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Grand Canyon Tops D-I Preseason Poll

Grand Canyon Tops D-I Preseason Poll

January 31st, 2018 General News | Arizona State | Boston College | BYU | Cal Poly | California | Chapman | Colorado | Colorado State | Connecticut | Florida State | Georgia Tech | Grand Canyon | Liberty | Michigan State | Minnesota | North Texas | Northeastern | Oregon | Oregon State | Simon Fraser | Sonoma State | SMU | UC Santa Barbara | Utah | Virginia Tech

ATLANTA – It has won the national championship in two of the last three years and now Grand Canyon enters the 2018 season as the No. 1 team in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll.

The Lopes snatched 22 of the 24 first place votes for 590 points – 33 ahead of No. 2 Chapman. The Panthers, which grabbed the other two first place votes, lost to GCU in the 2017 title game.

After advancing to the national semifinals last spring, California sits at No. 3, well ahead of No. 4 Brigham Young. The Cougars edged out No. 5 Georgia Tech – the other semifinalist from last year – by three points.

Both the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) and the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) placed three teams in the Top 10, while the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) and Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) each had a pair.

2018 Under Armour MCLA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll

RankTeamPoints1st votes
1.Grand Canyon
59022
2.Chapman5572
3.California542
4.Brigham Young
501
5.Georgia Tech
498
6.Colorado495
7.Arizona State
448
8.Utah
421
9.Virginia Tech
413
10.Cal Poly
387
11.Florida State
357
12.Colorado State
343
13.Michigan State299
14.Oregon291
15.UC Santa Barbara
220
16.Northeastern204
17.Minnesota174
18.Liberty167
19t.Southern Methodist
140
19t.Connecticut140
21.Sonoma State
108
22.Simon Fraser
90
23.Texas84
24.Oregon State
75
25.Boston College
68


Also receiving votes
: Concordia-Irvine (58), Arizona (52), San Diego State (22), Pittsburgh (19), Davenport (10), UNLV (7), Missouri (7), Santa Clara (3), Boise State (2), Oklahoma (2), Texas Christian (2), Georgia (1), Washington (1), South Carolina (1), New Hampshire (1).




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