Well, this is probably as close as Loyola can expect to a unanimous #1 ranking....

http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-4-7-14/

The two first place votes for Pepperdine are somewhat reasonable-- the Waves have won 8 matches in a row. Stanford has also come on since a shaky start to win 9 matches in a row. Last week's MPSF sweetheart, BYU, is now working on their 2nd multi-game losing streak of the season.

If you add up the points, at least one voter has Loyola at third place or worse after winning 21 matches in a row and not losing since early January. Hard to imagine what more the Ramblers could do, other than moving the school brick-by-brick 2000 miles west. And note that 10-15 Cal State Northridge has become the 10th MPSF team in the Top 15, getting more points than 13-7 Harvard, 14-8 Princeton, 13-12 George Mason, 19-9 Lindenwood, or 11-14 Ohio State (who beat CS Northridge in California).

Loyola was voted 3rd and 4th by the Irvine and Hawaii coaches respectively. It's kind of surprising. The other four west coast coaches finally have Loyola at #1.

For the full ballots, click on voter ballots:

http://avca.org/polls/di-ii-men/