At large bid

[canalacrosse]

How does the At large Bid selection process work exactly? People keep talking about rankings, will there be one more poll before nationals or not? Do league playoffs weigh into the rankings? For a league like the RMLC the winner gets the AQ but would the runner up get the At Large no matter who it is or.....?

[UofMLaxGoalie11]

for all the conferences (minus the RMLC, because they do not have enough teams), the conference champions get an automatic qualifier to the tournament. Then the highest ranked teams that did not get an AQ round out the field until there are 16 teams. The final poll before the tournament then determines seeds in the tourney. I hope that helps you understand.

[canalacrosse]

When is the last poll? Would league playoffs factor into that? so if the wcll has 5 teams in the top 16 in the polls the wcll would send the champs plus 4 other teams? (considering the champ was one of those top 5)

[CyLaxKeeper00]

2006 MDIA Division A Top 25 Poll Information

[Sonny]

When is the last poll? Would league playoffs factor into that? so if the wcll has 5 teams in the top 16 in the polls the wcll would send the champs plus 4 other teams? (considering the champ was one of those top 5)

The poll information for both Div. A and Div. B is linked at the top of the POLLS forum.

Here is the direct link for the Div. B poll information:
http://forums.uslia.com/viewtopic.php?t=3628

[robinetteja]

I thought I explained this to you before in an email you sent me but maybe not Canalacrosse. Let me go slowly. Stay with me. The B division gets 12 teams at nationals. There are 9 AQ's given to the conference champs. The last three tournament spots will go to the next THREE highest ranked teams who did not win their conference's AQ. Looking at the rankings, looks like Claremont/USD and St Thomas St Johns' will get 2 of the at large. After that it is up for grabs. Depends on if a lower seeded team upsets an opponet for Conf Champ. If harding, or Montana, or some of the other top 10 teams lose in the championship, their conf champ and they would go. Should make for a very interesting weekend. Yes there is one more poll that will come out Monday morning. Yes playoff victories and loses will count.

Western is looking good and would not want to be facing them 1st round. You all definetly have a shot at the RMLC Championship. I think any team could take it, with UVSC obviously the favorite. But as they say, that is why they play the games. Best of Luck in Logan. If you are still confused, email me and I will try to explain it again.