South Region playoffs

[Bill McCabe]

Ralph, so do you see UMHB and HSU being the 2nd and 3rd seeds?  That order?

[Bill McCabe]

I saw the Fan Poll, now how would you seed the teams for the south playoffs?

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph, so do you see UMHB and HSU being the 2nd and 3rd seeds?  That order?

I see Trinity going to HSU (assuming that HSU beats TLU and McMurry)
I see someone flown into UMHB.

If top seeds prevail, then HSU meets in Belton (because of head-to-head).

I wonder if Wesley is kept in the South Region, or moved to the East as the #1 seed.

[Llamaguy]

I wonder if Wesley is kept in the South Region, or moved to the East as the #1 seed.

Only if Hobart or Wilkes loses a game. Hobart is undefeated with a better QOWI than Wesley and Wilkes is less than a quarter point behind Wesley at this point.

Hobart plays two > .500 teams to finish so if they win out they will be the #1 seed in the East. IMO

[exmajor]

Ralph,

Trinity still has to beat Millsaps in two weeks to make it in.

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph,

Trinity still has to beat Millsaps in two weeks to make it in.

Sorry, exmajor!  Millsaps' winning the SCAC would throw the committee another plane flight!

[Bob.Gregg]

South Regional Rankings are up!


1. Wesley 5-0 8-0
2. Trinity (Texas) 7-1 7-1
3. Mary Hardin-Baylor 6-2 6-2
4. Hardin-Simmons 6-1 6-1
5. Carnegie Mellon 7-0 8-0
6. Dickinson 7-1 7-1
7. Washington and Jefferson 6-1 7-1
8. Christopher Newport 6-1 6-2
9. Averett 6-2 6-2
10. Washington and Lee 6-2 6-2

[Bob.Gregg]

OKAY, playoff gurus, if everything works out, isn't this one team too many?

What happens?

[Josh Bowerman]

Bob, either Christopher Newport or Averett will eliminate the other this weekend.

I am curious, however, to know why Trinity keeps on getting mad love--especially given that HSU and UMHB are ahead of them in both the AFCA and the d3football.com polls!

Alas, it seems as if fate will keep HSU from hosting a playoff game--assuming they win out and get a Pool C bid. 

[Bob.Gregg]

I know that.

There's still 9 left on the board for 8-team bracket....

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Interesting that W&L went from No. 9 to No. 10 after their loss to Bridgewater.

I'd think BC would be No. 10.  Hmph.

[Bill McCabe]

Based on the rankings today, would Trinity host HSU and who would play UMHB.  I would then assume that if Trinity won, the next game would be there.  HSU and UMHB win, they play a rematch in Belton?

[Josh Bowerman]

Somebody gets shipped out of region--I personally think Wesley is the easiest to do that to, but that conversation has taken place in the General Football board, and the real gurus seem to think I'm nuts for suggesting it.  

[Ron Boerger]

I am curious, however, to know why Trinity keeps on getting mad love--especially given that HSU and UMHB are ahead of them in both the AFCA and the d3football.com polls!

Polls are irrelevant in the regional rankings as you know, Josh.

IMO Trinity is above UMHB because UMHB has two losses.  Good losses, but L's nonetheless.   7-1 > 6-2 and that is supposedly the primary criterion.

The real question is why is Trinity above HSU when HSU has a better QoWI?   Only thing I can think of is that the pencilnecks who put this together say 7-1 > 6-1 and ignore the fact that HSU (a) should be 7-1 and (b) can't figure out that a loss to TLU should hurt more than a loss to UMHB.  Trinity's QoWI should go down after this week's game against sub-.333 Sewanee.   

Of course, then you get into this:  if W-L is the primary criteria, why is CMU where they are?  I think they don't deserve to be any higher than that but again if you knock them for playing a crappy schedule then you should also knock Trinity for losing to a .500 TLU team. 

OK, here come the karma hits from the SCAC faithful. 

[Bill McCabe]

Ron, great points.  What do you see as the key games these last 2 weeks in the South region?