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D-I Poll: GCU on Top, Utes Lurking

Published: Feb 21, 2018

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ATLANTA – Defending national champion Grand Canyon has retained its preseason station as the top team in the Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll, but the lead is shrinking.

The Lopes (0-0) grabbed 18 first place votes, but No. 2 Chapman (1-0) accounted for three top votes while No. 3 Utah (3-0) hauled in five. The differential between the top spot and third is just 47 points.

Brigham Young (1-0) and Arizona State (2-0) round out the Top 5.

Oregon State, Texas, Sonoma State and Southern Methodist were bumped from the preseason poll, replaced by No. 15 South Carolina, No. 19 Concordia-Irvine, No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 25 Arizona.

Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll – Week 1

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Grand Canyon	633	18
2.	Chapman	598	3
3.	Utah	586	5
4.	Brigham Young	540
5.	Arizona State	537
6.	Georgia Tech	535
7.	Colorado	527
8.	California	429
9.	Virginia Tech	417
10.	Michigan State	397
11.	Cal Poly	396
12.	Colorado State	390
13.	Oregon	294
14.	UC Santa Barbara	287
15.	South Carolina	266
16.	Northeastern	220
17.	Liberty	200
18.	Connecticut	198
19.	Concordia-Irvine	162
20.	Simon Fraser	160
21.	Florida State	156
22.	Minnesota	107
23.	Texas A&M	74
24.	Boston College	69
25.	Arizona	59

Also receiving votes: Southern Methodist (46), Sonoma State (37), Clemson (32), Oregon State (29), Davenport (16), Boise State (14), Stanford (14), Missouri (6), Texas (6), San Diego State (4), New Hampshire (4), UNLV (3), Claremont (1), Santa Clara (1).