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2018 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – March 19, 2018
Stony Brook (7-0) took all but one first-place vote this week to remain at the top of the Division I Coaches Poll. Maryland (6-1) and Boston College (10-0) sit tight at numbers two and three, while James Madison (8-0) and North Carolina (6-2) flip flop at the fourth and fifth positions. Florida (6-2) and Syracuse (5-2) remain at six and seven, while Penn (7-0) moves into the eighth spot, Virginia (6-2) drops to nine, and Loyola (5-2) takes the last spot in the top ten. High Point (4-2) is the only new team in the poll this week, landing at #25 after knocking off last week’s #21, Notre Dame (5-5), who falls out of the rankings but is still receiving votes.
Penn State (#18) kicks off the week in Top-25 action on Monday, when they host #16 Princeton, followed by Syracuse (#7) at Cornell (#21) on Tuesday. The mid-week matchups continue on Wednesday, as #14 Towson visits #6 Florida, Georgetown (#24) hosts #10 Loyola, #2 Maryland faces Penn (#8) and #4 James Madison squares off against in-state rival Virginia (#9). The Nittany Lions are back in action on Thursday when they tangle with #22 Johns Hopkins before the weekend’s slate begins with these Saturday games: #5 North Carolina at Boston College (#3); Virginia at #20 Duke; Georgetown at (#6) Florida; #4 James Madison at Maryland; and Syracuse at Notre Dame (RV). The lone Top-25 game on Sunday will take place on the west coast when USC (#13) travels to #19 Stanford for a Pac-12 matchup.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
1 |
Stony Brook |
622 |
24 |
7-0 |
1 |
2 |
Maryland |
586 |
0 |
6-1 |
2 |
3 |
Boston College |
584 |
1 |
10-0 |
3 |
4 |
James Madison |
540 |
0 |
8-0 |
5 |
5 |
North Carolina |
535 |
0 |
6-2 |
4 |
6 |
Florida |
501 |
0 |
6-2 |
6 |
7 |
Syracuse |
471 |
0 |
5-2 |
7 |
8 |
Penn |
424 |
0 |
7-0 |
11 |
9 |
Virginia |
405 |
0 |
6-2 |
8 |
10 |
Loyola (MD) |
395 |
0 |
5-2 |
13 |
11 |
Northwestern |
380 |
0 |
5-3 |
9 |
12 |
Navy (USNA) |
373 |
0 |
6-2 |
10 |
13 |
Southern California |
341 |
0 |
5-3 |
12 |
14 |
Towson |
303 |
0 |
5-2 |
14 |
15 |
Colorado |
282 |
0 |
6-3 |
15 |
16 |
Princeton |
238 |
0 |
3-2 |
16 |
17 |
Virginia Tech |
216 |
0 |
7-3 |
18 |
18 |
Penn State |
195 |
0 |
6-3 |
17 |
19 |
Stanford |
179 |
0 |
5-3 |
19 |
20 |
Duke |
149 |
0 |
5-3 |
20 |
21 |
Cornell |
111 |
0 |
4-2 |
23 |
22 |
Johns Hopkins |
69 |
0 |
7-3 |
24 |
23 |
Denver |
61 |
0 |
4-3 |
22 |
24 |
Georgetown |
53 |
0 |
5-2 |
25 |
25 |
High Point |
44 |
0 |
4-2 |
NR |
RV |
Notre Dame |
5-5 |
21 |
The 2018 Coaches Poll has been expanded to include 25 teams in all three NCAA Divisions this year in order to more accurately reflect the growth of the game at the collegiate level in recent years. The Coaches Polls are published every Monday during the regular season.