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2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – April 17
Week 10 brought on some major shifts inside the top rankings, as North Carolina and Stony Brook both moved down after suffering losses.
No. 1 Syracuse topped the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill on Saturday, 14-12, while Northwestern, Denver, and James Madison rounded out the top four again, all earning wins this week. Boston College shifts up to No. 5 after a 2-0 week.
Stony Brook suffered a midweek upset by Rutgers to drop to No. 9. Penn State jumped four spots to No. 14 after upsetting Maryland on Thursday, while Johns Hopkins bumped up three with its win over Michigan.
The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.
Rank |
Institution |
Points (FPV) |
Prev |
1 |
Syracuse (15 - 0) |
550 (22) |
1 |
2 |
Northwestern (14 - 1) |
528 |
2 |
3 |
Denver (15 - 0) |
500 |
3 |
4 |
James Madison (14 - 1) |
480 |
4 |
5 |
Boston College (12 - 3) |
442 |
7 |
6 |
North Carolina (11 - 3) |
435 |
5 |
7 |
Notre Dame (11 - 4) |
404 |
8 |
8 |
Florida (11 - 3) |
388 |
9 |
9 |
Stony Brook (10 - 3) |
376 |
6 |
10 |
Loyola (12 - 2) |
375 |
11 |
11 |
Virginia (10 - 5) |
313 |
12 |
12 |
Maryland (12 - 3) |
289 |
10 |
13 |
UMass (13 - 1) |
268 |
14 |
14 |
Penn State (10 - 4) |
257 |
18 |
15 |
Penn (8 - 4) |
239 |
17 |
16 |
Army (12 - 2) |
196 |
15 |
17 |
Clemson (11 - 5) |
172 |
19 |
18 |
Michigan (10 - 5) |
167 |
13 |
19 |
Yale (9 - 4) |
149 |
16 |
20 |
USC (13 - 3) |
133 |
20 |
21 |
Richmond (12 - 3) |
118 |
21 |
22 |
Johns Hopkins (6 - 7) |
102 |
25 |
23 |
Navy (12 - 3) |
75 |
23 |
24 |
Princeton (6 - 6) |
48 |
22 |
25 |
UConn (8 - 5) |
39 |
24 |
RV |
Marquette, Rutgers, Jacksonville, Virginia Tech, Stanford |