Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll           Pts    PR

1            Stanford                           2193      4

2            Washington                     2040      5

3            Princeton                         1921      1

4            Texas                                1873      2

5            Yale                                   1870      3

6            Brown                               1518      7

7            Cal                                     1513      9

8            Penn                                  1508      6

9            SMU                                  1453      13

10          Virginia                             1365      8

11          Michigan                          1329      11

12          Ohio State                        1215      12

13          Syracuse                           1114      10

14          Duke                                 918        14

15          Rutgers                             911        15

16          Southern Cal                    654        18

17          Indiana                             630        16

18          Harvard -Radcliffe            331        17

19          Oregon State                   250        19

20          Iowa                                 219        NR

 

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU rowing finished the year ranked No. 9 in the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll, setting a new mark for highest ranking in program history.

After a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, the Mustangs gained four spots in the year-end poll over their previous ranking of No. 13. SMU was ranked as high as No. 12 during the regular season.

SMU is fresh off a program best finish at the NCAA Championship. The Mustangs placed in ninth place at the NCAAs, two spots higher than their previous best finish of 11^th in 2021.

At the NCAA Championships, all three Mustang boats made the Petite Finals (7^th-12^th) for the first time in program history. In first varsity eight, the Mustangs won the Petite Final by a 1.7 second margin. The placement gave the Mustangs a seventh-place national finish in varsity eight, a new program best. In varsity four, the Mustangs finished in fourth, giving them a 10^th place national finish. In second varsity eight, the Mustangs put together a fifth-place finish to rank 11^th nationally.

At the NCAAs, SMU finished with 85 points, just seven points shy of a spot in the top six. The Mustangs added a record-breaking NCAA finish to a season that saw the Mustangs bring home another AAC title. The Mustangs swept all three races for the third straight year to pace the conference. SMU rowing looks to build on its stand-out season as they enter the 2023 offseason.