USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25

April 16, 1997

Rankings

Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Fresno State (17) 39-6 616 1
2 Arizona (8) 38-4 608 2
3 South Carolina 45-3 566 4
4 UCLA 32-8 557 3
5 Iowa 31-5 518 5
6 Washington 28-10 496 6
7 Oklahoma 43-12 468 7
8 Michigan State 40-9 410 12
9 Missouri 36-10 382 11
10 Cal Poly 32-11 363 8
11 Arizona State 30-12 347 10
12 Michigan 34-12-1 346 9
13 Long Beach State 32-15-1 301 13
14 Minnesota 30-9 292 15
USF 35-10 292 14
16 Colorado State 36-9 279 16
17 Oklahoma State 28-15 198 18
18 Florida State 38-14-1 186 19
19 Louisiana-Monroe 39-6 166 17
20 Utah 28-11 121 22
21 Louisiana Tech 27-13 117 20
22 California 25-18 104 21
23 CSUN 26-14-2 101
24 Kansas 27-14 76 23
25 Louisiana 30-14 75

Others receiving votes:

New Mexico State (33), Central Michigan (23), Louisiana State (23), Pacific (16), Hawaii (8), Tennessee (6), East Carolina (5), Connecticut (4), Hofstra (4), Cal State Fullerton (3), Baylor (2), Boston College (2), Massachusetts (2), Purdue (2), San Diego State (2), DePaul (1), Florida A&M (1), Oregon State (1), Southern Illinois (1).

Dropped out:

Pacific (24), Hawaii (25).

All Polls for Division I in 1997

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