This is a listing of the top 20 teams in the 2003 STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, as voted upon by NFHCA member coaches, with records through November 9, 2003 and total points (first-place votes are in parentheses).

Institution (record) Points Previous Week’s Ranking
1. Wake Forest University (18-1) 440 (22) 1
2. Duke University (17-3) 418 2
3. University of Maryland (18-3) 389 3
4. University of North Carolina (16-5) 371 4
5. Michigan State University (16-4) 356 6
6. University of Michigan (15-5) 323 5
7. Penn State University (17-6) 319 7
8. Old Dominion University (13-9) 274 8
9. Northeastern University (17-5) 250 9
10. Princeton University (12-5) 212 11
Tie. University of Richmond (18-3) 212 12
12. University of Connecticut (16-5) 190 10
13. Boston College (15-6) 154 18
14. College of William & Mary (12-6) 133 14
15. Ohio State University (13-7) 123 15
16. University of Iowa (11-8) 112 13
17. University of Delaware (14-7) 107 17
18. Harvard University (12-5) 86 16
19. American University (16-3) 64 19
20. University of California, Berkeley (12-3) 38 20

Also Receiving Votes: University of Louisville (22), University of Virginia (21), Indiana
University (2),Yale University (2), Lafayette College (1), Northwestern University (1).

This poll is available on the NFHCA website at www.nfhca.org. This is the final poll of the 2003 season. The STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll has no bearing on selection to the 2003 NCAA Division I Championship field.