East Region Fan Poll

[lewdogg11]

I think it's obvious that Salve threw the game yesterday on purpose and the NEFC will get 3 teams in the playoffs.

[AUKaz00]

Sorry for the late post; I got back from Viper country yesterday and couldn't pull myself away from seeing a tailless dolphin to post this as normal.

Week 11 Fan Poll 

Team	Record	Points	Last Rating	Next Week
1   Hobart( 5 )	10-0	50	1	vs. #9 (South) Washington and Lee
2   Widener	9-0	43	2	vs. Bridgewater State
3   Cortland State	8-1	39	4	vs. Framingham State
4   Salisbury	8-2	37	3	vs. #5 Rowan
5   Rowan	7-2	31	5	at #4 Salisbury
6   Lycoming	8-2	25	6	End of Season
7   Alfred	6-3	17	T9	at Springfield
8   St. John Fisher	7-3	12	NR	vs. Castleton State
9   Delaware Valley	7-3	8	7	at #8 (South) Muhlenberg
10  Ithaca	6-4	5	T9	End of Season

Dropped Out:
Lebanon Valley


Also Receiving votes:               
Springfield 3
Framingham State 2
Albright 1
Trinity 1
Union 1
                     
            
Voting Distribution:            

Hobart (1,1,1,1,1)
Widener (4,2,2,2,2)
Cortland State (2,4,3,4,3)
Salisbury (3,3,5,3,4)
Rowan (5,5,4,5,5)
Lycoming (6,6,6,6,6)
Alfred (7,8,7,7,9)
St. John Fisher (9,7,8,8,NR)
Delaware Valley (NR,9,9,NR,7)
Ithaca (8,NR,NR,9,NR)
Springfield (NR,NR,NR,NR,8)
Framingham State (NR,10,NR,10,NR)
Albright (NR,NR,10,NR,NR)
Trinity (NR,NR,NR,NR,10)
Union (10,NR,NR,NR,NR)


Key Matchups:
#9 (South) Washington and Lee at #1 Hobart
#5 Rowan at #4 Salisbury
#9 Delaware Valley at #8 (South) Muhlenberg

[Bombers798891]

Sorry for the late post; I got back from Viper country yesterday and couldn't pull myself away from seeing a tailless dolphin to post this as normal.

10  Ithaca

7-3

5

T9

End of Season

You also couldn't do it right. Ithaca went 6-4, not 7-3. You fail at the poll. And life.

(Just kidding about that last part. Good job with it this season)

[D3MAFAN]

East Region Teams with Lindy's Top 25:
13.Hobart
16.Widener
19.Cortland State
22.Salisbury

Average Ranking of 17.5, I guess the east in only worthy enough of a 1st round team. Can not wait until the Division III rankings come out with much more information supporting their rankings.

Any fan predictions on how the east may shape out overall?   

[AUPepBand]

East Region Teams with Lindy's Top 25:
13.Hobart
16.Widener
19.Cortland State
22.Salisbury

Average Ranking of 17.5, I guess the east in only worthy enough of a 1st round team. Can not wait until the Division III rankings come out with much more information supporting their rankings.

Any fan predictions on how the east may shape out overall?

Pep sees Hobart as the team to beat in the East....or whoever wins the dogfight that Pep anticipates in the Empire 8. All will try to stop Salisbury, which is 2-for-2 in E8 titles, with only Ithaca stopping the Seagulls in two years of E8 play. Pep is thinking one of the teams in the E8 logjam will emerge to edge Salisbury for the '13 title...either Fisher, Buff State, AU, Utica or Ithaca, perhaps in that order.

But Pep will guarantee that the E8 team that wins the most conference games will emerge as the Empire 8 champion. Take that to the bank. 

Get the fight song ready....

[ITH radio]

Hobart ranked 12th in Sporting News CFB 2013 Preseason mag for D3.  Posted the Top 25 here

[D3MAFAN]

East Region Teams with Lindy's Top 25:
13.Hobart
16.Widener
19.Cortland State
22.Salisbury

Average Ranking of 17.5, I guess the east in only worthy enough of a 1st round team. Can not wait until the Division III rankings come out with much more information supporting their rankings.

Any fan predictions on how the east may shape out overall?

Pep sees Hobart as the team to beat in the East....or whoever wins the dogfight that Pep anticipates in the Empire 8. All will try to stop Salisbury, which is 2-for-2 in E8 titles, with only Ithaca stopping the Seagulls in two years of E8 play. Pep is thinking one of the teams in the E8 logjam will emerge to edge Salisbury for the '13 title...either Fisher, Buff State, AU, Utica or Ithaca, perhaps in that order.

But Pep will guarantee that the E8 team that wins the most conference games will emerge as the Empire 8 champion. Take that to the bank. 

Get the fight song ready....

Hobart is definitely the team the beat in its conference and the East. However, over the years the represenative of the East has change so many times. Also, other than last year and going back as far as 2004 season, Hobart has lost a conference game, I wouldn't be surprise to see Union step back up this year. Now it appears that teams in the E8 are adjusting to Salisbury speed, maybe Salisbury had a down year, nevertheless, I think that whichever team beats Salisbury wins the E8 conference, as of now I think either Alfred or Ithaca has the best chance, if they get out early on Salisbury they have a good chance. Regarding both the NJAC & MAC, I think that the NJAC and MAC conference are up for grabs, just like any other year, if I had to choose today for the two conferences, it would be Cortland State and Delaware Valley respectively. As for the remaining East conferences, their represenative have to prove they can win against other East teams.

It looks to be very competitive in the East. Hopefully the East can get a represenative that can get some solid wins agains top teams from other regions.

[PBR...]

East Region Teams with Lindy's Top 25:
13.Hobart
16.Widener
19.Cortland State
22.Salisbury

Average Ranking of 17.5, I guess the east in only worthy enough of a 1st round team. Can not wait until the Division III rankings come out with much more information supporting their rankings.

Any fan predictions on how the east may shape out overall?

Pep sees Hobart as the team to beat in the East....or whoever wins the dogfight that Pep anticipates in the Empire 8. All will try to stop Salisbury, which is 2-for-2 in E8 titles, with only Ithaca stopping the Seagulls in two years of E8 play. Pep is thinking one of the teams in the E8 logjam will emerge to edge Salisbury for the '13 title...either Fisher, Buff State, AU, Utica or Ithaca, perhaps in that order.

But Pep will guarantee that the E8 team that wins the most conference games will emerge as the Empire 8 champion. Take that to the bank. 

Get the fight song ready....

Hobart is definitely the team the beat in its conference and the East. However, over the years the represenative of the East has change so many times. Also, other than last year and going back as far as 2004 season, Hobart has lost a conference game, I wouldn't be surprise to see Union step back up this year. Now it appears that teams in the E8 are adjusting to Salisbury speed, maybe Salisbury had a down year, nevertheless, I think that whichever team beats Salisbury wins the E8 conference, as of now I think either Alfred or Ithaca has the best chance, if they get out early on Salisbury they have a good chance. Regarding both the NJAC & MAC, I think that the NJAC and MAC conference are up for grabs, just like any other year, if I had to choose today for the two conferences, it would be Cortland State and Delaware Valley respectively. As for the remaining East conferences, their represenative have to prove they can win against other East teams.

It looks to be very competitive in the East. Hopefully the East can get a represenative that can get some solid wins agains top teams from other regions.

Some good points but for me until someone beats wesley I consider them the top team in the east.

[D3viewer]

I think SJF was ranked in the Sporting News D3 rankings as well.

[D3MAFAN]

I think SJF was ranked in the Sporting News D3 rankings as well.

Sporting News:

Hobart 12
Widener 15
SJF 17
Rowan 23
Cortland St. 25

Average ranking = 18.4 (Worst average than Lindy's)

[AUPepBand]

East Region Teams with Lindy's Top 25:
13.Hobart
16.Widener
19.Cortland State
22.Salisbury

Average Ranking of 17.5, I guess the east in only worthy enough of a 1st round team. Can not wait until the Division III rankings come out with much more information supporting their rankings.

Any fan predictions on how the east may shape out overall?

Pep sees Hobart as the team to beat in the East....or whoever wins the dogfight that Pep anticipates in the Empire 8. All will try to stop Salisbury, which is 2-for-2 in E8 titles, with only Ithaca stopping the Seagulls in two years of E8 play. Pep is thinking one of the teams in the E8 logjam will emerge to edge Salisbury for the '13 title...either Fisher, Buff State, AU, Utica or Ithaca, perhaps in that order.

But Pep will guarantee that the E8 team that wins the most conference games will emerge as the Empire 8 champion. Take that to the bank. 

Get the fight song ready....

Hobart is definitely the team the beat in its conference and the East. However, over the years the represenative of the East has change so many times. Also, other than last year and going back as far as 2004 season, Hobart has lost a conference game, I wouldn't be surprise to see Union step back up this year. Now it appears that teams in the E8 are adjusting to Salisbury speed, maybe Salisbury had a down year, nevertheless, I think that whichever team beats Salisbury wins the E8 conference, as of now I think either Alfred or Ithaca has the best chance, if they get out early on Salisbury they have a good chance. Regarding both the NJAC & MAC, I think that the NJAC and MAC conference are up for grabs, just like any other year, if I had to choose today for the two conferences, it would be Cortland State and Delaware Valley respectively. As for the remaining East conferences, their represenative have to prove they can win against other East teams.

It looks to be very competitive in the East. Hopefully the East can get a represenative that can get some solid wins agains top teams from other regions.

Some good points but for me until someone beats wesley I consider them the top team in the east.

Pep wouldn't argue that...were Wesley in the East Region.

[Yanks 99]

http://gohobart.blogspot.com/

What?  Salve isn't ranked after beating no one of any significance...or anyone at all yet because it is only June?  Outrageous...

They deserve better...

[rams1102]

Any thoughts for the Pre-Season Top10 ? Should open up some discussion.

[mattvsmith]

Any thoughts for the Pre-Season Top10 ? Should open up some discussion.

Salve #1

Everything else falls into place from there. It's science.

[fulbakdad]

Nope, Salve shouldn't be ranked this year.