D-II Poll: It’s Still Rhody
ATLANTA – For the second straight week, it’s Rhode Island in charge of the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on March 15.
The Rams (6-1) took care of business against former No. 7 – and now No. 10 – Grand Valley State (2-1) at home to remain in the big chair. Rhode Island was awarded 25 of the 27 first-place votes cast.
St. Thomas (2-1), which has been idle for the month of March, remains at No. 2 with the remaining two top votes.
The remainder of the Top 6 remained static as Montana (8-1), Montana State (5-1), Missouri State (3-0) and Kennesaw State (5-1) stay in their three-through-six spots.
There were no additions or subtractions from the Top 25 from last week.
New Balance Division II Coaches Poll – Week 4
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
1. | Rhode Island | 670 | 25 |
2. | St. Thomas | 632 | 2 |
3. | Montana | 601 | |
4. | Montana State | 585 | |
5. | Missouri State | 551 | |
6. | Kennesaw State | 511 | |
7. | UC San Diego | 482 | |
8. | Utah State | 472 | |
9. | Cal State San Marcos | 446 | |
10. | Grand Valley State | 445 | |
11. | Florida Gulf Coast | 399 | |
12. | UNC-Charlotte | 386 | |
13. | Dayton | 369 | |
14. | Wake Forest | 316 | |
15. | Florida Atlantic | 300 | |
16. | St. John's | 239 | |
17. | College of Idaho | 219 | |
18. | Air Force | 210 | |
19. | North Dakota State | 170 | |
20. | Miami | 169 | |
21. | UC Davis | 152 | |
22. | Coastal Carolina | 111 | |
23. | Minn.-Duluth | 89 | |
24. | Northwest Nazarene | 71 | |
25. | Western Washington | 66 |
Receiving votes: Northern Arizona (29), Baylor (23), San Diego (14), Tulane (14), Bridgewater State (13), Utah Tech (11), Georgia Southern (7), Claremont (3), Citadel (1).