D-II Poll: It’s Still Rhody

Published: Mar 15, 2023

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ATLANTA – For the second straight week, it’s Rhode Island in charge of the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on March 15.

The Rams (6-1) took care of business against former No. 7 – and now No. 10 – Grand Valley State (2-1) at home to remain in the big chair. Rhode Island was awarded 25 of the 27 first-place votes cast.

St. Thomas (2-1), which has been idle for the month of March, remains at No. 2 with the remaining two top votes.

The remainder of the Top 6 remained static as Montana (8-1), Montana State (5-1), Missouri State (3-0) and Kennesaw State (5-1) stay in their three-through-six spots.

There were no additions or subtractions from the Top 25 from last week.

New Balance Division II Coaches Poll – Week 4

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Rhode Island	670	25
2.	St. Thomas	632	2
3.	Montana	601
4.	Montana State	585
5.	Missouri State	551
6.	Kennesaw State	511
7.	UC San Diego	482
8.	Utah State	472
9.	Cal State San Marcos	446
10.	Grand Valley State	445
11.	Florida Gulf Coast	399
12.	UNC-Charlotte	386
13.	Dayton	369
14.	Wake Forest	316
15.	Florida Atlantic	300
16.	St. John's	239
17.	College of Idaho	219
18.	Air Force	210
19.	North Dakota State	170
20.	Miami	169
21.	UC Davis	152
22.	Coastal Carolina	111
23.	Minn.-Duluth	89
24.	Northwest Nazarene	71
25.	Western Washington	66

Receiving votes: Northern Arizona (29), Baylor (23), San Diego (14), Tulane (14), Bridgewater State (13), Utah Tech (11), Georgia Southern (7), Claremont (3), Citadel (1).