Rhode Island Sweeps First-Place Voting, Remains No. 1 in MCLA Division II Poll
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 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 February 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 Marcus (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 MCLA
DIVISION II COACHES POLL
			Rank | 
			
			Team | 
			
			Points (1st) | 
		
|---|---|---|
| 
			 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).
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