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Final D-I Poll: Lopes on Top

Published: May 24, 2017

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ATLANTA – After rolling to the grand prize at the 2017 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour, Grand Canyon has finished atop the final Under Armour MCLA Division I weekly coaches poll.

The Lopes, which finished the season on a 13-game winning streak, garnered 21 of the 22 first place votes, ceding one first place vote to Chapman, which lost to Grand Canyon in the final, 12-8.

Semifinalists California and Georgia Tech were slotted in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively, although the two teams were separated by just one point. Colorado rounded out the Top 5.

After receiving just one vote in the final regular season poll, Southern Methodist jumped into a tie at No. 20 with Lone Star Alliance rival Texas. The Mustangs arrival pushed UNLV out of the final ranking.

Under Armour MCLA Division I Coaches Poll – Final

Rank	Team	Points	1st votes
1.	Grand Canyon	549	21
2.	Chapman	511	1
3.	California	497
4.	Georgia Tech	496
5.	Colorado	457
6.	Brigham Young	424
7.	Arizona State	404
8.	Virginia Tech	375
9.	Cal Poly	371
10.	Utah	330
11.	Florida State	319
12.	Colorado State	315
13.	Oregon	284
14.	Michigan State	235
15.	UC Santa Barbara	207
16.	Liberty	182
17.	Connecticut	167
18.	Northeastern	143
19.	Minnesota	136
20t.	Southern Methodist	120
20t.	Texas	120
22.	Sonoma State	111
23.	Oregon State	108
24.	Boston College	61
25.	Simon Fraser	56

Others receiving votes: UNLV (49), Arizona (37), Pittsburgh (23), South Carolina (22), San Diego State (14), Davenport (9), New Hampshire (7), Boise State (6), Clemson (3), Oklahoma (2).