St. Thomas Holds Firm at No. 1 in MCLA Division II Coaches Poll
ATLANTA — Bolstered by a plurality of first-place votes, St. Thomas remains the No. 1 team in the New Balance MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll.
The Tommies (6-2) inhaled nine of the 26 total top votes, pushing them well clear of No. 2 College of Idaho (6-0), which took six first-place votes back to Caldwell, Idaho.
Kennesaw State (6-0) actually gobbled up eight top votes but couldn’t close the gap with the Yotes, as the Owls sit four points back in third.
No. 4 Rhode Island (5-0) received one first-place vote, and No. 5 Dayton (3-1) earned two to round out the top five.
There were no entries or exits from the poll this week.
NEW BALANCE MCLA
DIVISION II COACHES POLL
			Rank | 
			
			Team [FPV] | 
			
			Points | 
		
|---|---|---|
| 
			 1  | 
			
			 St. Thomas [9]  | 
			
			 613  | 
		
| 
			 2  | 
			
			 College of Idaho [6]  | 
			
			 597  | 
		
| 
			 3  | 
			
			 Kennesaw State [8]  | 
			
			 593  | 
		
| 
			 4  | 
			
			 Rhode Island [1]  | 
			
			 572  | 
		
| 
			 5  | 
			
			 Dayton [2]  | 
			
			 527  | 
		
| 
			 6  | 
			
			 Utah State  | 
			
			 488  | 
		
| 
			 7  | 
			
			 Montana State  | 
			
			 442  | 
		
| 
			 8  | 
			
			 Grand Valley State  | 
			
			 435  | 
		
| 
			 9  | 
			
			 Montana  | 
			
			 428  | 
		
| 
			 10  | 
			
			 Florida Gulf Coast  | 
			
			 411  | 
		
| 
			 11  | 
			
			 North Dakota State  | 
			
			 389  | 
		
| 
			 12  | 
			
			 Florida Atlantic  | 
			
			 372  | 
		
| 
			 13  | 
			
			 Missouri State  | 
			
			 322  | 
		
| 
			 14  | 
			
			 Minn.-Duluth  | 
			
			 294  | 
		
| 
			 15  | 
			
			 Utah  | 
			
			 267  | 
		
| 
			 16  | 
			
			 UC Davis  | 
			
			 216  | 
		
| 
			 17  | 
			
			 UNC-Charlotte  | 
			
			 204  | 
		
| 
			 18  | 
			
			 UC San Diego  | 
			
			 180  | 
		
| 
			 19  | 
			
			 Wake Forest  | 
			
			 176  | 
		
| 
			 20  | 
			
			 Northern Arizona  | 
			
			 149  | 
		
| 
			 21  | 
			
			 Cal State San Marcos  | 
			
			 145  | 
		
| 
			 22  | 
			
			 Coastal Carolina  | 
			
			 141  | 
		
| 
			 23  | 
			
			 Northwest Nazarene  | 
			
			 123  | 
		
| 
			 24  | 
			
			 Loyola Marymount  | 
			
			 114  | 
		
| 
			 25  | 
			
			 Bridgewater State  | 
			
			 92  | 
		
Others receiving votes: MSU Denver (63), St. John’s (31), North Texas (29), Sierra Nevada (13), Claremont (8), San Jose State (6), Western Washington (4), Air Force Academy (3), UT-San Antonio (2), Baylor (2).