East Region Fan Poll

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Poll to Hopefully be up by 9!  Be patient!!

[theoriginalupstate]

Newfane still sucks....

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East Region Fan Poll - Week 4 (9/24/07)

#	School (1st votes)	Record	Pts	Prev.	This Week
1	St. John Fisher ( 10 )	4-0	100	1	at Hartwick
2	Alfred	3-0	84	T2	at Norwich
3	RPI	3-0	77	T2	at Susquehanna
	Montclair State	3-0	77	4	at TCNJ
5	Rowan	2-1	61	6	at Western Connecticut
6	WPI	4-0	35	T9	vs. #7 Hobart
7	Hobart	1-2	30	7	at #6 WPI
8	Curry	4-0	25	NR	vs. Salve Regina
9	Cortland State	2-1	17	NR	at William Paterson
10	Springfield	1-2	13	5	at Utica

Other receiving votes: Albright 11, Brockport State 10, Kean 3, Hartwick 3, Ithaca 2, TCNJ 1



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

One of the more interesting things about this poll this week is that Hobart, though losing, didn't move at all.     I would assume because of the close loss when compared to Ithaca and Springfield who just got blown away.

Also, the battle between WPI and Hobart this week should be interesting. 

[Jonny Utah]

I was wondering how one could vote Montclair over Alfred (which I see 3 people did).  I can see maybe arguing RPI over them, but Montclair?

[theoriginalupstate]

No idea how they could, they should know that Montclair only beat SC by 3 and AU just crushed them by 30 and that Wesley hasnt been as good at advertised as they dont put away teams untill late in games.....

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Montclair did just beat the #7 team on the road.  I think that is worthy of putting them in the 2 spot. 

The D3football.com poll also has Montclair ahead of Alfred.

Score Comparison does not work.  Haven't we seen that in the past?

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I guess my overwhelming thought was of Montclair's total first 3 games, all of which as a whole are tougher than the Alfred Schedule. 

[theoriginalupstate]

I guess my overwhelming thought was of Montclair's total first 3 games, all of which as a whole are tougher than the Alfred Schedule. 

I'll definatley give them credit for aiming high....

To date their schedule is definatley tougher, but Wilkes is 0-3, Wesley had a couple of 3pt wins vs subpar competition and Springfield just isnt clicking yet.....

Going into the season I'd say it was tougher, but the way its playing out its not overwhelmingly tougher....

[union89]

U89 was wondering if Plymouth St. would get any love....even the NEFC rep. wouldn't throw them 1 vote??

Did we decide that the NESCAC was not included in this?  I can't bring myself to give them a vote, but I'm surprised no one else did.

[Knightstalker]

I just quoted this rather than retype it.  This was my thought on MSU and Alfred.

When I looked into it further I truly believe that Montclair has played a tougher schedule so far.

I am thinking that Montclair may deserve the #2 spot, they knocked a top ten ranked Springfield off last week and this week did the same to Wesley.  I think they have played a tougher schedule than Alfred so far.  That said, Alfred is right behind them in my opinion, almost like 2 and 2A.

Big game this week between Cortland and Willy P.  Even if Cortland is having a bit of a down year so far, they will be the first real test for Willy P.  Are they a better team this year?  Are they just teasing against an average schedule?  Unless Wilkes is better than they have shown so far.

I looked at WPI and Curry and just felt that Kean and BPort are better teams.

With conference schedules getting into full swing this should all start to straighten itself out in the next two weeks.

[dewcrew88]

U89 was wondering if Plymouth St. would get any love....even the NEFC rep. wouldn't throw them 1 vote??

Did we decide that the NESCAC was not included in this?  I can't bring myself to give them a vote, but I'm surprised no one else did.

I almost gave one to Middlebury and I almost gave one to Bowdoin for ending Williams 14 game winning streak.
But I didn't believe the NESCAC was included, so I went against it.

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I've never stated that NESCAC wasn't allowed.  Like the D3football.com poll, they are allowed in.  However, it is very hard to put a gauge on those teams vs. others in the regions. 

[Knightstalker]

If I saw a couple of their teams play then maybe I could consider them, but not playing against any OOC competition I can't guage them against the rest of the region.

[labart96]

I am glad that voters didn't ding Hobart.  They've lost 2 games by a combined 7 points to teams that are 7-0 on the season (both games came down a last second play).  If Hobart had better luck (some would say game mgmt), they could have easily been 3-0 as they are 1-2. 

That said, it's pretty much all up hill for Hobart from here on out.  Hobart basically has to run the table in the LL (no small task) to have any hope at a NCAA Pool C bid.  One more loss and they are looking at ECAC or bust.

[Jonny Utah]

Montclair did just beat the #7 team on the road.  I think that is worthy of putting them in the 2 spot. 

The D3football.com poll also has Montclair ahead of Alfred.

Score Comparison does not work.  Haven't we seen that in the past?

It doesnt work in some instances.  But it should matter in a poll like this I would think.