Number One to Start 2020: UC San Diego and Indy

UC San Diego Women and Indianapolis men start 2020 ranked number one in the Top 25 Polls.

The CSCAA/TYR Top 25 Division II Poll has the UCSD women and the Indianapolis men at number one. Both programs were previously ranked second.

The Lady Triton’s received four of the six top votes from the committee. Queens tallied the remaining number one votes, landing them second in the poll. Indianapolis and Drury kept their rankings from the last poll at third and fourth, respectively. Wingate jumped two spots to round out the top five on the women’s side.

For the men, the Indianapolis were unanimously picked first after strong performances at a mid-year invitational and  three straight wins against Findlay, #10 Grand Valley State and #9 Lindenwood. Drury men moved up three spots to second. Queens is up one spot to third. Delta State had the biggest jump, moving up 11 spots to number four. UC San Diego is fifth.

The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and the next poll is scheduled for release on February 5, 2020. 

www.cscaa.org/top25

Division II Women

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	2	UC San Diego	148
2	1	Queens University of Charlotte	144
3	3	Indianapolis	136
4	4	Drury	135
5	7	Wingate	127
6	6	Nova Southeastern	116
7	10	Lindenwood	114
8	8	Tampa	110
9	15	Delta State	97
10	9	Colorado Mesa	85
11	5	West Chester	84
12	14	West Florida	81
13	11	Sioux Falls	79
14	11	Northern Michigan	68
15	13	Grand Valley	66
16	20	Wayne State	62
17	17	Carson-Newman	56
18	NR	Dixie State	49
19	NR	Mines	44
20	18	Truman State	34
21	21	McKendree	27
22	NR	Augustana (SD)	23
23	NR	Lynn	19
24	NR	Florida Southern	19
25	24	Cal State East Bay	11

Also Receiving Votes: Simon Fraser (5), Saint Cloud State (5), Florida Tech (2), Findlay (2), Rollins (1), Minnesota State (1)

Division II Men

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	2	Indianapolis	150
2	5	Drury	144
3	4	Queens University of Charlotte	135
4	15	Delta State	133
5	1	UC San Diego	124
6	13	Colorado Mesa	120
7	10	Grand Valley	115
8	3	McKendree	110
9	14	Tampa	95
10	6	Nova Southeastern	90
11	19	Wayne State	87
12	8	Wingate	84
13	11	Northern Michigan	79
14	7	Emmanuel	74
15	12	Missouri S&T	67
16	18	Carson-Newman	58
17	9	Lindenwood	51
18	23	Mines	46
19	17	West Chester	40
20	22	Missouri-Saint Louis	38
21	20	Simon Fraser	35
22	16	Florida Southern	29
23	21	Saint Leo	15
24	NR	Saint Cloud State	13
25	25	Lewis	8

Also Receiving Votes: Oklahoma Baptist (5), Ouachita Baptist (2), Fresno Pacific (2), Rollins (1)

Poll Committee

Women: Liam Donnelly, Simon Fraser; Greg Doyle, Wingate; Jame Kiner, Tampa; Charlie King, Minnesota-Morrehead; Tamber McAllister, Dixie State; Sean Peters, Wayne State; Nicole Monanian, Northern State

Men: Wally Senter, Henderson State; Brent Noble, Indianapolis; Justin Hastings, Colorado Mesa; Jason Hite, Indianapolis; Kirk Kumbier, UCSD; Paul Mangen, Saint Leo

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