D3Boards.Com Soccer Top 20 Fan Poll

[jknezek]

We have our full slate of voters back again this week. Thankful to all of them for the work they continue to put in!

Remarkably stable. You have to get all the way to 13th before you find a team that moved more than 2 spots. Bowdoin is the biggest drop for the week, St. Olaf or Otterbein the big gainers.

Kenyon at 16 is the last school to appear on all 8 ballots, and Christopher Newport at 17 is the first to appear on fewer than 8 ballots. That is pretty deep in the poll for consensus, which is why there is lot of stability at the top.

Colorado College with a 4th place vote, and a 24th place vote, has the widest dispersion. Only one team that doesn't appear on all 8 ballots has a vote in the Top 10, Christopher Newport.

D3Boards.com Soccer Fan Poll Games as of 10/29/2023

National Top 25

Rank		School			Points		Weekly Change		Voter Breakdown
1		Messiah (8)			200		0		1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
2		Mary Washington			188		0		2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2
3		Middlebury			183		0		3, 2, 3, 5, 5, 2, 2, 3
4		Connecticut College			164		0		4, 4, 4, 10, 8, 5, 5, 4
5		Amherst			161		1		5, 10, 5, 4, 4, 9, 4, 6
6		North Central (IL)			151		1		6, 5, 6, 16, 2, 6, 7, 9
7		Franklin and Marshall			140		-2		8, 9, 12, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13
T8		Cortland State			122		1		10, 7, 8, 8, 10, 21, 17, 5
T8		Montclair State			122		2		7, 12, 9, 14, 11, 10, 12, 11
10		Tufts			118		2		9, 23, 13, 7, 9, 11, 6, 12
11		Carleton			105		2		17, 11, 14, 20, 12, 13, 8, 8
12		Calvin			102		-1		12, 6, 7, 24, 7, 14, 19, 17
13		St. Olaf			97		4		19, 14, 10, 11, 16, 19, 15, 7
T14		Colorado College			94		1		24, 8, 15, 13, 17, 4, 23, 10
T14		Emory			94		-6		15, 17, 11, 9, 25, 7, 10, 20
16		Kenyon			77		2		18, 16, 16, 19, 14, 12, 20, 16
17		Christopher Newport			61		-1		11, 21, 6, 20, 11
18		Chicago			55		4		16, 18, 12, 15, 21, 19
19		Oneonta State			52		2		14, 20, 17, 13, 18, 22
20		UW-Platteville			45		3		15, 22, 15, 20, 16, 23
21		Bowdoin			42		-7		13, 22, 22, 13, 18
22		Otterbein			35		---		22, 17, 17, 25, 14
23		Redlands			33		-4		13, 18, 14
24		Mount Union			29		-4		19, 15, 15
25		Washington College			23		---		22, 21, 20, 18

Also Receiving Votes:
Pacific Lutheran (21) , Trinity (TX) (15) , Lynchburg (10) , MSOE (9) , Washington and Lee (9) , Case Western Reserve (8) , Kean (8) , Ohio Wesleyan (7) , Texas Lutheran (6) , Brockport State (5) , Babson (3) , Lebanon Valley (2) , Rochester (2) , John Carroll (1) , Manchester (1)

Newly Ranked: Otterbein, Washington College
Dropped Out: Babson (Prev:24), Lynchburg (Prev:25)

1 = 1st Place Vote, 25 = 25th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Mid-Atlantic Fan, Coach Jeff, PaulNewman, Paclassic89, SimpleCoach, College Soccer Observer, Gregory Sager, FGGrizzliesGrad

[jknezek]

Another vey stable week at the top, with no one in the Top 8 moving more than 2 places. A couple -4 moves down, with Trinity (TX) re-entering the poll at 20 as the strongest move up. With the Tournament starting this week we won't do any more polls until the end a Champion is crowned. I want to thank our voters once again for taking on this massive task week in and out. Even better, they continue to make this easy for me as I haven't had to chase anyone down for ballots, something I greatly appreciate.

If I get some time, I want to look at this week vs our first poll of the season and see how things stack up. Are we really good projectors of the end of the season? It will be fun to find out. Here's to a great season-ending tournament and no injuries for the student-athletes who make our fun possible!

D3Boards.com Soccer Fan Poll Games as of 11/5/2023

National Top 25

Rank		School			Points		Weekly Change		Voter Breakdown
1		Messiah (8)			200		0		1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
2		Mary Washington			191		0		2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2
3		Amherst			180		2		5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3
4		Middlebury			174		-1		3, 5, 4, 8, 4, 4, 2, 4
5		Connecticut College			148		-1		4, 10, 10, 14, 7, 5, 5, 5
6		Cortland State			145		2		7, 9, 8, 4, 8, 13, 8, 6
7		Montclair State			144		1		6, 6, 9, 9, 9, 10, 7, 8
8		Tufts			132		2		8, 19, 7, 6, 10, 11, 6, 9
T9		Calvin			125		3		11, 3, 5, 21, 5, 12, 13, 13
T9		North Central (IL)			125		-3		10, 7, 11, 20, 6, 9, 9, 11
11		Franklin and Marshall			115		-4		9, 8, 12, 7, 11, 8, 22, 16
12		St. Olaf			114		1		15, 13, 6, 10, 14, 18, 11, 7
13		Carleton			85		-2		17, 11, 18, 16, 15, 10, 10
14		Colorado College			78		0		21, 12, 15, 18, 20, 6, 12
15		Chicago			73		3		14, 20, 13, 11, 22, 14, 15
16		Emory			71		-2		13, 16, 16, 12, 7, 23, 24
17		Kenyon			62		-1		18, 15, 19, 22, 13, 14, 19
18		Oneonta State			54		1		12, 25, 24, 16, 12, 17, 22
19		UW-Platteville			52		1		14, 14, 17, 20, 18, 21
20		Trinity (TX)			43		---		18, 13, 18, 20, 18
21		Christopher Newport			40		-4		16, 5, 17
22		Lynchburg			36		---		20, 22, 21, 15, 16
23		Johns Hopkins			24		---		20, 15, 25, 22, 24
T24		Bowdoin			21		-3		25, 12, 20
T24		Otterbein			21		-2		23, 17, 17

Also Receiving Votes:
Pacific Lutheran (19) , Gustavus Adolphus (18) , Case Western Reserve (16) , St. Thomas (TX) (15) , Mount Union (12) , Washington and Lee (11) , Washington College (10) , Ohio Northern (9) , Rochester (8) , Redlands (7) , Denison (5) , Babson (3) , MSOE (3) , Ohio Wesleyan (3) , UW-Whitewater (3) , Wartburg (2) , John Carroll (1) , Occidental (1) , Oglethorpe (1)

Newly Ranked: Trinity (TX), Lynchburg, Johns Hopkins
Dropped Out: Redlands (Prev:23), Mount Union (Prev:24), Washington College (Prev:25)

1 = 1st Place Vote, 25 = 25th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Mid-Atlantic Fan, Coach Jeff, PaulNewman, Paclassic89, SimpleCoach, College Soccer Observer, Gregory Sager, FCGrizzliesGrad

[jknezek]

Well I haven't gotten a lot of response from previous voters on whether they are willing to come back this year. I think I have 2. Anyone else interested in being part of the poll?

[SimpleCoach]

Im in.

[jknezek]

Im in.

You and one other are the only responses so far.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Think I'll pass this year. Just a bit too much on my plate at the moment.
If you're in the "need one more voter to even bother running things" position, then I might do it.

[Gregory Sager]

I'm in.

[SimpleCoach]

Hey Everybody.  After finalizing all contracts.... he drives a hard bargain, EJay agreed to joining me on the channel for a weekly show discussing the games he chose for the pool.  It was a lot of fun and hope you enjoy as much as did.

You can watch it here. 

The 2024 Men's Weekly Pool w/EJay - Opening Weekend

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[SierraFD3soccer]

Hey Everybody.  After finalizing all contracts.... he drives a hard bargain, EJay agreed to joining me on the channel for a weekly show discussing the games he chose for the pool.  It was a lot of fun and hope you enjoy as much as did.

You can watch it here. 

The 2024 Men's Weekly Pool w/EJay - Opening Weekend

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Great discussion! Very interesting and exciting.

One quick correction, F&M and Lynchburg are meeting halfway in Winchester, VA at Shenandoah Univ. (ODAC team). W&L two years ago played in MD against Stockton and then again last year in WV against Otterbein.

Maybe talk a little about whether it was a Friday or Sunday game. Could be an impact like F&M is playing Lancaster Bible (which has been a reasonably tough team for F&M) Friday and Lynchburg is not playing on Friday (playing Southern VA in a scrimmage which has been an easy team for most). JHU and W&L is both their first games. All could be an impact.

While teams may lose their first games this weekend. Many who show quality can clearly recover over the season. Ex. JHU last year tied NC Wesleyan and got thumped by Mary Wash. W&L went 0-1-2 over its first three games and made it to the semis. Two years ago, Stevens wacked F&M 3-0 in its 2nd game and F&M went undefeated the rest of the regular season.

Going to guess that you could have one or both Kenyan games in the pool next week.

[SKUD]

Great job and great games except for 1!

[d3ma]

Hey Everybody.  After finalizing all contracts.... he drives a hard bargain, EJay agreed to joining me on the channel for a weekly show discussing the games he chose for the pool.  It was a lot of fun and hope you enjoy as much as did.

You can watch it here. 

The 2024 Men's Weekly Pool w/EJay - Opening Weekend

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Excellent discussion. Long time lurker, few time poster here but had to come out of my cave to show my appreciation for all the content you guys have been pushing along. I love the pick em challenge and LOVED the discussion to fire me up for the opening weekend here. Thank you!!

[jknezek]

Unfortunately guys we only ended up with 3 firm commitments. It's just not enough to really run the poll this year. i appreciate the former pollsters and those who volunteered again. If anyone else has interest, please let me know.