FB: Region 3 fan poll

[Scots13]

After the end of September/beginning of most conference schedules, we'll have a better understanding of the back in of the poll for the USAC, SAA, and ODAC teams floating around.  Maryville would have played Berry and E&H; Centre would have played Berry (and Hendrix); E&H would have played Ferrum (predicted to be in the USAC hunt with Huntingdon) and well as previously noted Maryville. If E&H loses to Ferrum or Maryville early, I don't know what other ODAC team will be on my radar unless there are some upsets in the first 3 weeks. SAA will play themselves out early. Huntingdon and Maryville play Oct. 14 in Montgomery.

Could turn out that my poll has 2 new faces each week. I hope not.

[albatross]

saw a post from Hero Sports on my twitter feed. The top 3 returning offensive leaders in total ypg come from the South region:

1. Hendrix (600.0)
2. ETBU (564.3)
3. Huntingdon (543.9)

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4. Central (535.3)
5. Whitworth (526.2)

[Ralph Turner]

South Region Fan Poll Week #1

1)  UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1	.	.
2)  HSU	44	2,2,2,2,3	.	.
3)  Thomas More	37	2,4,4,4,4	.	.
4)  JHU	33	3,3,4,5,7	.	.
5)  CWRU	30	3,5,5,6,6	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
6)  W&J	27	3,5,6,6,8	.	.
7)  Muhlenberg	23	5,6,7,7,7	.	.
8)  Berry	10	8,8,9,9,x	.	.
9)  Sul Ross State	7	7,9,10,x,x	.	.
10)  Carnegie-Mellon	6	8,9,10,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
RV Westminster PA	3	8,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Guilford	2	10,10,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Randy Mac	2	9,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Centre	1	10,x,x,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.

Corrections are always appreciated.

Corrected 22:16 09/03/2017


Thanks to Hasanova, Jknezek, roocru, Scots13

[albatross]

South Region Fan Poll Week #1

RV  Centre

1

10,x,x,x,x

.

.

bit of a surprise to see Centre in there after their game this weekend. Is Hanover a good team?

[jknezek]

South Region Fan Poll Week #1

RV  Centre

1

10,x,x,x,x

.

.

bit of a surprise to see Centre in there after their game this weekend. Is Hanover a good team?

No, Hanover really isn't. But, there are a lot of teams that could sit in that 10 spot right now. For my ballot, 8,9,10 and probably 5 more off the watchlist can all fill those spots with some degree of legitimacy. We just don't know enough. Centre is generally a high performing commodity that won't let you down, beating the teams they are supposed to beat and losing, when they do, only to teams at the very top of the SAA. Sometimes it's their year to beat those teams at the top.

That being said, Centre isn't that 10 pick for me right now, but they are on my watchlist and could easily move up.

[hasanova]

To Ralph's earlier note about the five fans who contribute to the SRFP, I'm just that, a fan who's posted since early 2005.  I played soccer at Guilford and I've been a regular member of the college's athletics booster club, but I've watched ODAC, USASAC and, at times, independent, CC and PAC football in the area since 1970, all of which predate some of these teams being in DIII or, for that matter, even having football teams.  I try to be fair and watch head-to-head scores, reputation, playoff results, live video feeds and other recognized power rankings.  Whenever I get an opportunity, I'll stop by any DIII member school to get the lay of the land and view facilities, as I did this summer at Willamette and Wabash while traveling to the west coast, four years ago at W&J and Grove City in western Pennsylvania and two years ago at Gettysburg and MIT on a trip to the northeast.  Last weekend, I made my first trip to Huntingdon to watch Guilford take on the Hawks.

DIII is, to me, the last bastion of true collegiate amateur sports in America ... and I like it that way.

[roocru]

As a follow up to Hasa;

I don't post as much as I used to, but am a definite follower of D3 Boards.  I played for Austin College in 1967-1971 and my son was a senior linebacker on the 2004 Cru team that lost a close one to Linfield in the Stagg Bowl.  In the thirteen years of the Stagg Bowl since 2004 I have made it to Salem nine times to watch the championship game. I live 20 minutes from Texas A&M's Kyle Field but nearly every week end I drive four hours to watch an AC game or nearly two hours to watch the Cru. On another note, I was a Texas high school coach and athletic director for 35 years before retiring in 2006.

In making my picks I use a spreadsheet have used for several years to make a compilation of four ranking services as well as Kickoff and after the top South 25 teams are ranked I use my background knowledge of D3 to make my own Top 25 South Region Rankings.  I agree that D3 is what college sports are really all about.  That is why I have been to one A&M game in the last ten years. 

Thought you might want to hear a little bit about me and how I make my picks.  I am sometimes an outlier but as Hasa said I try to be fair.  Looking forward to another great football seson.

[wesleydad]

As a follow up to Hasa;

I don't post as much as I used to, but am a definite follower of D3 Boards.  I played for Austin College in 1967-1971 and my son was a senior linebacker on the 2004 Cru team that lost a close one to Linfield in the Stagg Bowl.  In the thirteen years of the Stagg Bowl since 2004 I have made it to Salem nine times to watch the championship game. I live 20 minutes from Texas A&M's Kyle Field but nearly every week end I drive four hours to watch an AC game or nearly two hours to watch the Cru. On another note, I was a Texas high school coach and athletic director for 35 years before retiring in 2006.

In making my picks I use a spreadsheet have used for several years to make a compilation of four ranking services as well as Kickoff and after the top South 25 teams are ranked I use my background knowledge of D3 to make my own Top 25 South Region Rankings.  I agree that D3 is what college sports are really all about.  That is why I have been to one A&M game in the last ten years. 

Thought you might want to hear a little bit about me and how I make my picks.  I am sometimes an outlier but as Hasa said I try to be fair.  Looking forward to another great football seson.

good to see you are still hanging out Roo.

[Ralph Turner]

South Region Fan Poll Week #2

1)  UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1	.	.
2)  HSU	45	2,2,2,2,2	.	.
3)  JHU	34	3,3,3,5,7	.	.
4)  CWRU	33	3,3,4,4,8	.	.
5T)  W&J	27	4,4,5,5,6	.	.
5T)  Muhlenberg	27	4,5,6,6,7	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
7)  Sul Ross State	15	5,6,9,10,10	.	.
8)  Carnegie-Mellon	14	7,7,7,9,x	.	.
9)  Berry	8	6,8,x,x,x	.	.
10) Bridgewater	6	8,9,10,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
RV  Guilford	5	8,9,x,x,x	.	.
RV Westminster PA	3	8,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Thomas More	3	9,10,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Centre	1	10,x,x,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.

Corrections are always appreciated.

[Ralph Turner]

South Region Fan Poll Week #3

1)  UMHB	50	1,1,1,1,1	.	.
2)  HSU	45	2,2,2,2,2	.	.
3)  W&J	38	3,3,3,4,4	.	.
4)  JHU	34	3,3,4,5,6	.	.
5   CWRU	30	4,4,5,5,7	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
6)  Sul Ross State	23	5,5,7,7,8	.	.
7)  Carnegie-Mellon	19	6,6,6,7,x	.	.
8)  Berry	15	6,7,8,8,x	.	.
9)  Bridgewater	5	9,9,10,x,x	.	.
10) Centre	4	8,10,x,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
RV  Muhlenberg	3	8,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Susquehanna	3	9,10,x,x,x	.	.
RV  ETBU	2	9,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Wash & Lee	2	9,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Guilford	1	10,x,x,x,x	.	.
RV  Franklin & Marshall	1	10,x,x,x,x	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.
.	.	.	.	.

Corrections are always appreciated.

[SaintsFAN]

As a follow up to Hasa;

I don't post as much as I used to, but am a definite follower of D3 Boards.  I played for Austin College in 1967-1971 and my son was a senior linebacker on the 2004 Cru team that lost a close one to Linfield in the Stagg Bowl.  In the thirteen years of the Stagg Bowl since 2004 I have made it to Salem nine times to watch the championship game. I live 20 minutes from Texas A&M's Kyle Field but nearly every week end I drive four hours to watch an AC game or nearly two hours to watch the Cru. On another note, I was a Texas high school coach and athletic director for 35 years before retiring in 2006.

In making my picks I use a spreadsheet have used for several years to make a compilation of four ranking services as well as Kickoff and after the top South 25 teams are ranked I use my background knowledge of D3 to make my own Top 25 South Region Rankings.  I agree that D3 is what college sports are really all about.  That is why I have been to one A&M game in the last ten years. 

Thought you might want to hear a little bit about me and how I make my picks.  I am sometimes an outlier but as Hasa said I try to be fair.  Looking forward to another great football seson.

Yo Rick!  Hope you are well and that we can meet up in December!

[jknezek]

Just to start some conversation, I'm going to say I completely understand why someone has Muhlenberg over Susquehanna despite the score. The stats seem to show the Muhles outplayed them. But for my purposes, at least for one week, and given other results, Susquehanna came almost as close as W&L at beating JHU while Muhlenberg has so far played a pile of nothing, I think I'm giving my due to the winners.

[Ralph Turner]

On a neutral field in decent weather, I think that SRSU would beat everyone except UMHB and HSU. SRSU played UMHB on the road better than Linfield did at home. We get to see the head-to-head of HSU at SRSU on 10/14.

W&J has never rarely matched well against the athleticism of the ASC teams.
JHU is suspect for me.
CWRU has not been tested, and may not have a "test" game until CMU. For me, they might be the weakest 9-0 team in the country on 11/11.
CMU is one to follow. I am looking forward to their game hosting W&J on 10/07.

I believe that the ASC has the 3 best teams in the region. If ETBU had beaten a creditable D-3 non-conference opponent, then I would have given them a vote. I want to vote SRSU higher, but I do not have enough evidence.

[Scots13]

Because of the JHU and CMS games, W&L is very close on my ballot, but as it stands now I only have room for 1 ODAC team (Bridgewater at 3-0 and a win vs. Thomas More). Preseason I had JHU #2, now I have them at #5. Were it not for Guilford beating then ranked #8 Huntingdon in Montgomery, W&L would have been on my ballot. I thought it might have been a case of JHU being slow out of the gate on a Friday Week 1 game rather than W&L being as good as they have shown so far.  I had Muhlenberg at #6 last week and dropped them out after their loss. A couple good conferences with multiple rank-worthy teams in the South Region so far this year. ASC: UMHB, HSU, SRSU; PAC: W&J, CWRU, Carnegie Mellon, TMC; CC: JHU, Muhlenberg, Susquehanna. Add to that the top team in the SAA (either Berry or Centre) and an undefeated ODAC team and you have yourself a full ballot.

[hasanova]

I noticed the large number of teams receiving votes.  After the first 6 or so that everyone had on their ballot, it was tough to discern the 2nd tier.  A few more games and it will begin to shake out, I think.