D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[bleedpurple]

Whoa- hold on. All you have to do to be a pollster is to let me know at d3fanpoll@yahoo.com

That's not what you told me Bleed

Are you still upset about the D3 Fanpoll Wonderlic test I made you take, Emma?

[bleedpurple]

Just wondering, who are the pollsters for the fan top 25 poll & are they equally distributed among the regions?

I'd be interested in finding that out too... maybe us pollsters could include in our next ballot what region and maybe what conference we're from and then at the bottom of the latest poll bleed could either tally up region and conference representation or list everyone and their affiliations and someone will invariably tally it up

I would be glad to tally if pollsters include the conference/region you follow most closely on your ballots.

[hazzben]

West/MIAC/Bethel for me.

[emma17]

Whoa- hold on. All you have to do to be a pollster is to let me know at d3fanpoll@yahoo.com

That's not what you told me Bleed

Are you still upset about the D3 Fanpoll Wonderlic test I made you take, Emma?

Should have been open book- here, you try it:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/gloucester/wonderlic-sample-test

[02 Warhawk]

Looks like MHB and HS are the only top 25 teams playing each other this week. Unless there's some upsets, I doubt the rankings will change a whole lot.

HS can make things interesting if they knock off MHB. Which is very possibly with the game being at Abilene.

[Ron Boerger]

Looks like MHB and HS are the only top 25 teams playing each other this week. Unless there's some upsets, I doubt the rankings will change a whole lot.

HS can make things interesting if they knock off MHB. Which is very possibly with the game being at Abilene.

Playing in Abilene hasn't been much of an advantage, especially recently:

2009:  L, 7-23
2007:  L, 14-47
2005:  L, 7-38
2003:  L, 36-43
2001:  W, 30-27
1999:  W, 28-21 (UMHB's second year playing football)

[02 Warhawk]

1999:  W, 28-21 (UMHB's second year playing football)

wait......UMHB has only had a football program since 1998?!?!?!?!

[Ron Boerger]

Yep.  Pretty freaking incredible what Coach Fred did in such a short period of time.

[bleedpurple]

Yep.  Pretty freaking incredible what Coach Fred did in such a short period of time.

It is truly one of the most remarkable stories in D3 Football.

[02 Warhawk]

Yep.  Pretty freaking incredible what Coach Fred did in such a short period of time.

That's what I was going to say. Looks like they had just two years of growing pains....then BAM!!!! A national power. amazing.

[BoBo]

Just wondering, who are the pollsters for the fan top 25 poll & are they equally distributed among the regions? How does one become a pollster? Is the weekly deadline for each pollster to submit their top 25 before or after the d3football.com top 25 is published? Could someone in the know kindly respond? TY

All you have to do to be a pollster is to let me know at d3fanpoll@yahoo.com.  I posted an announcement in every region and every conference a week or two before the season started. I took everyone who indicated interest. A couple guys have also been added since the season started. Obviously, it would be great to have you! The deadline we have set up is midnight.  I never really clarified as to whether that is Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific time.  But I know it's not KST! 

I think I'll take a rain check this time. I'll consider it next year.

[Ralph Turner]

Yep.  Pretty freaking incredible what Coach Fred did in such a short period of time.

It is truly one of the most remarkable stories in D3 Football.

We Texans weren't too surprised.  We kinda expected it with Texas high school football talent.

Besides, the Conference has been ranked as 3rd to 6th toughest in the country over the last 5 years.

[smedindy]

And yet there's still a good mine for talent for top-tier Liberal Arts colleges (no offense to MHB's academics). Wabash has a couple of Texas kids on their roster and I know that the good folks in admissions makes Texas a top target (in general, not just for sports).

I think some schools in Florida, if they decided to take a look at things realistically, would probably thrive in D-3 just like UMHB did. Ave Maria, where I recently caught Birmingham Southern at (and whose fans love the fact their in D-3, at least the fans I saw at the game), would be perfect for D-3, but there's no D-3 school around and everyone is wanting to emulate schools like FIU, FAU, UCF and USF to D-1 glory. Yeesh. Ave Maria's conference is kind of an island of misfit toys...

[bleedpurple]

September 24th D3 Top 25 Fan Poll Notes and Quips


D3 TOP 25 FAN POLL
1.  Wisconsin-Whitewater-  Bye week and preparing for WIAC opener against UW-Platteville next week.           
2.  Mount Union- And UW-W thought they had it easy this week.
3.  St. Thomas- Gained over 500 yards in running away from Cobbers.                             
4.  Bethel- Bye week                                   
5.  Mary Hardin-Baylor-  21 point 3rd quarter propels Crusaders.                   
6.  Wheaton- Easy win against winless Comets.
7.  Linfield- Cats dominate from the get go.
8.  North Central- Week off after scoring 156 points over last two weeks.
9.  Wesley- Woverines were in no mood to play after Kean upset.
10. Ohio Northern- No they didn't!  By 20??  Northern headed deep south in poll.
11. Wartburg- Knights slip as they step up in class.
12. Thomas More-Saints Top W&J in a good one.
13. Kean- yielded 33 to team held without a TD 5 times last year and shut out by SUNY-Maritime this year.
14. Redlands-Bye week before Cal Lutheran showdown next week.
15. Montclair St- Red Hawks crank up the offense.
16. Alfred- Saxons shut down vaunted rushing attack in 2nd half to secure the win.
17. Wabash-TD's from punt block, punt return, and interception return pay off big.
18. Wittenberg- Tigers pull away from upper tier NCAC foe.
19. Trine- Bye week before important conference clash with Adrian next week.
20. Hardin-Simmons- Defense couldn't contain Crusaders.
21. Cal Lutheran- Bye before huge Redlands game next week.
22. Hampden-Sydney-Tigers fail first major test
23. Cortland State-Red Dragons outgain Profs by 128 yards in 3 point win.
24. Baldwin-Wallace- Another OAC team falls.
25. Salisbury- Bye week

[emma17]

Random thoughts:
I'm hoping the pollsters can finally get over their love affair with ONU and rank teams based on merit.

Does the OAC still deserve the 2nd ranking for conference? If so, why?

MHB has proven that HS still isn't ready to challenge for that conference.  I guess we will find out about Louisiana College next week as they play MHB.  Is the ASC now worthy of consideration for toughest conference in D3?

Is Wittenberg proving to be much better than expected? 

What to do about Dubuque? 

North Park?  Maybe not top 25, but hats off to their start.