ATLANTA — After a week relegated to the No. 2 position, Brigham Young rebounded with a 3-0 sweep of ranked California teams to regain its spot atop the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll.
The Cougars (5-0) gobbled up 18 of the 27 first-place votes cast this week, leaving them a comfortable 32 points ahead of Concordia-Irvine (6-0), which had four first-place tallies.
Clemson (10-1) was 10 points behind the Eagles in third place, propped up by three first-place votes. Liberty (6-1) was slotted fourth with the remaining two top votes.
Florida (9-1) rounded out the top five.
Dominican (3-4) was shepherded out of the poll this week, replaced by No. 23 Texas (4-2).
NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION I COACHES POLL
Rank |
Team [FPV] |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Brigham Young [18] |
663 |
|
2 |
Concordia-Irvine [4] |
631 |
|
3 |
Clemson [3] |
621 |
|
4 |
Liberty [2] |
606 |
|
5 |
Florida |
551 |
|
6 |
Santa Clara |
512 |
|
7 |
California |
481 |
|
8 |
Virginia Tech |
478 |
|
9 |
Georgia Tech |
460 |
|
10 |
South Carolina |
384 |
|
11 |
USC |
349 |
|
12 |
Arizona State |
334 |
|
13 |
Arizona |
332 |
|
14 |
Boston College |
296 |
|
15 |
Minnesota |
291 |
|
16 |
Utah Valley |
281 |
|
17 |
Chapman |
241 |
|
18 |
Georgia |
205 |
|
19 |
Northeastern |
198 |
|
20 |
Grand Canyon |
180 |
|
21 |
Colorado State |
147 |
|
22 |
Florida State |
140 |
|
23 |
Texas |
84 |
|
24 |
Auburn |
70 |
|
25 |
Cal Poly |
45 |
Others receiving votes: NC State (43), UC Santa Barbara (38), Colorado (21), Missouri (20), Michigan State (17), James Madison (16), New Hampshire (15), Dominican (13), Texas A&M (4), Connecticut (4), LSU (2), Oregon State (1), Indiana (1)