D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

02 Warhawk · August 29, 2014, 07:46:12 PM

That's awesome...more the better

FCGrizzliesGrad · August 31, 2014, 12:02:17 AM

I assume no one else will be coming in with a ballot so here we go, the first poll of the season

2014 PRESEASON TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank Team Points Prev
1) UW-Whitewater (10) 250 1
2) Mary Hardin-Baylor 234 2
3) Mount Union 232 3
4) Linfield 219 5
5) Wesley 203 6
6) North Central 197 4
7) Bethel 195 7
T8) St John Fisher 174 8
T8) UW-Platteville 174 9
10) St Thomas 148 19
11) John Carroll 133 12
12) Hobart 120 T13
13) Wabash 119 T20
14) Wittenberg 116 10
15) Johns Hopkins 94 15
16) Pacific Lutheran 92 11
17) Wartburg 76 17
18) Hampden-Sydney 73 18
19) UW-Oshkosh 68 T13
20) Rowan 66 24
21) Heidelberg 48 25
22) Thomas More 43 NR
T23) Franklin 35 16
T23) Wheaton 35 22
25) Ithaca 25 23

Dropped Out: Illinois Wesleyan

Also Receiving Votes: Illinois Wesleyan (17), Millsaps (14), Concordia-Moorhead (10), Washington & Jefferson (7), Redlands (6), St John's (6), Chapman (4), Cortland St (4), Salisbury (4), Willamette (4), Christopher Newport (2), Muhlenberg (2), Baldwin-Wallace (1)

Voters: 02 Warhawk, D3MAFAN, desertcat1, FCGrizzliesGrad, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, smedindy as well as newcomers HSCTiger74, thewaterboy, and Upstate

FCGrizzliesGrad · August 31, 2014, 12:34:10 AM

1) UW-Whitewater 250 ( 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2) Mary Hardin-Baylor 234 ( 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4)
3) Mount Union 232 ( 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4)
4) Linfield 219 ( 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5)
5) Wesley 203 ( 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 10)
6) North Central 197 ( 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8)
7) Bethel 195 ( 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8)
T8) St John Fisher 174 ( 6, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10)
T8) UW-Platteville 174 ( 5, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 11, 11, 11)
10) St Thomas 148 ( 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18)
11) John Carroll 133 ( 7, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 17)
12) Hobart 120 (10, 10, 11, 13, 13, 13, 17, 17, 18, 18)
13) Wabash 119 ( 9, 9, 12, 13, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 21)
14) Wittenberg 116 (11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15, 21, 21)
15) Johns Hopkins 94 (10, 11, 14, 14, 14, 14, 16, 21, --, --)
16) Pacific Lutheran 92 (11, 11, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19, 23)
17) Wartburg 76 (13, 15, 15, 16, 18, 18, 20, 20, 23, --)
18) Hampden-Sydney 73 (14, 14, 16, 18, 20, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22)
19) UW-Oshkosh 68 (12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, --, --)
20) Rowan 66 (12, 16, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, --, --)
21) Heidelberg 48 (13, 15, 19, 20, 22, 22, 23, --, --, --)
22) Thomas More 43 (16, 17, 19, 21, 21, 22, 24, 25, --, --)
T23) Franklin 35 (10, 19, 22, 22, 24, 24, --, --, --, --)
T23) Wheaton 35 (14, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, --, --, --, --)
25) Ithaca 25 (19, 19, 23, 23, 24, 24, 25, --, --, --)

26) Illinois Wesleyan 17 (16, 19)
27) Millsaps 14 (19, 20, 25)
28) Concordia-Moorhead 10 (21, 23, 24)
29) Washington & Jefferson 7 (20, 25)
T30) Redlands 6 (23, 25, 25, 25)
T30) St John's 6 (20)
T32) Chapman 4 (23, 25)
T32) Cortland St 4 (22)
T32) Salisbury 4 (22)
T32) Willamette 4 (22)
T36) Christopher Newport 2 (24)
T36) Muhlenberg 2 (24)
38) Baldwin-Wallace 1 (25)

Mr. Ypsi · August 31, 2014, 09:08:05 PM

My ballot:

1. UWW
2. UMHB
3 UMU
4. NCC
5. Linfield
6. Wesley
7. Bethel
8. SJF
9. Wabash
10 Franklin
11 UW-Platt
12 JCU
13 Witt
14 Wheaton
15 Heidi
16 Wartburg
17 Hobart
18 St. Thomas
19 IWU
20 Rowan
21 JHU
22 HSC
23 Pac LU
24 OW-Osh
25 Bald Wally

The only ones very far from the consensus are Franklin, Wheaton, and IWU. Franklin and IWU play in week one, so that will sort itself out. Otherwise, I will give no justification for my picks until they play a game! (Except to say: you are all crazy for your ranking of those three!

)

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 09, 2014, 08:40:57 PM

I'm currently waiting on one ballot to come in, but it's after 8:30pm so it might be past their bedtime

Poll will be up either whenever the last ballot is sent or tomorrow night.

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 10, 2014, 04:40:47 PM

2014 WEEK 1 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank Team Points Prev
1) UW-Whitewater 250 1
2) Mary Hardin-Baylor 234 2
3) Mount Union 232 3
4) Linfield 219 4
5) Wesley 204 5
6) North Central 197 6
7) Bethel 196 7
8) St John Fisher 177 T8
9) UW Platteville 175 T8
10) John Carroll 146 11
11) Wabash 139 13
12) St Thomas 129 10
13) Johns Hopkins 114 15
T14) Hobart 108 12
T14) Wartburg 108 17
16) Pacific Lutheran 102 16
17) Heidelberg 90 21
18) Wittenberg 83 14
19) Wheaton 72 T23
20) Illinois Wesleyan 57 NR
21) Ithaca 30 25
22) Hampden-Sydney 28 18
23) Thomas More 27 22
24) Concordia-Moorhead 22 NR
25) St John's 21 NR

Dropped Out: UW-Oshkosh, Rowan, Franklin

Also Receiving Votes: Salisbury (12), UW-Oshkosh (12), Widener (12), Washington & Jefferson (10), Franklin (9), Lycoming (9), Redlands (9), Muhlenberg (5), Baldwin Wallace (4), Mount St Joseph (3), Framingham St (2), Willamette (2), Buffalo St (1)

Voters: 02 Warhawk, D3MAFAN, desertcat1, FCGrizzliesGrad, HSCTiger74, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, smedindy, thewaterboy, and Upstate

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 10, 2014, 05:09:51 PM

1) UW-Whitewater 250 ( 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2) Mary Hardin-Baylor 234 ( 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4)
3) Mount Union 232 ( 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4)
4) Linfield 219 ( 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5)
5) Wesley 204 ( 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 10)
6) North Central 197 ( 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8)
7) Bethel 196 ( 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7)
8) St John Fisher 177 ( 6, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9)
9) UW Platteville 175 ( 5, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 12)
10) John Carroll 146 ( 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14)
11) Wabash 139 ( 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 17)
12) St Thomas 129 (11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 19)
13) Johns Hopkins 114 ( 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, --)
T14) Hobart 108 (10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 15, 15, 16, 18, --)
T14) Wartburg 108 (10, 12, 14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18)
16) Pacific Lutheran 102 (10, 11, 14, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 21, 21)
17) Heidelberg 90 (13, 14, 14, 16, 18, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19)
18) Wittenberg 83 (12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 15, 17, 24, --, --)
19) Wheaton 72 (12, 17, 17, 17, 18, 20, 21, 21, 21, 24)
20) Illinois Wesleyan 57 (16, 16, 18, 20, 20, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23)
21) Ithaca 30 (20, 21, 22, 22, 22, 22, 24, 25, --, --)
22) Hampden-Sydney 28 (19, 20, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, --)
23) Thomas More 27 (18, 19, 20, 20, --, --, --, --, --, --)
24) Concordia-Moorhead 22 (19, 21, 21, 21, --, --, --, --, --, --)
25) St John's 21 (17, 20, 20, --, --, --, --, --, --, --)

T26) Salisbury 12 (18, 23, 25)
T26) UW-Oshkosh 12 (18, 24, 25, 25)
T26) Widener 12 (19, 23, 24)
29) Wash & Jeff 10 (18, 24)
T30) Franklin 9 (17)
T30) Lycoming 9 (22, 23, 25, 25)
T30) Redlands 9 (22, 22, 25)
33) Muhlenberg 5 (21)
34) Baldwin Wallace 4 (22)
35) Mount St Joseph 3 (23)
T36) Framingham St 2 (24)
T36) Willamette 2 (24)
38) Buffalo St 1 (25)

Mr. Ypsi · September 14, 2014, 09:40:41 AM

Does anyone know anything about Marian (Indiana)? They beat UW-Osh (#25 in the d3 poll) by 4 yesterday, but I don't know how much (if any) I should dock UWO for the loss. Is Marian NAIA or D2? Any good?

When Witt lost last week by 8 to D1 FCS Butler I didn't really hold it against them - just want to be consistent with UWO.

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 14, 2014, 12:22:32 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on September 14, 2014, 09:40:41 AM
Does anyone know anything about Marian (Indiana)? They beat UW-Osh (#25 in the d3 poll) by 4 yesterday, but I don't know how much (if any) I should dock UWO for the loss. Is Marian NAIA or D2? Any good?

When Witt lost last week by 8 to D1 FCS Butler I didn't really hold it against them - just want to be consistent with UWO.

Marian is NAIA and they won the title in 2012 but were just 6-5 last season including a 21 point loss to UWO.
I also know they're on the west side of Indy and have an excellent bowling program but I don't think that's the information you wanted to know.

Mr. Ypsi · September 15, 2014, 11:07:44 AM

Thanks, Griz. Last week I had UWO in my top 30, but not on the ballot; guess I'll keep 'em about the same. I'm really hoping I can find room for Adrian, who demolished a not-terrible Augie team on Saturday.

TitanPride · September 15, 2014, 11:25:01 AM

Adrian demolished Carthage, while Hope beat Augie.

Mr. Ypsi · September 15, 2014, 11:26:14 AM

Thanks - I caught that right after I posted, but hadn't yet made it back to amend.

02 Warhawk · September 15, 2014, 11:26:26 AM

I didn't add anyone new to my top 25 this week. Obviously Bethel dropped a little in mine, as well as giving Warburg a bump...but that's about it. I gave Widener a little bump as well...they are playing well against decent competition on the road.

Mr. Ypsi · September 15, 2014, 07:01:16 PM

I dropped Buff St and MSJ (don't think anyone else had given them any votes) and added Adrian and Rhodes. Adrian I felt good about, Rhodes was 'cause I couldn't find a decent alternative; I wanted to leave #25 vacant, but Griz frowns on that.

(Rhodes is 2-0 and demolished a decent WashU squad by 22). I'm just not yet sold on Thomas More, Lycoming, Widener, etc., though St. John's is very tempting.

Carthage is NOT a good team (though probably in the top half of D3), but Adrian annihilated them. They did the same to Defiance in week one, who is probably comparable to Carthage. This week they should annihilate Benedictine. Then it gets interesting with Olivet, a pretty good team who hiccupped against Elmhurst.

Hopefully the North will get clearer and clearer (there have been years where it got murkier and murkier

).

FCGrizzliesGrad · September 15, 2014, 11:01:30 PM

Everyone got their ballots in early this week

2014 WEEK 2 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank Team Points Prev
1) UW-Whitewater (10) 250 1
2) Mary Hardin-Baylor 235 2
3) Mount Union 233 3
4) Wesley 213 5
5) Linfield 209 4
6) North Central 205 6
7) St John Fisher 185 8
8) UW Platteville 181 9
9) Wartburg 166 T14
10) John Carroll 147 10
11) Wabash 140 11
12) St Thomas 132 12
13) Hobart 113 T14
14) Johns Hopkins 108 13
15) Pacific Lutheran 100 16
16) Wittenberg 93 18
17) Bethel 88 7
18) Heidelberg 84 17
19) Illinois Wesleyan 63 20
20) Wheaton 54 19
21) Thomas More 43 23
22) Ithaca 38 21
23) Widener 31 NR
24) Lycoming 27 NR
25) Hampden-Sydney 25 22

Dropped Out: Concordia-Moorhead and St John's

Also Receiving Votes: Concordia-Moorhead (23), St John's (19), Washington & Jefferson (16), Muhlenberg (11), Franklin (7), Baldwin Wallace (3), Adrian (2), Willamette (2), Chapman (1), Rhodes (1), Salisbury (1), Texas Lutheran (1)

Voters: 02 Warhawk, D3MAFAN, desertcat1, FCGrizzliesGrad, HSCTiger74, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, smedindy, thewaterboy, and Upstate