D-II Poll: Owls Crack Top Five
ATLANTA – The UMLC has laid claim to the Top 5 of the Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll for the better part of a year, but Kennesaw State has finally broken the stranglehold.
The Owls (7-0) jump into the No. 5 spot this week, but they’ll putting their newfound ranking to the test this week at Music City Judgement Weekend II when they face No. 2 St. Thomas (1-0) and No. 1 Minn.-Duluth (2-0) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
St. John’s (2-0) leapfrogs defending national champion North Dakota State (3-3) for the No. 3 spot while the Bison settle in at No. 4.
UNC-Charlotte departs the poll this week to make way for No. 25 Rice (5-1).
Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Week 2
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | Minn.-Duluth | 520 | 18 |
2. | St. Thomas | 504 | 3 |
3. | St. John's | 468 | |
4. | North Dakota State | 457 | |
5. | Kennesaw State | 421 | |
6. | Grand Valley State | 403 | |
7. | Montana State | 399 | |
8. | Dayton | 376 | |
9. | Florida Gulf Coast | 360 | |
10. | Northern Arizona | 319 | |
11. | College of Idaho | 276 | |
12. | UC Davis | 270 | |
13. | North Florida | 240 | |
14. | Montana | 238 | |
15. | Central Conn. State | 231 | |
16. | Loyola Marymount | 208 | |
17. | UC Santa Cruz | 186 | |
18. | Wake Forest | 155 | |
19t. | Cal State San Marcos | 112 | |
19t. | San Diego | 112 | |
21. | UC San Diego | 95 | |
22. | Missouri State | 92 | |
23. | Bridgewater State | 88 | |
24. | Colorado Denver | 68 | |
25. | Rice | 39 |
Others receiving votes: Florida Atlantic (38), UNC-Charlotte (33), Southern Oregon (20), Baylor (18), Rhode Island (18), UT-San Antonio (13), Western Oregon (12), Utah State (7), TAMU-Galveston (4), Gonzaga (4), Charleston (4), New Haven (3), Appalachian State (2), Tulane (2), Saint Mary’s (1), Westfield State (1).