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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.