via press release The top team in this week’s IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll is no surprise, as Maryland (15-0) swept all 20 first-place votes to lock up the number one ranking. There was a shake up in the top ten, as Syracuse (12-4) knocked off North Carolina (12-2) last week to jump five spots and land at #7. Florida (12-2) and UNC switched spots at numbers two and three, and Stony Brook and Penn State stayed put in the fourth and fifth spots. Princeton (10-2) moved up to #6, and Southern California (12-3) moved up to eighth. There was also some movement in the back half of the poll, as #14 Virginia (9-7), #15 Northwestern (8-7), # 16 James Madison (10-5), and #18 Boston College (11-5), all inched up a spot this week. Albany (9-4) and Johns Hopkins (9-5) are now receiving votes in the poll.This week’s top twenty action starts Tuesday, when #12 Cornell visits Syracuse (#7), and continues with an Ivy clash on Wednesday as Penn (#10) welcomes #6 Princeton to campus. Penn State (#5) faces top-ranked Maryland on Thursday, and #14 Virginia plays host to Virginia Tech (#19) on Friday. The weekend’s games include #11 Notre Dame traveling to Chestnut Hill to face Boston College (#18), Princeton (#6) visiting #12 Cornell, and #3 North Carolina squaring off with #20 Duke. 

Rank	Institution	Points	FPV	Record	Last Week
1	Maryland	400	20	15-0	1
2	Florida	375		13-2	3
3	North Carolina	348		12-2	2
4	Stony Brook	346		13-1	4
5	Penn State	327		14-1	5
6	Princeton	290		10-2	7
7	Syracuse	265		12-4	12
8	Southern California	254		12-3	T-9
9	Colorado	238		13-2	6
10	Penn	234		10-2	T-9
11	Notre Dame	192		11-5	11
12	Cornell	190		10-2	8
13	Denver	147		12-2	T-13
14	Virginia	128		9-7	15
15	Northwestern	126		8-7	16
16	James Madison	98		10-5	17
17	Towson	87		9-5	T-13
18	Boston College	50		11-5	19
19	Virginia Tech	44		11-6	18
20	Duke	26		7-7	20
RV	Albany			9-4	NR
RV	Johns Hopkins			9-5	NR