D-I Poll: BYU Back in Charge

Published: Mar 16, 2022

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ATLANTA – After a week relegated to the No. 2 position, Brigham Young rebounded with a 3-0 sweep of ranked California teams to regain its spot atop the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Cougars (5-0) gobbled up 18 of the 27 first-place votes cast this week, leaving them a comfortable 32 points ahead of Concordia-Irvine (6-0), which had four first-place tallies.

The top schools will meet on Saturday in Provo, Utah.

Clemson (10-1) was 10 points behind the Eagles in third place, propped up by three first-place votes. Liberty (6-1) was slotted fourth with the remaining two top votes.

Florida (9-1) rounded out the Top Five.

Dominican (3-4) was shepherded out of the poll this week, replaced by No. 23 Texas (4-2).

Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll – Week 4

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Brigham Young	663	18
2.	Concordia-Irvine	631	4
3.	Clemson	621	3
4.	Liberty	606	2
5.	Florida	551
6.	Santa Clara	512
7.	California	481
8.	Virginia Tech	478
9.	Georgia Tech	460
10.	South Carolina	384
11.	USC	349
12.	Arizona State	334
13.	Arizona	332
14.	Boston College	296
15.	Minnesota	291
16.	Utah Valley	281
17.	Chapman	241
18.	Georgia	205
19.	Northeastern	198
20.	Grand Canyon	180
21.	Colorado State	147
22.	Florida State	140
23.	Texas	84
24.	Auburn	70
25.	Cal Poly	45

Also receiving votes: NC State (43), UC Santa Barbara (38), Colorado (21), Missouri (20), Michigan State (17), James Madison (16), New Hampshire (15), Dominican (13), Texas A&M (4), Connecticut (4), LSU (2), Oregon State (1), Indiana (1).