NORMAN, Okla. – Two-time defending national champion Barry stayed at No. 1 in the first regular season GCAA Division II Coaches Poll. Barry received nine first-place votes.
Nova Southeastern moved up a spot to No. 2 and is followed by South Carolina-Aiken, Lynn and Chico State. South Carolina-Aiken received three first-place votes, Lynn one and Chico State two. The remaining first-place votes went to sixth ranked CSU-Monterey Bay and No. 9 Central Oklahoma with three and one, respectively.
Colorado-Colorado Springs, Western Washington and Simon Fraser moved into the rankings at Nos. 23-25 while Hawaii-Hilo, IUP and Rollins fell out of the top 25.
Division II - October 3, 2014
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | Previous Rank |
1 | Barry (9) | 444 | 1 |
2 | Nova Southeastern | 399 | 3 |
3 | South Carolina-Aiken (3) | 394 | 7 |
4 | Lynn (1) | 388 | 5 |
5 | Chico State (2) | 369 | 4 |
6 | CSU-Monterey Bay (3) | 338 | 2 |
7 | West Florida | 295 | 8 |
8 | North Alabama | 286 | 10 |
9 | Central Oklahoma (1) | 256 | 22 |
10 | Columbus State | 238 | 12 |
11 | Central Missouri | 235 | 6 |
12 | CSU-Stanislaus | 202 | T16 |
13 | Flagler | 200 | T16 |
14 | Armstrong State | 184 | 9 |
15 | Western New Mexico | 154 | 18 |
16 | Florida Institute of Technology | 147 | T14 |
17 | Malone | 146 | 11 |
18 | Florida Southern | 142 | T14 |
19 | Saint Leo | 109 | 24 |
20 | Georgia College | 102 | 20 |
21 | St. Edward's | 101 | 13 |
22 | Missouri - St. Louis | 90 | 23 |
23 | Colorado-Colorado Springs | 79 | NR |
24 | Western Washington | 73 | NR |
25 | Simon Fraser | 66 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: Hawaii-Hilo (#19); Indiana University of Pennsylvania (#21); Rollins (#25) | |||
Others Receiving Votes: West Georgia, 60; Hawaii-Hilo, 58; Arkansas Tech, 55; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 54; Erskine, 44; Lee, 42; Delta State, 40; Sonoma State, 40; Cameron, 38; Colorado Christian, 27; Colorado School of Mines, 27; Saint Thomas Aquinas, 24; Southwestern Oklahoma State, 22; Rollins, 20; California Baptist, 19; Limestone, 16; St. Mary's (TX), 14; Henderson State, 12; Indianapolis, 12; Valdosta State, 12; North Greenville, 11; West Texas A&M, 10; Georgia Southwestern State, 9; Clayton State, 7; CSU-San Bernardino, 6; Lander, 6; Newberry, 6; Oklahoma Christian, 6; Nebraska-Kearney, 5; Queens University of Charlotte, 5; Saginaw Valley State, 5; Drury, 4; Southeastern Oklahoma State, 4; Dixie State, 3; Northeastern State, 3; Southern Nazarene, 3; Wayne State (MI), 3; Grand Valley State, 2; Bellarmine, 1; Montevallo, 1; Tiffin, 1; West Alabama, 1. |