After capturing the Lone Star Alliance title and advancing to the 2018 MCLA National Championships powered by Under Armour, Texas A&M is expected to repeat its performance this spring according to the LSA preseason coaches poll.
The Aggies (11-4) swept nine of the 11 first place votes and finished 14 points clear of second place Oklahoma (13-4). The Sooners, who grabbed one first place vote, were a single vote ahead of Texas (7-6), which also had one top vote.
Southern Methodist (8-7) rounded out the top four teams.
“The LSA had an incredibly exciting regular season and playoffs last year and I expect to see that again in 2019,” said LSAconference director Jason Zantjer. “Texas A&M is the logical pick to be the favorite, but there are several teams eager to give the Aggies a run.”
2019 LSA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll
PLACE TEAM POINTS 1st VOTES
1. Texas A&M 13 9
2. Oklahoma 27 1
3. Texas 28 1
4. Southern Methodist 44
5. LSU 58
6. Texas Christian 69
7. Texas State 70
8. Arkansas 94
9. North Texas 101
10. Texas Tech 104
11. Houston 113
2019 LSA Division II Preseason Coaches Poll
Missouri State rolled to the Lone Star Alliance Division II championship in its first season in the league last spring and now the Bears are favored to repeat to feat according to the LSA’s preseason coaches poll.
Missouri State (12-3) edged out Louisiana (8-5) by a single vote for the top spot. The Bears and Ragin’ Cajuns have combined to win the last three LSA titles.
UT-Dallas (12-3), which met up with MoState in the finals last spring, has been slotted third while Baylor (10-3) wraps up the top four.
“We’re excited about this year’s team,” said Missouri State coach Dustin Rich. “We lost a lot of talent offensively and defensively, but with another large freshman class and three key transfer students, I’m really excited to see what we can do this year.
“We are excited to compete for another conference title, but obviously we have to play one game at a time. We talk about three things almost every day at practice: work hard, compete, and be positive – and we hope to do that in the Spring.”
The 26-team team conference – by far the largest in the MCLA in either division – will also be contested by Rice (6-2) and Tulane (3-4), according to the preseason poll.
PLACE TEAM POINTS
1. Missouri State 35
2. Louisiana 36
3. UT-Dallas 51
4. Baylor 57
5. Rice 62
6. Tulane 100
7. St. Edward’s 103
8. Washington U. 115
9. Louisiana Tech 116
10. UT-San Antonio 121
11. Oklahoma State 122
12. Trinity 125
13t. Creighton 137
13t. Saint Louis 137
15. Southeastern Louisiana 152
16. Dallas Baptist 153
17. Kansas State 160
18t. Texas A&M – Galveston 163
18t. Tarleton State 163
20. Stephen F. Austin 190
21. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi 191
22. Southern Illinois 194
23. Abilene Christian 197
24. Incarnate Word 205
25. Hardin Simmons 211
26. Missouri S&T 214
