D-I Poll: High Tech

Published: Apr 20, 2022

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ATLANTA – After handing formerly top-ranked Brigham Young its first loss of the season and downing conference rival and No. 4 Liberty, Virginia Tech has ascended to the top spot in the New Balance MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Hokies (12-1) gobbled up 24 of the 26 first-place votes cast this week to grab the No. 1 ranking, clearing No. 2 Concordia-Irvine (12-1) by 34 points.

Brigham Young (13-2), which also lost to No. 17 Texas (8-4) last week, dips to No. 3 this week, although it managed to retain the final two first-place votes.

Despite the loss to Virginia Tech, Liberty (10-3) remained at No. 4 followed by Florida (13-1) in the fifth spot.

There were no new additions or departures from the poll this week.

Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll – Week 9

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Virginia Tech	645	24
2.	Concordia-Irvine	611
3.	Brigham Young	588	2
4.	Liberty	556
5.	Florida	540
6.	Minnesota	509
7.	Georgia Tech	487
8.	Clemson	479
9.	South Carolina	476
10.	California	402
11.	Arizona State	342
12.	USC	308
13.	Northeastern	302
14.	Arizona	282
15.	Grand Canyon	254
16.	Chapman	251
17.	Texas	236
18.	Boston College	233
19.	Santa Clara	174
20.	Utah Valley	172
21.	Colorado	158
22.	Colorado State	154
23.	Cal Poly	83
24.	UC Santa Barbara	69
25.	Auburn	34

Also receiving votes: NC State (22), Dominican (14), James Madison (14), Michigan State (13), New Hampshire (10), Georgia (9), Simon Fraser (8), Florida State (5), Texas A&M (5), Texas Christian (3), Kansas (2).