FB: Region 3 fan poll

[Ralph Turner]

Still awaiting ballot #5.

Sorry for the delay. I am working on a solution.

[Ralph Turner]

Poll up late tonight! 

[jknezek]

Still awaiting ballot #5.

Sorry for the delay. I am working on a solution.

Not a big deal. Given a 6 day window between games, having it up on Thurs night or Fri morning is no big deal. The fact that you volunteer your time to do the poll and chase down delinquent voters should make all of us happy...

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Ralph is being nice (to me). I was the one late on the poll!!! Ahh, new job taking up more time than I thought.

Sorry guys.

I have submitted this week's poll.

[Ralph Turner]

Week #4

1)  UMHB  (5)             50   (1,1,1,1,1)
2T)  TMC                    41   (2,2,2,3,5)
2T)  Wesley                41  (2,2,3,3,4)
4)  LaCollege               31  (3,4,5,6,6)
5)  JHU                       28  (3,4,5,6,9)
6)  Salisbury                23  (4,5,6,6,x)
7)  McMurry                 13  (4,7,9,x,x)
8)  BSC                       11  (5,8,9,x,x)
9)  Centre                    9   (7,8,10,10,x)
10T)  Trinity                  8   (7,8,10,x,x)
10T)  HSU                     8   (7,7,x,x,x)

RV)  W&L                       4  (8,10,x,x,x)
RV)  HSC                        2  (9,x,x,x,x)
RV)  MissColl                   2   (9,x,x,x,x)
RV)  Huntingdon               1   (10,x,x,x,x)

Corrections appreciated.

[Ralph Turner]

Week #5  (Corrections appreciated)

1)  UMHB            (6)    60   (1,1,1,1,1,1)
2)  Thomas More         52   (2,2,2,2,3,3)
3)  Wesley                  49   (2,2,3,3,3,4)
4)  JHU                       39  (3,4,4,4,6,6)
5)  Salisbury                32  (4,5,5,6,6,8)
6)  BSC                       18  (5,8,8,8,8,x)
7T) Trinity                   15  (7,7,7,9,10,x)
7T) LaCollege               15  (4,7,9,10,10,x)
9T)   McMurry                12  (5,5,x,x,x,x)
9T)   Centre                  12  (6,6,9,x,x,x)

RV)  W&L                       9    (7,8,9,x,x,x)
RV)  H-SC                      8   (5,9,x,x,x,x)
RV)  W&J                       6    (7,10,10,x,x,x)
RV)  Huntingdon              3    (9,10,x,x,x,x)

VOTERS:  Matt Barnhart, PA_Wesleyan, Ralph Turner, SaintsFAN, Toby Taff, Wes Anderson

[DPU3619]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

[jknezek]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

That kind of surprised me too. Of course, if they go to B-SC this weekend and win there will be no reason not have them ranked.

[ExTartanPlayer]

A win at DePauw this year doesn't mean as much as it used to, as the Tigers are struggling pretty badly...that said, I'm not sure why one would drop Centre from the poll after that.  As jknezek said, though, they play BSC this week, that should help sort things out.

It looks like Trinity picked up a few votes, which seems curious considering that they won 10-3 against a team that Louisiana College beat 56-0 the week before.  Huh??

McMurry is obviously very polarizing, and they're going to provide a fascinating debate come playoff time if they win out.  They'd be 7-1 against Division III competition with a one-point road loss against powerhouse UMHB.  Often, it seems like an 8-2 record can be the kiss of death for playoff chances, but that would be a team that really deserves a shot.  Obviously, they still have to beat Lousiana College and HSU to get there....

[Matt Barnhart (kid)]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

Correction... TWO people dropped them, because I added them for week 5.

I still think spots 8-10 are very fluid, even at this point. For instance, HSC is still the clear favorite to won the ODAC, but the Huntingdon loss has voters considering W&L.

[SaintsFAN]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

I'm a new voter and didn't have them in my poll... hope this helps to explain things.  I just simply thought there were 10 teams better than them, but they are right there and as has been mentioned a win this weekend would probably put them in... just my .02 (its worth probably a quarter of that)

[Toby Taff]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

I'm a new voter and didn't have them in my poll... hope this helps to explain things.  I just simply thought there were 10 teams better than them, but they are right there and as has been mentioned a win this weekend would probably put them in... just my .02 (its worth probably a quarter of that)

I haven's had them in either, but 2 weeks ago I decided to adopt a "how would a vs b turn out" If I think b would win, they jump a regardless of record. I honestly believe McMurry could give any one a real challenge so I have them ranked fairly high. I had dropped Wesley after the loss at Kean, but have moved them back up to #2

[jknezek]

Centre went to DePauw and won and then somebody dropped them from their poll?

Correction... TWO people dropped them, because I added them for week 5.

I still think spots 8-10 are very fluid, even at this point. For instance, HSC is still the clear favorite to won the ODAC, but the Huntingdon loss has voters considering W&L.

I was wondering about that. While I'm a W&L grad, I personally feel H-SC will beat W&L, especially since the game is at HSC and the schedule this year greatly favors H-SC versus W&L (bye week scheduling, prior opponents, and home-away games, which all heavily favored W&L last year). Assuming, of course, that neither team falters between now and 11/5, which is a big assumption with everyone but Guilford still waiting on the Generals. All that being said, W&L has had an easy schedule and a close road loss against their only strong opponent so far. I would be hard pressed to rank them above H-SC who also has a close road loss against their toughest opponent so far, but has a quality win against Catholic. I think the W&L vs E&H and H-SC vs Bridgewater could make this all academic after this weekend. One of those games (I'm looking at you E&H at home!) could easily be an upset.

[Ralph Turner]

At the risk of being an "ASC-homer", the only South Region team that has been able to stay with/beat UMHB has been Wesley.

With that yardstick, I think that the ASC is the "Cream of the South" region.

When one looks at the indexes, Massey, Lazindex and Bornpowerindex all have three ASC teams in the National Top20.

That is part of my basis for voting the ASC so high.

[PA_wesleyfan]

 I think being able to see so many more teams the last few years play at Wesley has given me a better idea of how much  stronger some conferences are than others.