Washington, Central Oklahoma, and Bates College Continue to Top Women’s Polls

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The University of Washington, University of Central Oklahoma and Bates College continued to top the rankings in this week’s Women’s Division I, II and III Pocock CRCA Polls presented by USRowing.

The DI rankings tightened up at the top, however, with the Huskies retaining the No. 1 spot in the poll by one point, receiving 13 of the 25 first-place votes. The University of Texas continued to rank second, earning the remaining 12, first-place votes. University of Virginia ranked third, with Stanford University moving up to fourth. Rutgers University rounded out the top five.

In DII, the top five remained unchanged with the University of Central Oklahoma ranking first, once again receiving all five, first-place votes. Seattle Pacific ranked second, followed by the Florida Institute of Technology. Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Western Washington University rounded out the top five.

Bates College once again took the top spot in the DIII poll, receiving all 10, first-place votes. Hamilton College moved up to second position, followed by Ithaca College. Williams College made the jump from 10^th to fourth in this week’s rankings, with Wesleyan University rounding out the top five.

Division I Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	University of Washington (13)	488	1
2.	University of Texas (12)	487	2
3.	University of Virginia	424	3
4.	Stanford University	402	6
5.	Rutgers University	394	4
6.	University of Michigan	373	5
7.	University of California, Berkeley	335	7
8.	Ohio State University	333	8
9.	Indiana University	239	10
10.	Syracuse University	229	9
11.	Southern Methodist University	223	11
12.	University of Alabama	211	13
13.	University of Tennessee	202	12
14.	Princeton University	200	NR
15.	University of Minnesota	115	14
16.	Duke University	114	15
17.	Brown University	113	17
18.	Oregon State University	95	19
19.	Washington State University	77	NR
20.	University of Wisconsin	49	20

Others Receiving Votes: University of California, Los Angeles (48), University of Southern California (31), University of Notre Dame (30), Clemson University (17), University of Iowa (13), U.S. Naval Academy (3), California State University, Sacramento (1), Northeastern University (1), University of Louisville (1), University of San Diego (1), University of Tulsa (1).

Division II Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	University of Central Oklahoma (5)	200	1
2.	Seattle Pacific University	175	2
3.	Florida Institute of Technology	133	3
4.	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University	125	4
5.	Western Washington University	105	5
6.	Mercyhurst University	75	6
7.	Barry University	45	7
8.	Jefferson University	42	8

Others Receiving Votes: None.

Division III Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	Bates College (10)	150	1
2.	Hamilton College	135	5
3.	Ithaca College	130	3
4.	Williams College	123	10t
5.	Wesleyan University	102	2
6.	Colby College	90	14
7.	Tufts University	88	4
8.	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	62	7
9.	Washington College	60	8
10.	WPI	58	6
11.	Rochester Institute of Technology	58	12
12.	Pacific Lutheran University	55	9
13.	Trinity College	37	10t
14t.	Marietta College	17	15
14t.	William Smith College	15	13
15.	Stockton University	5	NR

Others Receiving Votes: None