First Preseason Pocock CRCA Poll presented by USRowing Out with Few Surprises

STAFF REPORTS
PHOTO BY LISA WORTHY

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).