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ATLANTA — Despite remaining undefeated on the season, South Carolina saw three first-place votes shaved off last week’s total and is just six points ahead of No. 2 Cal in the MCLA Division I New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 25.

The Gamecocks (7-0) rallied to defeat No. 7 Florida State (3-1) to stay perfect, but Cal (5-0) grabbed six extra first-place votes this week after downing No. 4 Chapman (3-1). The Bears trailed 14 points to South Carolina last week.

Cal Poly (6-0) jumps up two spots to grab the third chair while holding onto their one first-place ballot.

Chapman fell one spot from the previous week while Liberty (3-0) moved up one spot to No. 5.

Arizona (1-3) and Arizona State (0-5) departed the poll this week and were replaced by No. 22 Florida (5-2) and No. 24 Auburn (4-3).

MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division I Coaches Pol​l

Rank
Team
FPV
1 South Carolina 14
2 California 8
3 Cal Poly 1
4 Chapman  
5 Liberty  
6 Georgia Tech  
7 Florida State  
8 Colorado  
9 Brigham Young  
10 Concordia-Irvine  
11 USC  
12 New Hampshire  
13 Michigan State  
14 Santa Clara  
15 Connecticut  
16 Virginia Tech  
17 Utah Valley  
18 Dominican  
19 Boston College  
20 Clemson  
21 Oregon  
22 Florida  
23 Minnesota  
24 Auburn  
25 Grand Canyon  

Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): Texas, Southern Methodist, Arizona, Texas A&M, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Northeastern, San Diego State, Colorado State, Arizona State, Simon Fraser, UC Santa Barbara, Stanford, Temple

Despite an idle week, Minn.-Duluth strengthened its top spot in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 25.

The Bulldogs (3-0) snagged 19 of the 22 first-place votes submitted this week, moving 22 points clear of the second spot. Duluth won’t return to action until the weekend of March 7 when the square off with three ranked teams in Nashville.

Preseason No. 1 and defending national champion St. Thomas (2-1) sits tight at No. 2 while collecting a pair of first-place votes. The Tommies will also see its next action in Nashville.

Dayton (0-0) remains at No. 3 with one first-place vote and will finally get their season cooking this weekend when they head to Missouri for three games.

North Dakota (1-0) and College of Idaho (0-0) round out the top five spots.

San Diego (1-2) departed the poll this week and was replaced by No. 25 Florida Atlantic (6-0).

MCLA 2020 New Balance
Division II Preseason Coaches Poll

Rank
Team
FPV
1 Minn.-Duluth 19
2 St. Thomas 2
3 Dayton 1
4 North Dakota State  
5 College of Idaho  
6 Grand Valley State  
7 St. John's  
8 Kennesaw State  
9 Northern Arizona  
10 Montana  
11 UC Davis  
12 Florida Gulf Coast  
13 Montana State  
14 Utah State  
15 North Florida  
16 Missouri State  
17 UC San Diego  
18 Bridgewater State  
19 Loyola Marymount  
20 Cal State San Marcos  
21 Central Conn. State  
22 Rhode Island  
23 UNC-Charlotte  
24 MSU Denver  
25 Florida Atlantic  

Others receiving votes (in descending order of votes received): San Diego, College of Charleston, Rice, Western Oregon, Wake Forest, Colorado Denver, UC Irvine, Stonehill, Washington-Mo., Oklahoma State, Saint Mary’s, Claremont, Sierra Nevada.