MCLA Nike / IL Division I Poll - 02/26/2013

[LaxTV_Admin]

1. Colorado State 724 (28)
2. Arizona State 686 (1)
3. Brigham Young 642
4. Stanford 623
5. Colorado 594
6. Michigan State 555
7. UCSB 544
8. Oregon 494
9. Chapman 461
10. Pittsburgh 456
11. Virginia Tech 370
12. California 366
13. Buffalo 337
14t. Minnesota-Duluth 335
14t. Texas 335
16. Boston College 333
17. Sonoma State 293
18. Cal Poly 235
19. Simon Fraser 215
20. Connecticut 177
21. Northeastern 149
22. Georgia 108
23. Clemson 96
24. Davenport 74
25. Texas State 46

Others Receiving Votes
Florida State 40, Oregon State 36, Grand Canyon 24, Richmond 22, Arizona 20, UNLV 10, Utah 7, Southern Methodist 5, Iowa 4, Auburn 3, Santa Clara 3, Missouri 2, Minnesota 1

[Ravaging Beast]

Not much movement considering the games that were played. Biggest jump was Duluth moving up 4 spots and biggest drop was Cal Poly falling down 3 spots. Florida State dropping out of the top 25 is a little shocking, but I guess they lost big, but I guess Georgia moving up helps out the SELC.

Also wanted to point out that there are some voters missing. I believe there are supposed to be 30. Here are the total voters based on number of first place votes:

Preseason: 24
Week 1: 26
Week 2: 25
Week 3: 27
Week 4: 25
Week 5: 29

I am hoping that the people who are not voting are not voting because they haven't seen games. Maybe as the season progresses, we will get more participation.

[LaxTchr]

Not a bad poll... I think University of Richmond should be in the top 25. Here are my picks on a few of the big games this weekend:

Richmond vs. VA Tech - Richmond gets the upset and wins by 2
ASU vs. Chapman - ASU by 4
Sonoma vs. Cal - Sonoma in a close one
Pittsburg vs. Clemson - Pitt by 5
UCSB vs. CSU - CSU by 3
Colorado vs Oregon - Oregon by 1
Stanford vs. UC Davis - Stanford by 7
Pitt vs. Auburn - Pitt by 6
Arizona vs. SFU - SFU by 8
Auburn vs. Florida State - Auburn by 2
Boston College vs. Texas - Texas by 4

What say you???

[Ravaging Beast]

Auburn vs. Florida State - Auburn by 2

Not sure if this counts as a big game considering neither team is ranked. I do agree with you about Richmond. I think they should be top 25 and they have a chance of knocking off Va Tech this weekend.

[LaxTV_Admin]

I like Richmond to make some noise and voted them #23 in my poll. First test is against Virginia Tech where they can either validate their vote or make me look bad. My predictions below in bold.

Not a bad poll... I think University of Richmond should be in the top 25. Here are my picks on a few of the big games this weekend:

Richmond vs. VA Tech - Richmond gets the upset and wins by 2 Richmond by 1 in OT
ASU vs. Chapman - ASU by 4 ASU by 2
Sonoma vs. Cal - Sonoma in a close one Abstaining due to my affiliation
Pittsburg vs. Clemson - Pitt by 5 Pitt wins, but not sure it is by 5
UCSB vs. CSU - CSU by 3 UCSB in an upset, by 1
Colorado vs Oregon - Oregon by 1 CU by 2
Stanford vs. UC Davis - Stanford by 7 Stanford
Pitt vs. Auburn - Pitt by 6 Pitt's second game of the day. Auburn wins by 1
Arizona vs. SFU - SFU by 8 SFU by 2
Auburn vs. Florida State - Auburn by 2 agreed
Boston College vs. Texas - Texas by 4 BC by 1

And who schedules two games in one day against top 25 opponents? Wonder why Pitt would do that.

[Chris Larson]

And who schedules two games in one day against top 25 opponents? Wonder why Pitt would do that.

Economics trumps outcomes.

[LaxTV_Admin]

And who schedules two games in one day against top 25 opponents? Wonder why Pitt would do that.

Economics trumps outcomes.

Can't argue with that, but can't say it excites me. Not sure it is worth it. In the meantime, check out the guys at Bull Dodge and their Power Rankings. Good stuff.

http://laxx.tv/link/9126/

[LaxTV_Admin]

Some scores from Friday. Looks like the poll is in for some tweaking....

Chapman 8
Arizona State 7

Clemson 7
Georgia Tech 8

Arizona 14
Simon Fraser 12

FSU 13
Auburn 11

UCSB 8
UNLV 6

Boston College 14
SMU 9

[Ravaging Beast]

Some scores from Friday. Looks like the poll is in for some tweaking....
UCSB 8
UNLV 6

Not sure what to do with UNLV. They had the same score differential against BYU, but both games came on the heals of big ones the following evening. Chapman for BYU and CSU for UCSB. Though Chapman did go ahead and crush UNLV after losing to BYU. I think Chapman had figured out their early season woes with their solid win over ASU.

[Ravaging Beast]

Gauchos had that game. Up 4 with 7 minutes to go, but went to OT. Rams won 11-10. Bummer. Would have been a signature win for the Gauchos. Looks like CSU is not unbeatable.

[OAKS]

And who schedules two games in one day against top 25 opponents? Wonder why Pitt would do that.

Pitt played both games close and came out on top, but lost to Georgia Tech today 4-5. GT wasn't completely fresh, with their Friday win over Clemson coming in 3 OT's, but they were certainly fresher than a Pitt team playing 2 games the day before. Hoping GT should be close to or in the top 25 with those two wins. Pitt could climb back into the top 10 depending on their next 3 games against strong opponents.