{"id":205589,"date":"2026-03-25T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205589\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:25:08","slug":"ucsb-florida-remain-1-2-in-wcla-d-1-top-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/205589\/","title":{"rendered":"UCSB, Florida Remain 1-2 in WCLA D-1 Top 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated UC Santa Barbara and Florida Club continue to hold the top two positions in the latest WCLA Division I ranking, released today. The Gauchos and Gators are a combined 25-0 this season and two of six undefeated teams in this week\u2019s Top 20.<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Boston College, and No. 5 Michigan round out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 WCLA Top 20 Rankings: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/magazine\/wcla-division-i-top-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Division I<\/a> \u00a0&#8212; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/magazine\/wcla-division-ii-top-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Division II<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No. 11 Utah continues its climb toward the top ten following its win over Utah State last weekend. The Utes were ranked 20th two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>No. 15 Michigan State also earned its highest ranking of the season after upsetting No. 5 Michigan in overtime last week and also defeating then-No. 18 Notre Dame. The Spartans return to action with three more games this week, including a matchup against Ohio State.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Big games in the week ahead include No. 3 Clemson playing both No. 6 Virginia Tech and No. 8 Virginia, with the Hokies and Cavaliers both also playing No. 18 Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Florida, No. 9 Georgia, and No. 13 Tennessee all play each other in a three-team Saturday round robin.<\/p>\n<p>In Division II, Montana State remains No. 1 and ends a three-week layoff with a match-up against Boise State this coming weekend. No. 2 Denver Club and No. 3 Concordia also remain unchanged. No. 4 Missouri and No. 5 UC Davis round out the top five in Division II.<\/p>\n<p>About the WCLA<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 150 non-varsity collegiate teams comprise the WCLA and compete under the USA Lacrosse umbrella. The season ends every year with the annual Division I and Division II National Championships, which showcase the WCLA\u2019s premier teams. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usalacrosse.com\/news-media-blog\/usa-lacrosse-wcla-national-championship-moving-florida-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 championship is scheduled for May 11-16 at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples, Fla<\/a>. and will feature 16 Division I clubs and 12 Division II teams vying for titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undefeated UC Santa Barbara and Florida Club continue to hold the top two positions in the latest WCLA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-205589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}