D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[ITH radio]

Hobart hasn't been in MUC's bracket since 2008.  In 2011 they were in the Umhb one and last season they were paired with UST. 

My guess is the Statesmen end up in a Bethel or UWW bracket, but that's just me.  We'll have Duey Naatz on the show at 7:55 pm to ask him how the brackets came together.

[02 Warhawk]

Hobart hasn't been in MUC's bracket since 2008.  In 2011 they were in the Umhb one and last season they were paired with UST. 

My guess is the Statesmen end up in a Bethel or UWW bracket, but that's just me.  We'll have Duey Naatz on the show at 7:55 pm to ask him how the brackets came together.

Considering Hobart is the only East team that's undefeated this year, I'm guessing they will stay in the East. They were shipped North last year because Widener was also undefeated, and was chosen to stay and represent the East.

I'm guessing they will get #2 in the East (behind JC or UMU).

[ITH radio]

The above is completely incorrect (but the confusion is understandable since we talk about regions all season, then have regional rankings, then do away with that once the field of 32 is picked).

Hobart wasn't "shipped" anywhere.  The Committee picked a Top 8 irrespective of regions and paired the 1's and 2's accordingly.  Given UST's location in the bracket, they were either the #2 or #4 overall seed depending how you look at it - I'd argue UST was 4th and thus Hobart was arguably 5th (could have been 7th who knows), being 10-0 overall, which not a lot of teams nationally were at the time save for the  usual suspects.

We missed #tbt but check out www.blogtalkradio.com/ith/2012/11/12/in-the-huddlle--liberty-league-football-talk-show

to hear it straight from Bankston, last year's Committee Chair

[wally_wabash]

If you look at the brackets from 2012 and 2011 you'll see pretty quickly that there really isn't an extreme regional identity to them.  Last year, Linfield's quadrant had six West teams plus two North teams, but from these last two brackets, every other quadrant has been represented by at least three different geographic regions. 

[desertcat1]

do you want a poll this week or wait until the playoffs are over ?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

We'll vote this week, then have one final poll when the playoffs finish

[desertcat1]

i'll get right on that..

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

34 teams received votes this week... most since week 1

2013 WEEK 11 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank         Team                    Points     Prev
  1)   Mount Union (4)      147     2
  2)   Linfield (1)         145     1
  3)   Mary Hardin-Baylor   137     3
  4)   Bethel (1)           131     4
  5)   North Central        128     5
  6)   UW-Whitewater        120     6
  7)   Hobart               112     7
  8)   John Carroll         103     8
  9)   Wittenberg            96    10
10)   UW Platteville        91    13
11)   Pacific Lutheran      88   T11
12)   Johns Hopkins         87   T11
13)   UW-Oshkosh            78     9
14)   Illinois Wesleyan     73    14
15)   Wesley                65    16
16)   St Thomas             64    15
17)   Wabash                59    17
18)   Franklin              51    18
19)   Wheaton               37    20
20)   Heidelberg            34   T21
21)   Concordia-Moorhead    20    NR
22)   St John Fisher        13    NR
T23)   Thomas More           12    NR
T23)   Washington U          12    24
25)   Rowan                 10    25

Dropped Out: Lebanon Valley, Ithaca, Millsaps

Also Receiving Votes: Framingham St (9), Willamette (8), Lebanon Valley (7), Rhodes (5), Chapman (2), Millsaps (2), Redlands (2), Ithaca (1), Pacific (1)

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

[smedindy]

The East Implosion of Week 11 really affected these rankings.

[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.

Couldn't resist bringing this one back... 

Now I have to get to the emergency room to get treatment on my arm that got all messed up from patting myself on the back. 

[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.

Couldn't resist bringing this one back... 

Now I have to get to the emergency room to get treatment on my arm that got all messed up from patting myself on the back. 

I think their may not be an elite team this year, except the team who wins the national championship... I think every and every team is capable of being beat this year, regardless of rank, region, etc...

[02 Warhawk]

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.

Couldn't resist bringing this one back... 

Now I have to get to the emergency room to get treatment on my arm that got all messed up from patting myself on the back. 

I think their may not be an elite team this year, except the team who wins the national championship... I think every and every team is capable of being beat this year, regardless of rank, region, etc...

100% agree, I think this is the first time in a long while that all 4 remaining teams have a legit shot at winning the Stagg.

[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.

Couldn't resist bringing this one back... 

Now I have to get to the emergency room to get treatment on my arm that got all messed up from patting myself on the back. 

I think their may not be an elite team this year, except the team who wins the national championship... I think every and every team is capable of being beat this year, regardless of rank, region, etc...

100% agree, I think this is the first time in a long while that all 4 remaining teams have a legit shot at winning the Stagg.

I agree with this. Obviously I know who I think will win it! 

But this is one of the few years that you could rank the teams in every conceivable order and make cogent arguments supporting each view.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I'm astounded by the front-page poll results (and, for that matter, the question itself).  I voted "Ask me after the Stagg".  UMHB and NCC each lost by one stinkin' point!  Third on my ballot will be whichever one lost to the champ.  UNLESS the Stagg is a blowout either way, in which case the semi loser to the champ may well get my 2nd place vote.  And if it is truly a blowout, 3rd place may be either Wesley or Linfield, depending on the Stagg winner (though I'd probably keep the Stagg loser at 3, and put that team 4th).  Except for homerism, I just don't see how anyone could answer other than 'Ask me after the Stagg'.

[02 Warhawk]

I'm astounded by the front-page poll results (and, for that matter, the question itself).  I voted "Ask me after the Stagg".  UMHB and NCC each lost by one stinkin' point!  Third on my ballot will be whichever one lost to the champ.  UNLESS the Stagg is a blowout either way, in which case the semi loser to the champ may well get my 2nd place vote.  And if it is truly a blowout, 3rd place may be either Wesley or Linfield, depending on the Stagg winner (though I'd probably keep the Stagg loser at 3, and put that team 4th).  Except for homerism, I just don't see how anyone could answer other than 'Ask me after the Stagg'.

I went with NCC based on my believe that NCC would beat MHB. The only thing that might change my mind is if UWW crushes UMU tomorrow. However, I think it's safe to say that won't happen.

UWW and UMU had some tough games to get here. So, no matter the Stagg Bowl outcome they deserve to be 1 and 2 in my final ballot. With NCC 3 and MHB 4. After that it'll be tough.