D-II Poll: Tommies Regain Control
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| NDSU
| St. Thomas
| Baylor
| Bridgewater
| Fullerton
| Cal State San Marcos
| Central Connecticut
| College of Idaho
| CU-Denver
| Dayton
| FGCU
| GVSU
| Kennesaw State
| Minn-Duluth
| Mo. State
| Montana
| Montana State
| North Florida
| Northern Arizona
| San Diego
| Sierra Nevada
| St. Johns
| UC Davis
| UC Santa Cruz
| Wake Forest
ATLANTA – After a six-week hiatus from the top spot, St. Thomas has moved back into the No. 1 position in the Under Armour MCLA Division II Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
The Tommies (8-1), which were at No. 2 last week – defeated No. 4 St. John’s (8-3) and formerly top-ranked North Dakota State (7-1) in a three-day span to jump back into the big chair on the strength of 16 first place votes.
The Bison, which were on a six-week run at No. 1, fall to the No. 2 spot. They are 20 points behind St. Thomas and retained one first place vote. Minn.-Duluth stayed at No. 3 bolstered by one first place vote.
St. John’s and Grand Valley State (5-2) round out the Top 5.
MSU Denver (4-9) departed the poll this week making way for No. 25 UC Santa Cruz (7-4).
Under Armour MCLA Division II Coaches Poll - Week 8
| Rank | Team | Points | 1st votes |
| 1. | St. Thomas | 448 | 16 |
| 2. | North Dakota State | 428 | 1 |
| 3. | Minn.-Duluth | 407 | 1 |
| 4. | St. John's | 390 | |
| 5. | Grand Valley State | 385 | |
| 6. | Dayton | 351 | |
| 7. | Northern Arizona | 323 | |
| 8. | Montana State | 314 | |
| 9. | Sierra Nevada | 303 | |
| 10. | Kennesaw State | 302 | |
| 11. | Florida Gulf Coast | 274 | |
| 12. | Cal State San Marcos | 251 | |
| 13. | Montana | 237 | |
| 14. | Cal State Fullerton | 190 | |
| 15. | Missouri State | 167 | |
| 16. | UC Davis | 165 | |
| 17. | San Diego | 142 | |
| 18. | Wake Forest | 125 | |
| 19. | Bridgewater State | 115 | |
| 20. | College of Idaho | 112 | |
| 21. | Colorado Denver | 108 | |
| 22. | North Florida | 77 | |
| 23. | Central Conn. State | 61 | |
| 24. | Baylor | 49 | |
| 25. | UC Santa Cruz | 40 |
Others receiving votes: MSU Denver (33), UC San Diego (18), Colorado Mines (11), Rice (9), Northern Colorado (8), Providence (5), Louisiana (1), UT-Dallas (1).