2007 Polls

[the lax]

Anyone want to venture a guess as to a super-preseason poll?

[Brandon Carlson]

whoa man...whoa...

[Woda]

1. CSU
2. Colorado
3. BYU
4. Michigan
5. Sonoma
6. UCSB
7. Arizona
8. UCSD
9. Oregon
10. Minn-Duluth
11. Lindenwood
12. Florida State
13. Cal Poly
14. Chapman
15. Utah
16. Virginia TECH
17. Northeastern
18. Arizona State
19. Michigan State
20. Illinois
21. Georgia Tech
22. Texas
23. Texas Tech
24. Georgia
25. UCLA

[Zeuslax]

16. Virginia State

Possibly you mean Virginia Tech? Is Tech known as Virginia's state college?

[scooter]

Division B preseason poll

1. San Diego
2. Montana
3. SJU
4. UST
5. Claremont
6. Eckerd
7. Augustana
8. Harding
9. UVSC
10. UNC

[Pinball]

Division B preseason poll

1. San Diego
2. Montana
3. SJU
4. UST
5. Claremont
6. Eckerd
7. Augustana
8. Harding
9. UVSC
10. UNC

rumor on the street is that San Diego will be moving up to Div A

[Brandon Carlson]

Won't it be hard to get all the worms back in the can this far from the season?

[warri0rlax22]

san diego and claremont both went div a

[scooter]

i would then put up calvin and GVSU to replace them

[Gvlax]

I dont know if its true, but when GVSU went to play Augustana this fall and i heard some of their guys talking about how they lost alot of seniors.

[KnoxVegas]

For the record:

Augustana graduated three seniors on a roster of 25. Those were replaced with seven freshman.

[robinetteja]

Division A

1. CSU (34 pts, 3 1st place)
2. CU (32 pts, 1 1st place)
3. BYU (29 pts, 3 1st place)
4. Utah (19 pts, 1 1st place)
5. Utah State (8 pts)

Division B

1. UVSC (134 pts, 4 1st place)
2. Westminster (123 pts, 5 1st place)
3. Fort Lewis (118 pts, 2 1st place)
4. Montana State (105 pts)
5. Northern Colorado (102 pts)
6. Western (78 pts)
7. Mines (76 pts)
8. NAU (66 pts)
9. Wyoming (49 pts, 1 1st place)
10. Regis (46 pts)
11. New Mexico (25 pts)
12. CSU-Pueblo (20 pts)

[bullhighutewoozgriffclam]

watch out for westminster in the b division. Mase Goodhand's rockin' and rollin' with a bunch of freshmen talent and one or two anchoring vets. it should all be interesting. this is waaaaaaaaaaaay to early to be talkin polls. most teams aren't even sure exactly what they're gonna look like in the spring (new recruits, loosin' kids, etc.) i'm anxious too. be patient.

[Dan Wishengrad]

One of the toughest decisions for the pollsters will be where to rank San Diego in their pre-season Top 25. The Toreros won their second-straight B crown in 2006, avenging their only defeat of the year (an early 6-8 loss to St. John's) by whipping the Johnnies 10-3 for the title. During the '06 campaign USD beat both A teams they played, USC 15-3 and, more impressively, cross-town rival UCSD 10-9. UC San Diego finished at #6 in the final 2006 Laxpower computer rankings with an 82.37 power rating. USD had a PR of 79.90, which would slot the Toreros at #11, behind #10 Cal Poly (80.53) and just ahead of #11 Oakland (79.77).

I accept that Laxpower is flawed, and understand that the P.R.s do not cross-over between the different divisions accurately. I am NOT singing the praises of power rankings as Gospel. But Laxpower does continue to be interesting fodder for all of us who love stats and numbers, as I do. It is "necessary reading" for the poll voters, one of whom I have been honored to serve as. If selected to continue in this role for '07 I will struggle with where to place USD in my pre-season poll -- but the Toreros will be ranked somewhere in my voting, for sure.

[cjwilhelmi]

Just a thought from someone who voted last year. I would not personally rank any team that moved up to A. I would make them win their way onto the list. If they are as good as everyone thinks they are then they will have absolutely no problem winning themselves a spot on the field.