ATLANTA — After knocking off top-ranked Brigham Young on Monday evening in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech has jumped up to No. 2 in the latest New Balance MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll.
Bolstered by the majority (13) of the first-place votes, the Hokies (11-1) jumped from the fifth chair to the second. BYU (13-1) held on to the top spot despite the loss, with the Cougars garnering nine first-place votes.
Concordia-Irvine (11-1) dipped to No. 3 with a pair of top votes but are just six points behind Virginia Tech.
Liberty (10-2), which lost to BYU on Friday night, drops a spot back to fourth, while Florida (13-1) drops down to fifth to make way for the Hokies.
Georgia (5-7) parachutes out of the poll this week to make way for No. 25 Cal Poly (5-7).
NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION I COACHES POLL
Rank |
Team [FPV] |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Brigham Young [9] |
608 |
|
2 |
Virginia Tech [13] |
585 |
|
3 |
Concordia-Irvine [2] |
579 |
|
4 |
Liberty [1] |
547 |
|
5 |
Florida |
517 |
|
6 |
Clemson |
500 |
|
7 |
Minnestoa |
477 |
|
8 |
Georgia Tech |
470 |
|
9 |
South Carolina |
416 |
|
10 |
California |
380 |
|
11 |
Arizona |
333 |
|
12 |
Arizona State |
312 |
|
13 |
USC |
310 |
|
14 |
Northeastern |
273 |
|
15 |
Boston College |
241 |
|
16 |
Chapman |
227 |
|
17 |
Grand Canyon |
223 |
|
18 |
Santa Clara |
214 |
|
19 |
Colorado State |
210 |
|
20 |
Utah Valley |
135 |
|
21 |
Texas |
125 |
|
22 |
UC Santa Barbara |
103 |
|
23 |
Colorado |
97 |
|
24 |
Auburn |
78 |
|
25 |
Cal Poly |
41 |
Others receiving votes: Dominican (40), NC State (19), Florida State (12), New Hampshire (12), Georgia (11), Michigan State (11), James Madison (10), Simon Fraser (7), Texas A&M (6), Missouri (3), Texas Christian (2).