D-II Poll: Top 5 Showdowns on Tap

Published: Mar 1, 2017

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St. John's Johnnies
St. Thomas Tommies
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
UT-Dallas Comets
Western Washington Vikings

ATLANTA – The top four teams in the Under Armour MCLA Division II weekly poll remained the same while St. John’s edged up to No. 5, setting up a trifecta of premium games this weekend in the Upper Midwest.

Top-ranked and defending national champion St. Thomas will face No. 3 North Dakota State on Friday night in Fargo while the Johnnies entertain No. 4 Concordia-Irvine on Saturday. The weekend concludes with the Eagles – who received a first place vote in the poll – facing the Bison in Fargo.

Bridgewater State moved up four spots and grabbed a first place vote after downing Dayton this past weekend. The Flyers dipped three spots to No. 8.

UC Santa Cruz entered the poll at No. 24 replacing, replacing UC Davis.

Under Armour MCLA Division II Pool – Week 2

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	St. Thomas	644	24
2.	Grand Valley State	607
3.	North Dakota State	587
4.	Concordia-Irvine	574	1
5.	St. John's	541
6.	Kennesaw State	487
7.	Sierra Nevada	475
8.	Dayton	435
9.	Grove City	428
10.	Cal State Fullerton	416
11.	Montana State	393
12.	Bridgewater State	379	1
13.	Palm Beach Atlantic	340
14.	Minn.-Duluth	271
15.	Metro State	233
16.	Southern Oregon	232
17.	Northern Arizona	214
18.	San Diego	203
19.	Florida Gulf Coast	191
20.	Fort Lewis	137
21.	Appalachian State	125
22.	UT-Dallas	121
23.	Western Washington	77
24.	UC Santa Cruz	52
25.	La.-Lafayette	51

Others receiving votes: Montana (50), Baylor (28), Gonzaga (23), Cal State Long Beach (19), College of Idaho (19), Southern Conn. State (12), Florida Atlantic (10), Washington-Mo. (9), Portland State (7), UC Davis (7), Cal State San Marcos (6), Columbus State (6), Stonehill (6), MSU-Mankato (5), UC San Diego (4), Central Conn. State (4), Citadel (4), Missouri State (3), UT-San Antonio (3), Bridgeport (2), New Haven (2), St. Edward’s (2), Coastal Carolina (2), Incarnate Word (2), Colorado Mines (1), Central Washington (1).