D-I Poll: Tech Boom?
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| California
| Georgia Tech
| Arizona
| Arizona State
| Boston College
| BYU
| Cal Poly
| Chapman
| Clemson
| Colorado
| Connecticut
| Florida State
| Georgia
| Grand Canyon
| Liberty
| Michigan State
| New Hampshire
| Santa Clara
| South Carolina
| Stanford
| Texas A&M
| USC
| Utah Valley
| Virginia Tech
(Photo by Kevin Schoonover)
ATLANTA – For the third week and second with a unanimous tally, the University of California-Berkeley is the top dog in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending March 19.
Biting at Cal’s (9-0) heels is Georgia Tech (9-0), which is in the second chair for the second straight week and in the Top 5 for the fourth time. If the Ramblin’ Wreck charges through the rest of their slate and the loaded SELC tournament – which currently boasts four Top 11 teams – can they catch the Golden Bears?
Arizona State (7-1) bumps up a spot to No. 3 this week, taking over for Concordia-Irvine (8-1), which plummeted to No. 7 with the Eagles loss to No. 13 Grand Canyon (this poll does not reflect GCU’s Tuesday loss to Utah Valley).
The Sun Devils are followed by Liberty (7-0) at No. 4 and Chapman (6-2) in the No. 5 slot.
Northeastern and Oregon departed the poll this week to make way for No. 18 New Hampshire (4-0) and No. 25 Utah Valley (7-0).
Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll – Week 5
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
| 1. | California | 550 | 22 |
| 2. | Georgia Tech | 525 | |
| 3. | Arizona State | 486 | |
| 4. | Liberty | 483 | |
| 5. | Chapman | 475 | |
| 6. | South Carolina | 438 | |
| 7. | Concordia-Irvine | 404 | |
| 8. | Colorado | 391 | |
| 9. | Cal Poly | 380 | |
| 10. | Boston College | 355 | |
| 11. | Virginia Tech | 341 | |
| 12. | Brigham Young | 278 | |
| 13. | Grand Canyon | 239 | |
| 14. | Michigan State | 237 | |
| 15. | Arizona | 198 | |
| 16. | Clemson | 193 | |
| 17. | Stanford | 169 | |
| 18. | New Hampshire | 157 | |
| 19. | USC | 146 | |
| 20. | Connecticut | 127 | |
| 21. | Santa Clara | 93 | |
| 22. | Texas A&M | 81 | |
| 23. | Georgia | 76 | |
| 24. | Florida State | 75 | |
| 25. | Utah Valley | 69 |
Others receiving votes: Colorado State (48), Northeastern (36), Oregon (32), Minnesota (27), Indian (17), Texas (10), Sonoma State (8), Washington (2), Florida (2), UC Santa Barbara (2).