D-II Poll: St. Thomas? St. Thomas
(Photo by Don Friedell)
ATLANTA – Bolstered by a plurality of first-place votes, St. Thomas remains the No. 1 team in the New Balance MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll.
The Tommies (6-2) inhaled nine of the 26 total top votes, pushing them well clear of No. 2 College of Idaho (6-0), which took six first-place votes back to Caldwell, Idaho.
Kennesaw State (6-0) actually gobbled up eight top votes, but couldn’t close the gap with the Yotes, as the Owls sit four points back in third.
No. 4 Rhode Island (5-0) with one first-place vote and No. 5 Dayton (3-1) with two to round out the top five.
There were no entries or exits from the poll this week.
Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll – Week 5
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | St. Thomas | 613 | 9 |
2. | College of Idaho | 597 | 6 |
3. | Kennesaw State | 593 | 8 |
4. | Rhode Island | 572 | 1 |
5. | Dayton | 527 | 2 |
6. | Utah State | 488 | |
7. | Montana State | 442 | |
8. | Grand Valley State | 435 | |
9. | Montana | 428 | |
10. | Florida Gulf Coast | 411 | |
11. | North Dakota State | 389 | |
12. | Florida Atlantic | 372 | |
13. | Missouri State | 322 | |
14. | Minn.-Duluth | 294 | |
15. | Utah | 267 | |
16. | UC Davis | 216 | |
17. | UNC-Charlotte | 204 | |
18. | UC San Diego | 180 | |
19. | Wake Forest | 176 | |
20. | Northern Arizona | 149 | |
21. | Cal State San Marcos | 145 | |
22. | Coastal Carolina | 141 | |
23. | Northwest Nazarene | 123 | |
24. | Loyola Marymount | 114 | |
25. | Bridgewater State | 92 |
Also receiving votes: MSU Denver (63), St. John’s (31), North Texas (29), Sierra Nevada (13), Claremont (8), San Jose State (6), Western Washington (4), Air Force Academy (3), UT-San Antonio (2), Baylor (2).