Defending champions Dayton finished first with 88 total points in the poll of the conference’s 10 head coaches. GW garnered 79 total points, followed by Saint Louis with 74.

GW finished 22-8 overall and 11-3 in A-10 play last year, but the team’s season ended in the A-10 Championship match at the hands of the Flyers. It was GW’s first trip to the Championship game since 2002.

Dayton received eight of the 10 first-place votes, while two voters spared the Colonials the always-the-bridesmaid treatment by awarding theirs to GW.

The Colonials did beat Dayton during the 2014 regular season, and return 10 letterwinners including league first-teamer Chidima Osuchukwu from that team. This year’s squad will be the largest, at 16, that head coach Amanda Ault has had to work with during her time at GW and should be a contender for the conference title.

The full rankings are below:
(first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Dayton (8) – 88
2. George Washington (2) – 79
3. Saint Louis – 74
4. Rhode Island – 58
5. VCU – 57
6. Duquesne – 48
7. George Mason – 30
8. Davidson – 23
9. Fordham – 21
10. La Salle – 17