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D-I Poll: No Cougar Question

ATLANTA – The final weekend of the regular season is days away and Brigham Young is the unanimous No. 1 team in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches poll, which was released Wednesday.

The Cougars (13-0) enter this weekend’s RMLC tournament as the top seed and will face No. 12 Utah Valley (7-5) in the semifinals. If it advances, BYU will tangle with either No. 9 Colorado (8-4) or No. 18 Colorado State (8-5).

Texas (13-0) is firmly planted at No. 2. The Longhorns run a three-games-in-three-days gauntlet this weekend at the LSA tourney, starting with Baylor on Friday.

No. 3 Virginia Tech (13-2) advanced out of the first round of the ALC tournament, earning the Hokies a date with No. 6 Liberty (10-4) on Saturday in the semifinals.

San Diego State (13-1) won its showdown with Chapman (11-3) to leap into the No. 4 spot, followed immediate by the Panthers. The two teams will face each other on Friday in the SLC tournament semifinals.

No. 7 Georgia Tech (13-3) and No. 25 Michigan State (10-3) won their respective conference tournaments this past weekend, grabbing automatic qualifying bids to the 2024 MCLA National Championships presented by New Balance. The event will take place at the Round Rock (Texas) Multipurpose Complex from May 6-11.

The entire field for nationals will be announced on Sunday night, April 28.

MCLA D-I New Balance Coaches Poll – Week 10

RANK TEAM POINTS 1st VOTES
1. Brigham Young 675 27
2. Texas 647
3. Virginia Tech 614
4. San Diego State 580
5. Chapman 546
6. Liberty 544
7. Georgia Tech 501
8. UC Santa Barbara 486
9. Colorado 438
10. Tennessee 428
11. Arizona State 384
12. Utah Valley 382
13. California 353
14. Florida State 293
15. South Carolina 281
16. Northeastern 266
17. Florida 244
18. Colorado State 211
19. Simon Fraser 202
20. Auburn 149
21. Oregon 141
22. Cal Poly 137
23. James Madison 104
24. Arizona 69
25. Michigan State 39

Others receiving votes: Clemson (18), West Virginia (17), Indiana (10), Boise State (9), Sonoma State (2).

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D-II Poll: Air Force Returns
ATLANTA – After returning from a six-week hiatus and watching the former top team fall in its conference finals, Air Force has returned to the No. 1 position in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll.

The Falcons (9-0), which jump into the top spot after sitting at No. 2 for the past two weeks, routed a pair of opponents over the weekend to keep their perfect record heading into the RMLC playoffs.

Air Force amassed 24 of the 27 votes cast in the poll.

St. Thomas (15-2), which captured the UMLC title after beating formerly top-ranked and current No. 3 Grand Valley State (14-1), sits in the second spot. The Tommies have a pair of first-place votes while the Lakers grabbed the final top ballot.

Rhode Island (10-2) dropped a spot to No. 4 after losing to a ranked Division I Northeastern squad while Montana State (15-1) holds tight at No. 5.

This is the last regular season poll of the spring.

MCLA D-II New Balance Coaches Poll – Week 10

RANK TEAM POINTS 1st VOTES
1. Air Force 670 24
2. St. Thomas 638 2
3. Grand Valley State 627 1
4. Rhode Island 584
5. Montana State 582
6. Florida Atlantic 531
7. Coastal Carolina 487
8. Cal State San Marcos 483
9. Kennesaw State 481
10. Northwest Nazarene 434
11. UNC-Charlotte 384
12. UC San Diego 365
13. Wake Forest 355
14. North Dakota State 346
15. Utah State 240
16. Denver 236
17. Dayton 233
18. Bridgewater State 199
19. Missouri State 191
20. College of Idaho 167
21. Montana 140
22. Northern Arizona 123
23. Minn.-Duluth 99
24. Western Washington 56
25. Loyola Marymount 34

Others receiving votes: Appalachian State (27), UNC-Wilmington (24), Florida Gulf Coast (21), San Diego (5), Tampa (5), Miami (2), Tulane (2), UC Santa Cruz (2), William & Mary (2).