1

5

5

Notre Dame

509

0

6-5

4

6

Stony Brook

488

0

9-2

6

7

Virginia

453

0

8-6

7

8

Duke

450

0

9-5

8

9

Florida

426

0

11-2

9

10

Loyola Maryland

383

0

8-2

T-11

11

Jacksonville

381

0

6-0

10

12

Drexel

359

0

11-1

14

13

Stanford

283

0

8-0

16

14

Maryland

275

0

7-5

T-11

15

Johns Hopkins

230

0

5-5

20

16

Rutgers

223

0

5-7

24

17

Denver

183

0

10-1

19

18

Penn State

170

0

4-8

13

19

Louisville

145

0

5-9

18

20

Towson

139

0

8-4

15

21

Richmond

119

0

8-1

21

22

Ohio State

117

0

4-8

22

23

Michigan

112

0

3-6

17

24

Massachusetts

84

0

11-2

25

25

James Madison

48

0

7-4

NR

RV

Elon

   

8-1

23

 

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