Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	North Carolina (12)	6-0-0	300	1
2	Notre Dame	5-0-0	285	2
3	Nebraska	6-0-0	278	3
4	Clemson	6-0-0	263	4
5	Stanford	3-1-0	260	6
6	UCLA	5-1-0	233	8t
7	Santa Clara	3-2-0	216	5
8	Penn State	4-1-1	208	10
9	Washington	6-0-0	200	15
10	Southern California	5-0-0	182	11
11	Duke	5-0-0	178	16
12	Connecticut	1-2-1	173	7
13	Texas A&M	4-2-0	167	8t
14	Hartford	2-1-0	156	13
15	Virginia	2-2-0	110	12
16	Wake Forest	3-0-0	101	17
17	Arizona State	5-0-0	91	23
18	Brigham Young	4-1-0	87	22
19	Southern Methodist	4-1-0	74	21
20	California	5-0-0	67	24
21	Harvard	1-1-0	64	24
22	Maryland	3-2-0	51	14
23	Florida State	4-3-0	38	nr
24	San Diego	6-0-0	26	nr
25	Richmond	2-1-0	20	nr

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

Others receiving votes: Kentucky 13, Portland 10, Purdue 10, William & Mary 13, Florida 8, West Virginia 5, Dartmouth 2.

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.

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