D-II Poll: Final Countdown
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ATLANTA – The 2019 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour is less than three weeks away, meaning its coming down to crunch time for Minn.-Duluth.
The Bulldogs (9-1), ranked No. 1 in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll from the first week of the season onward, have only one more gauntlet to run in order to go wire-to-wire.
All they have to do is win the toughest conference in the country.
One of the teams Minn.-Duluth may see on April 28 in the UMLC championship game is Grand Valley State (7-1), which has moved into the No. 2 spot.
Kennesaw State (9-2) sits at No. 3 despite a loss to Division I Clemson over the weekend.
Dayton (9-2) and St. Thomas (5-3) round out the Top 5 programs.
There were no new additions to the poll this week.
Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Week 9
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | Minn.-Duluth | 500 | 20 |
2. | Grand Valley State | 459 | |
3. | Kennesaw State | 454 | |
4. | Dayton | 450 | |
5. | St. Thomas | 419 | |
6. | College of Idaho | 392 | |
7. | St. John's | 379 | |
8. | North Dakota State | 346 | |
9. | North Florida | 339 | |
10. | UC Davis | 296 | |
11. | Montana State | 282 | |
12. | Northern Arizona | 265 | |
13. | Montana | 251 | |
14. | Florida Gulf Coast | 250 | |
15. | Loyola Marymount | 221 | |
16. | UC Santa Cruz | 205 | |
17. | San Diego | 165 | |
18. | Bridgewater State | 130 | |
19. | UNC-Charlotte | 118 | |
20. | Missouri State | 102 | |
21. | Central Conn. State | 100 | |
22. | UC San Diego | 82 | |
23. | Wake Forest | 76 | |
24. | Utah State | 72 | |
25. | Western Oregon | 48 |
Others receiving votes: Rice (29), Cal State San Marcos (23), Florida Atlantic (11), Charleston (8), Southern Oregon (7), Baylor (5), Central Washington (5), Colorado Denver (4), TAMU-Galveston (4), Saint Mary’s (2), Rhode Island (1), UT-San Antonio (1).