D3Boards.Com Soccer Top 20 Fan Poll

[oacalum]

Gotcha, sorry!. I haven't been following along to what dates polls are through or submitted.

[College Soccer Observer]

This week's are due tomorrow at midnight

[camosfan]

Cutoff is Thursdays.

[jknezek]

For the D3soccer Fan Poll, the cutoff for games is games that start on or before Sunday night at midnight EST. Pollsters have until Wednesday at midnight EST to send in their votes, though most turn it in ahead of time. They've been a great group, and rarely over the 2.5 years I've done this have I had to chase one down begging for a missing ballot.

Last year was a little different in terms of time constraints because we were one small component of the D3soccer Poll. So votes had to be in a lot sooner. Next year I'll probably shift the deadline to Tuesday at midnight to make it more contemporaneous to the games that counted for the poll, but it's always a balancing act. Make it too hard, and people won't volunteer to do it anymore.

Anyway, if I get the votes in early, I post early when I can.

[camosfan]

Sorry was thinking about the pool!

[jknezek]

Relatively stable at the top. Conn College makes the big move up, St. Thomas (TX) makes the biggest move down, though more or less tied with Rochester who dropped from 16 to RV. First team to not be unanimous on all ballots is Montclair St, showing on 7 of 8 ballots. That also gives Montclair State the largest dispersion, as high as 5 and down to unrated. Mount Union, at 15, is the last team to unanimously appear on all ballots. Several teams that clawed their way in to the top 25 appear on only 3 ballots, with Occidental tied for the last spot but also sporting the highest vote for a team with only 3 votes, a 10. Lebanon Valley is the RV team that appeared on the most ballots, 5, without cracking the top 25 overall. Wartburg is the RV team with the single highest vote, a 7th place vote on one ballot.

D3Boards.com Soccer Fan Poll Games as of 10/1/2023

National Top 25

Rank		School			Points		Weekly Change		Voter Breakdown
1		Messiah (8)			200		0		1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
2		Mary Washington			189		1		2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
3		Chicago			159		2		9, 9, 8, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6
4		Middlebury			151		2		3, 3, 2, 3, 24, 14, 5, 3
5		Amherst			147		-3		7, 6, 6, 5, 3, 4, 21, 9
6		Connecticut College			145		9		6, 4, 5, 8, 9, 23, 3, 5
7		Texas Lutheran			143		4		4, 16, 4, 9, 20, 3, 7, 2
8		Montclair State			134		2		5, 5, 7, 6, 8, 6, 11
9		Oneonta State			124		-5		11, 7, 19, 13, 5, 7, 14, 8
10		Bowdoin			117		-1		8, 10, 11, 7, 21, 13, 8, 13
11		Case Western Reserve			109		3		16, 8, 15, 10, 6, 16, 13, 15
12		Tufts			104		0		18, 11, 14, 16, 11, 9, 18, 7
13		Cortland State			96		4		12, 12, 11, 14, 6, 12, 19
14		North Central (IL)			86		4		14, 13, 16, 12, 11, 20, 10
15		Mount Union			75		-8		15, 19, 20, 20, 15, 20, 10, 14
16		Carleton			63		-8		13, 23, 9, 19, 17, 12
17		Franklin and Marshall			58		4		23, 14, 16, 10, 9
T18		Calvin			55		4		18, 13, 15, 8, 24, 23
T18		Widener			55		7		12, 25, 10, 23, 12, 24, 21
20		Lynchburg			45		---		17, 15, 17, 22, 18, 22
21		St. Thomas (TX)			40		-9		22, 22, 14, 15, 17
22		UW-Platteville			29		---		20, 17, 12
T23		Christopher Newport			28		---		20, 17, 21, 18
T23		Emory			28		---		17, 22, 11
T25		John Carroll			27		-1		21, 21, 10, 25
T25		Occidental			27				10, 25, 16

Also Receiving Votes:
Lebanon Valley (26) , Wartburg (25) , Babson (22) , Redlands (21) , Muhlenberg (16) , New Paltz State (14) , Rochester (12) , Ohio Wesleyan (8) , Trinity (TX) (6) , Colorado College (5) , MSOE (4) , Gustavus Adolphus (3) , UW-Whitewater (3) , Macalester (1)

Newly Ranked: Lynchburg, UW-Platteville, Christopher Newport, Emory
Dropped Out: Rochester (Prev:16), Williams (Prev:19), Trinity (TX) (Prev:22)

1 = 1st Place Vote, 25 = 25th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: FCGrizzliesGrad, Mid-Atlantic Fan, Coach Jeff, PaulNewman, Paclassic89, SimpleCoach, College Soccer Observer, Greg Sager

[soccerpapa]

Interesting - chicago ranked 3rd overall without having any 3rd place votes - voting consistency matters. 

I would say there are 8-12 teams that have a shot at the natty......will be interesting to see how things play out

[Coach Jeff]

This is my top 25 for the week

1   Messiah
2   Middlebury
3   Mary Washington
4   Texas Luthern
5   Connecticut College
6   Amherst
7   Montclair St
8   Chicago
9   Carleton
10   widener
11   Bowdoin
12   Cortland st
13   Calvin
14   Tufts
15   Case Western Reserve
16   North Central (IL)
17   Lynchburg
18   Redlands
19   Oneonta St
20   Mount Union
21   Lebanon Valley
22   St. Thomas (TX)
23   UW-Whitewater
24   Trinity (TX)
25   Muhlenberg

[PaulNewman]

Ballot...

1)  Messiah
2)  Mary Washington
3)  Middlebury
4)  Chicago
5)  Amherst
6)  Montclair St
7)  Bowdoin
8)  Connecticut College
9)  Texas-Lutheran
10) CWRU
11) Cortland St
12) North Central
13) Oneonta St
14) St Thomas
15) Calvin
16) Tufts
17) Emory
18) Lebanon Valley
19) Carleton
20) Mt Union
21) John Carroll
22) Lynchburg
23) Widener
24) Babson
25) Muhlenburg

[College Soccer Observer]

My ballot

1. Messiah
2. Mary Washington
3. Connecticut College
4. Chicago
5. Middlebury
6. Montclair State
7. Texas Lutheran
8. Bowdoin
9. Franklin and Marshall
10. Mount Union
11. Emory
12. SUNY Cortland
13. Case Western
14. Oneonta State
15. Muhlenberg
16. Rochester
17. Lebanon Valley
18. Tufts
19. Babson
20. North Central College
21. Amherst
22. Colorado College
23. Calvin
24. Widener
25. John Carroll

[SimpleCoach]

Messiah
Mary Washington
TX Lutheran
Amherst
Chicago
Cortland St
SUNY Oneonta
Montclair St
Tufts
Frank & Marsh
N Central IL
Widener
Bowdoin
Middlebury
St Thomas TX
Case Western
Carleton MN
Lynchburg
Redlands
Mt Union
Chris Newport
Trinity TX
CT College
Calvin
Occidental

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

1   Messiah
2   Mary Washington
3   Middlebury
4   Texas Lutheran
5   Montclair St
6   Conn College
7   Amherst
8   Bowdoin
9   Chicago
10   Occidental
11   SUNY Oneonta
12   Widener
13   Carleton
14   North Central (IL)
15   Mount Union
16   Case Western Reserve
17   Lynchburg
18   Tufts
19   SUNY New Paltz
20   UW-Platteville
21   Wartburg
22   MSOE
23   Franklin & Marshall
24   Lebanon Valley
25   Colorado College

My ballot but not top 25: 19 New Paltz, 21 Wartburg, 22 MSOE, 24 Lebanon Valley, 25 Colorado College
Top 25 but not my ballot: 13 Cortland, T18 Calvin, 21 St Thomas, T23 Chris Newport, T23 Emory, T25 John Carroll

Looking at it, Cortland should have been on my ballot. And with a win over Oneonta yesterday they'll be fairly high up there somewhere.

[Gregory Sager]

Mine:

1. Messiah
2. Texas Lutheran
3. Middlebury
4. Mary Washington
5. Connecticut C.
6. Chicago
7. Tufts
8. SUNY Oneonta
9. Amherst
10. North Central
11. Montclair State
12. Carleton
13. Bowdoin
14. Mount Union
15. Case Western Reserve
16. Occidental
17. St. Thomas
18. Christopher Newport
19. SUNY Cortland
20. Redlands
21. Widener
22. Lynchburg
23. Muhlenberg
24. Rochester
25. Wartburg

[jknezek]

F&M and Emory with the big moves up, Chicago with the tumble. Emory is also the first team, at 13, not to appear on all 8 ballots. With a 4th place and an unranked, they have the widest voter dispersion. Chicago at 14 is also the last team appearing on all ballots. Not much movement in the top 5, as Conn College basically took over Chicago's place from last week.

D3Boards.com Soccer Fan Poll Games as of 10/8/2023

National Top 25

Rank		School			Points		Weekly Change		Voter Breakdown
1		Messiah (8)			200		0		1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
2		Mary Washington			189		0		2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3
3		Connecticut College			165		3		3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 13, 9, 4
4		Middlebury			161		0		4, 3, 2, 3, 20, 10, 3, 2
5		Amherst			146		0		9, 5, 5, 9, 6, 7, 11, 10
6		North Central (IL)			141		8		6, 8, 7, 6, 16, 3, 12, 9
T7		Franklin and Marshall			118		10		11, 12, 18, 16, 5, 4, 5, 19
T7		Tufts			118		5		19, 6, 15, 14, 7, 6, 18, 5
9		Montclair State			117		-1		18, 9, 9, 12, 21, 5, 4, 13
10		Cortland State			116		3		8, 13, 8, 5, 14, 8, 14, 22
11		Bowdoin			97		-1		10, 10, 11, 11, 20, 8, 15
12		Oneonta State			96		-3		14, 15, 19, 19, 9, 15, 15, 6
13		Emory			92		10		16, 19, 23, 8, 4, 6, 14
14		Chicago			91		-11		25, 7, 16, 7, 22, 11, 17, 12
15		Texas Lutheran			90		-8		7, 16, 10, 13, 19, 7, 20
16		Carleton			86		0		5, 20, 6, 17, 14, 8
17		Christopher Newport			75		6		22, 14, 14, 24, 10, 16, 7
18		Calvin			73		0		17, 12, 10, 8, 12, 24
19		Case Western Reserve			49		-8		17, 24, 18, 18, 22, 16, 18
20		Redlands			44		---		13, 22, 9, 16
21		Lynchburg			41		-1		23, 11, 21, 17, 17
22		John Carroll			40		3		18, 15, 24, 23, 10
23		Mount Union			36		-8		12, 21, 24, 13, 24
24		New Paltz State			24		---		15, 13
T25		Babson			18		---		15, 19
T25		UW-Platteville			18				23, 11

Also Receiving Votes:
UW-Whitewater (15) , Kean (14) , MSOE (14) , St. Thomas (TX) (14) , Wartburg (14) , Trinity (TX) (11) , Lebanon Valley (10) , Colorado College (9) , Ohio Wesleyan (9) , Oglethorpe (8) , Ohio Northern (7) , St. Olaf (6) , Williams (6) , Rochester (4) , Kenyon (3)

Newly Ranked: Redlands, New Paltz State, Babson
Dropped Out: Widener (Prev:18), St. Thomas (TX) (Prev:21), Occidental (Prev:25)

1 = 1st Place Vote, 25 = 25th Place Vote in Voter Breakdown
Special Thanks to the Voters: FCGrizzliesGrad, Mid-Atlantic Fan, Coach Jeff, PaulNewman, Paclassic89, SimpleCoach, College Soccer Observer, Gregory Sager

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

1   Messiah
2   Mary Washington
3   Conn College
4   Middlebury
5   Carleton
6   North Central (IL)
7   Texas Lutheran
8   Cortland
9   Amherst
10   Bowdoin
11   Franklin & Marshall
12   Mount Union
13   MSOE
14   SUNY Oneonta
15   SUNY New Paltz
16   Emory
17   Case Western Reserve
18   Montclair St
19   Tufts
20   Lebanon Valley
21   Colorado College
22   Chris Newport
23   Lynchburg
24   Kean
25   Chicago

My ballot but not top 25: #13 MSOE, #20 Lebanon Valley, #21 Colorado College, #24 Kean
Top 25 but not on ballot: #18 Calvin, #20 Redlands, #22 John Carroll, #T25 Babson, #T25 UW-Platteville