Idle BYU Spends Third Week in a Row Atop MCLA Division I Coaches Poll

ATLANTA — The top six teams, led by Brigham Young for the third week at No. 1, have remained the same in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which released Wednesday.

The Cougars (9-0) were idle this week but have four conference games in the span of nine days to cap off the regular season, starting with No. 11 Colorado (6-3) on Thursday followed by No. 23 Colorado State (7-3) on Saturday. BYU was awarded 18 of the 27 first-place votes this week.

No. 2 Virginia Tech (12-1) rolled over Clemson this past weekend, setting up a showdown with No. 16 Tennessee (9-1) for the top seed out of the ALC South on Saturday. The Hokies took the remaining nine first-place votes.

Texas (12-0) checks in at No. 3 again and is a home win over Texas A&M away from posting a perfect regular season and snatching the top seed out of the LSA South. The Longhorns are followed by No. 4 Chapman (10-2).

Utah Valley (6-2), which will also face Colorado and CSU this week, rounds out the top five. Liberty (9-4) is the final member of the static six.

Georgia (5-7) left the poll again this week to make way for the re-emergence of No. 23 Arizona (5-4). The Wildcats vaulted into the Top 25 thanks to a road win over No. 20 Cal Poly (8-4).

MCLA DIVISION I
COACHES POLL

1. Brigham Young, 665 points (18 first-place votes)
2. Virginia Tech, 651 (9)
3. Texas, 623
4. Chapman, 587
5. Utah Valley, 570
6. Liberty, 536
7. San Diego State, 478
8. UC Santa Barbara, 475
9. South Carolina, 458
10. Georgia Tech, 445
11. Colorado, 385
12. Arizona State, 374
13. California, 350
14. Florida State, 317
15. James Madison, 236
16. Northeastern, 230
17. Tennessee, 228
18. Simon Fraser, 225
19. Florida, 194
20. Cal Poly, 185
21. Auburn, 148
22. Oregon, 117
23. Arizona, 89
24. Colorado State, 80
25. Indiana, 67

Others receiving votes: Georgia (33), Boise State (24), Michigan State (2), West Virginia (2), Southern Methodist