Rank	School	Record	Pts	LW
1	Southern Methodist (12)	14-0-0	300	1
2	Virginia	13-0-1	287	2
3	Stanford	13-1-0	276	4
4	Saint Louis	11-1-0	254	3
5	Indiana	11-3-1	248	7
6	Clemson	12-3-0	238	10
7	St. John's	9-1-3	222	8
8	Rutgers	11-3-3	208	9
9	North Carolina	13-3-0	206	6
10	Connecticut	10-3-2	181	13
11	Washington	10-3-0	170	5
12 (tie)	Alabama-Birmingham	12-3-0	141	11
12 (tie)	South Carolina	9-3-2	141	12
14	Wake Forest	11-3-1	140	19
15	Loyola (Baltimore)	13-1-2	135	14
16	San Diego	8-3-1	114	15
17	Ohio State	10-3-2	106	22
18	Penn State	10-3-1	84	16
19	Portland	10-4-1	72	23
20	Furman	11-4-0	53	17
21	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	15-3-0	52	20
22	Princeton	6-2-5	48	25
23	Fairfield	9-2-3	35	18
24	Notre Dame	9-5-0	34	21
25	Lehigh	11-2-0	31	nr

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie.

Others receiving votes: Rhode Island 26, James Madison 16, South Florida 11, UCLA 11, Boston College 9, Seton Hall 9, Akron 8, Harvard 8, Air Force 7, Bradley 4, Columbia 4, Creighton 3, Maryland 2, Syracuse 1.

Voting panel: Mark Berson, South Carolina; Sasho Cirovski, Maryland; Dan Donigan, Saint Louis; George Gelnovatch, Virginia; Kevin Grimes, California; Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist; Tom Martin, James Madison; Bob Reasso, Rutgers; Mitch Murray, Santa Clara; Ray Reid, Connecticut; John Rennie, Duke; Todd Saldana, UCLA; Keith Tabatznik, Georgetown; Bob Warming, Creighton; Dean Wurzberger, Washington; Jerry Yeagley, Indiana.

Voting method: On each ballot, 25 points awarded for first place, 24 for second place, 23 for third, etc., to 1 point for 25th place.

Previous 2001 Top 25 Polls
October 22, 2001
October 15, 2001
October 8, 2001
October 1, 2001
September 24, 2001
September 17, 2001: No poll
September 10, 2001
September 4, 2001
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