D-I Poll: Spartans Rising

Published: Feb 28, 2018

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ATLANTA – For the second straight week, Michigan State has bounded up three spots in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Spartans are now at No. 7 and less than 200 points behind top-ranked Grand Canyon.

The Lopes remain in the first chair with 13 first place votes, but the lead has narrowed. On the strength of nine first place votes, Utah has leapfrogged to No. 2 and sits just nine points behind Grand Canyon.

Chapman won a pair of ranked games over the weekend, but fell to No. 3. The Panthers still have four first place votes and are only 14 points back of the Utes and 23 behind the Lopes.

Brigham Young and Colorado round out the top five, giving the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) three of the top five programs.

South Carolina continues its massive climb. After jumping into the Top 25 last week at No. 15, the Gamecocks have bounded up to No. 11 with its 7-0 record.

Arizona left the Top 25 this week, making way for Clemson’s first appearance of the season.

Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll - Week 2

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Grand Canyon	627	13
2.	Utah	618	9
3.	Chapman	604	4
4.	Brigham Young	569
5.	Colorado	530
6.	Arizona State	511
7.	Michigan State	458
8.	Virginia Tech	428
9.	Georgia Tech	397
10.	Colorado State	389
11.	South Carolina	379
12.	California	378
13.	Cal Poly	349
14.	UC Santa Barbara	326
15.	Boston College	257
16.	Concordia-Irvine	222
17.	Northeastern	218
18.	Connecticut	209
19.	Simon Fraser	179
20.	Liberty	177
21.	Oregon	169
22.	Florida State	142
23t.	Clemson	47
23t.	Minnesota	47
25.	Texas A&M	45

Also receiving votes: Davenport (35), Oregon State (34), Arizona (27), Sonoma State (17), Boise State (16), Florida (10), Southern Methodist (8), Missouri (5), Claremont (4), Stanford (4), New Hampshire (4), Santa Clara (3), San Diego State (3), Oklahoma (2), UNLV (2), Texas (1).