Pool B

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Quote from: Smitty Oom on November 05, 2018, 09:55:29 AM
Mainly a MBB D3er and just a very casual FB fan, so forgive my ignorance here... but why does the NEWMAC not get a Pool A bid for football? If I remember correctly I thought Springfield made the tourney last year, this mean they received a Pool B bid?

I'm sure there's a more official sounding reason for this in the D-III bylaws somewhere, but the condensed version is that newly formed conferences have to go through a provisional period (2 years?) before they get an automatic bid.  This is the final provisional year for the NEWMAC and next year their champion will qualify automatically. 

Last year, Springfield did indeed get invited via Pool B. 
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In this case the NEWMAC is not a new conference because it exists as an all-sports conference. But the NEWMAC has added affiliate members in order to get to seven football members, which is why there is a provisional period.
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Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 04, 2018, 03:16:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 03:07:53 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 04, 2018, 01:21:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 12:54:48 PM
Final week and Thomas More goes to St John's,
MIT can beat Springfield to have the edge from the NEWMAC.
They'd have to jump Merchant Marine in the rankings wouldn't they? Merchant Marine was ranked 8th while MIT wasn't ranked last week.
...and I think that they will. They will get nice a bump in the SOS with the win over Springfield.

MIT has the head-to-head against Merchant Marine and identical conference W-L records, which I think would earn the Pool A bid in nearly every other conference.

Yes. But this isn't an automatic bid, and Merchant Marine plays nine games, not seven.
I surely am glad that the East RAC finally got around to seeing my position on this ( ::)  ).

http://d3football.com/playoffs/2018/second-regional-ranking

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Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 07, 2018, 02:30:45 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 04, 2018, 03:16:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 03:07:53 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 04, 2018, 01:21:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 12:54:48 PM
Final week and Thomas More goes to St John's,
MIT can beat Springfield to have the edge from the NEWMAC.
They'd have to jump Merchant Marine in the rankings wouldn't they? Merchant Marine was ranked 8th while MIT wasn't ranked last week.
...and I think that they will. They will get nice a bump in the SOS with the win over Springfield.

MIT has the head-to-head against Merchant Marine and identical conference W-L records, which I think would earn the Pool A bid in nearly every other conference.

Yes. But this isn't an automatic bid, and Merchant Marine plays nine games, not seven.
I surely am glad that the East RAC finally got around to seeing my position on this ( ::)  ).

http://d3football.com/playoffs/2018/second-regional-ranking
I'm not really sure what was different this week compared to last week to jump them that far up. If MIT is better this week then they should have been better last week as well.
That should take care of which east team will be on the Pool B board assuming both win (and assuming the East committee doesn't decide to flip a coin again next week)
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Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 07, 2018, 02:43:57 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 07, 2018, 02:30:45 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 04, 2018, 03:16:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 03:07:53 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 04, 2018, 01:21:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 04, 2018, 12:54:48 PM
Final week and Thomas More goes to St John's,
MIT can beat Springfield to have the edge from the NEWMAC.
They'd have to jump Merchant Marine in the rankings wouldn't they? Merchant Marine was ranked 8th while MIT wasn't ranked last week.
...and I think that they will. They will get nice a bump in the SOS with the win over Springfield.

MIT has the head-to-head against Merchant Marine and identical conference W-L records, which I think would earn the Pool A bid in nearly every other conference.

Yes. But this isn't an automatic bid, and Merchant Marine plays nine games, not seven.
I surely am glad that the East RAC finally got around to seeing my position on this ( ::)  ).

http://d3football.com/playoffs/2018/second-regional-ranking
I'm not really sure what was different this week compared to last week to jump them that far up. If MIT is better this week then they should have been better last week as well.
That should take care of which east team will be on the Pool B board assuming both win (and assuming the East committee doesn't decide to flip a coin again next week)

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Final record for the 2018 Pool B season:

JHU 49 MIT 0.