D-II Poll: Owls Crack Top Five

Published: Mar 6, 2019

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ATLANTA – The UMLC has laid claim to the Top 5 of the Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll for the better part of a year, but Kennesaw State has finally broken the stranglehold.

The Owls (7-0) jump into the No. 5 spot this week, but they’ll putting their newfound ranking to the test this week at Music City Judgement Weekend II when they face No. 2 St. Thomas (1-0) and No. 1 Minn.-Duluth (2-0) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

St. John’s (2-0) leapfrogs defending national champion North Dakota State (3-3) for the No. 3 spot while the Bison settle in at No. 4.

UNC-Charlotte departs the poll this week to make way for No. 25 Rice (5-1).

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Week 2

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Minn.-Duluth	520	18
2.	St. Thomas	504	3
3.	St. John's	468
4.	North Dakota State	457
5.	Kennesaw State	421
6.	Grand Valley State	403
7.	Montana State	399
8.	Dayton	376
9.	Florida Gulf Coast	360
10.	Northern Arizona	319
11.	College of Idaho	276
12.	UC Davis	270
13.	North Florida	240
14.	Montana	238
15.	Central Conn. State	231
16.	Loyola Marymount	208
17.	UC Santa Cruz	186
18.	Wake Forest	155
19t.	Cal State San Marcos	112
19t.	San Diego	112
21.	UC San Diego	95
22.	Missouri State	92
23.	Bridgewater State	88
24.	Colorado Denver	68
25.	Rice	39

Others receiving votes: Florida Atlantic (38), UNC-Charlotte (33), Southern Oregon (20), Baylor (18), Rhode Island (18), UT-San Antonio (13), Western Oregon (12), Utah State (7), TAMU-Galveston (4), Gonzaga (4), Charleston (4), New Haven (3), Appalachian State (2), Tulane (2), Saint Mary’s (1), Westfield State (1).