D-II Poll: Ram Tough
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| Air Force
| Cal State San Marcos
| Coastal Carolina
| College of Idaho
| Dayton
| FAU
| FGCU
| GVSU
| Kennesaw State
| Miami (FL)
| Minn-Duluth
| Mo. State
| Montana
| Montana State
| NDSU
| NNU
| Rhode Island
| St. Johns
| St. Thomas
| UC Davis
| UC San Diego
| UNC-Charlotte
| Utah State
| Wake Forest
| Western Washington
ATLANTA – For the third consecutive week, Rhode Island is the top team in the MCLA Division II New Balance Weekly Coaches Poll, which was released on March 22.
The Rams (6-1) were a unanimous selection this week, sweeping all 27 of the first-place votes in the poll.
St. Thomas (2-1), idle since its Feb. 26 victory over No. 4 Montana State (5-1), holds steady in the second chair.
Montana (9-2), which lost to No. 7 Cal State San Marcos (6-1) on Tuesday night (after the poll closed), is in the third spot.
Missouri State (3-0) is at No. 5, but has critical battles with St. Thomas and No. 10 Grand Valley State (3-1) next weekend.
There were no new additions to the poll this week.
New Balance Division II Coaches Poll – Week 5
| RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1st VOTES |
| 1. | Rhode Island | 675 | 27 |
| 2. | St. Thomas | 633 | |
| 3. | Montana | 617 | |
| 4. | Montana State | 587 | |
| 5. | Missouri State | 558 | |
| 6. | Kennesaw State | 515 | |
| 7. | Cal State San Marcos | 476 | |
| 8. | Utah State | 475 | |
| 9. | UC San Diego | 460 | |
| 10. | Grand Valley State | 427 | |
| 11. | Florida Gulf Coast | 414 | |
| 12. | UNC-Charlotte | 391 | |
| 13. | Dayton | 374 | |
| 14. | Wake Forest | 325 | |
| 15. | Florida Atlantic | 261 | |
| 16. | St. John's | 257 | |
| 17. | Air Force | 228 | |
| 18. | Minn.-Duluth | 189 | |
| 19. | College of Idaho | 186 | |
| 20. | UC Davis | 166 | |
| 21. | North Dakota State | 134 | |
| 22. | Miami | 122 | |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | 91 | |
| 24. | Western Washington | 74 | |
| 25. | Northwest Nazarene | 71 |
Receiving votes: Tulane (17), Northern Arizona (16), San Diego (10), Bridgewater State (9), Baylor (7), MSU Denver (6), Georgia Southern (3), Utah Tech (1).