D-II Poll: Duluth Waits

ATLANTA – They have been the top-ranked team in the Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll for the past eight weeks and now Minn.-Duluth waits.

The Bulldogs (9-1) have wrapped up their regular season – their only loss coming to Division I Davenport – and clinched the top seed out of the UMLC West. Now the are just waiting for the UMLC field to be set.

The game that will determine the final UMLC pairings takes place on Friday afternoon in Novi, Mich., where No. 2 Dayton (8-1) tangles with No. 4 Grand Valley State (6-1) to determine the top seed in the UMLC East.

Kennesaw State (9-1) sticks at No. 3 with the top seed in the SELC North all but assured. St. Thomas (4-3), which will also be in on the UMLC title hunt, is at No. 5.

Cal State San Marcos (3-8) departed the poll this week to make way for No. 24 Western Oregon (7-3).

Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll – Week 8

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Minn.-Duluth	525	21
2.	Dayton	495
3.	Kennesaw State	481
4.	Grand Valley State	447
5.	St. Thomas	441
6.	St. John's	408
7.	College of Idaho	407
8.	North Dakota State	379
9.	North Florida	346
10.	UC Davis	299
11.	Florida Gulf Coast	269
12.	Northern Arizona	264
13.	Montana State	260
14.	Montana	241
15.	Loyola Marymount	234
16.	UC Santa Cruz	218
17.	San Diego	215
18.	Central Conn. State	181
19.	UNC-Charlotte	123
20.	Utah State	97
21.	Wake Forest	93
22.	Missouri State	87
23.	Bridgewater State	70
24.	Western Oregon	47
25.	UC San Diego	45

Others receiving votes: Cal State San Marcos (44), Rice (34), Charleston (17), Baylor (14), Florida Atlantic (8), Central Washington (7), Colorado Denver (7), Rhode Island (7), Southern Oregon (7), TAMU-Galveston (4), Saint Mary’s (2), Tulane (2), Westfield State (1).