I know everybody wants to talk about the big 3, butn let's look at the next four.  Concordia looks dangerous at 3-1, they can score with anybody and came back from 15 down against tyler after beating dallas on the road.  UMHB seems to have fallen off a little bit from last year, but they have still been competetive in there games.  Sul Ross has played Howard Payne closer than anyone else has this year and have the most underrated player in the league in Woods.  They can beat anybody on any day.  Then there is Schreiner.  Have more wins before christmas than they have had in at least 7 years.  Have won 3 of 4 and had a lead at half on Southwestern.
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What does everyone think about who the third and fourth best teams are in the west? 

I know there isn't much to compare different teams, but you really can't look at point differential to state a team is playing better than another.  It may be match-ups work better or just one team playeed real well for a game.

From the experience that I have being around the conference (this is my fifth year), the in-region games are only helping the elite teams. I was at a meeting when Kielsmeier tried to explain all that, and I just wanted to laugh cause it seemed that he only said that cause he needed the at-large. Honestly the teams that are in the middle to the lower part of the conference do not care when they are making their schedules about how high the confernce is rated and if McM or Hardin-simmons recieve an at-large bid to the tournament.  With the many of the schools on a limited budget and some schools needing wins to get their season's going, making the asc look good is on their priority list.