First Regular Season Pocock/CRCA Collegiate Rowing Poll Out; Texas, UCO, Wellesley Lead the Pack

STAFF REPORTS
PHOTO BY LISA WORTHY

The first regular-season Pocock/CRCA Collegiate Poll looked a lot like preseason predecessor with few changes.

For Division I the only change that took place in the top ten spots was Rutgers and the University of California, Berkley trading positions. Rutgers was previously ranked eighth and is now ranked ninth. Cal took the eighth-place position. The University of Texas, Stanford, and Washington remained in the first, second, and third spots.

For Division II, the University of Central Oklahoma remained the highest rank crew with Mercyhurst and the Florida Insitute of Technology in second and third.

In the Division III poll, Wellesley remained in the top spot with Bates close behind with a margin of only four votes seperating the two.

Division I Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	University of Texas (17)	474	1
2.	Stanford University (8)	470	2
3.	University of Washington	465	3
4.	University of Michigan	385	4
5.	University of Virginia	371	5
6.	Ohio State University	368	6
7.	Brown University	313	7
8.	University of California, Berkeley	300	9
9.	Rutgers University	291	8
10.	Princeton University	258	10
11.	Yale University	222	12
12.	Syracuse University	207	11
13.	Southern Methodist University	192	13
14.	Duke University	174	14
15.	University of Southern California	162	NR
16.	University of Alabama	147	15
17.	University of Wisconsin	138	16
18.	University of California, Los Angeles	57	NR
19.	Washington State University	53	17
20.	University of Tennessee	47	18

Others Receiving Points: Indiana University (38), Oregon State University (30), University of Pennsylvania (24), U.S. Naval Academy (18), University of Iowa (11), Harvard University (10), Northeastern University (6), University of Central Florida (6), Gonzaga University (5), Boston University (2), University of Minnesota (2), Dartmouth College (2), Clemson University (1), University of Notre Dame (1).

Division II Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	University of Central Oklahoma (5)	200	1
2.	Mercyhurst University	138	2
3.	Florida Institute of Technology	134	3
4.	Western Washington University	101	6
5.	Barry University	100	7
6.	Seattle Pacific University	93	5
7.	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University	83	4
8.	Humboldt State University	46	8t

Others Receiving Points: Jefferson University (5).

Division III Rankings

Rank	Team	Total Votes	Previous Ranking
1.	Wellesley College (7)	147	1
2.	Bates College (3)	143	2
3.	WPI	127	3
4.	Ithaca College	121	4
5.	Williams College	99	5
6.	Smith College	79	7
7.	Hamilton College	76	8
8.	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	64	6
9.	Wesleyan University	60	10
10.	Trinity College	50	11
11.	Clark University	47	9
12.	Rochester institute of Technology	47	NR
13.	Pacific Lutheran University	40	12t
14.	Washington College	24	14
15.	Mount Holyoke College	23	12t

Others Receiving Points: William Smith College (17), Colby College (16), University of Rochester (13), Marietta College (4), Lewis and Clark College (1), Franklin & Marshall College (1).