The Mustangs (8-1) knocked off Cal (7-1) on Saturday to strengthen its resume for the No. 1 spot. The Golden Bears fell a spot to No. 3 in the poll.
New Hampshire (3-0), coming off a spectacular road trip that resulted in wins over former No. 1 – and now No. 8 – South Carolina (9-2) and No. 5 Georgia Tech (8-2), catapulted up to the second chair.
Liberty (6-0) sits tight at No. 4.
Buffalo (1-1) and Colorado State (3-0) enter the poll this week, displacing Auburn (6-3) and Minnesota (5-3).
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division I Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal Poly | 11 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | 11 |
| 3 | California | |
| 4 | Liberty | |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | |
| 6 | Chapman | 1 |
| 7 | Colorado | |
| 8 | South Carolina | |
| 9 | Boston College | |
| 10 | Florida State | |
| 11 | Brigham Young | |
| 12 | USC | |
| 13 | Santa Clara | |
| 14 | Utah Valley | |
| 15 | Clemson | |
| 16 | Dominican | |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | |
| 18 | Concordia-Irvine | |
| 19 | Michigan State | |
| 20 | Oregon | |
| 21 | Florida | |
| 22 | Buffalo | |
| 23 | Colorado State | |
| 24 | Georgia | |
| 25 | Connecticut |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): Auburn, Texas, Southern Methodist, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Minnesota, San Diego State
Despite five teams splitting the first-place votes this week, Minn.-Duluth has managed to hold on to the top spot in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending March 10.
The Bulldogs (6-1) grabbed seven first-place votes, which was the same number of top picks as No. 2 Kennesaw State (6-1). Duluth had enough down-ballot strength to edge out Kennesaw despite the Owls beating the Bulldogs head-to-head at Music City Judgement.
Dayton (5-1) suffered its first loss of the season at Judgement, but holds steady in the third chair.
Grand Valley State (3-0) moves from sixth to a tie at No. 4 with St. Thomas (4-2). The Lakers snagged five first-place votes while the Tommies had two.
College of Idaho (2-0) fell two spots to No. 7, but did pick up a first-place vote along the way.
No new teams entered the poll this week.
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division II Preseason Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minn.-Duluth | 7 |
| 2 | Kennesaw State | 7 |
| 3 | Dayton | |
| T-4 | Grand Valley State | 5 |
| T-4 | St. Thomas | 2 |
| 6 | North Dakota State | |
| 7 | College of Idaho | 1 |
| 8 | St. John's | |
| 9 | Montana | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona | |
| 11 | UC Davis | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast | |
| 13 | Montana State | |
| 14 | UC San Diego | |
| 15 | Rhode Island | |
| 16 | Missouri State | |
| 17 | Utah State | |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic | |
| 19 | Bridgewater State | |
| 20 | Cal State San Marcos | |
| 21 | Loyola Marymount | |
| 22 | MSU Denver | |
| 23 | Central Conn. State | |
| 24 | North Florida | |
| 25 | UNC-Charlotte |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): San Diego, Colorado Denver, Rice, Elon, Wake Forest, Western Oregon, Stonehill, Western Washington, Sierra Nevada, Oklahoma State, Charleston, Saint Mary's, UC Irvine