Nike / IL MCLA Division II Poll - 04/16/13

[LaxTV_Admin]

1. St. Thomas 622 (22)
2. Westminster 601 (3)
3. St. John's 572
4. Liberty 538
5. Concordia 526
6. Coast Guard 468
7. Palm Beach Atlantic 456
8. Elon 445
9. Sam Houston State 417
10. Grove City 406
11. North Dakota State 318
12. Florida Gulf Coast 317
13. Indiana Tech 312
14. Grand Valley 298
15. Western Oregon 285
16. CSU Fullerton 241
17. Dayton 240
18. Portland 176
19. Gonzaga 145
20. Lindenwood-Belleville 140
21. Briarcliffe 134
22. Stonehill 89
23. SCAD 78
24. Siena Heights 64
25. St. Andrews 45

Others Receiving Votes
Tennessee Wesleyan (25), Washington University (19), Humboldt State (16), Reinhardt (15), UC-San Diego (15), Emory (11), Western Washington (10), Central Conn (9), Missouri Baptist (9), Coastal Carolina (8), Montana State (7), Bethel (7), St. Mary's (6), Pepperdine (5)

[bsigmund90]

Another interesting bit is looking at the massey ratings and laxpower rankings and see how they compare:

MCLA Poll
Rank - Team - Conf. - Massey - Laxpower
1 UST UMLC (1) (2)
2 Westminster RMLC (3) (1)
3 SJU UMLC (4) (5)
4 Liberty SELC (2) (3)
5 Concordia SLC (5) (4)
6 USCGA PCLL (9) (8)
7 PBA SELC (11) (9)
8 Elon SELC (6) (10)
9 SHSU LSA (14) (13)
10 GCC CCLA (7) (11)
11 NDSU UMLC (10) (17)
12 FGCU SELC (8) (6)
13 ITU CCLA (12) (14)
14 GVSU CCLA (13) (12)
15 WOU PNCLL (15) (15)
16 CSU-F SLC (17) (16)
17 Dayton CCLA (18) (29)
18 Portland PNCLL (21) (24)
19 Gonzaga PNCLL (19) (7)
20 LU-B GRLC (23) (45)
21 Briarcliffe PCLL (27) (37)
22 Stonehill PCLL (36) (57)
23 SCAD SELC (16) (18)
24 SHU CCLA (22) (33)
25 St. Andrews SELC (N/A) (23)

Other teams recieving votes:
Team - Conf. - Votes - Massey - Laxpower
TWC SELC 25 (20) (21)
WU-STL GRLC 19 (37) (49)
Humboldt WCLL 16 (35) (38)
Reinhardt SELC 15 (24) (19)
UCSD SLC 15 (38) (26)
Emory SELC 11 (28) (27)
WWU PNCLL 10 (34) (25)
CCSU PCLL 9 (39) (46)
MBU GRLC 9 (33) (34)
CCU SELC 8 (29) (31)
MSU RMLC 7 (45) (47)
Bethel UMLC 7 (64) (62)
SMC WCLL 6 (43) (32)
Pepperdine SLC 5 (42) (28)

[LaxTV_Admin]

Most interested to see that Westminster is #1 and St. Thomas is #2 in the Massey Ratings. With UST being undefeated and beating Westminster it seems hard to think even a computer would say they are #2. Otherwise, I think the ones that have significant difference are probably also the ones that had the widest margin of votes received by the pollsters.

[bsigmund90]

I think you looked at them flipped. Laxpower has Westminster at 1 and UST at 2. Reason being is the weight laxpower seems to give to D2 teams who play up. Hence a team like Gonzaga (no doubt they belong in the top 25) floating all the way up to #7.