D-I Poll: Sparty Alone on Top
ATLANTA – Michigan State raced out to a 2-0 start to the season, cementing its place atop the first installment of the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 17.
Locked in a tie with Chapman (1-1) in the preseason poll, the Spartans (2-0) are alone at the top of the charts, garnering 18 of the 22 first place votes available.
Cal-Berkeley (4-0), which defeated Chapman, bumped up six spots from the preseason poll to sit in the second chair with three first-place votes. South Carolina (3-0) grabbed the last first place vote, helping it into the No. 3 hole.
Chapman and Concordia-Irvine (2-0) round out the Top 5.
Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Week 1
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | Michigan State | 544 | 18 |
2. | California | 519 | 3 |
3. | South Carolina | 513 | 1 |
4. | Chapman | 464 | |
5. | Concordia-Irvine | 439 | |
6. | Liberty | 421 | |
7. | Virginia Tech | 393 | |
8. | Georgia Tech | 391 | |
9. | Colorado | 366 | |
10. | Brigham Young | 300 | |
11. | Grand Canyon | 270 | |
12t. | Boston College | 269 | |
12t. | Arizona State | 269 | |
14. | UC Santa Barbara | 245 | |
15. | Florida State | 219 | |
16. | Oregon | 204 | |
17t. | Texas A&M | 166 | |
17t. | Clemson | 166 | |
19. | Stanford | 159 | |
20. | Santa Clara | 108 | |
21. | Georgia | 92 | |
22. | Minnesota | 82 | |
23t. | Cal Poly | 81 | |
23t. | Northeastern | 81 | |
25. | New Hampshire | 78 |
Also receiving votes: Davenport (69), Indiana (40), Colorado State (39), Auburn (35), USC (29), Arizona (27), Connecticut (23), Florida (22), Arkansas (10), West Virginia (6), Missouri (4), Simon Fraser (4), Boise State (3).