USA Today/NFCA DI Poll- Oregon supplants UCLA at No. 1 heading into postseason play

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Oregon supplants UCLA at No. 1 heading into postseason play

                                                    

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –  Oregon supplanted UCLA as the No. 1 team heading into postseason play in this week’s 2018 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Ducks (47-7), the NCAA’s No. 1 overall seed, received 21 first-place votes and 788 points. They are the third straight Pac-12 program to sit at No. 1 a spot held by the league since the third poll of the season on Feb. 27.

 

2018 USA Today / NFCA Division I
Top 25 Coaches Poll – May 15 (Week 14)

Rank School Totals 2018 Last Poll
1 Oregon (21) 788 47-7 2
2 UCLA (10) 765 50-4 1
3 Oklahoma (1) 741 50-3 3
4 Florida 713 50-8 4
5 Washington 668 44-8 5
6 Arizona State 617 43-11 6
7 Tennessee 593 45-12 7
8 Florida State 572 47-10 10
9 Georgia 528 43-11 8
10 Arizona 514 40-14 9
11 South Carolina 480 45-14 12
12 LSU 460 41-14 11
13 Alabama 402 33-18 13
14 Texas A&M 353 40-16 14
15 Arkansas 337 39-15 18
16 Auburn 311 40-15 15
17 Michigan 256 43-11 16
18 Baylor 247 36-16 17
19 Kentucky 211 31-19 19
20 Long Beach State 190 42-12 20
21 Louisiana 135 38-14 21
22 Texas State 119 42-14 23
23 James Madison 82 42-12 22
24 Hofstra 68 40-12 RV
25 Minnesota 61 39-15 RV

 

New to Poll: No. 24 Hofstra, No. 25 Minnesota

Dropped Out: No. 24 California, t-No. 25 Mississippi State, t-No. 25 Oklahoma State

 

Receiving Votes: Mississippi State (44), Drake (36), Kennesaw State (21), California (19), Ohio State (11), Oklahoma State (9), Tulsa (9), Liberty (7), USF (6), Houston (2).

 

The 2018 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches with one representing each of the NCAA’s Division I Conferences. Records reflect play through May 13, 2018

Rank School Totals 2018 Last Poll
1 Oregon (21) 788 47-7 2

2 UCLA (10) 765 50-4 1

3 Oklahoma (1) 741 50-3 3

4 Florida 713 50-8 4

5 Washington 668 44-8 5

6 Arizona State 617 43-11 6

7 Tennessee 593 45-12 7

8 Florida State 572 47-10 10

9 Georgia 528 43-11 8

10 Arizona 514 40-14 9

11 South Carolina 480 45-14 12

12 LSU 460 41-14 11

13 Alabama 402 33-18 13

14 Texas A&M 353 40-16 14

15 Arkansas 337 39-15 18

16 Auburn 311 40-15 15

17 Michigan 256 43-11 16

18 Baylor 247 36-16 17

19 Kentucky 211 31-19 19

20 Long Beach State 190 42-12 20

21 Louisiana 135 38-14 21

22 Texas State 119 42-14 23

23 James Madison 82 42-12 22

24 Hofstra 68 40-12 RV

25 Minnesota 61 39-15 RV

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