Michigan.
Notre Dame and Boston College follow in the No. 2 and No. 3 slots respectively, as the Eagles topped Syracuse on Thursday evening in overtime.
The ACC Tournament has begun, with several top-ranked teams set to face off for the first postseason tournament of the year while many other teams conclude their regular seasons this week.
The ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.
Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll
1 Northwestern (13 - 2) 425 (17) 1 2 Notre Dame (14 - 2) 390 3 3 Boston College (13 - 3) 386 6 4 Syracuse (12 - 4) 376 2 5 Michigan (14 - 2) 363 4 6 Virginia (13 - 3) 329 6 7 Maryland (12 - 4) 308 8 8 Yale (12 - 1) 304 10 9 Loyola (14 - 2) 287 5 10 Florida (14 - 2) 270 9 11 Penn (11 - 3) 257 14 12 Denver (12 - 3) 232 12 13 Stony Brook (14 - 2) 223 13 14 North Carolina (10 - 5) 179 15 15 Johns Hopkins (10 - 6) 173 11 16 Penn State (9 - 6) 172 19 17 James Madison (11 - 4) 156 16 18 Princeton (9 - 5) 146 17 19 Stanford (10 - 3) 134 18 20 Navy (13 - 3) 104 20 21 USC (10 - 4) 92 22 22 Fairfield (15 - 1) 58 23 23 Colorado (10 - 4) 51 21 24 Duke (10 - 7) 37 25 25 Harvard (10 - 3) 27 24 RV Drexel, Clemson, Brown , UMass, Richmond |