PNCLL Weekly Poll Question (Week #7 3/15-3/21)

[Dan Wishengrad]

After a week off due to lack of ideas, the Weekly Poll is back! This week's question is courtesy of Jason Stockton. Got a good suggestion from Tim Hart also I will be using later in the season. Please keep those suggestions coming!!!

[Timbalaned]

Not sure who it will be yet, but I would like to hope that one other team can battle into the "invite only" spots and get to Dallas besides just the two AQ.

[Grizzly01]

Why don't you see more than one division b team going to the playoffs? we'll probably see Montana go to the playoffs, but there might be another team from this division to make it.

[Dr. Jason Stockton]

If the season ended today. . .and Oregon and Montana held on and won the PNCLL tourney A.Q.'s, they'd be making the trip to Texas without any other PNCLL teams. . .

With all of the upsets in the PNCLL, it seems really unlikely that teams like SFU, PLU and WWU. . .the highest ranking "other" teams. . .have enough big games on the schedule that they can shake up the polls and move up at this point.

If OSU, SFU, PLU, WWU. . .or any other team wants to go to Nationals they are going to have to win the tourney at the end. PLU started out ranked in the top-10, but with 3 losses to WCLL teams and then the huge loss to SOU, they have little chance to go as an at-large. They'll have to win it all in late April. WWU had a shot until they fell to PLU. . .the whole thing is really a mess.

I hope we get more than two teams to Texas. . .but I think we'll need an upset in late April for that to happen at this point. . .

[Grizzly01]

Will something change if Montana doesn't beat uvsc or doesn't beat another pncll team?

[Kyle Berggren]

PLU has a shot to move up in the polls if Montana destroys UVSC, & PLU wins out big. WWU can also move up if they beat Montana, and Montana destroys UVSC. It would have to be a big win to legitimize the tight games Montana played. Unfortuteately, PLU's disappointing trip to Irvine will be in the poll voters minds... The PNCLL was 0-3 on that trip, and despite their improvement, it has to be done on the field.

The B will most likely send the AQ, with WWU the long shot after that (assuming Montana wins it, PLU played them tough).