ATLANTA – With former top-ranked St. Thomas taking a loss last week, undefeated North Dakota has jumped up and taken the No. 1 position in Week 2 of the Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll.
The Bison (4-0), which were third last week, snagged 18 of the 21 first place votes this week to leapfrog No. 2 Grand Valley State (0-0) and settle in the first chair.
St. Thomas (1-1) maintained a pair of first place votes to finish at No. 3 – a spot ahead of Minn.-Duluth, which handed the Tommies its setback on Saturday. The Bulldogs had one first place vote.
Dayton (1-0) rounds out the Top 5.
UT-Dallas and UC Santa Cruz dropped out of the poll, making way for UC Davis at No. 23 and Baylor at No. 25.
Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll - Week 2
Rank | Team | Points | 1st votes |
1. | North Dakota State | 517 | 18 |
2. | Grand Valley State | 485 | |
3. | St. Thomas | 466 | 2 |
4. | Minn.-Duluth | 453 | 1 |
5. | Dayton | 445 | |
6. | Sierra Nevada | 429 | |
7. | St. John's | 407 | |
8. | Cal State Fullerton | 391 | |
9. | Kennesaw State | 330 | |
10. | Bridgewater State | 309 | |
11. | Florida Gulf Coast | 307 | |
12. | Montana | 299 | |
13. | Montana State | 288 | |
14. | College of Idaho | 248 | |
15. | Northern Arizona | 230 | |
16. | MSU Denver | 186 | |
17. | San Diego | 173 | |
18. | Missouri State | 147 | |
19. | Louisiana | 128 | |
20. | Providence | 114 | |
21. | Cal State San Marcos | 110 | |
22. | Wake Forest | 87 | |
23. | UC Davis | 44 | |
24. | Central Conn. State | 38 | |
25. | Baylor | 29 |