Washington earned 10 of 11 first-place votes to take the top spot in the men’s poll. Harvard received the remaining first-place vote to rank second, followed by the University of California, Yale University and Princeton University.

In the lightweight women’s poll, Wisconsin received all nine first-place votes to take the top spot. Princeton ranked second. Stanford University, Georgetown University, and Radcliffe rounded out the top five.

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Men’s Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes), Points, Previous Week
1. University of Washington (10), 219, 1
2. Harvard University (1), 207, 2
3. University of California, 198, 3
4. Yale University, 189, 4
5. Princeton University, 161, 7
6. University of Wisconsin, 159, 9
7. Brown University, 148, 5
8. Stanford University, 143, 6
9. Syracuse University, 131, 8
10. University of Michigan, 112, 11
11. Cornell University, 110, 12
12. Trinity College, 94, 10
13. Boston University, 88, 19
14. University of Pennsylvania, 80, 15
15. Northeastern University, 73, 13
16. United States Naval Academy, 57, 14
17. Oregon State University, 42, 18
18. Georgetown University, 36, 20t
19. George Washington University, 17, NR
20. Columbia University, 9, 16

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Rutgers University 7, University of Virginia 7, Holy Cross 6, Purdue University 6, Temple University 6, Marist College 2, and Gonzaga University 1.

(This week’s voters: Craig Amerkhanian, Chris Clark, Rex Clothier, Paul Cooke, Greg Hartsuff, Curtis Jordan, Gene Kininmonth, John Pescatore, Dave Reischman, Dan Roock, and Stephen Wagner)

Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes), Points, Previous Week
1. University of Wisconsin (9), 180, 1
2. Princeton University, 171, 2
3. Stanford University, 159, 3
4. Georgetown University, 154, 4
5. Radcliffe, 144, 5
6. University of Central Florida, 126, 6
7. The Ohio State University, 120, 14
8. Long Beach State University, 107, NR
9. University of Buffalo, 98, 8
10. Loyola Marymount University, 93, 9
11. Lehigh University, 84, 15
12. Bucknell University, 75, 7
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 68, 10
14. University of Massachusetts, 62, 13
15. Virginia Tech, 39, NR

Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Penn State University 32, University of Dayton 15, University of California at San Diego 14, Duquesne University 8, and Temple University 6.