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D2 Poll: Eagles Land on Top

Published: May 24, 2017

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ATLANTA – Concordia-Irvine won its first title at the 2017 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour, earning the Eagles the top spot in the final Under Armour MCLA Division II weekly coaches poll.

Concordia-Irvine snagged all 21 first place votes, keeping them comfortably ahead of No. 2 St. Thomas, which lost to the Eagles in the championship game, 13-10.

Semifinalists Grand Valley State and North Dakota State were slotted in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively. Sierra Nevada rounded out the Top 5.

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Final

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Concordia-Irvine	525	21
2.	St. Thomas	504
3.	Grand Valley State	477
4.	North Dakota State	463
5.	Sierra Nevada	435
6.	Dayton	409
7.	St. John's	401
8.	Minn.-Duluth	395
9.	Cal State Fullerton	345
10.	Bridgewater State	326
11.	Florida Gulf Coast	297
12.	Metro State	259
13.	Kennesaw State	237
14.	Palm Beach Atlantic	224
15.	Montana State	218
16.	Northern Arizona	206
17.	College of Idaho	182
18.	Montana	174
19.	Grove City	159
20t.	Great Falls	106
20t.	San Diego	106
22.	UC Santa Cruz	94
23.	Louisiana	93
24.	Missouri State	47
25t.	Appalachian State	35
25t.	UT-Dallas	35

Others receiving votes: Southern Oregon (29), Cal State San Marcos (28), Western Washington (6), Fort Lewis (5), Central Conn. State (3), Gonzaga (1), St. Edward’s (1).