D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[02 Warhawk]

Emma have Oshkosh at 15 this week?

   

[bleedpurple]

I normally let the individual pollsters reveal what they want about the ballots. But I will tell you this, believe it or not Emma did NOT have Oshkosh at 15 this week!

[02 Warhawk]

Wow...so more than one person has them in the top 25.

Interesting

[bleedpurple]

Wow...so more than one person has them in the top 25.

Interesting

Not to mention Franklin.  Who is quickly becoming one of my favorite non-WIAC programs!

[hazzben]

Wow, those couple of ballots really shook things up more than I expected.

[MasterJedi]

My certain to be controversial ballot!:

1.     UW- Whitewater
2.     Mount Union
3.     St. Thomas
4.     Bethel
5.     Linfield
6.     Wheaton
7.     North Central
8.     Hardin Simmons
9.     Wesley
10.   Ohio Northern
11.   Redlands
12.   Mary Hardin Baylor
13.   UW- Platteville
14.   Wabash
15.   Wittenberg
16.   UW- Stevens Point
17.   Alfred
18.   Trine
19.   Baldwin Wallace
20.   Salisbury
21.   Cortland State
22.   Montclair State
23.   Wartburg
24.   UW- Oshkosh
25.   Cal Lutheran

[02 Warhawk]

Lots of WIAC love in MaterJedi's poll.

16th for UWSP, and they have yet to score a touchdown. 

[02 Warhawk]

Here's mine....fire away.

1. UWW
2. Mount Union
3. MHB
4. St. Thomas
5. Bethel
6. Linfield
7. Wheaton
8. Harden Simmons
9. Wartburg
10. Thomas More
11. NCC
12. Ohio Northern
13. Cortland St.
14. Montclair St.
15. Redlands
16. Wabash
17. Alfred
18. Wittenburg
19. Cal Lutheran
20. Trine
21. Kean
22. Wesley
23. Delaware Valley
24. Hampden-Sydney
25. UW-Platteville

[MasterJedi]

Lots of WIAC love in MaterJedi's poll.

16th for UWSP, and they have yet to score a touchdown. 

It's more that I feel it's a down year for most and that I have no confidence in the East. 

[bleedpurple]

Wow, those couple of ballots really shook things up more than I expected.

MasterJedi's ballot certainly helped push UW-P over the top and into the Top 25!

[AUKaz00]

It's more that I feel it's a down year for most and that I have no confidence in the East. 

Seems like an interesting time to make the "East is weak" argument as Kean just took down Wesley.  Granted, Wesley is most likely the better team, but no one is arguing that Kean is the pinnacle of the East either.  And I felt like Del Valley and Alfred both gave Mt. Union the same sort of challenge as Bethel did, especially considering they didn't open Piloto up until the 2nd quarter after the Seaman injury which led to the Royals' first score.  The East certainly doesn't have a team competing for a Stagg Bowl currently, but the best of the region is able to be steamrolled just as well as the rest of the playoff field, IMO.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Here's how my "missing" ballot changed the votes 

UW-Whitewater
Mount Union
Bethel
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Wheaton

St Thomas
Linfield
Ohio Northern
North Central
Wartburg

Trine
Alfred
Montclair St
Wesley
Cortland St

Hardin-Simmons
Hampden-Sydney
Delaware Valley
Redlands
Wabash

Thomas More
Wittenberg
UW-Stevens Point
Illinois Wesleyan
Franklin

[bleedpurple]

I think the perception of the East is formed by some in other regions because Mount is moved there fairly often as the number one seed and then proceeds to advance with lopsided scores year after year. I'm not saying it's a fair perception, just that I think that is a big part of what it is based on. I recognize that many years, Mount could potentially do that in most any region. Maybe a bigger indictment is the East's consistent failure to produce a team worthy number one seed. But given that UW-W wasn't even a number one seed, there's no guarantee that's a good basis either.  What might be a better indicator is the record of east teams against teams from other regions over the past few years.  Being short on time right now I can't look it up, but are there some East Region "quality wins" that can be pointed to in order to build a case for the strength of the east? Obviously, one great one is Kean over Wesley on Saturday.  That may win the east a lot of respect nationally. However, in the little community of Whitewater, WI, you'll have to pardon us if we are a little slow to buy in to a case that is formed by beating the Wolverines.  Not big fans here....

[Ralph Turner]

East is weak?

No, I think that the East is very strong this year, and relatively better able to contend with any team outside the region, moving in.

My "East" radar has several strong teams on it...Montclair St, Cortland St, Alfred, Kean, Del Valley and 2 more from the neighborhood, Wesley and Salisbury.  I am counting on the NJAC and E8 to do some weeding.

I think that the non-ASC South is weak, with the exception of the old ACFC pair. 

[smedindy]

East is weak?

Reminded me of the Seinfeld episode.

"You say Ukraine is weak???"