IRCA/IRA Pre-season Coaches Poll
Today the Awards & Polling Committee released the 2024 Pre-season IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll, which ranks the Top 25 D1/D2 varsity 8+s, the Top 15 D3 varsity 8+s, and all varsity lightweight programs’ top boat. The regular season poll will be released weekly on Wednesdays through the end of the season and can be found here under the “news” tab, on row2k, and on our Instagram. Past polls are saved as “highlights” on IG.
Polls for the 2024 Spring Season will be operated under a joint agreement between the IRCA and the IRA. There will not be separate polls as there have been in past years. Everything else remains the same with regards to seeding determinations at the conclusion of the regular season.
The polling committee’s job is to evaluate each poll as it is received to ensure that all major results have not been overlooked. If we feel something has been missed, we will contact the pollster to draw attention to the possible oversight. The pollster then decides if they want to edit the result or keep it the same. This is an opinion poll and although everyone will not agree, we are confident this group will take all results into consideration when polling the best crews in each division.
To determine the standings, the A&P committee has selected twelve D1/D2 pollsters, six D3 heavyweight pollsters, and eleven lightweight pollsters from across the nation, representing every region in Men’s Collegiate Rowing, as well as all divisions.
| IRA/IRCA Men’s Heavyweight Varsity 8 Pre-Season Poll | ||
| 3/20/24 | ||
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | University of California – Berkeley (11) | 298 |
| 2 | Princeton University | 278 |
| 3 | University of Washington (1) | 272 |
| 4 | Yale University | 261 |
| 5 | Harvard University | 258 |
| 6 | Northeastern University | 244 |
| 7 | Brown University | 230 |
| 8 | Stanford University | 208 |
| 9 | Syracuse University | 202 |
| 10 | Dartmouth College | 201 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 183 |
| 12 | US Naval Academy | 154 |
| T-13 | Boston University | 151 |
| T-13 | Cornell University | 151 |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin | 144 |
| 16 | La Salle University | 105 |
| 17 | Drexel University | 104 |
| 18 | Georgetown University | 85 |
| 19 | Columbia University | 75 |
| 20 | Oregon State University | 66 |
| 21 | Holy Cross | 54 |
| 22 | University of California – San Diego | 46 |
| 23 | Temple University | 44 |
| 24 | Colgate University | 37 |
| 25 | Massachusettes Institute of Technology | 13 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Santa Clara University (11), Florida Institute of Technology (10), University of San Diego (6), Gonzaga University (5), Hobart University (2), St. Joseph’s University (2) | ||
| IRA/IRCA Men’s D3 Varsity 8 Poll | ||
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Tufts University (4) | 85 |
| T-2 | Williams College (2) | 82 |
| T-2 | Wesleyan University | 82 |
| 4 | Trinity College | 73 |
| 5 | Bates College | 68 |
| 6 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 60 |
| 7 | Ithaca College | 46 |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 41 |
| 9 | Colby College | 39 |
| 10 | St. Lawrence University | 36 |
| 11 | US Coast Guard Academy | 35 |
| 12 | Adrian College | 31 |
| T-13 | Catholic University of America | 13 |
| T-13 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 13 |
| 15 | Skidmore College | 5 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Washington College (4), SUNY Maritime (3), Union College (2), Connecticut College (1) | ||
| IRA/IRCA Men’s Lightweight 8 Poll | ||
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Harvard University (6) | 96 |
| 2 | Cornell University (1) | 86 |
| 3 | Princeton University (2) | 80 |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania (2) | 77 |
| 5 | Yale University | 57 |
| 6 | Dartmouth College | 53 |
| 7 | US Naval Academy | 48 |
| 8 | Columbia University | 39 |
| 9 | Georgetown University | 37 |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 20 |
| 11 | Mercyhurst University | 12 |
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