USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25

April 30, 1997

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Arizona (21) 48-4 621 1
2 Fresno State (3) 44-7 594 2
3 South Carolina (1) 57-3 577 3
4 UCLA 38-10 545 4
5 Iowa 41-5 536 5
6 Washington 38-10 481 6
7 Oklahoma 51-15 445 8
8 Michigan 45-13-1 440 10
9 Missouri 43-13 434 7
10 Colorado State 41-10 358 15
11 Michigan State 43-16 329 9
12 Long Beach State 38-17-1 318 13
13 USF 43-11 297 14
14 Arizona State 30-18 287 12
15 Cal Poly 34-15 283 11
16 Utah 36-13 219 18
17 Florida State 41-15-1 207 17
18 Louisiana-Monroe 43-8 193 20
19 Minnesota 34-15 176 16
20 Oklahoma State 34-18 159 19
21 CSUN 31-17-2 115 25
22 Louisiana 43-15 105 22
23 California 29-21 93 24
24 LSU 40-9 62
25 Kansas 34-19 59 23

Others receiving votes:

Louisiana Tech (54), Southern Illinois (38), Connecticut (19), Hofstra (19), Purdue (17), DePaul (15), Central Michigan (12), New Mexico State (8), Boston College (7), Pacific (7), Hawaii (3), Massachusetts (3), Tennessee (3), Cal State Fullerton (2), San Diego State (2), East Carolina (1), Illinois-Chicago (1).

Dropped out:

Louisiana Tech (21).

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