FB: Midwest Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Hey mav , you did better than i did.. I could not find any at all  (on the ncaa ) 

Sorry desert, here's the link: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3

The heck with that -- try the front page of D3football.com! What more do we have to do?

Come on now, Pat...obviously I would've used the front page of D3football.com...if there would've been a link to the regional rankings at the time I was looking for them yesterday.

Tweeted them at 4:24 ET. On our regional rankings page moments before that. On the front page shortly thereafter.

[desertcat1]

Hey mav , you did better than i did.. I could not find any at all  (on the ncaa ) 

Sorry desert, here's the link: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3

The heck with that -- try the front page of D3football.com! What more do we have to do?

Come on now, Pat...obviously I would've used the front page of D3football.com...if there would've been a link to the regional rankings at the time I was looking for them yesterday.

Tweeted them at 4:24 ET. On our regional rankings page moments before that. On the front page shortly thereafter.

Hey Mav,  Good Job buddy, 

You scooped the Guru by just a few seconds.. 
that does not happen very often .. We all know what a great job the D 3 Staff does when it comes to D 3 Information .. Thanks again for all your hard work Mister Guru and staff.
Keep up the good work ... 
Go Cats
Go Big D

[coocooforcoekohawk]

POSSIBLY moving Monmouth up (ahead of Coe?) in the rankings.   

You are tied with Dubuque, alphabetical order is the only thing putting you behind Dubuque in the regional rankings.
So you would move ahead of Coe without a doubt.

However, in the end, I figure Monmouth will move to the North with UWW to make room for Redlands and Lewis and Clark to play Linfield and Cal Lu respectively.

Leaving St Scholastica at UST and the IIAC winner at St. Olaf

[grboob]

Here's my take on the tie for NCCA DIII West ranked Number 6 spot

6 Dubuque 7-1 8-1
6 Monmouth (Ill.) 8-1 8-1

Both teams lost to Wartburg

Dubugue by 3 pts and Monmouth by  7 pts

Therefore Dubugue thu tied with the Scots is mentioned above them in the rankings.

Coe will win on Saturday and The Scots will have the # 6 spot to themselves.  SWEET!

grboob

[scottie]

Whoever is not following Pat on Twitter should not be allowed on this site.  (This doesn't include Scottie, who doesn't embrace certain technologies until they are at least 5 years old.)   

[Maverick]

Hey mav , you did better than i did.. I could not find any at all  (on the ncaa ) 

Sorry desert, here's the link: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/d3

The heck with that -- try the front page of D3football.com! What more do we have to do?

Come on now, Pat...obviously I would've used the front page of D3football.com...if there would've been a link to the regional rankings at the time I was looking for them yesterday.

Tweeted them at 4:24 ET. On our regional rankings page moments before that. On the front page shortly thereafter.

Hey Mav,  Good Job buddy, 

You scooped the Guru by just a few seconds.. 
that does not happen very often .. We all know what a great job the D 3 Staff does when it comes to D 3 Information .. Thanks again for all your hard work Mister Guru and staff.
Keep up the good work ... 
Go Cats
Go Big D

Thanks desert!  It's a special feeling to know I had the lead for once.   But I knew the rankings would be showing up on the D3football.com front page at some point not long after I found them on the NCAA site since Mister Guru and the rest of the D3 Staff does such a good job of being up to the minute with all the D3 info.

Whoever is not following Pat on Twitter should not be allowed on this site.  (This doesn't include Scottie, who doesn't embrace certain technologies until they are at least 5 years old.)   

That would dis-allow me from the site...never been on Twitter and don't plan to be.  That would also be why I didn't know Pat had Tweeted the regional rankings at 4:24 ET yesterday.

[scottie]

Courtesy of the Facebook....which I just found out about!     http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VYSp14OOy8Q

[Maverick]

An interesting game in the IIAC this weekend that could affect those rankings: Dubuque (6-1, 8-1) at Coe (5-1, 5-3).  This outsider would think that a Coe win (and a win next week vs. Cornell) likely would give them the automatic qualifyer and move Dubuque down in the regional rankings - POSSIBLY moving Monmouth up (ahead of Coe?) in the rankings.   

Perhaps our friends at St. Johns could pick off a game from St. Olaf while we're hoping....   

Avoiding absolutes,

Scottie

P.S.  This is all assuming that the good guys can avoid the upset from Knox on the Rise this Saturday and keep from hurting their own cause.   

First off, yes...the Good Guys must avoid the upset from the Prairie Fire.  That being said...

A Coe win over Dubuque this weekend followed up with a win over Cornell next weekend would give Coe the automatic qualifier spot from the IIAC since they would be the only 1-loss team remaining.  And maybe St. John's rises up to shock St. Olaf this weekend, giving them a second loss.  If ALL of these manage to happen, could we see a West Bracket looking something like this:

1) St. Thomas
2) Linfield
3) Cal Lutheran
4) Monmouth
5) Coe
6) Lewis & Clark
7) Redlands
8) St. Scholastica

Feel free to ridicule away!

[scottie]

There's also a game between Lewis & Clark and Linfield - both currently undefeated.  My hunch is that Linfield wouldn't fall too far in the rankings with a loss and both teams could wind up higher than the good guys if L & C won.  So, Go Linfield! 

The other factor, which seems to have been at play in past years, is geography (travel expense).  I recall Willamette and Linfield (??) playing each other in the first round as a 1 and 2 seed. A home game versus Coe or a road trip to Dubuque make the most sense to this fiscally-conscious fan. 

[coocooforcoekohawk]

If ALL of these manage to happen, could we see a West Bracket looking something like this:

4) Monmouth
5) Coe

Feel free to ridicule away!

I think Tanney would love to end the season of Boyle who got first team Preseason All-American  while Alex settled for second team.

[The Roop]

No ridicule intended Maverick but Monmouth only gets a home game if they are moved to the North bracket and host St. Scholastica. It will depend on where the unranked Pool As wind up.

[Maverick]

There's also a game between Lewis & Clark and Linfield - both currently undefeated.  My hunch is that Linfield wouldn't fall too far in the rankings with a loss and both teams could wind up higher than the good guys if L & C won.  So, Go Linfield! 

The other factor, which seems to have been at play in past years, is geography (travel expense).  I recall Willamette and Linfield (??) playing each other in the first round as a 1 and 2 seed. A home game versus Coe or a road trip to Dubuque make the most sense to this fiscally-conscious fan.

Geography/travel expense...exactly why I set up the bracket that way.  The seeds may not end up looking the way I had them, since the NCAA is willing to pit a 1 seed vs. a 2 seed...but I could see those match-ups potentially taking place.  And again, that is if the chips fall just right with Coe, Dubuque, St. Olaf, etc.

No ridicule intended Maverick but Monmouth only gets a home game if they are moved to the North bracket and host St. Scholastica. It will depend on where the unranked Pool As wind up.

No ridicule taken from that statement, The Roop.  Just curious why you think it could happen that way?  Do you think Monmouth could get moved to the North and be seeded high enough to get a home game?  I guess I just figured St. Scholastica would get served up to someone like UW-Whitewater or Mount Union in the first round.

[Pat Coleman]

There's also a game between Lewis & Clark and Linfield - both currently undefeated.  My hunch is that Linfield wouldn't fall too far in the rankings with a loss and both teams could wind up higher than the good guys if L & C won.  So, Go Linfield! 

The other factor, which seems to have been at play in past years, is geography (travel expense).  I recall Willamette and Linfield (??) playing each other in the first round as a 1 and 2 seed. A home game versus Coe or a road trip to Dubuque make the most sense to this fiscally-conscious fan.

I believe it was Linfield and Occidental but yes, money money money is the primary concern for the NCAA.

[The Roop]

Maverick. I think the NathCon winner get shipped west to Whitewater.

[desertcat1]

Roop ,

So do you think UWW will stay in the West as #1 ?  MT. U in North? so who is # 1 in east ? They moved then both last year .. ? same could apply ?