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April 24, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 24, 2017
The University of Maryland Terrapins (16-0) continued their dominance of the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll, as the Terps collected all 20 first-place votes to take the top spot. Florida (14-2), North Carolina (13-2), Stony Brook (14-1), Penn State (14-2), and Princeton (11-3) stayed put in the next five spots. USC (14-3) jumped a spot into the #7 position, and Penn (12-2) leap-frogged Colorado (15-2) and Syracuse (13-5) to land at #8. The back half of the poll saw some shuffling of positions, along with one new entry to the poll: Louisville clocks in at #19 this week. The University of Delaware is receiving votes for the first time in 2017 after beating James Madison (#18) last week.
Most Division I teams are finishing conference play or competing in their conference tournaments this weekend, which means there will be plenty of intriguing match-ups for fans. In the ACC Tournament on Thursday, #15 Boston College faces #13 Notre Dame, North Carolina (#3) squares off with Duke (RV), Syracuse (#10) will play #20 Virginia Tech, and #12 Virginia takes on #19 Louisville. Top-ranked Maryland also visits #14 Northwestern on Thursday for their Big-10 regular season finale.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Maryland |
400 |
20 |
16-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Florida |
377 |
14-2 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
North Carolina |
357 |
13-2 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Stony Brook |
341 |
14-1 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
Penn State |
321 |
14-2 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Princeton |
275 |
11-3 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
Southern California |
272 |
14-3 |
8 |
|
|
8 |
Penn |
259 |
12-2 |
10 |
|
|
9 |
Colorado |
252 |
15-2 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Syracuse |
238 |
13-5 |
7 |
|
|
11 |
Cornell |
184 |
10-4 |
12 |
|
|
12 |
Virginia |
168 |
10-7 |
14 |
|
|
13 |
Notre Dame |
154 |
11-6 |
11 |
|
|
14 |
Northwestern |
143 |
9-7 |
15 |
|
|
15 |
Boston College |
124 |
12-5 |
18 |
|
|
16 |
Denver |
87 |
12-3 |
13 |
|
|
17 |
Towson |
72 |
11-5 |
17 |
|
|
18 |
James Madison |
58 |
11-6 |
16 |
|
|
19 |
Louisville |
49 |
11-6 |
NR |
|
|
20 |
Virginia Tech |
33 |
11-7 |
19 |
|
|
RV |
Delaware |
8-7 |
NR |
||
|
RV |
Duke |
8-8 |
20 |
The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on May 1.