DI Poll: Hive Mind

Published: Mar 11, 2026

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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)