Chapman Strengthens Poll Lead
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| Arizona State
| Boise State
| Boston College
| BYU
| Cal Poly
| Chapman
| Colorado State
| Florida State
| Georgia Tech
| Grand Canyon
| Liberty
| Michigan State
| Oregon State
| San Diego State
| Sonoma State
| SMU
| Stanford
| Arizona
| UC Santa Barbara
| Colorado
| Connecticut
| Minnesota
| Oregon
| Utah Valley
| Virginia Tech
ATLANTA – Chapman needed overtime to subdue Colorado on Sunday, but that win was enough for the Panthers to expand their lead atop the Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Panthers were just two points clear of Georgia Tech two weeks ago, but the margin ballooned to 10 last week and now is up to 20 points, with Chapman hoarding 22 of the 27 total first place votes. The Yellow Jackets are still 45 points clear of third place Brigham Young, however.
Colorado and Cal Poly round out the Top 5, while there are no new faces in the Top 10.
Florida State reenters the poll, throwing Texas State out of the club. The Seminoles beat the then-No. 20 Bobcats, 15-4, on Monday.
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st votes |
| 1. | Chapman | 670 | 22 |
| 2. | Georgia Tech | 650 | 5 |
| 3. | Brigham Young | 605 | |
| 4. | Colorado | 603 | |
| 5. | Cal Poly | 568 | |
| 6. | Arizona | 501 | |
| 7. | Boston College | 484 | |
| 8. | Grand Canyon | 455 | |
| 9. | Colorado State | 448 | |
| 10. | Arizona State | 402 | |
| 11. | Oregon | 398 | |
| 12. | Virginia Tech | 359 | |
| 13. | Stanford | 356 | |
| 14. | Oregon State | 319 | |
| 15. | Sonoma State | 285 | |
| 16. | Liberty | 208 | |
| 17. | Boise State | 202 | |
| 18. | UC Santa Barbara | 150 | |
| 19. | Michigan State | 137 | |
| 20. | Connecticut | 131 | |
| 21. | Utah Valley | 126 | |
| 22. | Florida State | 120 | |
| 23. | San Diego State | 108 | |
| 24. | Minneosta | 103 | |
| 25. | Southern Methodist | 99 |
Receiving votes: Davenport (89), Texas State (74) UNLV (59), Georgia (38), Cal-Berkeley (15), Simon Fraser (8), Santa Clara (3), Indiana (2).
Also view the poll HERE.
(Photo by Shannon Lukens)