FB: Region 3 fan poll

[Cowboy2]

I don't know how many you need but I'll join up if we need another. Would rather do this than fantasy football. Probably calling it quits on the no fun league after 25 years 

[jknezek]

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[jknezek]

First poll of the season. Thanks to our contributors, new and old, for once again agreeing to be part of the poll. Overall, there are no changes from the final poll of the 2021 season in the 7 spots.

Region 3 (South Atlantic-Ish) Fan Poll Week 0

Conferences: ASC, ODAC, SAA, USASAC

Rank			School			Points			Weekly Change			Voter Breakdown
1			UMHB (7)			49			0			1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1
2			Trinity (TX)			39			0			2 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 3
3			Hardin-Simmons			38			0			3 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 2
4			B-SC			23			0			5 , 4 , 5 , 4 , 4 , 6 , 5
5			R-MC			21			0			4 , 5 , 4 , 5 , 5 , 4
6			Huntingdon			14			0			6 , 6 , 7 , 6 , 6 , 5 , 6
7			Centre			9			0			7 , 7 , 6 , 4 , 7

Also Receiving Votes:
Berry (1) , ETBU (1) , W&L (1)

Newly Ranked: None
Dropped Out: None

1 = 1st Place Vote, 7 = 7th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Hawks88, BSCpanthers, Wild Horse Rider, Ralph Turner, ksclegal, Cowboy2, jknezek

[BSCpanthers]

R-MC and Centre have the easiest first 3 weeks, all other school will play each other and/or playoff teams from last season.  Very quickly we will know where a lot of teams are.  Could you guys imagine how quickly the new coach would be on the hot seat if they come out 0-3 to start the season???

Let the fun begin!!!

[jknezek]

Region 3 (South Atlantic-Ish) Fan Poll Week 1

Conferences: ASC, ODAC, SAA, USASAC

Rank			School			Points			Weekly Change			Voter Breakdown
1			UMHB (7)			49			0			1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1
2			Trinity (TX)			39			0			2 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 3
3			Hardin-Simmons			38			0			3 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 2
T4			B-SC			22			0			5 , 4 , 5 , 5 , 5 , 5 , 5
T4			R-MC			22			1			4 , 5 , 4 , 6 , 4 , 7 , 4
6			Huntingdon			15			0			7 , 6 , 4 , 6 , 4 , 6
7			Berry			4			---			7 , 7 , 6

Also Receiving Votes:
Centre (3) , Shenandoah (3) , Belhaven (1)

Newly Ranked: Berry
Dropped Out: Centre (Prev:7)

1 = 1st Place Vote, 7 = 7th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Hawks88, BSCpanthers, Wild Horse Rider, Ralph Turner, ksclegal, Cowboy2, jknezek

[Ralph Turner]

Centre (1+2 = 3 points) , Shenandoah (1+ 2 = 3 points) , Belhaven (1)

[crufootball]

I really hope that Belhaven continues to play some of their former ASC mates, allows for a lot more comparison between the region than we normally get.

[Ralph Turner]

I really hope that Belhaven continues to play some of their former ASC mates, allows for a lot more comparison between the region than we normally get.

The problem is that they will have 8 in-conference games and a game against Millsaps. That only leaves 1.
In fact, it is closer to Rhodes, BSC and Hendrix than almost everyone else in the ASC.

[jknezek]

An interesting week. At the top of the poll, it looks static, but there was actually some significant movement. UMHB went from a dominant consensus #1 to just barely holding on to the position. A close loss at UWW is nothing to knock UMHB for, but Trinity's close home win over a strong Wheaton team was almost enough to tip the scales. Hardin-Simmons gets a shot at a statement game this weekend to make up the ground. Huntingdon hopped R-MC and B-SC on their strong start to the season, with a close loss to Linfield at home and now a strong win over fellow poll member B-SC on the road. B-SC comfortably hangs on to a spot in the poll on the close loss, and Berry continues to just pip Shenandoah for the last spot with Belhaven picking up a couple points as well.

This week for our 9 teams receiving votes:
UMHB hosts Southwestern
Trinity hosts TLU ****
Hardin-Simmons at UW-Platteville   *****
Huntingdon at Guilford
R-MC hosts Southern Virginia
B-SC - bye
Berry hosts UWW   *****
Shenandoah at Maryville  *****
Belhaven - bye

Four big games for our poll, with Maryville and TLU being a common opponent for several teams and 2 big National matchups. UWW and UWP are no slouch games for Berry and Hardin-Simmons.

Region 3 (South Atlantic-Ish) Fan Poll Week 1

Conferences: ASC, ODAC, SAA, USASAC

Rank			School			Points			Weekly Change			Voter Breakdown
1			UMHB (4)			46			0			2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 2
2			Trinity (TX) (3)			44			0			1 , 1 , 2 , 2 , 3 , 2 , 1
3			Hardin-Simmons			36			0			3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 3 , 3
4			Huntingdon			25			2			5 , 4 , 5 , 4 , 5 , 4 , 4
5			R-MC			22			-1			4 , 5 , 4 , 6 , 4 , 6 , 5
6			B-SC			9			-2			7 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 6
7			Berry			7			0			7 , 6 , 7 , 5

Also Receiving Votes:
Shenandoah (5) , Belhaven (2)

Newly Ranked: None
Dropped Out: None

1 = 1st Place Vote, 7 = 7th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Hawks88, BSCpanthers, Wild Horse Rider, Ralph Turner, ksclegal, Cowboy2, jknezek

[jknezek]

I'm just going to point this out as something I think our voters are doing a very good job with right now... not all losses are the same! Looking at the poll, 3 of our 7 teams have losses in the first 2 weeks of the season but they hold on to their poll positions because a) losses are to quality opponents and b) the games were all very competitive.

[Cowboy2]

I looked at the current teams receiving votes from our R3FP. If I didn't include a game, it's not out of disrespect, but I only looked ahead to the schedules for the teams ranked or receiving votes currently.

At a quick glance, we should see some movement or affirmation to the current positions with a lot of high profile games or inter league matchups to follow:

# D3 Poll Ranking
#* D3 receiving votes
RR Regional fan poll Ranking
RR* Regional fan poll receiving votes
OOC Out of Conference

9/17: #6 HSU (RR3) @ #24 UWPlatteville OOC
9/17: #4 UWW OOC @ Berry (#*/RR7)

9/24: Belhaven (RR*) @ Huntingdon (#*/RR4)
9/24: #5 UMHB (RR1) @ #6 HSU (RR3)

10/1: Berry (#*/RR7) @ BSC (#*/RR6)

10/8: BSC (#*/RR6) @ #7 Trinity (RR2)

10/15: Berry (#*/RR7) @ Centre (#*/RR*)

10/22: Berry (#*/RR7) @ #7 Trinity (RR2)
10/22: #19 R-MC (RR5) @ Shenandoah (RR*)

10/29: #7 Trinity (RR2) @ Centre (#*/RR*)
10/29:  #19 R-MC @ W&L

11/5: Centre (#*/RR*) @ BSC (#*/RR6)

11/12: Shenandoah (RR*) @ W&L


It's still a young season, things can happen. Not playing what if's, but looking at the numbers, the USAC and the ASC could be decided in two weeks. SAA should be a marathon to monitor through the remainder of the season. The ODAC could have some fireworks at the end of the season with W&L playing spoiler.

[jknezek]

Some teams on bye, some teams with big games this past weekend. Hardin-Simmons take down of UWP 41-0 was a big win, but with the clash with UMHB coming this weekend it didn't seem to move the needle. Berry's good loss to UWW pushed them up a spot. Overall, we have a defined gap between our first three schools and positions 4 through 7.

Coming up this weekend, we have the ASC's expected premiere matchup with Hardin-Simmons hosting UMHB and what might be the USASAC's premiere matchup with Huntingdon hosting Belhaven. Otherwise we have a lot of poll possibles on break with the entire ODAC shutting down and Trinity and Berry on a bye while B-SC plays NAIA Point.

Region 3 (South Atlantic-Ish) Fan Poll Week 3

Conferences: ASC, ODAC, SAA, USASAC

Rank			School			Points			Weekly Change			Voter Breakdown
1			UMHB (3)			44			0			2 , 2 , 1 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 3
2			Trinity (TX) (3)			43			0			1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 1
3			Hardin-Simmons (1)			38			0			3 , 4 , 3 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 2
4			Huntingdon			26			0			5 , 3 , 5 , 5 , 4 , 4 , 4
5			R-MC			18			0			4 , 5 , 4 , 7 , 5 , 6 , 7
6			Berry			12			1			7 , 6 , 4 , 5 , 6
7			B-SC			10			-1			7 , 7 , 6 , 6 , 7 , 5

Also Receiving Votes:
Shenandoah (4) , Belhaven (1)

Newly Ranked: None
Dropped Out: None

1 = 1st Place Vote, 7 = 7th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: Hawks88, BSCpanthers, Wild Horse Rider, Ralph Turner, ksclegal, Cowboy2, jknezek

[Wild Horse Rider]

ASC and USAC appear to have champions crowned so long as neither Huntingdon or UMHB trip up the rest of the season (which is possible with 7 weeks to go).  In the ODAC the undefeated will likely stay that way this weekend but the Averett W&L game should be interesting.  One common opponent in CNU but the game is in Lexington this weekend.  In the SAA Birmingham and Berry play under the lights.  These are my 6th and 7th ranked teams in the region so this game will go a long way to shape up my pole and the pecking order in the SAA.

[Ron Boerger]

Someone actually still voted HSU over UMHB despite the beatdown this weekend?  Ron is an idiot that can't read until after his second cup of coffee

[jknezek]

Someone actually still voted HSU over UMHB despite the beatdown this weekend?

This week's poll isn't out yet. That was last week. Waiting on one voter, though to be fair, it's only Monday morning and all you over-achievers have until Tuesday night to turn in ballots. So not really waiting.