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April 17, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 17, 2017
The top team in this week’s IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll is no surprise, as Maryland (15-0) swept all 20 first-place votes to lock up the number one ranking. There was a shake up in the top ten, as Syracuse (12-4) knocked off North Carolina (12-2) last week to jump five spots and land at #7. Florida (12-2) and UNC switched spots at numbers two and three, and Stony Brook and Penn State stayed put in the fourth and fifth spots. Princeton (10-2) moved up to #6, and Southern California (12-3) moved up to eighth. There was also some movement in the back half of the poll, as #14 Virginia (9-7), #15 Northwestern (8-7), # 16 James Madison (10-5), and #18 Boston College (11-5), all inched up a spot this week. Albany (9-4) and Johns Hopkins (9-5) are now receiving votes in the poll.
This week’s top twenty action starts Tuesday, when #12 Cornell visits Syracuse (#7), and continues with an Ivy clash on Wednesday as Penn (#10) welcomes #6 Princeton to campus. Penn State (#5) faces top-ranked Maryland on Thursday, and #14 Virginia plays host to Virginia Tech (#19) on Friday. The weekend’s games include #11 Notre Dame traveling to Chestnut Hill to face Boston College (#18), Princeton (#6) visiting #12 Cornell, and #3 North Carolina squaring off with #20 Duke.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Maryland |
400 |
20 |
15-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Florida |
375 |
13-2 |
3 |
|
|
3 |
North Carolina |
348 |
12-2 |
2 |
|
|
4 |
Stony Brook |
346 |
13-1 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
Penn State |
327 |
14-1 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Princeton |
290 |
10-2 |
7 |
|
|
7 |
Syracuse |
265 |
12-4 |
12 |
|
|
8 |
Southern California |
254 |
12-3 |
T-9 |
|
|
9 |
Colorado |
238 |
13-2 |
6 |
|
|
10 |
Penn |
234 |
10-2 |
T-9 |
|
|
11 |
Notre Dame |
192 |
11-5 |
11 |
|
|
12 |
Cornell |
190 |
10-2 |
8 |
|
|
13 |
Denver |
147 |
12-2 |
T-13 |
|
|
14 |
Virginia |
128 |
9-7 |
15 |
|
|
15 |
Northwestern |
126 |
8-7 |
16 |
|
|
16 |
James Madison |
98 |
10-5 |
17 |
|
|
17 |
Towson |
87 |
9-5 |
T-13 |
|
|
18 |
Boston College |
50 |
11-5 |
19 |
|
|
19 |
Virginia Tech |
44 |
11-6 |
18 |
|
|
20 |
Duke |
26 |
7-7 |
20 |
|
|
RV |
Albany |
9-4 |
NR |
||
|
RV |
Johns Hopkins |
9-5 |
NR |
The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on April 24.