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Florida strengthened its hold on the No. 1 spot in this week's MCLA Coaches Poll.

Florida Adds 10 First-Place Votes, Leads MCLA Division I Coaches Poll

April 12, 2023
Press Release
MCLA

ATLANTA — For the second-straight week, Florida is the top team in the New Balance MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released April 12.

The Gators (12-1) finished their regular season in a most satisfying fashion, beating archrival and No. 14 Florida State (10-4). Florida, which grabbed 22 of the 27 first-place votes, has earned the top seed out of the South subdivision in the upcoming SELC tournament.

Virginia Tech (11-2) remained in the second spot, boosted by three first-place votes, after taking down No. 10 Concordia (7-4) over the weekend.

There are a pair of teams tied in the third position. Liberty (11-2) and Georgia (12-1) received the same total points, with the Flames garnering a first-place marker. The Bulldogs are the top-seeded team out of the North in the SELC tournament, while Liberty has already wrapped up the top seed out of the North for the ALC playoffs.

Boston College (6-1) rounds out the top five, aided by the remaining top ballot, and will get a stiff test on Friday when it entertains crosstown rival and No. 13 Northeastern (7-3).

Colorado State (5-5) is escorted out of the poll this week to make way for No. 21 Texas (6-1).

NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION I COACHES POLL

Rank
Team
Points (1st)

1

Florida

661 (22)

2

Virginia Tech

624 (3)

T3

Georgia

606

T3

Liberty

606 (1)

5

Boston College

558 (1)

6

Georgia Tech

540

7

Chapman

521

8

San Diego State

476

9

Utah Valley

478

10

Concordia

426

11

Simon Fraser

400

12

Northeastern

358

13

Brigham Young

357

14

Florida State

304

15

Arizona

241

16

South Carolina

238

17

UC Santa Barbara

197

18

Colorado

188

19

Cal Poly

158

20

California

149

21

Texas

129

22

Boise State

116

23

Oregon

107

24

LSU

106

25

Arizona State

82

Receiving votes: Colorado State (72), Auburn (51), Southern Methodist (17), Kansas (6), Iowa State (5), Missouri (5), Texas Christian (4), Grand Canyon (1), Pittsburgh (1).