D-I Poll: Utah Tightens Grip

Published: Mar 14, 2018

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ATLANTA – A week ago Utah held a narrow, one-point lead for the top spot and was tied with the most first place votes. This week, the margin is far more comfortable for the Utes.

Utah (6-0) swept 20 of the 27 first place votes and sits ahead of No. 2 and defending national champion Grand Canyon (5-0) by a comfortable 25-point margin in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Lopes managed to stay in the second chair by a scant two points as No. 3 Chapman (7-0) actually took four first place votes to Grand Canyon’s three.

Michigan State (7-0) sits firmly at No. 4 followed by No. 5 Colorado (5-1).

The Spartans have a monster matchup with CCLA rival and No. 14 Davenport (5-0) on Friday night while the Buffaloes entertain No. 16 Arizona State (3-5) the same evening.

Texas A&M (8-3) departed the poll this week to make way for No. 22 Georgia (4-3).

Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll - Week 4

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Utah	664	20
2.	Grand Canyon	639	3
3.	Chapman	637	4
4.	Michigan State	593
5.	Colorado	557
6.	South Carolina	544
7.	Brigham Young	496
8.	Virginia Tech	467
9.	Concordia-Irvine	429
10.	Boston College	416
11.	Georgia Tech	346
12.	Liberty	304
13.	UC Santa Barbara	292
14.	Davenport	290
15.	Florida State	250
16.	Arizona State	249
17.	California	238
18.	Connecticut	206
19.	Cal Poly	194
20.	Oregon	184
21.	Simon Fraser	156
22.	Georgia	151
23.	Colorado State	138
24.	Northeastern	137
25.	Clemson	92

Also receiving votes: Texas A&M (33), Florida (16), Minnesota (11), New Hampshire (10), Alabama (10), Texas (6), San Diego State (6), Boise State (5), Santa Clara (5), Western Michigan (2), USC (1), Oklahoma (1).