USA Today/NFCA Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

January 25, 1997; record indicates 1996 final record.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona 58-9 619
2 UCLA 47-11 600
3 Fresno State 51-11 555
4 Washington 59-9 504
5 Michigan 51-14 486
6 Iowa 49-19 441
7 Louisiana 46-10 424
8 California 41-23 419
9 South Carolina 38-13 413
10 Oklahoma 50-20 354
11 Oklahoma State 37-20 320
12 Cal State Fullerton 41-28 314
13 UNLV 36-23 307
14 Long Beach State 37-22 287
15 CSUN 43-16 272
16 USF 41-12 267
17 Florida State 51-21 229
18 Princeton 47-8-1 220
19 Nebraska 42-23 213
20 Minnesota 44-18 197
21 Notre Dame 48-16 102
22 Hawai'i 36-25 87
23 Massachusetts 38-15-1 79
24 Connecticut 36-22 62
25 Arizona State 34-27 51

Others receiving votes:

DePaul (40), Missouri (39), Texas A&M (39), Utah (35), Illinois State (21), Illinois-Chicago (16), Central Michigan (15), Kansas (15), Tennessee (11), Oregon State (10), Indiana (9), Nicholls State (9), Hofstra (7), Colorado State (6), Northern Illinois (6), Southwest Missouri State (6), Cal Poly SLO (5), Cal State Sacramento (5), Florida (5), Arkansas (2), Boston University (1).

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