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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).
