Liberty on 7-Game Winning Streak, Still No. 1 in MCLA Division I Coaches Poll
ATLANTA — After pushing its winning streak to seven games with a conference road sweep, Liberty has retained its unanimous No. 1 ranking in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released March 29.
The Flames (9-1) dispatched ALC rivals Pitt and West Virginia over the weekend to keep their momentum. Liberty was the top pick on all 27 ballots.
Georgia Tech (9-1) was off this week but retained the No. 2 position. The Yellow Jackets are gearing up for the annual rivalry game with No. 7 Georgia (9-1) on Saturday. A win for the Wreck wraps up a bye in the SELC tournament.
Virginia Tech (10-2) rebounded from its second loss of the season with a win over conference rival Tennessee, sticking at No. 3.
After a two-win weekend, Florida (10-1) remained No. 4 with just two games left on the regular season schedule. Utah Valley (8-1) was idle this week, but the Wolverines managed to gain a spot in the poll and fill out the top five.
No. 25 Arizona State (5-5) gets re-admitted to the club this week, pushing Oregon (5-3) out of the poll.
NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION I COACHES POLL
Rank |
Team |
Points (1st) |
---|---|---|
1 |
Liberty |
675 (27) |
2 |
Georgia Tech |
647 |
3 |
Virginia Tech |
593 |
4 |
Florida |
580 |
5 |
Utah Valley |
556 |
6 |
Boston College |
540 |
7 |
Georgia |
515 |
8 |
Chapman |
496 |
9 |
San Diego State |
459 |
10 |
Concordia |
413 |
11 |
Florida State |
374 |
12 |
Simon Fraser |
370 |
13 |
Brigham Young |
359 |
14 |
Arizona |
349 |
15 |
Northeastern |
319 |
16 |
Boise State |
276 |
17 |
UC Santa Barbara |
192 |
18 |
Colorado |
189 |
19 |
Cal Poly |
161 |
20 |
Southern Methodist |
119 |
21 |
California |
117 |
22 |
LSU |
114 |
23 |
Colorado State |
112 |
24 |
South Carolina |
83 |
25 |
Arizona State |
73 |