D3 Top 25 Fan Poll

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

No love for BWU after the loss to MTU.  If they can get on a run, they'll be playing JCU week 11, possibly for 2nd place in the OAC and possible playoff birth.

Let's not just assume the game will be for 2nd Place! We could enter the game at 9-0!

It's happened before.  Once in the past 18 years or so.  But Mount Union only loses home games when I am in attendance, and I will be nowhere near Alliance this weekend.

I moved to FL in 2003, but I was in attendance at each of these games:
11/12/16  Loss to JCU 31-28 at HOME
10/22/05  Loss to ONU 21-14 at HOME
12/11/04  Loss to MHBU 38-35 at HOME

With a record like that, I'm surprised the UMU athletic department hasn't placed a restraining order on you!

How much to convince you to go on Saturday?

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

No love for BWU after the loss to MTU.  If they can get on a run, they'll be playing JCU week 11, possibly for 2nd place in the OAC and possible playoff birth.

The same could be said for most of D-3 right now..

"If they could get on a run...."   

Just saying a 9-1 runner up in the OAC has a pretty good chance of making the playoffs.

[smedindy]

No love for BWU after the loss to MTU.  If they can get on a run, they'll be playing JCU week 11, possibly for 2nd place in the OAC and possible playoff birth.

The same could be said for most of D-3 right now..

"If they could get on a run...."   

Just saying a 9-1 runner up in the OAC has a pretty good chance of making the playoffs.

Of course, but even MWC schools think now "If we could get on a run, we could go to the playoffs!" Even Knox. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

No love for BWU after the loss to MTU.  If they can get on a run, they'll be playing JCU week 11, possibly for 2nd place in the OAC and possible playoff birth.

The same could be said for most of D-3 right now..

"If they could get on a run...."   

Just saying a 9-1 runner up in the OAC has a pretty good chance of making the playoffs.

Of course, but even MWC schools think now "If we could get on a run, we could go to the playoffs!" Even Knox. 

I'll predict that a NESCAC team will go to the playoffs before Knox does!  Since they participate in the playoffs in every(?) other sport, NESCAC might rescind their ban after just a light frost in Hell;  Knox (and Earlham, Finlandia, etc.) won't go 'til Hell solidly freezes over.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

No love for BWU after the loss to MTU.  If they can get on a run, they'll be playing JCU week 11, possibly for 2nd place in the OAC and possible playoff birth.

The same could be said for most of D-3 right now..

"If they could get on a run...."   

Just saying a 9-1 runner up in the OAC has a pretty good chance of making the playoffs.

Of course, but even MWC schools think now "If we could get on a run, we could go to the playoffs!" Even Knox. 

I'll predict that a NESCAC team will go to the playoffs before Knox does!  Since they participate in the playoffs in every(?) other sport, NESCAC might rescind their ban after just a light frost in Hell;  Knox (and Earlham, Finlandia, etc.) won't go 'til Hell solidly freezes over.

NESCAC might go to the playoffs before Earlham even wins again. We'll have the heat death of the universe before the Quakers make the playoffs. Their best chance this year is likely Anderson in week 7. If they lose that the streak will be at 50 and tie the record. There's Defiance a couple games later who they could also have a chance at.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

2018 WEEK 4 TOP 25 FAN POLL

Rank	Team	Points	Prev
1)	Mount Union (9)	225	1
2)	Mary Hardin-Baylor	216	2
3)	St Thomas	204	3
4)	Brockport	195	4
5)	North Central	190	5
6)	Frostburg St	170	6
7)	Wesley	168	7
8)	St John's	161	8
9)	Hardin-Simmons	159	9
10)	UW-Whitewater	153	10
11)	Wash & Jeff	120	11
12)	Linfield	119	12
13)	UW-Oshkosh	117	13
14)	Wittenberg	110	14
15)	John Carroll	101	15
16)	Trine	63	16
17)	Case Western Reserve	62	17
18)	Illinois Wesleyan	60	18
19)	Berry	59	19
20)	UW-La Crosse	52	20
21)	Wheaton	46	22
22)	Franklin & Marshall	40	21
23)	RPI	33	24
24)	Delaware Valley	32	23
25)	Union	11	25

Dropped Out: none

Also Receiving Votes: Ithaca 9, Whitworth 8, Wartburg 7, Concordia-Moorhead 6, Muhlenberg 6, Salisbury 5, Wabash 5, Wash & Lee 5, Monmouth 3, Albion 2, Johns Hopkins 1, Ohio Northern 1, Thomas More 1

Voters: 02 Warhawk, bluestreak66, desertcat1, FCGG, MANDGSU, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, Oline79, and smedindy

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Full vote breakdown will come later today.

[Ice Bear]

Dutch Boy...formerly dlip, is ****ing ecstatic to see the Dutch get some top 25 love here. He doesn't quite think they are there yet. A win over Hobart in two weeks, (not a ****ing easy task even against a down Hobart team) may convince dlip his beloved Dutch are top 25 worthy.

****, from the Dutchman's atrocious and painful fall from D3 respectability that ended with a never forget 0-10 campaign, Dutch Boy is just so ****ing ecstatic that his Behrman led Dutch are a part of the conversation.

By the way...RPI way ****ing overrated...Dutch Boy would put them around #238 or so.

[02 Warhawk]

It took a loss for JCU for me to put them in my top 25

[Mr. Ypsi]

It took a loss for JCU for me to put them in my top 25

Ah, another poster publicly noting that the concept of "a good loss" is very real!   I first gave close attention to Carthage when they damn near beat UW-Oshkosh, and I'm convinced that Ithaca's votes are more due to the close loss to Brockport than to their rather unimpressive wins.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

  1)   Mount Union          225     ( 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1)
  2)   Mary Hardin-Baylor   216     ( 2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2,  2)
  3)   St Thomas            204     ( 3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  3,  4,  5)
  4)   Brockport            195     ( 3,  3,  4,  4,  4,  4,  5,  6,  6)
  5)   North Central        190     ( 4,  4,  4,  4,  5,  5,  5,  5,  8)
  6)   Frostburg St         170     ( 5,  6,  6,  7,  7,  7,  8,  9,  9)
  7)   Wesley               168     ( 6,  6,  6,  6,  7,  8,  8,  8, 11)
  8)   St John's            161     ( 5,  7,  8,  8,  8,  9,  9,  9, 10)
  9)   Hardin-Simmons       159     ( 6,  7,  7,  7,  8,  9, 10, 10, 11)
10)   UW-Whitewater        153     ( 5,  7,  9,  9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11)
11)   Wash & Jeff          120     (11, 11, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15)
12)   Linfield             119     ( 9, 10, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16)
13)   UW-Oshkosh           117     (11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
14)   Wittenberg           110     (10, 12, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 18)
15)   John Carroll         101     (11, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 15, 19, --)
16)   Trine                 63     (16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 20, 22, 22, --)
17)   Case Western Reserve  62     (17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 21, 23)
18)   Illinois Wesleyan     60     (16, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21, --)
19)   Berry                 59     (15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 25, 25, --)
20)   UW-La Crosse          52     (15, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 24, --)
21)   Wheaton               46     (18, 18, 19, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22, --)
22)   Franklin & Marshall   40     (17, 17, 18, 20, 23, 23, 25, 25, --)
23)   RPI                   33     (15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, --, --, --)
24)   Delaware Valley       32     (14, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, --, --, --)
25)   Union                 11     (20, 22, 25, --, --, --, --, --, --)

26)   Ithaca                 9     (22, 23, 24)
27)   Whitworth              8     (20, 24)
28)   Wartburg               7     (23, 24, 24)
T29)   Concordia-Moorhead     6     (20)
T29)   Muhlenberg             6     (23, 23)
T31)   Salisbury              5     (21)
T31)   Wabash                 5     (21)
T31)   Wash & Lee             5     (21)
34)   Monmouth               3     (23)
35)   Albion                 2     (24)
T36)   Johns Hopkins          1     (25)
T36)   Ohio Northern          1     (25)
T36)   Thomas More            1     (25)

[Mr. Ypsi]

I submitted my ballot a couple hours ago.  Pretty sure it is my first ballot ever on which the name Linfield does not appear anywhere!  We'll know hell has frozen over when I can say that about UMU, UMHB, and UWW!

[smedindy]

There are a bunch to teams clamoring for the bottom 3 spots...

[bluestreak66]

There are a bunch to teams clamoring for the bottom 3 spots...

2 of my bottom 3 didn't receive any votes last week. This is kind of a crazy year so far

[Oline89]

Certainly a lot of new faces appearing on this week's poll.  I especially want to see if Linfield still makes the Fan Poll top 25.  I am mystified that they are on the national board.  If Mt Union was 1-2, it would be hard to justify a top 25 spot.