D-II Poll: Bulldogs Strengthen Grip

Published: Feb 26, 2020

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ATLANTA – Despite an idle week, Minn.-Duluth strengthened its top spot in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 25.

The Bulldogs (3-0) snagged 19 of the 22 first-place votes submitted this week, moving 22 points clear of the second spot. Duluth won’t return to action until the weekend of March 7 when the square off with three ranked teams in Nashville.

Preseason No. 1 and defending national champion St. Thomas (2-1) sits tight at No. 2 while collecting a pair of first-place votes. The Tommies will also see its next action in Nashville.

Dayton (0-0) remains at No. 3 with one first-place vote and will finally get their season cooking this weekend when they head to Missouri for three games.

North Dakota (1-0) and College of Idaho (0-0) round out the top five spots.

San Diego (1-2) departed the poll this week and was replaced by No. 25 Florida Atlantic (6-0).

MCLA Division II New Balance Coaches Poll – Week 2

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Minn.-Duluth	544	19
2.	St. Thomas	522	2
3.	Dayton	496	1
4.	North Dakota State	489
5.	College of Idaho	461
6.	Grand Valley State	440
7.	St. John's	405
8.	Kennesaw State	395
9.	Northern Arizona	330
10.	Montana	329
11.	UC Davis	311
12.	Florida Gulf Coast	263
13.	Montana State	242
14.	Utah State	241
15.	North Florida	224
16.	Missouri State	193
17.	UC San Diego	182
18.	Bridgewater State	174
19.	Loyola Marymount	128
20.	Cal State San Marcos	127
21.	Central Conn. State	108
22.	Rhode Island	107
23.	UNC-Charlotte	102
24.	MSU Denver	72
25.	Florida Atlantic	62

Others receiving votes: San Diego (56), College of Charleston (41), Rice (26), Western Oregon (18), Wake Forest (15), Colorado Denver (13), UC Irvine (12), Stonehill (7), Washington-Mo. (6), Oklahoma State (3), Saint Mary’s (3), Claremont (2), Sierra Nevada (1).