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ATLANTA- For the third straight week in the 2026 MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll Utah Valley (5-0) and Brigham Young (7-0) sit in the first and second spots. Utah Valley was idle last week and makes a trip to California this week. Brigham Young played an all-time shootout with 20th ranked Simon Fraser last week winning 23-17. The Beehive State schools took all 27 first place votes with Utah Valley taking 20 and Brigham Young getting seven.
South Carolina (8-1) sits in the third spot coming off an overtime win against Auburn and is idle this week. UC Santa Barbara (8-0) is in the fourth spot following their overtime win against 12th ranked Chapman. The Gauchos will host Utah Valley Wednesday night.
Florida State (8-2) coming off a split weekend in Virginia is ranked fifth after their 22-8 win over 8th ranked Liberty.
2026 MCLA New Balance Division I Coaches Poll – Week 3
| Rank. | Team | Points | 1st Place Votes |
| 1. | Utah Valley | 533 | 20 |
| 2. | Brigham Young | 520 | 7 |
| 3. | South Carolina | 431 | 0 |
| 4. | UC Santa Barbara | 429 | 0 |
| 5. | Florida State | 398 | 0 |
| 6. | Tennessee | 384 | 0 |
| 7. | Arizona | 368 | 0 |
| 8. | Liberty | 356 | 0 |
| 9. | Boston College | 351 | 0 |
| 10. | Virginia Tech | 288 | 0 |
| 11. | Clemson | 263 | 0 |
| 12. | Chapman | 234 | 0 |
| 13. | Texas Christian | 228 | 0 |
| 14. | Georgia | 204 | 0 |
| T-15. | Cal Poly | 137 | 0 |
| T-15. | Oregon | 137 | 0 |
| 17. | San Diego State | 115 | 0 |
| 18. | Texas | 68 | 0 |
| 19. | California | 59 | 0 |
| 20. | Simon Fraser | 59 | 0 |
Others receiving votes: Auburn (34), Texas A&M (22), Pittsburgh (16), Arizona State (14), Utah (10), Missouri (4), Michigan State (3), Northeastern (2), Grand Canyon (1), Florida (1), Colorado State (1)
