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April 3, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 3, 2017
The University of Maryland (11-0) remained the top team in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll this week after receiving all 20 first place votes. North Carolina (11-1) and Florida (9-2) stayed put at numbers two and three, while Stony Brook (10-1) and Penn State (12-1) each gained a spot in the rankings to fill out the top five. Three Ivy League teams landed in the top ten: Princeton (8-1) at #7, Cornell (#8), and Penn (#10), and they are joined by two MPSF squads (Colorado at #6 and Southern California at #9). In the back half of the poll, Boston College (#17) and James Madison (#18) returned to the rankings this week, while Duke drops out, but continues receiving votes.
Top twenty game action this week gets underway on Wednesday when the #15 Virginia Cavaliers welcome Maryland (#1) to campus. The weekend’s action starts on Friday with #19 Elon at James Madison (#18), followed by North Carolina (#2) at Louisville (RV), and Virginia (#15) at #5 Penn State on Saturday. Syracuse (#11) hosts #20 Virginia Tech and Towson (#14) welcomes Elon (#19) on Sunday to close out the week.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Maryland |
400 |
20 |
11-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
North Carolina |
380 |
11-1 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
Florida |
360 |
9-2 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Stony Brook |
334 |
10-1 |
5 |
|
|
5 |
Penn State |
304 |
12-1 |
6 |
|
|
6 |
Colorado |
297 |
11-1 |
4 |
|
|
7 |
Princeton |
287 |
8-1 |
7 |
|
|
8 |
Cornell |
251 |
7-1 |
8 |
|
|
9 |
Southern California |
222 |
9-3 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Penn |
221 |
8-2 |
11 |
|
|
11 |
Syracuse |
190 |
9-4 |
10 |
|
|
12 |
Notre Dame |
180 |
9-5 |
12 |
|
|
13 |
Denver |
128 |
8-2 |
14 |
|
|
14 |
Towson |
114 |
7-4 |
13 |
|
|
15 |
Virginia |
106 |
7-5 |
15 |
|
|
16 |
Northwestern |
105 |
6-6 |
16 |
|
|
17 |
Boston College |
79 |
10-4 |
RV |
|
|
18 |
James Madison |
61 |
8-4 |
NR |
|
|
19 |
Elon |
45 |
8-3 |
18 |
|
|
20 |
Virginia Tech |
42 |
11-4 |
17 |
|
|
RV |
Duke |
6-6 |
20 |
||
|
RV |
Louisville |
10-4 |
NR |
The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on April 10.