FB: Region 4 fan poll

[DPU3619]

79 people don't like my well informed opinions? Hogwash.

[ExTartanPlayer]

79 people don't like my well informed opinions? Hogwash.

Just for that....MINUS K! 

Now 80 people don't like them!

[USee]

79 people don't like my well informed opinions? Hogwash.

Just for that....MINUS K! 

Now 80 people don't like them!

+K for a return to balance.

[ExTartanPlayer]

79 people don't like my well informed opinions? Hogwash.

Just for that....MINUS K! 

Now 80 people don't like them!

+K for a return to balance.

All is well in the world.

USee deserves his 100th +K.

[smedindy]

I feel like I'm in a hockey game now.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

This is a rare week where I don't have to change much on my ballot. All the top teams did pretty much as expected. I was the only person who had JC ahead of BW so that result isn't too jarring to my ballot. Only things I have to debate is does John Carroll move ahead of idle IWU for 8th and who will replace BW at #10

[NCF]

This is a rare week where I don't have to change much on my ballot. All the top teams did pretty much as expected. I was the only person who had JC ahead of BW so that result isn't too jarring to my ballot. Only things I have to debate is does John Carroll move ahead of idle IWU for 8th and who will replace BW at #10

Might be time for 3-0 Trine to move in. I would  go with a 3-0 Hope, but I'll wait a week until after the IWU game.

[New Tradition]

No update this week?  I always enjoy reading the thoughts of this well-informed group.

[wally_wabash]

I'm sure it's coming....our old pal Wes keeps a busy weekday schedule. 

[smedindy]

It may have been my fault. My ballot was late due to unforseen and unfortunate circumstances. Life...

[New Tradition]

Hope all is ok now!

[DPU3619]

Here it is, gang.  Sorry again for the delay.  The poll goes up Sunday if I get all the ballots Sunday.  If not, I can't get to it until Thursday due to having my own football team to attend to.  This one is kind of rushed, so there may be another issue with mistallied votes.  I believe the points I've listed are correct.

Week 3 North Region Fan Poll

1.   Mount Union          70 pts (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2.   North Central        59 pts (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3)
3.   Franklin                 58 pts (2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5)
4.   Wabash                 41 pts (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7)
5.   Wheaton               39 pts (4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
6.   Wittenberg            38 pts (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
7.   Heidelberg             37 pts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8)
8.   Illinois Wesleyan   16 pts (7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10)
9.   John Carroll           15 pts (8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10)
10. Ohio Wesleyan       9 pts (8, 8, 9, 10, -, -, -)

ARV
Trine                               2 pts (10, 10, -, -, -, -, -)
Hope                               1 pt  (10, -, -, -, -, -, -)

The North Region Fan Poll is voted on by FCGrizzliesGrad, wally_wabash, Li'l Giant, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, smedindy, and myself.

[wally_wabash]

I like this device, FCGG...I'm going to borrow it. 

Here it is, gang.  Sorry again for the delay.  The poll goes up Sunday if I get all the ballots Sunday.  If not, I can't get to it until Thursday due to having my own football team to attend to.  This one is kind of rushed, so there may be another issue with mistallied votes.  I believe the points I've listed are correct.

Week 3 North Region Fan Poll

1.   Mount Union          70 pts (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2.   North Central        59 pts (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3)
3.   Franklin                 58 pts (2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5)
4.   Wabash                 41 pts (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7)
5.   Wheaton               39 pts (4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
6.   Wittenberg            38 pts (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
7.   Heidelberg             37 pts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8)
8.   Illinois Wesleyan   16 pts (7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10)
9.   John Carroll           15 pts (8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10)
10. Ohio Wesleyan       9 pts (8, 8, 9, 10, -, -, -)

ARV
Trine                               2 pts (10, 10, -, -, -, -, -)
Hope                               1 pt  (10, -, -, -, -, -, -)

The North Region Fan Poll is voted on by FCGrizzliesGrad, wally_wabash, Li'l Giant, Mr. Ypsi, NCF, smedindy, and myself.

I made a few moves this week. 

- UMU and Franklin stayed 1-2.  That's not changing unless either of those teams lose, although after this week I'm not so sure that there is a huge gap between Mount Union and everybody else in 2013.  Lots of good teams here.  Franklin gets handcuffed to Mount Union on my ballot because they've shown on the field that they are pretty similar. 

- I did shuffle Wabash back behind North Central this week...not because of any one thing that either team did in their wins this week, but I think the loss of Tyler Holmes makes a difference. 

- 5, 6, and 7 are the same for me this week.  Wheaton was a little underwhelming this week, but I'm not going to penalize for not getting fired up for a game against Luther.  Sometimes ho-hum matchups produce ho-hum results.  Ditto Heidelberg and Wittenberg...nice wins, but not really anything going on there that compels me to make an adjustment. 

- Bottom third....I put John Carroll in at 8 this week, replacing B-W after the Streaks' win.  I slid OWU down to 10 because 20-13 against Kenyon isn't an inspiring result.  I've expected more from Ohio Wesleyan's offense and it hasn't been there through two games this year.  And of course, if OWU goes down, somebody has to go up so IWU falls in at #9. 

I'm keeping an eye on Trine, Hope, Chicago, and Baldwin-Wallace.  Any of these four teams could jump take OWU's spot next week if OWU doesn't step it up a notch.  Greenville is doing some nice things and is a little further out on the fringe of my radar.  Maybe this year's version of CUC. 

[DPU3619]

I think we all agree that 4-7 are basically interchangeable.  I don't know for sure if one is necessarily better than any of the others.  I like Wabash better than Heidelberg, and I ranked them as such.  But do I think there's a huge void between the two? Absolutely not.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

1.   Mount Union          70 pts (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)
2.   North Central        59 pts (2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3)
3.   Franklin                 58 pts (2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5)
4.   Wabash                 41 pts (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7)
5.   Wheaton               39 pts (4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
6.   Wittenberg            38 pts (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7)
7.   Heidelberg             37 pts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8)
8.   Illinois Wesleyan   16 pts (7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10)
9.   John Carroll           15 pts (8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10)
10. Ohio Wesleyan       9 pts (8, 8, 9, 10, -, -, -)

ARV
Trine                               2 pts (10, 10, -, -, -, -, -)
Hope                               1 pt  (10, -, -, -, -, -, -)

I ended up with the exact same top 7 as last week. This will be 2 weeks in a row that my #9 and 10 will face each other (JC vs BW last week, IWU vs Hope this week). I wonder who will creep into my ballot next week?