D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[02 Warhawk]

When's this poll getting released?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

When's this poll getting released?

I'd like to do it tonight. I've only gotten 7 ballots so far. The two outstanding ballots were sent a PM last night but no word from them yet.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

2013 WEEK 1 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank         Team                      Points   Prev Rank
1)    Mount Union (4)         171      1
2)    St Thomas (1)           166      2
3)    Linfield (1)            162      3
4)    Mary Hardin-Baylor (1)  156      4
5)    Wesley                  150      5
6)    North Central           136      6
7)    Hobart                  127      7
8)    UW Platteville          123      8
9)    Bethel                  122      9
10)   Pacific Lutheran        101     12
11)   Franklin                 95     15
12)   UW-Whitewater            89     10
13)   UW-Oshkosh               80     13
14)   Wittenberg               77     11
15)   Wheaton                  75     16
16)   Heidelberg               70     17
17)   Cal Lutheran             67     19
18)   Johns Hopkins            66     18
19)   St John Fisher           52     23
20)   Wabash                   42     22
21)   Illinois Wesleyan        24     25
22)   Coe                      21     21
23)   Baldwin-Wallace          20     24
24)   Widener                  18     20
25)   Elmhurst                 15     NR

Dropped Out: Salisbury

Also Receiving Votes: Delaware Valley (13), Salisbury (9), Willamette (9), Concordia-Moorhead (7), Christopher Newport (5), Bridgewater (VA) (3), Augsburg (1), Framingham St (1), Louisiana College (1), Ohio Wesleyan (1)

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

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

2013 WEEK 2 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank         Team                      Points   Prev Rank
  1)   Mount Union (3)         171     1
  2)   Linfield (3)            164     3
  3)   St Thomas               163     2
  4)   Mary Hardin-Baylor (1)  156     4
  5)   Wesley                  150     5
  6)   North Central           136     6
  7)   Hobart                  128     7
T8)   Bethel                  124     9
T8)   UW Platteville          124     8
10)   Pacific Lutheran        107    10
11)   Franklin                 98    11
12)   UW-Oshkosh               86    13
13)   UW-Whitewater            84    12
14)   Wheaton                  82    15
15)   Johns Hopkins            68    18
T16)   Heidelberg               66    16
T16)   Wittenberg               66    14
18)   Wabash                   58    20
19)   St John Fisher           57    19
20)   Cal Lutheran             46    17
21)   Coe                      28    22
22)   Widener                  22    24
23)   Illinois Wesleyan        21    21
T24)   Baldwin-Wallace          19    23
T24)   Delaware Valley          19    NR   

Dropped Out: Elmhurst

Also Receiving Votes: Christopher Newport (10), Willamette (6), Concordia-Moorhead (5), Salisbury (5), Bridgewater (VA) (4), Augsburg (1), Buffalo St (1)

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

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Since there was some shakeups (and since I haven't done it this year) I'll post the rundown of votes sometime soon

2013 WEEK 3 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank         Team                      Points   Prev Rank
  1)   Mount Union (3)         170     1
  2)   Linfield (3)            168     2
  3)   Mary Hardin-Baylor (1)  166     4
  4)   North Central           149     6
  5)   Bethel                  140    T8
  6)   Hobart                  137     7
  7)   UW Platteville          129    T8
  8)   Pacific Lutheran        111    10
  9)   St Thomas               108     3
10)   UW-Whitewater           106    13
11)   Franklin                103    11
12)   UW-Oshkosh              101    12
13)   Wesley                   98     5
14)   Wheaton                  83    14
15)   Heidelberg               80   T16
16)   Johns Hopkins            75    15
17)   Wittenberg               67   T16
18)   Wabash                   63    18
19)   St John Fisher           54    19
20)   Coe                      31    21
21)   St John's                27    NR
22)   Widener                  25    22
T23)   Delaware Valley          21   T24
T23)   Illinois Wesleyan        21    23
25)   Christopher Newport      16    NR

Dropped Out: Cal Lutheran and Baldwin-Wallace

Also Receiving Votes: John Carroll (6), Concordia-Moorhead (5), Bridgewater (VA) (4), Cal Lutheran (4), Willamette (4), Emory & Henry (1), Salisbury (1), Thomas More (1)

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

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Out of six possible orderings of the top 3... the seven ballots had 5 of the six. The only ordering not represented was MHB, Linfield, UMU

  1)   Mount Union          170 ( 1,  1,  1,  2,  2,  2,  3)
  2)   Linfield             168 ( 1,  1,  1,  2,  3,  3,  3)
  3)   Mary Hardin-Baylor   166 ( 1,  2,  2,  2,  3,  3,  3)
  4)   North Central        149 ( 4,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  6)
  5)   Bethel               140 ( 4,  5,  6,  6,  7,  7,  7)
  6)   Hobart               137 ( 5,  5,  6,  6,  7,  7,  9)
  7)   UW Platteville       129 ( 4,  4,  5,  7,  8, 12, 13)
  8)   Pacific Lutheran     111 ( 6,  8,  9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
  9)   St Thomas            108 ( 4,  8, 10, 12, 12, 13, 15)
10)   UW-Whitewater        106 ( 6,  8, 10, 11, 11, 14, 16)
11)   Franklin             103 ( 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
12)   UW-Oshkosh           101 ( 7,  9,  9,  9, 14, 16, 17)
13)   Wesley                98 ( 8,  8, 11, 12, 13, 13, 19)
14)   Wheaton               83 (10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 16, 18)
15)   Heidelberg            80 ( 8, 10, 12, 14, 19, 19, 20)
16)   Johns Hopkins         75 ( 9, 11, 15, 16, 16, 17, 23)
17)   Wittenberg            67 (14, 15, 15, 17, 18, 18, 18)
18)   Wabash                63 (12, 15, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20)
19)   St John Fisher        54 (15, 17, 17, 19, 19, 20, 21)
20)   Coe                   31 (16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 24, --)
21)   St John's             27 (17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, --)
22)   Widener               25 (21, 21, 22, 23, 23, 23, 24)
T23)   Delaware Valley       21 (20, 20, 22, 22, 25, --, --)
T23)   Illinois Wesleyan     21 (14, 19, 24, --, --, --, --)
25)   Christopher Newport   16 (20, 21, 23, 24, --, --, --)

26)   John Carroll           6 (22, 24)
27)   Concordia-Moorhead     5 (21)
T28)   Bridgewater (VA)       4 (22)
T28)   Cal Lutheran           4 (23, 25)
T28)   Willamette             4 (23, 25)
T31)   Emory & Henry          1 (25)
T31)   Salisbury              1 (25)
T31)   Thomas More            1 (25)

[NCF]

When was the last time there 16 teams with at least one top ten vote?

[D3MAFAN]

When was the last time there 16 teams with at least one top ten vote?

It is strange to see 16 teams with a top 10 vote and that normally you would only see between 11 and 13 in the top 10. However, this year's teams (5-25) still have a lot a questions, which I think concluded in the number of teams with a top 10 vote.

[smedindy]

I thought I was on a limb by still putting St. Thomas ahead of St. John's - guess not. I think the Tommies are better than the Johnnies and last week just...happened.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I thought I was on a limb by still putting St. Thomas ahead of St. John's - guess not. I think the Tommies are better than the Johnnies and last week just...happened.

Yeah, the Tom's lowest vote was above the John's highest vote.   I'm the non-vote for St. John's - waiting for this Saturday when the winner of Concordia-Moorhead @ St. John's suddenly jumps to the mid-teens on my ballot.  (If a real clarification game is only a week away, I usually postpone any decision.)

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I haven't forgotten about this. I've gotten all the ballots but I'm waiting to hear back from one because I think there may have been some omissions on it.

[bleedpurple]

I know this week's poll hasn't been posted yet. The poll from September 25th looks good to me. The only team I see MUCH differently than the pollsters is Hobart. I don't see them beating anyone in the top 15.  In My mind, at this point in the season, there is a drop-off after the top 14 and I would probably thrown Hobart into the mix for the 15th spot with St.John Fisher and Wabash.  For whatever reason, St. John Fisher intrigues me this year. I am wondering if they, not Hobart, may be the best team in the east this year.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I don't want to delay this any longer but I still haven't heard back about that one ballot. So for the moment I am going to post this with just the other 6 ballots. If I finally hear back I'll update things.

2013 WEEK 4 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank         Team                      Points   Prev Rank
  1)   Mount Union (4)         148     1
T2)   Linfield (1)            142     2
T2)   Mary Hardin-Baylor (1)  142     3
  4)   Bethel                  121     5
  5)   North Central           120     4
  6)   UW Platteville          115     7
  7)   Hobart                  114     6
  8)   UW-Whitewater            92    10
T9)   St Thomas                91     9
T9)   UW-Oshkosh               91    12
11)   Wesley                   90    13
12)   Franklin                 89    11
13)   Pacific Lutheran         75     8
14)   Heidelberg               70    15
15)   Johns Hopkins            68    16
16)   Wheaton                  66    14
17)   Wabash                   62    18
18)   Wittenberg               61    17
19)   St John Fisher           49    19
20)   Coe                      28    20
21)   Delaware Valley          23   T23
22)   Concordia-Moorhead       19    NR
23)   Christopher Newport      18    25
24)   Illinois Wesleyan        17   T23
T25)   John Carroll              9    NR
T25)   Willamette                9    NR

Dropped Out: St John's and Widener

Also Receiving Votes: Thomas More (6), Bridgewater (VA) (5), Widener (5), Augsburg (2), St John's (2), Pacific (1)

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

[Mr. Ypsi]

Thanks FCGG.

If that 7th voter ever comes on, it will break the three ties, but will almost certainly cause new ones with so many teams one apart (and that big logjam at 8-12).

[D3MAFAN]

I know this week's poll hasn't been posted yet. The poll from September 25th looks good to me. The only team I see MUCH differently than the pollsters is Hobart. I don't see them beating anyone in the top 15.  In My mind, at this point in the season, there is a drop-off after the top 14 and I would probably thrown Hobart into the mix for the 15th spot with St.John Fisher and Wabash.  For whatever reason, St. John Fisher intrigues me this year. I am wondering if they, not Hobart, may be the best team in the east this year.

I understand your sentiment there, however Hobart has a dominating defense and continues to pound the rock against teams and have a good nucleus from last years team, they have played against a variety of offenses this year and have done well. I think until someone actually beats them, they are still at least a Top 10 team. As for the other teams below them, it is only week 4/5 and they still have some big games to play. Also, there are some teams above them, other than a few that have lost or has not played a solid opponent. I think that drop off may be due to the "lack of" scoring, maybe.