ATLANTA — Despite remaining undefeated on the season, South Carolina saw three first-place votes shaved off last week’s total and is just six points ahead of No. 2 Cal in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 25.
The Gamecocks (7-0) rallied to defeat No. 7 Florida State (3-1) to stay perfect, but Cal (5-0) grabbed six extra first-place votes this week after downing No. 4 Chapman (3-1). The Bears trailed 14 points to South Carolina last week.
Cal Poly (6-0) jumps up two spots to grab the third chair while holding onto their one first-place ballot.
Chapman fell one spot from the previous week while Liberty (3-0) moved up one spot to No. 5.
Arizona (1-3) and Arizona State (0-5) departed the poll this week and were replaced by No. 22 Florida (5-2) and No. 24 Auburn (4-3).
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division I Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina | 14 |
| 2 | California | 8 |
| 3 | Cal Poly | 1 |
| 4 | Chapman | |
| 5 | Liberty | |
| 6 | Georgia Tech | |
| 7 | Florida State | |
| 8 | Colorado | |
| 9 | Brigham Young | |
| 10 | Concordia-Irvine | |
| 11 | USC | |
| 12 | New Hampshire | |
| 13 | Michigan State | |
| 14 | Santa Clara | |
| 15 | Connecticut | |
| 16 | Virginia Tech | |
| 17 | Utah Valley | |
| 18 | Dominican | |
| 19 | Boston College | |
| 20 | Clemson | |
| 21 | Oregon | |
| 22 | Florida | |
| 23 | Minnesota | |
| 24 | Auburn | |
| 25 | Grand Canyon |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): Texas, Southern Methodist, Arizona, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Northeastern, San Diego State, Colorado State, Arizona State, Simon Fraser, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford, Temple
Despite an idle week, Minn.-Duluth strengthened its top spot in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 25.
The Bulldogs (3-0) snagged 19 of the 22 first-place votes submitted this week, moving 22 points clear of the second spot. Duluth won’t return to action until the weekend of March 7 when the square off with three ranked teams in Nashville.
Preseason No. 1 and defending national champion St. Thomas (2-1) sits tight at No. 2 while collecting a pair of first-place votes. The Tommies will also see its next action in Nashville.
Dayton (0-0) remains at No. 3 with one first-place vote and will finally get their season cooking this weekend when they head to Missouri for three games.
North Dakota (1-0) and College of Idaho (0-0) round out the top five spots.
San Diego (1-2) departed the poll this week and was replaced by No. 25 Florida Atlantic (6-0).
MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division II Preseason Coaches Poll
Rank |
Team |
FPV |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minn.-Duluth | 19 |
| 2 | St. Thomas | 2 |
| 3 | Dayton | 1 |
| 4 | North Dakota State | |
| 5 | College of Idaho | |
| 6 | Grand Valley State | |
| 7 | St. John's | |
| 8 | Kennesaw State | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona | |
| 10 | Montana | |
| 11 | UC Davis | |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast | |
| 13 | Montana State | |
| 14 | Utah State | |
| 15 | North Florida | |
| 16 | Missouri State | |
| 17 | UC San Diego | |
| 18 | Bridgewater State | |
| 19 | Loyola Marymount | |
| 20 | Cal State San Marcos | |
| 21 | Central Conn. State | |
| 22 | Rhode Island | |
| 23 | UNC-Charlotte | |
| 24 | MSU Denver | |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic |
Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): San Diego, College of Charleston, Rice, Western Oregon, Wake Forest, Colorado Denver, UC Irvine, Stonehill, Washington-Mo., Oklahoma State, Saint Mary’s, Claremont, Sierra Nevada.