FB: Region 3 fan poll

[Ralph Turner]

Good amount of shuffling this week.

Lots of shuffling on my ballot, too.

After 5 weeks, I think that the Pool A bids will be

ASC  -- UMHB 70% HSU 25% ETBU 5% (Mathemeatically still in consideration).
Centennial  -- JHU
ODAC  --  Guilford 55% RMC 30% W&L 15%
PresAC -- TMC 60% CWRU 40% (Only because CWRU doesn't play TMC or W&J. BTW, what are the tie-breakers for the PresAC if there are 2 teams that are undefeated in conference play?  I would hate for the Franklin loss to hurt TMC.)
SAA -- Hendrix 39%, Wash UStL 30%, Centre 30%; 1% three-way tie coin flip.  I don't think that Berry quite has it this year.
USA South.  Huntingdon 80% NCWC 20%. I think that the trip to Rocky Mount was the bump in the road for HC that cost them Home Field Advatange. It would be good for the conference for NCWC to win the title, but I don't think that it happens.

[Scots13]

Good amount of shuffling this week.

Lots of shuffling on my ballot, too.

After 5 weeks, I think that the Pool A bids will be

ASC  -- UMHB 70% HSU 25% ETBU 5% (Mathemeatically still in consideration).
Centennial  -- JHU
ODAC  --  Guilford 55% RMC 30% W&L 15%
PresAC -- TMC 60% CWRU 40% (Only because CWRU doesn't play TMC or W&J. BTW, what are the tie-breakers for the PresAC if there are 2 teams that are undefeated in conference play?  I would hate for the Franklin loss to hurt TMC.)
SAA -- Hendrix 39%, Wash UStL 30%, Centre 30%; 1% three-way tie coin flip.  I don't think that Berry quite has it this year.
USA South.  Huntingdon 80% NCWC 20%. I think that the trip to Rocky Mount was the bump in the road for HC that cost them Home Field Advatange. It would be good for the conference for NCWC to win the title, but I don't think that it happens.

I'd go 80/20 in favor of NCWC in USAC for now. We'll find out next Saturday when Maryville and NCWC play. MC wins and there's a good chance for a three way tie, if they don't get past HC on Senior Day.

[Ralph Turner]

I'd go 80/20 in favor of NCWC in USAC for now. We'll find out next Saturday when Maryville and NCWC play. MC wins and there's a good chance for a three way tie, if they don't get past HC on Senior Day.

That might give a first round home game to the ODAC.

[ADL70]

PAC tiebreaker

Tiebreaker for NCAA automatic qualifier (AQ): 1) Head-to-head competition, 2) Record against the highest-ranked team in the conference not involved in the tie. In the case of a three-way tie, it would be the fourth team. In case of a four-way tie, it would be the fifth-team, etc. If the records against that team are the same, it goes to the next highest team not involved in the tie, etc., 3) strength of conference wins (conference winning percentage of teams you beat in 8 PAC games, 4) Overall record, 5) Record vs. common non-league opponent(s). Note: if one team is eliminated, the tiebreaker begins again at step #1. All teams in a 3 or more team tie must have played each other for the head-to-head tiebreaker to be applicable.  [Emphasis added]

[jknezek]

1-5 didn't change for me, but all the chairs 6-10 either changed or moved. Interesting week at the bottom of the poll.

[Ralph Turner]

Week #5 South Region Poll

Thanks to my fellow pollsters: Hasanova, jknezek, roocru, Scots 13.

1)	UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1
2)	JHU	44	2,2,2,2,3
3)	HSU	40	2,3,3,3,4
4)	Thomas More	36	3,4,4,4,4
5)	ETBU	27	5,5,5,5,8
.	.	.	.
6)	Guilford	24	5,6,6,7,7
7)	Hendrix	23	6,6,6,7,7
8)	CWRU	11	8,8,9,9,10
9T	W&J	6	7,9,x,x,x
9T)	Huntingdon	6	8,9,10,x,x
.	.	.	.
RV)	Randy Mac	5	8,10,10,x,x
RV)	Westminster PA	2	9,x,x,x,x
RV)	Centre	1	10,x,x,x,x

As always, corrections are appreciated.

[wesleydad]

Week #5 South Region Poll

Thanks to my fellow pollsters: Hasanova, jknezek, roocru, Scots 13.

1)	UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1
3)	JHU	44	2,2,2,2,3
3)	HSU	40	2,3,3,3,4
4)	Thomas More	36	3,4,4,4,4
5)	ETBU	27	5,5,5,5,8
.	.	.	.
6)	Guilford	24	5,6,6,7,7
7)	Hendrix	23	6,6,6,7,7
8)	CWRU	11	8,8,9,9,10
9T	W&J	6	7,9,x,x,x
9T)	Huntingdon	6	8,9,10,x,x
.	.	.	.
RV)	Randy Mac	5	8,10,10,x,x
RV)	Westminster PA	2	9,x,x,x,x
RV)	Centre	1	10,x,x,x,x

As always, corrections are appreciated.

Hey guys, hope all is well in the south.  Are the top 4 teams so far ahead of the rest?  It looks that way to me and the top team may be the best in the land.  Will be interested to see how the rest of the year plays out.

[Scots13]

I took RMC out of my ballot as they get more votes. I had to rank ETBU this week. They've proven consistent.

[jknezek]

Hey guys, hope all is well in the south.  Are the top 4 teams so far ahead of the rest?  It looks that way to me and the top team may be the best in the land.  Will be interested to see how the rest of the year plays out.

Not sure it's really top 4. I think it's top 1, and 3 more. But yeah, there isn't much that is going to challenge JHU in the CC anymore other than complacency. TMC ran through the hardest part of their schedule, and HSU is clobbering people. The question is ETBU, who has gotten a lot of credit for beating a TLU team that was well off the pace from last year. But ETBU faces UMHB and HSU, so it's not like we won't get a pretty good feel for them soon.

Hard to put anyone else in the South in that league. I saw Hendrix this weekend and they looked good, but not jaw dropping. Case looks strong, but the schedule hasn't exactly impressed. Same with RMC, except the schedule is even worse. Then you have to move into teams that have already dropped games to the top 4/5. W&J showed they aren't in TMC's league, Huntingdon took a bad loss. Guilford took an awful loss. Westminister probably isn't getting enough credit for hanging with TMC, but they still have a tough stretch to come. Center lost to Hendrix, and that win is basically providing Hendrix's bonafides.

So yeah, once you are out of those top 5 slots, you can't really argue that anyone below there should be up with the big boys.

[wesleydad]

Hey guys, hope all is well in the south.  Are the top 4 teams so far ahead of the rest?  It looks that way to me and the top team may be the best in the land.  Will be interested to see how the rest of the year plays out.

Not sure it's really top 4. I think it's top 1, and 3 more. But yeah, there isn't much that is going to challenge JHU in the CC anymore other than complacency. TMC ran through the hardest part of their schedule, and HSU is clobbering people. The question is ETBU, who has gotten a lot of credit for beating a TLU team that was well off the pace from last year. But ETBU faces UMHB and HSU, so it's not like we won't get a pretty good feel for them soon.

Hard to put anyone else in the South in that league. I saw Hendrix this weekend and they looked good, but not jaw dropping. Case looks strong, but the schedule hasn't exactly impressed. Same with RMC, except the schedule is even worse. Then you have to move into teams that have already dropped games to the top 4/5. W&J showed they aren't in TMC's league, Huntingdon took a bad loss. Guilford took an awful loss. Westminister probably isn't getting enough credit for hanging with TMC, but they still have a tough stretch to come. Center lost to Hendrix, and that win is basically providing Hendrix's bonafides.

So yeah, once you are out of those top 5 slots, you can't really argue that anyone below there should be up with the big boys.

Thanks JK, still follow the south and the nation, but with Wesley in the east I dont do much more than check out the scores to see who is still winning.

[jknezek]

Hey guys, hope all is well in the south.  Are the top 4 teams so far ahead of the rest?  It looks that way to me and the top team may be the best in the land.  Will be interested to see how the rest of the year plays out.

Not sure it's really top 4. I think it's top 1, and 3 more. But yeah, there isn't much that is going to challenge JHU in the CC anymore other than complacency. TMC ran through the hardest part of their schedule, and HSU is clobbering people. The question is ETBU, who has gotten a lot of credit for beating a TLU team that was well off the pace from last year. But ETBU faces UMHB and HSU, so it's not like we won't get a pretty good feel for them soon.

Hard to put anyone else in the South in that league. I saw Hendrix this weekend and they looked good, but not jaw dropping. Case looks strong, but the schedule hasn't exactly impressed. Same with RMC, except the schedule is even worse. Then you have to move into teams that have already dropped games to the top 4/5. W&J showed they aren't in TMC's league, Huntingdon took a bad loss. Guilford took an awful loss. Westminister probably isn't getting enough credit for hanging with TMC, but they still have a tough stretch to come. Center lost to Hendrix, and that win is basically providing Hendrix's bonafides.

So yeah, once you are out of those top 5 slots, you can't really argue that anyone below there should be up with the big boys.

Thanks JK, still follow the south and the nation, but with Wesley in the east I dont do much more than check out the scores to see who is still winning.

I miss seeing Wesley. Three years in a row I saw them at Huntingdon, at B-SC, and at Selma. Might have been a skip year in there somewhere, but still. Last year I saw Chicago right before they imploded, this year Hendrix. It's just not the same!

[Scots13]

Sorry fellas, poll is delayed because of me. Grandparents' anniversary, ball game on a Monday night due to Matthew and a work trip-- I'll have my ballot in tonight

[Ralph Turner]

Week #6 South Region Poll

Thanks to my fellow pollsters: Hasanova, jknezek, roocru, Scots 13.

1)	UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1
2)	JHU	44	2,2,2,2,3
3)	HSU	41	2,3,3,3,3
4)	Thomas More	35	4,4,4,4,4
5)	ETBU	29	5,5,5,5,6
.	.	.	.
6)	Hendrix	26	5,6,6,6,6
7)	CWRU	16	7,7,7,9,9
8)	Huntingdon	12	7,8,8,9,x
9)	W&J	8	8,8,9,x,x
10)	Moravian	4	7,x,x,x,x
.	.	.	.
RV)	Randy Mac	3	10,10,10,x,x
RV)	Westminster PA	3	8,x,x,x,x
RV)	Centre	2	9,x,x,x,x
RV)	WashUStL	1	10,x,x,x,x
RV)	Guilford	1	10,x,x,x,x

As always, corrections are appreciated.

[jknezek]

Man have I become the outlier. I'm the only one giving votes to Moravian and Westminster, I'm the only one not giving a vote to Huntingdon, and one of two not give a vote to W&J! Feeling lonely on this island...

[Scots13]

Well, at least we agree on the top 6 for the most part. It could be worse.