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2018 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – April 23, 2018
Stony Brook University (15-0) collected 20 of 25 first place votes to remain the top-ranked team in the Division I Coaches Poll this week. The top-five remains unchanged, as Boston College (17-0) sits in second, Maryland (15-1) is ranked third, James Madison (15-1) follows in fourth, and North Carolina (12-3) holds onto the fifth spot. Florida (13-3), Northwestern (13-3), and Towson (13-2) stayed put in the sixth, seventh, and eighth position, while Loyola (12-3) and Penn (11-2) flip-flopped in the ninth and tenth spots.
Stony Brook will put its #1 ranking on the line to kick off Top-25 action this week when they welcome #16 Penn State to campus on Tuesday. Loyola (#9) visits Georgetown (#24), Johns Hopkins (#25) hosts #8 Towson, and Penn (#10) takes on Princeton (#18) on Wednesday. The ACC tournament gets underway on Thursday with several notable games: Notre Dame (#23) versus Virginia (#15); #5 North Carolina against #17 Syracuse; and Virginia Tech (#12) against #22 Duke. Maryland (#3) also welcomes Northwestern (#7) to campus for a critical conference matchup. The weekend’s Top-25 matchups include #4 James Madison at #8 Towson, as well as the ACC and Pac-12 Championship games.
Rank |
Institution |
Points |
FPV |
Record |
Last Week |
1 |
Stony Brook |
620 |
20 |
15-0 |
1 |
2 |
Boston College |
603 |
5 |
17-0 |
2 |
3 |
Maryland |
577 |
0 |
15-1 |
3 |
4 |
James Madison |
550 |
0 |
15-1 |
4 |
5 |
North Carolina |
525 |
0 |
12-3 |
5 |
6 |
Florida |
486 |
0 |
13-3 |
6 |
7 |
Northwestern |
473 |
0 |
13-3 |
7 |
8 |
Towson |
462 |
0 |
13-2 |
8 |
9 |
Loyola (MD) |
407 |
0 |
12-3 |
10 |
10 |
Penn |
402 |
0 |
11-2 |
9 |
11 |
Navy (USNA) |
363 |
0 |
13-3 |
11 |
12 |
Virginia Tech |
348 |
0 |
12-5 |
14 |
13 |
Stanford |
317 |
0 |
13-4 |
13 |
14 |
Colorado |
306 |
0 |
12-4 |
15 |
15 |
Virginia |
256 |
0 |
9-8 |
12 |
16 |
Penn State |
234 |
0 |
9-6 |
17 |
17 |
Syracuse |
218 |
0 |
9-8 |
16 |
18 |
Princeton |
199 |
0 |
8-5 |
18 |
19 |
High Point |
175 |
0 |
14-2 |
19 |
20 |
Southern California |
133 |
0 |
9-7 |
21 |
21 |
Dartmouth |
117 |
0 |
10-3 |
T-23 |
22 |
Duke |
84 |
0 |
7-8 |
22 |
23 |
Notre Dame |
83 |
0 |
9-8 |
20 |
24 |
Georgetown |
66 |
0 |
11-4 |
T-23 |
25 |
Johns Hopkins |
61 |
0 |
9-6 |
25 |
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.