D-II Poll: Showdown Looming

Published: Apr 4, 2018

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ATLANTA – North Dakota State remains the No. 1 team in Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll with St. Thomas moving into the No. 2 spot this period.

The Bison (7-0) and Tommies (6-1) will meet in a top-ranked showdown on Sunday in St. Paul at 11:30 a.m.

NDSU grabbed 19 of the 22 first-place votes this week while St. Thomas received none.

Minn.-Duluth (8-3), which suffered a loss to St. John’s (8-2) on Friday evening, dropped into the No. 3 chair, but still managed to retain three first-place votes.

Despite Friday’s triumph over the Bulldogs, the Johnnies remain a spot behind Duluth at No.4.

Grand Valley State (3-2) and Dayton (4-2) round out the top six and will meet this weekend in another premium Top 10 matchup.

There were no new additions or subtractions to the poll this period.

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll - Week 7

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	North Dakota State	546	19
2.	St. Thomas	517
3.	Minn.-Duluth	505	3
4.	St. John's	478
5.	Grand Valley State	450
6.	Dayton	449
7.	Northern Arizona	401
8.	Montana State	388
9.	Kennesaw State	365
10.	Sierra Nevada	356
11.	Florida Gulf Coast	340
12.	Cal State San Marcos	300
13.	Montana	291
14.	UC Davis	224
15.	San Diego	212
16.	Missouri State	205
17.	Cal State Fullerton	190
18.	Wake Forest	150
19.	College of Idaho	128
20.	Bridgewater State	125
21.	Colorado Denver	109
22.	North Florida	98
23.	Central Conn. State	89
24.	MSU Denver	61
25.	Baylor	58

Others receiving votes: UC Santa Cruz (42), Rice (16), Louisiana (16), Providence (9), Northern Colorado (8), UNC-Charlotte (6), Colorado Mines (6), UC San Diego (5), Western Washington (5), UT-Dallas (1), Florida Atlantic (1).