USA Today/NFCA Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll (Division I)

Record indicates final 1997 record.

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona (25) 61-5 625
2 Fresno State 54-14 590
3 Washington 50-19 580
4 Michigan 56-16-1 522
5 Iowa 52-9 508
6 South Carolina 63-5 443
7 California 35-25 415
8 Colorado State 51-14 393
9 Kansas 38-23 372
10 USF 50-13 356
11 Oklahoma State 40-22 344
12 Massachusetts 37-23-1 334
13 Missouri 47-16 316
14 Long Beach State 44-20-1 271
15 CSUN 34-22-2 261
16 Oklahoma 40-22 239
17 UCLA 49-14 213
18 Utah 44-18 191
19 Louisiana 46-18 161
20 Central Michigan 41-22 152
21 Florida State 45-19-1 138
22 Michigan State 46-22 113
23 Arizona State 32-25 98
24 DePaul 42-15 70
25 Tennessee 45-22 55

Others receiving votes:

Nebraska (49), Texas (46), Cal State Fullerton (41), Hofstra (30), LSU (26), Hawaii (20), Cal Poly SLO (17), Purdue (17), Louisiana Tech (16), Oregon State (16), Northeast Louisiana (15), Florida (12), Notre Dame (9), San Diego State (9), Southeast Missouri State (9), UNLV (8), Connecticut (7), Boston College (5), Illinois-Chicago (3), Stanford (3), Cleveland State (2), Princeton (2), Florida A&M (1), Southern Illinois (1), Southwest Missouri State (1).

Dropped out:

None.

All Polls for Division I in 1998

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