East Region Fan Poll

[AUKaz00]

Undefeated Plymouth State and Curry play this weekend ...if Curry wins will you pollsters give them any love in your polls next week?

Last week they were 8th in the poll and I'd be surprised if they weren't in a similar spot this week.  I think the historical performance of the NEFC in the NCAAs will keep Curry from getting any higher than 6th or 7th in the East Region poll.

[theoriginalupstate]

Undefeated Plymouth State and Curry play this weekend ...if Curry wins will you pollsters give them any love in your polls next week?

The SJF contingent gave PS and Curry some love ranking both of them (9 and 10)....

[realistic]

I think KazOO hit the nail on the head.  I gave some NEFC love in the early polls but I think the LL, E8 and NJAC are so much stronger that it's hard to justify Curry over one of the others.  Thats just been my thinking and if they win next week, then Yes they probably will pop back into my poll.

[Knightstalker]

I have a hard time even considering them for the East region poll, I think they might be .500 teams in the NJAC and E8 this season and maybe a game above in the LL.

[Boxer7806]

thanks for your comments guys

[superman57]

pg whats takin you so long...you should be fired...you are 17 minutes late... (JK)

[pg04]

Sorry Soopah. I was watching the Sabres plus giving someone an extra chance, but it looks like we'll be one poll short this week as someone forgot to vote.  Will be out momentarily. 

[superman57]

Sorry Soopah. I was watching the Sabres plus giving someone an extra chance, but it looks like we'll be one poll short this week as someone forgot to vote.  Will be out momentarily. 

no worries man.. just messin

your doing an awesome job

[SJFF82]

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You're vots our do bye tomorow at 9;oo pee em

[pg04]

East Region Fan Poll - Week 7 (10/15/07)

#	School (1st votes)	Record	Pts	Prev.	This Week
1	Alfred   ( 4 )	6-0	85	1	vs.  Husson
2	RPI   ( 2 )	5-0	78	2	vs.  Merchant Marine
3	St. John Fisher ( 3 )	6-1	77	3	at Springfield
4	New Jersey	5-1	59	4	vs. Western Connecticut
5	Montclair State	5-1	43	6	at #7 Cortland State
6	Hobart	4-2	41	5	vs. St. Lawrence
7	Cortland State	5-1	31	T8	vs. #5 Montclair State
8	Rowan	4-2	30	7	at Kean
9	Hartwick	4-2	19	NR	vs. Mount Ida
10	Albright	5-1	15	10	at Wilkes

Other receiving votes: Curry 13, Ithaca 3, Plymouth State 1

Dropped Out: #8 Curry


Voting Breakdown:

Alfred (1,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2)
RPI (2,3,3,1,2,3,1,2,4)
Fisher (4,1,2,3,3,1,4,3,1)
TCNJ (3,6,4,4,7,4,3,4,5)
Montclair State (10,7,6,6,6,6,5,7,3)
Hobart (5,5,5,-,4,5,9,5,9)
Cortland State (-,4,-,5,5,7,7,10,8)
Rowan (6,8,7,8,8,8,10,8,6)
Hartwick (9,9,9,7,-,-,-,6,7)
Albright (7,10,10,9,-,-,6,9,-)
Curry (8,-,8,10,10,9,8,-,-)
Ithaca (-,-,-,-,9,-,-,-,10)
Plymouth State(-,-,-,-,-,10,-,-,-)

One person did not meet the deadling this week, hence a missing vote frome each team.

[SJFF82]

Curious to know what the 'arguments' are for the two votes ranking TCNJ over SJF?

Cannot argue with AU still on top as they continue to roll....but I am still a bit intrigued by the fact that RPI, who just cracked the National rankings, is still ahead of SJF in the poll.

I see there is a 'great-divide' with Cortland...I tend to agree with those voters who have them "4", "5" and "5". 

[superman57]

the only real beef I have with the poll is when you compare common opponents of wick and Curry...wick lost to WNEC and curry beat them

[labart96]

the only real beef I have with the poll is when you compare common opponents of wick and Curry...wick lost to WNEC and curry beat them

(Please excuse the long post.  TGP had a brutal day and is medicating with an entire bottle of Reserve Banfi Chianti Classico):

Yeah, but Wick beat IC and SJF.  Curry would probably lose to IC and SJF by a combined score of 84-21.  I'll admit the closest I got to voting for a NEFC team was including WPI as a #10 on my ballot in Week 4 (but even then I felt their 4-0 was dubious at best).

Although I had SJF at 3 and TCNJ at 4, I wouldn't be surprised if some voters who had TCNJ higher than SJF may feel in general that the NJAC is tougher than the E8.  One argument against that logic is that Montclair (currently 5-1, 2-1 in the NJAC) barely beat a 3-3 Springfield team, so go figure?

Re: SJF and RPI - I think voters are inclined to give #1 or #2 votes to undefeated teams.  Take a look at the BCS poll.  Ohio State is the #1 team in the country?  No f***ing way.  USF #2?  That = WTF?  Not saying Alfred doesn't deserve this week's #1 (that was my vote), but only later this season (like on 10/27 and 11/10) will we really know if Alfred is a true contendah or just a pretendah (btw - I am pissed as hell the Sox lost tonight).

SJF got their high pre-season ranking based on last year's NCAA run (deserved no doubt).  This year you could argue that SJF hasn't beaten any one of note other than a 4-2 IC team who's best win this season has been over a 3-3 Brockport team (who beat Springfield who barely lost to Montclair, etc, etc).  The good news for SJF fans is that if you win out, you will grab a Pool A and potentially have a victory over a Top 10 team (assuming Alfred won out as well) giving you momentum into the NCAAs.

Interesting flip side to the argument is that RPI has benefited from a very weak non-conference schedule and only has one "quality win" over a 4-2 Hobart team (and RPI barely won that game).  Guess we'll see how it plays out for the next 4 weeks, but realistically I don't see another "good game" on RPI's schedule until the Shoeapalooza 2007 (you can throw out records and rankings in this type of rivalry game).

Honestly I don't see the poll changing much next week either.

Alfred and RPI will (probably) stay unbeaten.  All other ranked teams will win - except for either Montclair and Cortland which is really the only game on the board that would change the poll at all in my book.  Even then, I'd still vote for Cortland or Montclair over the winner of the Plymouth/Curry game at this stage in the season.  Why?  I think either CSU or MSU would beat PSU or Curry by at least 2-3 TDs.  Call me biased, but that's been the NEFC's very consistent track record in the past vs. other (LL, E8, NJAC, etc) teams.

[Knightstalker]

I think Kean or Willy P would be a touchdown better than Curry or PSU (give or take a couple of points) along with half of the MAC, LL and E8.  They might take Buff State but West Conn would give them a tough game.

[labart96]

I see there is a 'great-divide' with Cortland...I tend to agree with those voters who have them "4", "5" and "5". 

I am not on the CSU band wagon yet.  Their record in the NJAC has been front loaded with wins over weaker teams: 3 pter over 2-4 Beef Steak, 2-4 WPU, yet another 2-4 not so Kean, and 1 pt win over 3-3 West Cahn).  The back end of the schedule is just brutal.

Beat Montclair, then CSU will deserve some #4 and 5 love.  Win out and CSU 's loss to 3-3 BSU will be long forgotten and CSU won't be dissed by the NCAA committee.