D-II Poll: Ram Tough

Published: Mar 22, 2023

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ATLANTA – For the third consecutive week, Rhode Island is the top team in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on March 22.

The Rams (6-1) were a unanimous selection this week, sweeping all 27 of the first-place votes in the poll.

St. Thomas (2-1), idle since its Feb. 26 victory over No. 4 Montana State (5-1), holds steady in the second chair.

Montana (9-2), which lost to No. 7 Cal State San Marcos (6-1) on Tuesday night (after the poll closed), is in the third spot.

Missouri State (3-0) is at No. 5, but has critical battles with St. Thomas and No. 10 Grand Valley State (3-1) next weekend.

There were no new additions to the poll this week.

New Balance Division II Coaches Poll – Week 5

RANK	TEAM	POINTS	1st VOTES
1.	Rhode Island	675	27
2.	St. Thomas	633
3.	Montana	617
4.	Montana State	587
5.	Missouri State	558
6.	Kennesaw State	515
7.	Cal State San Marcos	476
8.	Utah State	475
9.	UC San Diego	460
10.	Grand Valley State	427
11.	Florida Gulf Coast	414
12.	UNC-Charlotte	391
13.	Dayton	374
14.	Wake Forest	325
15.	Florida Atlantic	261
16.	St. John's	257
17.	Air Force	228
18.	Minn.-Duluth	189
19.	College of Idaho	186
20.	UC Davis	166
21.	North Dakota State	134
22.	Miami	122
23.	Coastal Carolina	91
24.	Western Washington	74
25.	Northwest Nazarene	71

Receiving votes: Tulane (17), Northern Arizona (16), San Diego (10), Bridgewater State (9), Baylor (7), MSU Denver (6), Georgia Southern (3), Utah Tech (1).