East Region Fan Poll

['gro]

The MAAC is a non scholarship conference, the level of play is comparable to D3 and in some cases a lot worse. That's why many MAAC schools have dropped football in recent years.  I know Siena is one of those teams, terrible football team back when they played/scrimmaged RPI.

[labart96]

The MAAC is a non scholarship conference, the level of play is comparable to D3 and in some cases a lot worse. That's why many MAAC schools have dropped football in recent years.  I know Siena is one of those teams, terrible football team back when they played/scrimmaged RPI.

That's right - it's all coming back now.  One of TGP teammates from high school ended up playing linebacker for Marist which is also one of the schools in the MAAC.

['gro]

It always sucked seeing MAAC scores scroll across the bottom of ESPN (esp. Siena).  The 4 teams that are left -- Iona, Duquense, LaSalle, Marist -- might be good teams but they'll always be MAAC teams to me.

[superman57]

ok but the rest of my post still stands... We need to wait and see to judge how significant a lose it was for Del valley

[pg04]

East Region Fan Poll - Week 1 (9/2/07)

#	School (1st votes)	Record	Pts	Prev.	This Week
1	St. John Fisher ( 8 )	1-0	89	1	@ Buffalo State
2	Springfield ( 1 )	0-0	79	2	@ #7 Union
3	Ithaca	1-0	57	9	vs. King's
4	RPI	0-0	48	7	vs. Endicott
5	Hobart	0-0	46	5	@ Dickinson
6	Cortland State	0-0	43	6	vs. Morrisville State
7	Union	0-0	37	8	vs. #2 Springfield
8	Rowan	0-1	32	4	Idle
9	Alfred	0-0	22	NR	@ Thiel
10	Kean	1-0	20	NR	@ Albright

Other receiving votes: Delaware Valley 13, William Paterson 5, Wilkes 2, Western New England 1, Widener 1



Voting distribution by team for the week one poll...

Fisher (1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,-,1)
Springfield (2,1,4,2,2,2,2,3,-,2)
Ithaca (4,5,6,4,5,4,4,2,-,8)
RPI (6,4,8,5,7,3,3,4,-,-)
Hobart (7,3,3,-,4,9,5,5,-,6)
Cortland State (-,7,2,3,3,8,8,9,-,5)
Union (3,8,9,-,8,6,6,8,-,3)
Rowan (9,9,7,10,6,5,7,10,-,4)
Alfred (10,6,-,6,10,7,9,-,-,7)
Kean (8,10,5,7,9,-,-,7,-,-)
Delaware Valley (5,-,-,9,-,-,-,6,-,-)
William Paterson (-,-,-,8,-,-,-,-,-,9)
Wilkes (-,-,10,-,-,-,-,-,-,10)
Western New England (-,-,-,-,-,-,10,-,-,-)
Widener (-,-,-,-,-,10,-,-,-,-)

Please note that one of the posters did not get their poll in, therefore there are only 9 voters this week (the dash in the second to last position in the strings above represents that person).

Also, Kudos to the South Region poll as I have used them as a model for formatting. 

Some trends I noticed were that Ithaca jumped into peoples' minds with a good win over Lycoming, boosting them from 9 preseason to 3 this week.  Also, Notice that RPI seemed to jump for no good reason at all, while Hobart and Cortland stayed in the same spots.

[Tags]

+k for a nice job PG.

I'm anxious to see how the poll reads after next week - Ithaca may very well be well rounded on both sides of the football, with two convincing wins will that be enough to trump a loaded Springfield offense?

[superman57]

I wanna call out whoever put Delaware Valley at 5...and tags if Springfield beats union I think that Springfield might make a case to be #1

[Tags]

+k for a nice job PG.

Am I reading that right, someone did not give Fisher a vote for the top 10?

Also am anxious to see how the poll reads after next week - Ithaca may very well be well rounded on both sides of the football, with two convincing wins will that be enough to trump a loaded Springfield offense?

Please note that one of the posters did not get their poll in, therefore there are only 9 voters this week (the dash in the second to last position in the strings above represents that person).

I went back & took it out after I realized what had happened.

[pg04]

+k for a nice job PG.

I'm anxious to see how the poll reads after next week - Ithaca may very well be well rounded on both sides of the football, with two convincing wins will that be enough to trump a loaded Springfield offense?

I agree with superman, if Springfield beats Union they may gain a few more number 1 votes.  I think Ithaca will not jump over Springfield unless they lose.

[lewdogg11]

Also, Notice that RPI seemed to jump for no good reason at all, while Hobart and Cortland stayed in the same spots.

Everyone ranked that was previously behind Rowan and Wilkes in my ranks moved ahead.  The only team that made moves this week for me were Ithaca and Kean.  Fisher did what Fisher was expected to do...

RPI might have moved up due to the kickoff having them ahead of both Hobart and Union.  I can't for the life of me put them behind Union quite yet, but Hobart has owned RPI so until Hobart stumbles, I have to give them their due.  They do tend to stumble out of the gate though, so we may not have to wait too long.

I like the looks of this poll at this point in time.

[pg04]

Also, Notice that RPI seemed to jump for no good reason at all, while Hobart and Cortland stayed in the same spots.

Everyone ranked that was previously behind Rowan and Wilkes in my ranks moved ahead.  The only team that made moves this week for me were Ithaca and Kean.  Fisher did what Fisher was expected to do...

I was just curious as to why Hobart and Cortland didn't move up along with RPI, instead of RPI jumping ahead of everyone while they were all idle.  Like you said there was a lot of research that came out between when we did the preseason poll and that was probably a lot of it. 

[rams1102]

Knightstalker... I would say even though they may suck in terms of FCS they still have scholarships which in anycase to me would be reason enough to hold off on judging delaware valley till they play a diii team

Actually, they don't have scholarships. 
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You are correct about scholorships. Guys seem to forget that Iona is a very tough team. They are beatable, but no no walk in the park.  If you take them lightly, you may go down.They are at the bottom of the MAAC though.

[rams1102]

IMHO : Wilkes and Del Val should be out. Kean and Alfred should be in. If you look at the game stats, you could call it a bad day for Wilkes and put them at #10. Waz-Up with 5 turnovers?

[Ralph Turner]

+1 pg!  Looks great!

[superman57]

I can't justify taking delaware valley out quite yet....