Intercollegiate Rowing Association Pre-Season Coaches Polls

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Men’s Varsity Eight

Pre-Season Coaches Poll

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1	Yale University (11)	299
2	University of Washington (1)	279
3	Harvard University	269
4 (T)	Brown University	263
4 (T)	University of California, Berkeley	263
6	Northeastern University	241
7	Princeton University	230
8	Boston University	215
9	Dartmouth College	195
10	Syracuse University	187
11	University of Wisconsin	184
12	Cornell University Crew	171
13	Stanford University	160
14	University of Pennsylvania	139
15 (T)	George Washington University	110
15 (T)	U.S. Naval Academy	110
17	Florida Institute of Technology	92
18	Oregon State University	68
19	Columbia University	63
20	Drexel University	61
21	Hobart College	55
22	St. Joseph’s University	49
23	Georgetown University	45
24	Temple University	36
25 (T)	Marist College	31
25 (T)	MIT	31

Also Receiving Votes: College of the Holy Cross, Bates College, Tufts University, Williams College, Jacksonville University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, University if San Diego, Worcester Polytech

Voting Coaches: Tom Bohrer (Boston U.), Paul Bugenhagen (Hobart), Gary Caldwell (Commissioner), Michael Callahan (Washington), Phil Carney (Wesleyan), Chris Clark (Wisconsin), Paul Cooke (Brown), Jason Cottingham (Jacksonville), Scott Frandsen (California), Dan Gehn (Gonzaga), Mike Irwin (St. Joseph’s), John Pojednic (Northeastern)

Men’s Varsity Lightweight Eight

Pre-Season Coaches Poll

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1	Columbia University (9)	162
2	Cornell University (3)	158
3	Princeton University	145
4	Yale University (1)	125
5	U.S. Naval Academy	111
6 (T)	Harvard University	104
6 (T)	University of Pennsylvania	104
8	Georgetown University	73
9	Dartmouth College	67
10	Mercyhurst University	47
11	Temple University	38
12	MIT	36
13	Fairfield University	13

Voting Coaches: Shawn Bagnell (Navy), Billy Boyce (Harvard), Andy Card (Yale), Marty Crotty (Princeton), Colin Farrell (Pennsylvania), Charles Huthmaker (Fairfield), Chris Kerber (Cornell), Sean McKenna (Temple), Will Oliver (MIT), Nich Parker, (Columbia), Dan Roock (Dartmouth), Lee Rumpf (Georgetown), Adrian Spracklen (Mercyhurst)

Women’s Varsity Lightweight Eight

Pre-Season Coaches Poll

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1	Stanford University (7)	56
2	Boston University	47
3	Princeton University	44
4	Georgetown University	35
5	Harvard-Radcliffe	27
6	MIT	18
7	University of Wisconsin	17
8	Loyola Marymount University	8

Voting Coaches: Kate Berko (Stanford), Malcolm Doldron (Boston U.), Kieran Emery (Georgetown), Claire Martin-Doyle (MIT), Dusty Mattison Wisconsin), Paul Rassam (Princeton), Sarah (Schwegman) Baker (Harvard-Radcliffe)

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