ATLANTA, Ga. — With the new addition of Georgia to the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches poll, the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) now takes up nine of the 25 spots in the poll, which was for the period ending March 2.
South Carolina (9-0) still leads the way at the top of the charts, grabbing 15 of the 23 first-place votes this week.
No. 4 Liberty (5-0), No. 5 (tied) Georgia Tech (7-1), No. 7 Florida State (5-1), No. 14 Virginia Tech (4-0), No. 19 Clemson (4-2), No. 22 Florida (5-2), No. 23 Auburn (6-3) and No. 25 Georgia (4-3) round out the remaining eight.
California (6-0) remained firm in the second spot, seven points behind the Gamecocks. The Golden Bears snagged the remaining eight first-place votes.
Despite a one-goal loss to No. 5 (tied) Chapman (4-2), Cal Poly (7-1) remain lodged in the third chair.
The big mover of the week was Boston College (3-2), which parlayed a one-goal win over Chapman on Monday night into a 10-spot move up the charts to No. 9.
Grand Canyon (1-2) exited the poll this week to make room for Georgia.
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division I Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | 15 |
| 2 | California | 8 |
| 3 | Cal Poly | 1 |
| 4 | Liberty | |
| 5 | Chapman | |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | |
| 7 | Florida State | |
| 8 | Colorado | |
| 9 | Boston College | |
| 10 | Brigham Young | |
| 11 | USC | |
| 12 | New Hampshire | |
| 13 | Santa Clara | |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | |
| 15 | Michigan State | |
| 16 | Utah Valley | |
| 17 | Dominican | |
| 18 | Concordia-Irvine | |
| 19 | Clemson | |
| 20 | Oregon | |
| 21 | Connecticut | |
| 22 | Florida | |
| 23 | Auburn | |
| 24 | Minnesota | |
| 25 | Georgia |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): Buffalo, Colorado State, Pittsburgh, Texas, Grand Canyon, Southern methodist, Temple, Oregon State, San Diego State, Tennessee
Minn.-Duluth remains at the top of the MCLA Division II New Balance Coaches Poll for the third straight week and the Bulldogs are one of eight ranked teams that will participate in Nashville Judgement this weekend at Vanderbilt.
The Bulldogs (3-0), who rang up 18 of the 22 votes this week, will be joined by No. 2 St. Thomas (2-1), No. 3 Dayton (3-0), No. 6 Grand Valley State (0-0), No. 8 Kennesaw State (4-1), No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast (0-0), No. 15 Missouri State (3-3) and No. 21 Rhode Island (3-0).
St. Thomas kept its two first-place votes from last week while Dayton upped its total to two, as well.
North Dakota State (1-0), which is heading the Rockies to play Division I powers Colorado and Colorado State, remains at No. 4 while College of Idaho (1-0) sits tight at No. 5.
There were no departures from last week’s poll.
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division II Preseason Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minn.-Duluth | 18 |
| 2 | St. Thomas | 2 |
| 3 | Dayton | 2 |
| 4 | North Dakota State | |
| 5 | College of Idaho | |
| 6 | Grand Valley State | |
| 7 | St. John's | |
| 8 | Kennesaw State | |
| 9 | Montana | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona | |
| 11 | UC Davis | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast | |
| 13 | Utah State | |
| 14 | Montana State | |
| 15 | Missouri State | |
| 16 | UC San Diego | |
| 17 | Bridgewater State | |
| T-18 | Cal State San Marcos | |
| T-18 | Loyola Marymount | |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic | |
| 21 | Rhode Island | |
| 22 | Central Conn. State | |
| 23 | MSU Denver | |
| 24 | North Florida | |
| 25 | UNC-Charlotte |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): San Diego, Colorado Denver, College of Charleston, Elon, Rice, Western Oregon, Wake Forest, Stonehill, UC Irvine, Washington-Mo., Saint Mary's, Central Washington, Coastal Carolina