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The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) released its first ranking poll of 2025, with defending NCAA national champions Texas and Tufts topping the Division I and III rankings, respectively. Humboldt and Seattle Pacific University tied atop the Division II poll, with 2024 NCAA Division II nation champion Western Washington ranked fourth in the poll.
CRCA March 11, 2025 Coaches Poll
Division I
| 1 | University of Texas | 2969 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 2874 |
| 3 | University of Tennessee | 2701 |
| 4 | Princeton University | 2598 |
| 5 | University of Washington | 2592 |
| 6 | Brown University | 2246 |
| 7 | Yale University | 2183 |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley | 2114 |
| 9 | University of Michigan | 2066 |
| 10 | Syracuse University | 1880 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 1826 |
| 12 | University of Virginia | 1714 |
| 13 | The Ohio State University | 1509 |
| 14 | Rutgers University | 1471 |
| 15 | Indiana University | 1398 |
| 16 | Duke University | 1152 |
| 17 | Oregon State University | 922 |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 677 |
| 19 | University of Alabama | 606 |
| 20 | Gonzaga University | 602 |
| 21 | Harvard University | 482 |
| 22 | University of Southern California | 381 |
| 23 | Washington State University | 342 |
| 24 | Dartmouth College | 304 |
| 25 | Columbia University | 303 |
Division II
| 1T | Humboldt University | 145 |
| 1T | Seattle Pacific University | 145 |
| 3 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 117 |
| 4 | Western Washington University | 105 |
| 5 | University of Central Oklahoma | 88 |
| 6 | Thomas Jefferson University | 50 |
| 7 | Rollins College | 45 |
| 8 | Barry University | 25 |
Division III
| 1 | Tufts University | 600 |
| 2 | Wesleyan University | 526 |
| 3 | Williams College | 499 |
| 4 | Trinity College | 460 |
| 5 | Wellesley College | 419 |
| 6 | Bates College | 347 |
| 7 | Ithaca College | 331 |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 311 |
| 9 | Smith College | 293 |
| 10 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 279 |
| 11 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 263 |
| 12 | Skidmore College | 90 |
| 13 | William Smith College | 80 |
| 14 | Colby College | 65 |
| 15 | University of Rochester | 41 |
