April 9, 2001

Brown University garnered 19 first-place votes to claim the top spot in the SRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Preseason NCAA Division I Varsity Eight Coaches Poll, while illiams College earned the top spot USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Preseason NCAA Division II/III Varsity Eight Coaches Poll.

USRowing, in conjunction with the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) will conduct weekly polls for Women's NCAA Division I Collegiate Varsity Eights and Women's NCAA Division II/III Collegiate Varsity Eights throughout the season. The weekly regular season poll will start April 11.

Women's NCAA Division I Varsity Eights

Team (1st-Place Votes)
1. Brown (19)
2. Washington (5)
3. Princeton
4. Michigan
5. Harvard
6. Syracuse
7t. Cal
7t. Ohio State
9. USC
10. Yale
11. Boston
12. Virginia
13. Rutgers
14. Notre Dame
15. Iowa
16. Michigan State
17. Wisconsin
18. Texas
19. Cornell
20. Oregon State

Others receiving votes: University of Pennsylvania 50, Northeastern University 30, Stanford University 30, Washington State University 29, Dartmouth College 25, Clemson University 23, University of Tulsa 12, University of Massachusetts 7, San Diego State University 6, Columbia University 4, and University of Miami 3.