D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[desertcat1]

d3mafan,

still YOU DID NOT ANSwer my question.   All i wanted to know was who you put in from # 9 to # 14 that's all. 
Sorry to disagree with you but ALFRED(E-8) is NOT at the same level as linfield.  (imho)  

Hey man it's just a poll ? it's not The Don VS Hillary.. show  
you should be proud of what you cast.   

Stevenson, Johns Hopkins and East Texas were the others. IMHO, at the time they had a better resume. I know in DIV III, history plays a big part in voting when there are less cross regional matchups, but like had stated in my earlier post, its at the time. However, IMHO, I think the best E 8 team would give Linfield a run for a money any year, that is one tough conference, its any given Saturday for them, NWC not so much (I basically penciled you guys into round 2 of the playoffs after week 6). I do respect your program, but its way tougher to go 9 straight weeks against teams that can beat you rather than only playing two big games a season and being well rested for playoffs.

d ma,

How so you forget my friend 
Linfield BEAT the E8 winner last year  and also beat the beast from the east Rowan a few years ago?  Bad..  ( in sceond half)   wesley not so good..

[D3MAFAN]

d3mafan,

still YOU DID NOT ANSwer my question.   All i wanted to know was who you put in from # 9 to # 14 that's all. 
Sorry to disagree with you but ALFRED(E-8) is NOT at the same level as linfield.  (imho)  

Hey man it's just a poll ? it's not The Don VS Hillary.. show  
you should be proud of what you cast.   

Stevenson, Johns Hopkins and East Texas were the others. IMHO, at the time they had a better resume. I know in DIV III, history plays a big part in voting when there are less cross regional matchups, but like had stated in my earlier post, its at the time. However, IMHO, I think the best E 8 team would give Linfield a run for a money any year, that is one tough conference, its any given Saturday for them, NWC not so much (I basically penciled you guys into round 2 of the playoffs after week 6). I do respect your program, but its way tougher to go 9 straight weeks against teams that can beat you rather than only playing two big games a season and being well rested for playoffs.

d ma,

How so you forget my friend 
Linfield BEAT the E8 winner last year  and also beat the beast from the east Rowan a few years ago?  Bad..  ( in sceond half)   wesley not so good..

I did not forget last year's matchup, it was actually fun to watch, Cortland had already loss two games that season and showed that it was somewhat vulnerable late in the season. Also, "Run for its money" does not equate to winning, it means that I think they would be more than likely to upset Linfield than majority of some other teams from other conferences and your conference. Now going back to your ranking, all I am saying is that historically Linfield has not taken a beating as bad as it did earlier this season when playing some of the other tier 1A/2 teams, I can't excuse that, maybe it was early, maybe not. If you would have loss by 3-17, maybe you'll be in my Top 6-8, but for now "No."

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

                2016 WEEK 9 TOP 25 FAN POLL

  #       School               Pts   Prev 
  1)   Mary Hardin-Baylor (5)  221     1
  2)   UW-Whitewater (2)       213     2
  3)   Mount Union (2)         212     3
  4)   St Thomas               193     4
  5)   UW-Oshkosh              190     5
  6)   North Central           178     6
  7)   St John's               162    T7
  8)   Linfield                160    T7
  9)   Hardin-Simmons          151    10
10)   UW-Platteville          147     9
11)   Johns Hopkins           146    11
12)   Wheaton                 122    12
13)   Thomas More             110    13
14)   Stevenson                91    14
15)   Alfred                   90    15
16)   Coe                      86    16
17)   St Lawrence              76    17
18)   John Carroll             62    20
19)   Wabash                   55    18
20)   Salisbury                49    23
21)   E Texas Baptist          45    19
T22)   Monmouth                 35    24
T22)   Wittenberg               35    22
24)   Wesley                   26    25
25)   Case Western Reserve     22    NR

Dropped Out: Denison

Also Receiving Votes: Franklin (16), Muhlenberg (10), St John Fisher (9), Berry (3), Concordia-Moorhead (3), Frostburg St (3), Huntingdon (2), Maryville (1), Salve Regina (1)

Voters: 02 Warhawk, D3MAFAN-MG, desertcat1, FCGrizzliesGrad, HansenRatings, HSCTiger74, Mr. Ypsi, NCF and smedindy

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

  1)   Mary Hardin-Baylor   221    ( 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  2,  2,  2,  2)
  2)   UW-Whitewater        213    ( 1,  1,  2,  2,  2,  3,  3,  3,  4)
  3)   Mount Union          212    ( 1,  1,  2,  2,  3,  3,  3,  3,  4)
  4)   St Thomas            193    ( 3,  3,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  6,  6)
  5)   UW-Oshkosh           190    ( 4,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  5,  6,  6)
  6)   North Central        178    ( 4,  4,  5,  5,  6,  6,  7,  8, 11)
  7)   St John's            162    ( 6,  7,  7,  8,  8,  9,  9,  9,  9)
  8)   Linfield             160    ( 6,  6,  7,  7,  8,  8,  9, 10, 13)
  9)   Hardin-Simmons       151    ( 7,  8,  9,  9,  9, 10, 10, 10, 11)
10)   UW-Platteville       147    ( 7,  8,  8, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12)
11)   Johns Hopkins        146    ( 7,  7,  8, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12)
12)   Wheaton              122    (11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14)
13)   Thomas More          110    (12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 19)
14)   Stevenson             91    ( 9, 13, 13, 14, 17, 18, 18, 20, 21)
15)   Alfred                90    (12, 13, 15, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 22)
16)   Coe                   86    (14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19)
17)   St Lawrence           76    (14, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19, 25)
18)   John Carroll          62    (13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, --)
19)   Wabash                55    (15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, --, --, --)
20)   Salisbury             49    (15, 18, 20, 21, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24)
21)   E Texas Baptist       45    (14, 17, 19, 20, 20, 21, --, --, --)
T22)   Monmouth              35    (13, 16, 19, 23, 25, 25, --, --, --)
T22)   Wittenberg            35    (17, 19, 19, 21, 22, 23, --, --, --)
24)   Wesley                26    (21, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, --, --)
25)   Case Western          22    (20, 21, 23, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, --)

26)   Franklin              16    (18, 20, 24)
27)   Muhlenberg            10    (20, 22)
28)   St John Fisher         9    (22, 24, 24, 25)
T29)   Berry                  3    (23)
T29)   Concordia-Moorhead     3    (23)
T29)   Frostburg St           3    (24, 25)
32)   Huntingdon             2    (24)
T33)   Maryville              1    (25)
T33)   Salve Regina           1    (25)

[smedindy]

Wow, any love for Denison went through the door or out the window...

[wally_wabash]

Wow, any love for Denison went through the door or out the window...

Bit too much out of the comfort zone for people, wasn't it? 

I wonder what the response would be if Denison had lost to DePauw three weeks ago and then beat Wittenberg this past weekend?  Still zero votes for Denison?  I bet they would have more than zero. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

Last week, UWO won AT UWRF, 41-7.  This week it took UWW overtime to beat UWRF AT HOME.  While I probably won't actually do it, I am SORELY tempted to move UWO ahead of UWW, despite the h-t-h result.  After all, that game was IN Whitewater, and UWW won by only 3 - if home field means anything at all, that is essentially a tie!  Thoughts?

[USee]

They won by 7.  I think it's meaningless. Matchups and circumstances were completely different. Patterson was down, lots of other nuances. For me I see a trap game after a brutal stretch where UWW could easily have lost and found a way to win.  That trumps a team who couldn't find a way to win huh. It's a no brainer. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

They won by 7.  I think it's meaningless. Matchups and circumstances were completely different. Patterson was down, lots of other nuances. For me I see a trap game after a brutal stretch where UWW could easily have lost and found a way to win.  That trumps a team who couldn't find a way to win huh. It's a no brainer.

The UWRF qb fumbled at the 5 in OT.  The scoreboard officially read 7-point margin at the end, but that is to all intents-and-purposes a tie game AT HOME against a 3-5 opponent.  Less than impressive.

[wally_wabash]

They won by 7.  I think it's meaningless. Matchups and circumstances were completely different. Patterson was down, lots of other nuances. For me I see a trap game after a brutal stretch where UWW could easily have lost and found a way to win.  That trumps a team who couldn't find a way to win huh. It's a no brainer.

The UWRF qb fumbled at the 5 in OT.  The scoreboard officially read 7-point margin at the end, but that is to all intents-and-purposes a tie game AT HOME against a 3-5 opponent.  Less than impressive.

Morningside.  Oshkosh.  Platteville.  Nobody in the division has three results that good, let alone in consecutive weeks.  I think you're really overthinking all of this.  Even the best teams don't win by 50 every single week, nor should they have to. 

[USee]

They won by 7.  I think it's meaningless. Matchups and circumstances were completely different. Patterson was down, lots of other nuances. For me I see a trap game after a brutal stretch where UWW could easily have lost and found a way to win.  That trumps a team who couldn't find a way to win huh. It's a no brainer.

The UWRF qb fumbled at the 5 in OT.  The scoreboard officially read 7-point margin at the end, but that is to all intents-and-purposes a tie game AT HOME against a 3-5 opponent.  Less than impressive.

Morningside.  Oshkosh.  Platteville.  Nobody in the division has three results that good, let alone in consecutive weeks.  I think you're really overthinking all of this.  Even the best teams don't win by 50 every single week, nor should they have to.

Bingo.  Couple years ago UWW squeaked by UWRF in less than impressive fashion and then monkey stomped everyone to the national title.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Sorry, you guys are too late!  At the last minute I impulsively switched them.  UWO 3, UWW 4.

UWO and UWW have only four common opponents.  UWSP and UWLaX are a complete match: both went +22 at home, +10 on the road.  UWW was +6 on the road against Platteville, UWO +9 at home - small advantage UWW.  UWO +34 away, UWW +7 (OT game - I my mind essentially a tie) at home - HUGE advantage UWO.  As to their big OOC wins, I just don't know whether UWW beating Morningside by 14 is better than Oshkosh beating John Carroll by 19.  Do you?

[ADL70]

They won by 7.  I think it's meaningless. Matchups and circumstances were completely different. Patterson was down, lots of other nuances. For me I see a trap game after a brutal stretch where UWW could easily have lost and found a way to win.  That trumps a team who couldn't find a way to win huh. It's a no brainer.

The UWRF qb fumbled at the 5 in OT.  The scoreboard officially read 7-point margin at the end, but that is to all intents-and-purposes a tie game AT HOME against a 3-5 opponent.  Less than impressive.

Until twenty years ago it WOULD have been a TIE!  Although back then late game strategy might have been different with no overtime.

Had to laugh when the WW broadcaster referred to the "new ovetime" procedure and had no clue about the strategy of starting on defense in OT.

[Ralph Turner]

Official Top 25 for Week #10 is out.

The top 4 teams got 2347 out of a possible 2350 votes.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Sorry for the delay. Voters were a bit slower this week... maybe there was some vote that was more interesting or important happening yesterday


                2016 WEEK 10 TOP 25 FAN POLL

  #       School                Pts   Prev 
  1)   Mary Hardin-Baylor (7)   223     1
  2)   Mount Union (2)          216     3
  3)   UW-Whitewater            202     2
  4)   St Thomas                195     4
  5)   UW-Oshkosh               192     5
  6)   North Central            174     6
  7)   Linfield                 166     8
  8)   St John's                160     7
  9)   Hardin-Simmons           154     9
10)   UW-Platteville           148    10
11)   Johns Hopkins            146    11
12)   Wheaton                  124    12
13)   Thomas More              114    13
14)   Alfred                   103    15
15)   Coe                       96    16
16)   John Carroll              77    18
17)   Wabash                    68    19
18)   Wesley                    65    24
19)   Monmouth                  50   T22
T20)   Case Western              49    25
T20)   Wittenberg                49   T22
22)   St John Fisher            29    NR
T23)   Franklin                  18    NR
T23)   Hobart                    18    NR
25)   Muhlenberg                16    NR


Dropped Out: Stevenson, St Lawrence, Salisbury, E Texas Baptist

Also Receiving Votes: E Texas Baptist (13), Stevenson (12), St Lawrence (10), Salisbury (9), Frostburg St (8), Berry (5), Concordia-Moorhead (5), W New England (4), Huntingdon (3), Central (2), Husson (1), Trinity (CT) (1)

Voters: 02 Warhawk, D3MAFAN-MG, desertcat1, FCGrizzliesGrad, HansenRatings, HSCTiger74, Mr. Ypsi, NCF and smedindy