SPOKANE, Wash. – The Gonzaga men's rowing team is currently ranked No. 25 in the most recent IRA poll. The Varsity Eight crew received 15 votes to place 25th in the second week rankings.

This marks the first time the Zags have been ranked since 2019, when the 3V8 boat ranked No. 23 and the 2V8 crew was No. 25. The highest ranking for the varsity boat was in 2009, when the boat was No. 19 overall.
  
The Bulldogs return to the water Saturday, April 9, as they host Washington State University at Silver Lake. The first race begins at 9:20 a.m. 
 

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Votes
1	Yale University	271
2	University of Washington	260
3	University of California, Berkeley	255
4	Dartmouth College	246
5	Harvard University	225
6	Brown University	223
7	Syracuse University	200
8	Stanford University	195
9	Northeastern University	190
10	Princeton University	188
11	Boston University	160
12	U.S. Naval Academy	154
13	Cornell University	140
14	University of Wisconsin	135
15	University of Pennsylvania	128
16	Drexel University	105
17	Columbia University	94
18	Oregon State University	83
19	Temple University	76
20	MIT	58
21	College of the Holy Cross	56
22	Marist College	36
23	Georgetown University	34
24	Santa Clara University	19
25	Gonzaga University	15

Also Receiving Votes: Colgate, Hobart, Jacksonville, UCSD