USA TODAY/AVCA Division
I Coaches Top 25
Final Poll, Dec. 23,
1997
| Rank |
School (First-PlaceVotes) |
Total Points
|
1997 Record
|
Last Poll (11/2/97)
|
|
1
|
Stanford (60) |
1500
|
33-2
|
3
|
|
2
|
Penn State |
1439
|
34-2
|
2
|
|
3
|
Long Beach State |
1380
|
33-2
|
1
|
|
4
|
Florida |
1318
|
34-3
|
8
|
|
5
|
Wisconsin |
1235
|
30-3
|
4
|
|
6
|
UC Santa Barbara |
1198
|
31-5
|
5
|
|
7
|
BYU |
1134
|
29-6
|
6
|
|
8
|
Nebraska |
1083
|
27-7
|
9
|
|
9
|
USC |
1021
|
23-6
|
7
|
|
10
|
Texas |
924
|
25-7
|
12
|
|
11
|
Washington |
863
|
20-10
|
13
|
|
12
|
Washington State |
835
|
26-7
|
11
|
|
13
|
Texas A&M |
762
|
26-8
|
16
|
|
14
|
Colorado |
651
|
22-9
|
20
|
|
15
|
Ohio State |
563
|
24-11
|
25
|
|
16
|
Pacific |
536
|
23-9
|
14
|
|
17
|
Loyola Marymount |
496
|
22-7
|
22
|
|
18
|
Notre Dame |
422
|
25-9
|
N/R
|
|
19
|
Colorado State |
369
|
27-6
|
21
|
|
20
|
University of San Diego |
341
|
26-4
|
23
|
|
21
|
Arkansas |
298
|
30-6
|
18
|
|
22
|
Arizona |
265
|
20-7
|
10
|
|
23
|
Maryland |
230
|
27-2
|
19
|
|
24
|
Pepperdine |
196
|
23-6
|
17
|
|
25
|
Hawai'i |
161
|
25-8
|
15
|
Others receiving points: UCLA
(120), Oral Roberts (66), Michigan (28), Michigan State (17), Minnesota
(10), South Florida (8), Clemson (7), Northern Illinois (6), Sacramento
State (5), South Carolina (4), Oklahoma (3), Texas Tech (3), Utah (1).
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