BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The champion continues to reign supreme as 2014, 2015 and 2016 victor Lindenwood University is once again a unanimous top selection in the Week 2/September 21 Men’s National Collegiate Club Top 20 Poll.
Following the opening two weeks of collegiate club competition, the Top 20 Poll experiences radical changes behind the Lions of Lindenwood (100 points) with the remaining 19 positions in the rankings all changing hands this week.
2016 Men’s National Collegiate Club Championship runner-up Long Beach State University (90 points) returns to the No. 2 spot after ranking at No. 4 last week. The University of California (87 points) jumps up two places to No. 3, while California Polytechnic State University (82 points) and Pennsylvania State University (77 points) crack the Top Five by sliding into the No. 4 and 5 slots, respectively.
San Diego State University (76 points) drops to No. 6 with the University of California-Los Angeles (68 points), Grand Valley State University (60 points), the University of Colorado (59 points) and the United States Military Academy (54 points) rounding out the remainder of the Top 10.
The University of Michigan (52 points), the University of California-San Diego (40 points), Boston College (33 points), Indiana University (31 points) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (28 points) – also known as Virginia Tech – stand at No. 11-to-15.
Texas A&M University (26 points), the University of Georgia (22 points), the University of Washington (17 points), Florida State University (13 points) and the University of Notre Dame (9 points) complete this week’s Top 20.
Rank
|
Team
|
2017 Week 1 Poll
|
Points |
| 1 | Lindenwood University | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | Long Beach State University | 4 | 90 |
| 3 | University of California | 5 | 87 |
| 4 | California Polytechnic State University |
8 | 82 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania State University |
7 | 77 |
| 6 | San Diego State University |
2 | 76 |
| 7 | University of California-Los Angeles |
10 | 68 |
| 8 | Grand Valley State University | 9 | 60 |
| 9 | University of Colorado |
6 | 59 |
| 10 | United States Military Academy |
12 | 54 |
| 11 | University of Michigan |
3 | 52 |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego |
14 | 40 |
| 13 | Boston College |
11 | 33 |
| 14 | Indiana University |
15 | 31 |
| 15 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
NR | 28 |
| 16 | Texas A&M University |
13 | 26 |
| 17 | University of Georgia |
NR | 22 |
| 18 | University of Washington |
RV | 17 |
| 19 | Florida State University |
16 | 13 |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame |
19 | 9 |
| RV | Dartmouth College |
18 | 8 |
| RV | University of Florida | RV | 6 |
| RV | University of Utah | 20 | 5 |
| RV | Duke University | 17 | 4 |
| RV | University of Texas |
NR | 3 |
