Slight Movement in Newest 2025 US Collegiate Rankings

After a quiet weekend of racing, there are a few changes on this week’s JRN Media Poll, sponsored by WinTech and King Racing.

Men’s Rankings

With only limited racing among unranked Florida schools, the pollsters are still operating more on rumour than demonstrated speed. As such, the tight field has had some movement with Princeton and Yale swapping spots in fourth and fifth. A few more teams have swapped places further down the rankings with UC San Diego entering the poll this week at number 19, as our panel reflected further on their strong performances on Redwood Shores.

Women’s Rankings

While movement at the top remains largely driven by rumours, the Cardinal invite at Oak Ridge gave us our largest clues of the season so far. Duke rise two places after going undefeated across the weekend, with Indiana also rising a place on the back of their showing. Thunderstorms robbed us of a full picture of the eight programmes stack up against each other, but North Carolina’s overperformance ha them bubbling just below the top 20.

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Fraser Innes

Fraser joined the JRN team in September 2022 and regularly writes about domestic and international rowing with particular specialisation on US Collegiate Rowing having launched JRN’s coverage and being a staple on the End of the Island’s series on the topic. He has been involved with the sport since 2016 at George Heriot’s School and the Universities of Glasgow and Wisconsin.

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