2023 ILWomen/IWLCA Division I Poll – February 20



No. 1 North Carolina earned 20 first-place votes in Week 2 of the ILWomen/IWLCA Division I poll, while No. 2 Syracuse earned five.

Syracuse jumped two spots from Week 1 to the second spot after a convincing 20-11 victory over Maryland and Northwestern jumped into the third spot after defeating Boston College 15-14 on Sunday.

Boston College and Stony Brook round out the top five, respectively, while Maryland fell to the sixth spot.

No. 25 Penn State earned its first ranking of the 2023 season, starting the season with two convincing wins over Bucknell and Drexel.

The ILWomen/IWLCA Poll will be unveiled Mondays throughout the season. It is voted on jointly by coaches throughout the country and members of the media.

Rank Institution Points (FPV) Last Poll

1 North Carolina (3 - 0) 619 (20) 1
2 Syracuse (2 - 0) 603 (5) 4
3 Northwestern (2 - 1) 573 5
4 Boston College (2 - 1) 540 3
5 Stony Brook (1 - 0) 518 6
6 Maryland (1 - 1) 501 2
7 Florida (1 - 1) 459 7
8 Loyola (1 - 0) 430 9
9 Rutgers (3 - 0) 427 8
10 Duke (3 - 0) 377 11
11 Denver (3 - 0) 352 10
12 Virginia (3 - 0) 350 13
13 James Madison (2 - 1) 347 12
14 Notre Dame (2 - 1) 295 14
15 Stanford (1 - 1) 235 15
16 Johns Hopkins (1 - 1) 205 18
17 Princeton (0 - 1) 183 16
18 Michigan (2 - 2) 180 17
19 Richmond (3 - 0) 156 21
19 USC (1 - 1) 156 20
21 Yale (1 - 0) 144 22
22 UMass (1 - 1) 87 23
23 Louisville (2 - 1) 72 24
24 Jacksonville (0 - 3) 62 19
25 Penn State (2 - 0) 36 NR
RV Navy, Army, Penn, Hofstra, Vanderbilt