D-I Poll: Static Six
ATLANTA – The top six teams, led by Brigham Young for the third week at No. 1, have remained the same in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Cougars (9-0) were idle this week, but have four conference games in the span of nine days to cap off the regular season, starting with No. 11 Colorado (6-3) tomorrow followed by No. 23 Colorado State (7-3) on Saturday. BYU was awarded two-thirds of the 27 first-place votes this week.
No. 2 Virginia Tech (12-1) rolled over Clemson this past weekend, setting up a showdown with No. 16 Tennessee (9-1) for the top seed out of the ALC South on Saturday. The Hokies took the remaining nine first-place votes.
Texas (12-0) checks in at No. 3 again and is a home win over Texas A&M away from posting a perfect regular season and snatching the top seed out of the LSA South. The Longhorns are followed by No. 4 Chapman (10-2).
Utah Valley (6-2), which will also face Colorado and CSU this week, rounds out the top five. Liberty (9-4) is the final member of the static six.
Georgia (5-7) left the poll again this week to make way for the reemergence of No. 23 Arizona (5-4). The Wildcats were vaulted into the Top 25 thanks to a road win over No. 20 Cal Poly (8-4).
MCLA D-I New Balance Coaches Poll – Week 8
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | Brigham Young | 665 | 18 |
2. | Virginia Tech | 651 | 9 |
3. | Texas | 623 | |
4. | Chapman | 587 | |
5. | Utah Valley | 570 | |
6. | Liberty | 536 | |
7. | San Diego State | 478 | |
8. | UC Santa Barbara | 475 | |
9. | South Carolina | 458 | |
10. | Georgia Tech | 445 | |
11. | Colorado | 385 | |
12. | Arizona State | 374 | |
13. | California | 350 | |
14. | Florida State | 317 | |
15. | James Madison | 236 | |
16. | Northeastern | 230 | |
17. | Tennessee | 228 | |
18. | Simon Fraser | 225 | |
19. | Florida | 194 | |
20. | Cal Poly | 185 | |
21. | Auburn | 148 | |
22. | Oregon | 117 | |
23. | Arizona | 89 | |
24. | Colorado State | 80 | |
25. | Indiana | 67 |
Others receiving votes: Georgia (33), Boise State (24), Michigan State (2), West Virginia (2), Southern Methodist.