D-I Poll: Utah Nudges into First

Published: Mar 6, 2018

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ATLANTA – On the strength of a single vote, Utah has unseated defending national champion Grand Canyon as the No. 1 team in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending March 6.

The Utes (5-0) and Lopes (4-0) each received 12 first place votes, but Utah was able to grab the top spot thanks to 629 total points to Grand Canyon’s 628.

Chapman (6-0), fresh off its win against No. 8 Virginia Tech on Tuesday night (that was not counted in this poll), stayed at No. 3 with a pair of first place votes.

For the third consecutive week, Michigan State (6-0) bounded up three spots in the poll and now sit at No. 4. Colorado (3-1) rounds out the Top 5.

Minnesota (2-5) exits the poll this week, making way for No. 22 Davenport (4-0), which is coming off a 19-16 victory over No. 7 Brigham Young (3-1).

Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll - Week 3

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Utah	629	12
2.	Grand Canyon	628	12
3.	Chapman	601	2
4.	Michigan State	542
5.	Colorado	541
6.	South Carolina	481
7.	Brigham Young	469
8.	Virginia Tech	431
9.	Boston College	404
10.	Arizona State	356
11.	Georgia Tech	335
12.	Concordia-Irvine	312
13.	Florida State	283
14.	Colorado State	280
15.	Cal Poly	277
16.	California	272
17.	UC Santa Barbara	221
18.	Connecticut	215
19.	Liberty	209
20.	Northeastern	188
21.	Oregon	183
22.	Davenport	179
23.	Simon Fraser	126
24.	Clemson	80
25.	Texas A&M	45

Also receiving votes: Georgia (41), Minnesota (30), Florida (20), Oregon State (18), Sonoma State (9), Arizona (8), Boise State (8), Alabama (6), Missouri (5), New Hampshire (4), USC (4), San Diego State (3), Santa Clara (3), UNLV (2), Western Michigan (1), Southern Methodist (1).