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May 8, 2017
2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – May 8, 2017
The University of Maryland (19-0) finished the regular season with a Big Ten Championship, the #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, and all 20 first place votes in the IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. Big East champion Florida (17-2) finishes in the second position, followed by North Carolina (16-2), the ACC champion, and Stony Brook (18-1), who won the America East championship. Princeton (14-3) slides into the fifth spot after taking down Penn and Cornell in the Ivy League tournament, and Penn State (15-3) drops to the sixth position after falling to Northwestern in the Big Ten semi-finals. Southern California (16-3), the MPSF champion, sits at #7, followed by Penn (13-3) at #8, Syracuse (15-6) at #9 and Colorado (16-3) in the tenth spot.
The back half of the poll includes Northwestern (10-9) at eleven, and Cornell (12-5) in the twelfth spot. A trio of ACC schools holds down the next three spots: Virginia (11-8) is #13, Boston College (13-6) sits at 14, and Notre Dame (11-7) claims the fifteenth position. CAA champion James Madison (13-6) is ranked #16, Denver (14-4) is seventeenth, followed by Louisville (11-7), Towson (12-6), and Elon (13-6) to wrap up the final spots. Both Albany (12-5) and Massachusetts (16-3) received votes in the final regular season poll.
|
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Maryland |
400 |
20 |
19-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Florida |
372 |
17-2 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
North Carolina |
368 |
16-2 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Stony Brook |
350 |
18-1 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
Princeton |
310 |
14-3 |
6 |
|
|
6 |
Penn State |
292 |
15-3 |
5 |
|
|
7 |
Southern California |
268 |
16-3 |
T-7 |
|
|
8 |
Penn |
264 |
13-3 |
T-7 |
|
|
9 |
Syracuse |
258 |
15-6 |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Colorado |
205 |
16-3 |
10 |
|
|
11 |
Northwestern |
187 |
10-9 |
14 |
|
|
12 |
Cornell |
185 |
12-5 |
11 |
|
|
13 |
Virginia |
164 |
11-8 |
12 |
|
|
14 |
Boston College |
154 |
13-6 |
13 |
|
|
15 |
Notre Dame |
113 |
11-7 |
15 |
|
|
16 |
James Madison |
78 |
13-6 |
19 |
|
|
17 |
Denver |
75 |
14-4 |
16 |
|
|
18 |
Louisville |
60 |
11-7 |
18 |
|
|
19 |
Towson |
40 |
12-6 |
17 |
|
|
20 |
Elon |
28 |
13-6 |
RV |
|
|
RV |
Albany |
12-5 |
RV |
||
|
RV |
Massachusetts |
16-3 |
NR |
The final poll for the 2017 season will be published on May 30.