Posters' Poll

[warriorcat]

I tried to send my top 25 to FCGrizzilies by both pm and regular e mail.  It apparently did not get there.  Can you email me the correct address?  Hundleyk1954@gmail.com ?  Thank you.

[Smitty Oom]

Did anyone else vote?

Most voters send a PM to the poll compiler, rather than posting a ballot here (which could potentially effect other voters).  We like the Australian secret ballot!   (Though maybe you don't yet have enough posts to have PM rights?  Can't recall the rules on that.)

Sorry, thought it was optional. Plus I figured it would start conversation...that has not really happened. Hopefully that means everything i did made sense haha.

I think this poll is gonna end up being better than the real one, though.

Ryan and Dave's conversation on Hoopsville could influence voters too.

I like posting it to start conversation as well. If you want me to pm it to Grizz instead I will do that for sure, just let me know.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I don't have a problem with revealing your ballot, but it's preferable to do it after the poll is posted which my goal is Tuesday nights.

[Smitty Oom]

I don't have a problem with revealing your ballot, but it's preferable to do it after the poll is posted which my goal is Tuesday nights.

Okay I will do that instead!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Good news... I have all the ballots so you get the poll a bit early.


2017-18 TOP 25 FAN POLL (Jan 8-14)

Rank	Team	Pts	Prev
1)	Whitman (10)	274	1
2)	Wittenberg	238	T5
3)	St John's	227	4
4)	UW-Whitewater	222	T5
5)	York (PA)	207	3
6)	WashU	192	10
7)	UW-Oshkosh	187	T12
8)	MIT (1)	176	11
9)	Hamilton	169	T12
10)	UW-River Falls	149	8
11)	Augustana	146	2
12)	John Carroll	133	17
13)	Swarthmore	124	7
14)	Illinois Wesleyan	108	25
15)	Whitworth	104	9
16)	Williams	103	T15
17)	Marietta	92	19
18)	Middlebury	82	18
19)	Lycoming	81	NR
20)	Emory	78	23
21)	Wesleyan	65	T15
22)	E Connecticut	46	NR
23)	Franklin & Marshall	43	NR
24)	Baldwin Wallace	39	20
T25)	Emory & Henry	38	NR
T25)	Ohio Wesleyan	38	14
T25)	UW-Platteville	38	22

Dropped Out: #21 Nebraska Wesleyan; #24 Skidmore

Also Receiving Votes: Ohio Northern 36, Wheaton (IL) 23, North Central (IL) 22, Nebraska Wesleyan 19, Hobart 8, Wartburg 8, Augsburg 7, New Jersey City 7, Nichols 7, Amherst 6, Tufts 6, Ramapo 5, Rochester 5, Juniata 4, LeTourneau 4, St Norbert 4, Bethel 2, Gwynedd Mercy 1, Maryville 1, Randolph-Macon 1

Voters: FCGrizzliesGrad, KnightSlappy, me, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, Ryan Scott, smedindy, Smitty Oom, TheOsprey, warriorcat, and WUH

[WUPHF]

At one point while completing my poll, I had a thought that no one else would rank MIT as highly as I did.  Turns out I was wrong.  Not my No. 1 vote.

[smedindy]

Looks like I'm the only one in on Ramapo. I don't mind being an outlier. Besides, the bottom 7-8 spots were a challenge....

[me]

With Letourneau (LeTourneau?) getting another vote from somewhere, I don't think I'm alone on anyone anymore.

Still think the eastern teams are ranked too high, but at least it's closer.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I think I've settled on a format to include a bit of extra data for the poll. A bit of spreadsheet magic and I've got something simple I can post quickly (and not exceed the character limit). High is the highest rank a ballot had them, low is the lowest rank someone had them, and ballots is how many ballots did the team appear on.

Rank	Team	High	Low	Ballots
1)	Whitman	1	2	11
2)	Wittenberg	2	9	11
3)	St John's	2	12	11
4)	UW-Whitewater	3	12	11
5)	York (PA)	2	NR	9
6)	WashU	3	NR	10
7)	UW-Oshkosh	4	21	11
8)	MIT	1	19	11
9)	Hamilton	4	18	11
10)	UW-River Falls	7	NR	10
11)	Augustana	5	24	11
12)	John Carroll	3	NR	10
13)	Swarthmore	10	21	11
14)	Illinois Wesleyan	8	NR	9
15)	Whitworth	7	NR	9
16)	Williams	7	NR	9
17)	Marietta	8	NR	9
18)	Middlebury	11	NR	7
19)	Lycoming	10	NR	8
20)	Emory	10	NR	7
21)	Wesleyan	14	NR	9
22)	E Connecticut	10	NR	7
23)	Franklin & Marshall	9	NR	7
24)	Baldwin Wallace	10	NR	6
T25)	Emory & Henry	6	NR	5
T25)	Ohio Wesleyan	4	NR	3
T25)	UW-Platteville	6	NR	5
28)	Ohio Northern	11	NR	5
29)	Wheaton (IL)	12	NR	5
30)	North Central (IL)	17	NR	5
31)	Nebraska Wesleyan	7	NR	1
T32)	Hobart	18	NR	1
T32)	Wartburg	21	NR	2
T34)	Augsburg	20	NR	2
T34)	New Jersey City	21	NR	2
T34)	Nichols	19	NR	1
T37)	Amherst	20	NR	1
T37)	Tufts	20	NR	1
T39)	Ramapo	21	NR	1
T39)	Rochester	22	NR	2
T41)	Juniata	22	NR	1
T41)	LeTourneau	23	NR	2
T41)	St Norbert	22	NR	1
44)	Bethel	24	NR	1
T45)	Gwynedd Mercy	25	NR	1
T45)	Maryville	25	NR	1
T45)	Randolph-Macon	25	NR	1

[me]

This is certainly illuminating. Hard to believe how few teams are on all ballots.

I think I would like 4 other ballots besides mine

[Smitty Oom]

At this point in the season, Im curious on the argument to leave York PA off of the top 25 ballot.

[smedindy]

At this point in the season, Im curious on the argument to leave York PA off of the top 25 ballot.

I mean, they hold The Belt^TM and all.

[Smitty Oom]

At this point in the season, Im curious on the argument to leave York PA off of the top 25 ballot.

I mean, they hold The Belt^TM and all.

Which boosts any team holding The Belt^TM an automatic National Championship contender.

[Greek Tragedy]

Holding The Belt^TM is worth at least one first place vote!

Good to see this up and running again. Sorry I'm not participating, but good to follow anyway.

[KnightSlappy]

I could not possibly vote for a team holding The Belt^TM. Even a first place vote would be like casting swine before pearls.