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The first NCAA preseason rowing poll is out.
Defending national champions Texas topped the Division I poll followed by Stanford and the University of Washington.
In the Division II poll, the University of Central Oklahoma led the pack followed by Mercyhurst and the Florida Insititute of Technology.
For Division III it was Wellesley, Bates, and WPI, respectively, that led the poll.
Division I Rankings
Team
Rank
Total Votes
1.
University of Texas (19)
474
2.
Stanford University (6)
470
3.
University of Washington
465
4.
University of Michigan
385
5.
University of Virginia
371
6.
Ohio State University
368
7.
Brown University
313
8.
Rutgers University
300
9.
University of California, Berkeley
291
10.
Princeton University
258
11.
Syracuse University
222
12.
Yale University
207
13.
Southern Methodist University
192
14.
Duke University
174
15.
University of Alabama
162
16.
University of Wisconsin
147
17.
Washington State University
138
18.
University of Tennessee
57
19.
Oregon State University
53
20.
Indiana University
47
Others Receiving Points: University of Pennsylvania (38), United States Naval Academy (35), University of Southern California (32), Harvard University (13), Gonzaga University (10), Northeastern University (9), University of California, Los Angeles (8), University of Central Florida (5), University of Minnesota (3), Boston University (2), and Clemson University (1).
Division II Rankings
Team
Rank
Total Votes
1.
University of Central Oklahoma (4)
197
2.
Mercyhurst University (1)
163
3.
Florida Institute of Technology
146
4.
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
120
5.
Seattle Pacific University
117
6.
Western Washington University
60
7.
Barry University
53
8t.
Humboldt State University
21
8t.
Jefferson College
21
Others Receiving Points: Rollins College (4).
Division III Rankings
Team
Rank
Total Votes
1.
Wellesley College (7)
147
2.
Bates College (3)
143
3.
WPI
126
4.
Ithaca College
117
5.
Williams College
81
6.
United States Coast Guard Academy
66
7.
Smith College
60
8.
Hamilton College
59
9.
Clark University
56
10.
Wesleyan University
50
11.
Trinity College
47
12t.
Pacific Lutheran University
27
12t.
Mount Holyoke College
27
14.
Washington College
19
15.
Colby College
17
Others Receiving Points: William Smith College (13), Marietta College (9), and Franklin & Marshall College (1).
