Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	North Carolina (12)	4-0-0	300	1
2	Notre Dame	3-0-0	280	2t
3	Nebraska	4-0-0	277	5
4	Clemson	4-0-0	251	7
5	Santa Clara	2-1-0	249	5t
6	Stanford	2-0-0	233	8
7	Connecticut	1-0-1	223	10
8 (tie)	Texas A&M	3-1-0	214	11
8 (tie)	UCLA	3-1-0	214	9
10	Penn State	2-1-1	198	4
11	Southern California	3-0-0	145	15
12	Virginia	1-1-0	138	17
13	Hartford	1-1-0	126	13
14	Maryland	2-1-0	120	24
15	Washington	4-0-0	103	nr
16	Duke	3-0-0	101	22
17	Wake Forest	3-1-0	97	12
18	Florida	2-2-0	80	6
19	William & Mary	3-1-0	67	14
20	Missouri	3-1-0	65	25t
21	Southern Methodist	3-1-0	63	19
22	Brigham Young	3-1-0	59	18
23	Arizona State	3-0-0	51	nr
24	Harvard	0-1-0	44	nr
25	California	3-0-0	40	nr

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.

Others receiving votes: Kentucky 37, Portland 29, San Diego 23, Minnesota 20, Florida State 13, Michigan 12, Marquette 9, James Madison 7, Boston College 6, Purdue 5, Syracuse 3.

Voting panel: Becky Burleigh, Florida; Robbie Church, Vanderbilt, John Daly, William & Mary; Anson Dorrance, North Carolina; Jillian Ellis, UCLA; Pat Farmer, Penn State; Ray Leone, Clemson; Marcia McDermott, Northwestern; Chris Petrucelli, Texas; Jennifer Rockwood, Brigham Young; Len Tsantiris, Connecticut; Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame; John Walker, Nebraska.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.

Previous Top 25 2000 Polls
Aug 25 - Sep 4, 2000