I'm going to keep the results here of previous front-page polls, since there's been occasional requests for such information. Not leaving the board open for discussion, though, just information storage.
Who would you have picked as first-team quarterback?
Mike Orihel, Rowan: 22.1%
Andy Collins, Occidental: 21.1%
Mike Jorris, Mount Union: 17.7%
Justin Jacobs, UW-Whitewater: 13.9%
Rocky Pentello, Capital: 9.5%
Kam Kniss, North Central: 7.8%
Chris Warrick, Wesley: 6.6%
3204 votes
Conference preseason polls are primarily what?
Projection: 37.4%
History: 25.8%
Conjecture: 14.8%
Accurate: 12.6%
Posturing: 8.8%
1088 votes
I chose posturing because I know coaches will rate themselves low in order to try to affect the final outcome and fire up their team, or overrate another team to try to get it ahead of their own team, etc.
What should McMurry do? (See story linked above.)
Take legal action against the NCAA: 41.0%
Remain Indians, face playoff hosting ban: 20.6%
Change nickname from Indians: 13.3%
Return to the NAIA: 11.9%
Change nickname but continue Indian traditions: 11.7%
1050 votes
Which will be the first highly ranked team to lose?
Capital: 19.7%
Wesley: 14.7%
Rowan: 14.2%
Linfield: 12.7%
UW-Whitewater: 13.1%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 8.8%
St. John's: 8.7%
Mount Union: 6.8%
1935 votes
Should there be a Division III-wide roster limit?
No, no roster limit: 45.9%
Yes, at 100 players: 23.6%
Yes, at 125 players: 14.8%
Yes, at 85 players: 9.4%
Yes, at 150 players: 5.4%
2766 votes
I notice that 53.2% of respondents favored some kind of limit, though the numbers vary.
Which first-year program will have the best season?
LaGrange: 46.1%
Morrisville State: 29.8%
SUNY-Maritime: 22.9%
1317 votes
Of the teams playing opening night, who will finish 2006 with the most wins?
UW-Stout: 62.0%
Catholic, Hamline and Shenandoah combined: 36.4%
766 votes
Scoreboard so far: Hamline+Catholic+Shenandoah 2, UW-Stout one.
Where were you this weekend?
At a game, staying dry: 33.2%
At home staying dry: 23.8%
At a game, soaking wet: 23.3%
My team's off and I didn't bother: 15.0%
At more than one game: 4.1%
1180 votes
Did you notice the NCAA's speed-up rules at work this weekend?
Yes, and I didn't like it: 48.9%
Yes, and I liked them: 23.4%
What speed-up rules?: 17.2%
No, but I wish I had: 5.0%
No, and I hope I never do: 4.4%
1510 votes
W&J grads have recently been named NFL commissioner and mayor of Pittsburgh. What's next?
W&J snaps two-game losing streak: 57.2%
W&J replaces Pluto as ninth planet: 20.2%
Super Bowl XLVII in Heinz Field: 9.0%
W&J grad named Pirates No. 5 starter: 7.6%
W&J grad replaces Bill Gates at Microsoft: 4.9%
960 votes
Voters needed more of a sense of humor here. :)
What's the biggest surprise this week?
Linfield losing to Western Oregon: 32.1%
CNU's one-week turnaround: 18.1%
Concordia (Wis.) win at North Central: 12.3%
Springfield throwing for 107 yards, winning: 11.4%
Newport News, Guilford, Catholic all 2-0: 8.7%
Adrian shut out in brand-new stadium: 8.1%
Macalester, Mass. Maritime both win: 8.1%
2569 votes
Which of these Saturday games will be most competitive?
Linfield/Hardin-Simmons: 58.5%
UW-Whitewater/Azusa Pacific: 16.2%
Delaware Valley/Wilkes: 24.4%
1938 votes
Despite the Linfield/HSU fans' picks, Delaware Valley/Wilkes was the most competitive, going to overtime.
What is Linfield's fate the rest of the season?
Runs the table, makes playoffs: 33.2%
Runs the table, misses playoffs: 21.6%
Loses record streak of winning seasons: 20.0%
Also loses to Whitworth: 16.3%
Also loses to Southern Oregon: 7.2%
1747 votes
Which New York team will advance furthest in the NCAA playoffs?
Ithaca: 28.5%
St. John Fisher: 19.1%
Union: 13.6%
Cortland State: 13.5%
Hobart: 9.2%
Alfred: 5.7%
RPI: 9.6%
2425 votes
The line on this one moved significantly after Saturday's game.
Cancelled last year, postponed this year. Where should DePauw and Trinity (Texas) play next year?
Alamodome: 27.6%
Area 51: 20.3%
Dick Cheney's: 18.1%
They should just give up and not schedule it: 17.8%
Hoosier Dome: 15.1%
1963 votes
Which Around the Nation bounceback team is least likely to make the playoffs?
Springfield: 22.4%
Christopher Newport: 20.0%
Wheaton: 20.6%
Hardin-Simmons: 18.9%
Wartburg: 16.7%
1484 votes
Not a lot of consensus here.
Which winning team most deserved to get passed in the rankings this week?
Rowan: 29.5%
Hobart: 18.6%
Delaware Valley: 26.3%
None: 15.5%
Central: 9.2%
1988 votes
Carleton has St. Thomas, Hamline, Augsburg, Moorhead, St. Olaf and Gustavus left. How do they finish?
6-4: 24.9%
7-3: 18.8%
5-5: 18.2%
9-1: 10.4%
4-6: 9.8%
8-2: 8.8%
3-7: 8.1%
970 votes
Does Mount Union's crushing of ONU change your opinion of the Purple Raiders destiny this season?
No, I already thought they'd win it all: 50.6%
No, I still think they won't win it all: 26.3%
Yes, now I think they'll win it all: 14.3%
Yes, now I think they're set to get knocked off: 7.1%
2719 votes
Which Run to the Playoffs weekend will be the best?
UW-La Crosse at UW-Whitewater: 44.9%
UW-Whitewater at Mary Hardin-Baylor: 26.3%
Cortland State at Rowan: 20.1%
Central-Cornell, Coe-Wartburg: 7.8%
2537 votes
If Justin Beaver misses six weeks, will UWW still be playing (regional finals)?
No: 53.8%
Yes: 45.1%
2895 votes
Who will win Saturday's Springfield/St. John Fisher game?
Springfield by 1-10: 30.1%
St. John Fisher by 1-10: 29.9%
St. John Fisher by 11+: 24.7%
Springfield by 11+: 13.8%
1005 votes
Which Top 25 upset was most surprising?
Marietta over No. 20 Ohio Northern: 35.4%
Emory and Henry over No. 21 Bridgewater: 27.1%
Susquehanna over No. 23 Delaware Valley: 21.9%
No. 17 Springfield over No. 14 St. John Fisher: 14.5%
3681 votes
Which game is most likely to be won by the lower-ranked team?
No. 2 UWW at No. 6 UMHB: 32.7%
No. 14 Springfield at No. 20 Ithaca: 25.4%
No. 4 Capital at No. 1 Mount Union: 17.7%
None will be won by the lower-ranked team: 15.2%
No. 21 Mt. St. Joseph at Defiance: 7.2%
2810 votes
Which Top 25 team losing today won't make the playoffs?
No. 18 Christopher Newport: 43.9%
No. 7 Rowan: 25.1%
No. 14 Springfield: 15.4%
No. 4 Capital: 6.9%
No. 6 Mary Hardin-Baylor: 6.7%
4970 votes
If you're sitting at home today, which game are you most likely to listen to?
Linfield/Whitworth: 22.3%
Rowan/Cortland State: 21.8%
Union/Hobart: 13.4%
Averett/Christopher Newport: 8.9%
Parts of all of the above: 1.4%
Some other game: 31.5%
1200 votes
Which game involving a ranked East teams was most surprising?
Alfred knocking off Ithaca: 55.4%
Rowan edging Cortland in OT: 25.1%
Union winning handily at Hobart: 18.6%
2334 votes
If the final Pool C spot came down to Cortland, Franklin and Wartburg, as projected, who should go?
Cortland State: 53.2%
Wartburg: 29.8%
Franklin: 15.7%
1786 votes
Which result Saturday was more surprising?
Bethel winning MIAC at St. John's: 61.8%
Millsaps ending Trinity's 13-year SCAC streak: 37.4%
906 votes
How many deer-in-the-headlights moments will Pat have on the air?
Two, when he tries to explain geographic proximity: 36.5%
None, he's learned: 24.5%
More than two and he's not asked back: 23.6%
One, same as last year: 13.8%
318 votes
Never let it be said I can't poke fun at myself. :)
What's most troubling about this bracket?
Cortland State out: 48.0%
The repeated Texas pairing: 29.8%
A potential rematch of both '05 semis: 14.2%
Franklin out: 6.4%
3749 votes
Which campus should be most excited about ending its playoff drought?
Carnegie Mellon: 31.0%
Millsaps: 22.6%
Wittenberg: 16.6%
Washington and Lee: 15.8%
Dickinson: 12.7%
2880 votes
Which rematch had the most surprising result?
None: 35.4%
Concordia/North Central: 31.0%
HSU/UMHB: 16.0%
Capital/Wittenberg: 15.5%
1571 votes
Who has the best chance against a No. 1 seed Saturday?
Rowan at Wilkes: 45.5%
UW-La Crosse at UW-Whitewater: 24.0%
Carnegie Mellon at Wesley: 17.1%
Wheaton at Mount Union: 11.8%
3377 votes
Will there be turkey at your tailgate Saturday?
Yes: 28.6%
No, no tailgating left in our season: 28.4%
No, we're trying to escape leftovers: 26.8%
Yes, but we're trying to disavow that guy: 14.7%
665 votes
Will we see rematches of last year's semifinals?
Yes, both: 36.5%
Yes, just Rowan/Mount Union: 30.1%
Yes, just Whitewater/Wesley: 18.7%
No, neither: 13.4%
3085 votes
Which game are you most focused on this weekend?
St. John's at UW-Whitewater: 34.4%
Capital at Mount Union: 25.5%
Rowan at St. John Fisher: 23.3%
Mary Hardin-Baylor at Wesley: 15.9%
5319 votes
Does St. John Fisher have a shot at Mount Union?
A shot? Sure, but they won't win: 43.8%
No, no shot: 28.8%
More than a shot, they'll get it done: 26.2%
4047 votes
Who's the best running back left in the playoffs?
Nate Kmic: 41.7%
Justin Beaver: 38.0%
Mark Robinson: 19.0%
4162 votes
Quote from: Pat Coleman on September 02, 2006, 10:53:38 AM
Of the teams playing opening night, who will finish 2006 with the most wins?
UW-Stout: 62.0%
Catholic, Hamline and Shenandoah combined: 36.4%
766 votes
Scoreboard so far: Hamline+Catholic+Shenandoah 2, UW-Stout one.
Final score: Hamline (3)+Catholic (3)+Shenandoah(2)=8, UW-Stout 3.
Are you coming to Salem?
No, but I'd like to: 52.5%
No, no thanks: 17.0%
Yes, and I'm a UW-Whitewater fan: 12.8%
Yes, and I'm a Mount Union fan: 11.9%
Yes, and I'm a fan of another D-III team: 4.8%
3802 votes
Which Gagliardi finalist would you have voted for?
Ryan Kleppe, UW-Whitewater: 55.4%
Josh Brehm, Alma: 22.5%
Tom Arcidiacono, Union: 12.4%
Jordan Neal, Hardin-Simmons: 7.3%
1093 votes
Which "stud" defensive lineman will have a bigger game Saturday?
Ryan Kleppe, UW-Whitewater: 57.2%
Justen Stickley, Mount Union: 41.8%
1735 votes
Which "stud" running back will have a bigger game Saturday?
Nate Kmic: 57.8%
Justin Beaver: 41.1%
1592 votes
Who would you have picked as Most Outsanding Player?
Pierre Garcon: 35.0%
Greg Micheli: 31.5%
The interior O-line: 21.2%
Other: 5.7%
Matt Kostelnik: 5.1%
4264 votes
How far will Michael Allan get in his NFL quest?
He'll make a practice squad: 31.7%
He'll get cut in camp and not get picked up: 21.0%
He'll sign a free agent deal and make a team: 17.0%
He won't get an offer: 16.4%
He'll be drafted and make a team: 12.5%
2422 votes
What do you think of Jim Zebrowski's move?
It's a step up: 47.3%
It's a lateral move: 27.1%
It's a step down: 24.6%
862 votes
This started running on June 6. Sorry, forgot to post these results for a while. :)
Started running July 15:
If Mount Union had entered the world championships in the USA's place, where would the Purple Raiders finish?
First: 68.3%
Second, losing to Japan: 13.2%
Somewhere lower: 11.8%
Third: 4.8%
2288 votes
Which Aug. 30 game are you most interested in?
UW-Eau Claire at SW Minn. St.: 36.9%
Millsaps at Mississippi College: 28.2%
Moravian at Susquehanna: 13.8%
Ursinus at La Salle: 12.3%
Tri-State at Manchester: 7.6%
1402 votes
Which of the recently predicted conference champs is least likely to actually win its league?
N.C. Wesleyan, USAC: 18.8%
Ursinus, Centennial: 18.4%
Wabash, NCAC: 16.8%
W&J, Presidents: 16.1%
Hope, MIAA: 14.0%
Mount St. Joseph, HCAC: 13.8%
2096 votes
What do you think the maximum number of players is who can be fairly evaluated in preseason practice?
Fewer than 100: 25.6%
100: 23.7%
125: 20.2%
No limit: 13.4%
150: 11.9%
200: 2.8%
175: 1.5%
2365 votes
Does your favorite school broadcast games online, and in what way?
Audio only, for all games: 61.3%
No online broadcast: 11.0%
Audio for some games: 7.6%
Video for home games: 7.3%
Video for all games: 6.5%
Video for selected games: 5.5%
1302 votes
Are you attending a game this weekend?
Yes, my team is playing: 56.8%
No, no game for me: 31.9%
My team is off but I'll see another game: 5.5%
*A* game? Try more than one!: 5.3%
1404 votes
Which 70-spot from Saturday was more surprising?
Mount beating Averett 72-0 at the half: 59.9%
Kenyon beating Grinnell 70-35: 38.9%
1959 votes
Did you notice the changed speed-up rules in play this weekend?
What speed-up rules?: 63.5%
I did, and I was pleased: 17.9%
I did, but I wish we used '05 rules: 11.3%
I did, but I wish we used '06 rules: 5.5%
1070 votes
Would you put your starting quarterback on the hands team?
Not under any circumstances: 55.3%
Sure, he's got good hands: 17.4%
Only if I don't have enough other players: 16.1%
Not if I don't have a good backup: 10.7%
2073 votes
What do you think of the NAC football lineup?
If they don't have an auto bid, I don't care: 59.4%
Love it: 20.4%
Hate it: 19.4%
670 votes
Which winless team is in the most trouble?
Hardin-Simmons: 32.3%
Union: 18.7%
St. Thomas: 15.8%
Wilkes: 13.9%
Delaware Valley: 10.1%
Hope: 7.9%
2833 votes
Which game this weekend would you most like to see?
UW-Eau Claire at UW-Whitewater: 29.5%
John Carroll at Ohio Northern: 22.1%
St. John Fisher at Ithaca: 20.8%
Montclair State at Wesley: 11.3%
Widener at Rowan: 8.6%
Delaware Valley at Salisbury: 6.8%
2661 votes
Which East Region team had the most impressive weekend?
Alfred: 22.9%
Bowdoin: 7.2%
Framingham State: 4.0%
Montclair State: 36.2%
Rowan: 11.0%
St. John Fisher: 17.2%
2058 votes
After scoring 56 on Guilford, how many will Hampden-Sydney score against Bridgewater?
16-27: 35.5%
28-42: 24.2%
6-15: 18.9%
0-3: 10.9%
43 or more: 9.5%
1404 votes
Which surprise win against a Top 25 team was the biggest surprise?
Hartwick over St. John Fisher: 46.3%
Willamette over Linfield: 21.7%
John Carroll over Baldwin-Wallace: 16.2%
Hampden-Sydney over Bridgewater: 14.6%
1810 votes
If UW-La Crosse wins out, will it make the playoffs? Definitely yes: 60.5%
Too early to tell: 29.3%
Definitely no: 9.4%
1891 votes
Which team's win was most unlikely?
Heidelberg: 38.8%
Augsburg: 19.9%
UW-Eau Claire: 18.7%
New Jersey: 13.9%
Rhodes: 8.0%
3151 votes
Triple-take asks: Which Top 25 team is most likely to get upset?
No. 5 Wheaton (by Augustana): 21.0%
No. 14 Wabash (by Wittenberg): 20.9%
Some other ranked team loses: 18.4%
No. 6 Central (by Coe): 15.3%
No. 3 UW-Whitewater (by Oshkosh): 14.3%
No ranked teams lose: 8.7%
1693 votes
Central has won four games by a touchdown or less. Will anyone beat them in the regular season?
Wartburg will: 45.7%
Nobody will: 27.7%
Dubuque will: 13.0%
Cornell will: 12.4%
1043 votes
Which Spotlight performance was most impressive?
Coast Guard's 22-play drive: 38.4%
Case LB Tom Brew's 21 tackles (7 solo): 24.8%
Chapman WR Harrison Dull's TD flurry: 20.0%
Trinity DB Shaun Irchirl's three takeaways: 16.0%
1712 votes
What is your team playing for at this point?
A trip to the playoffs: 70.8%
A winning record: 10.1%
Not to get hurt: 8.6%
A win against our archrival: 5.8%
An ECAC bowl game: 4.3%
1472 votes
(Methinks some people are deluding themselves, but ok.) :)
Which winless team's lack of success is most surprising?
Averett: 32.1%
King's: 28.4%
Merchant Marine: 16.8%
Beloit: 13.3%
La Verne: 8.4%
1619 votes
Which Top 25 game will have the most surprising result?
Mary Hardin-Baylor/ UW-Whitewater: 40.6%
Mount Union/Capital: 21.7%
Salisbury/Wesley: 13.1%
Cortland/TCNJ: 12.5%
Trinity/Millsaps: 10.5%
3301 votes
What conference title implications matchup seems least likely?
Wheaton/Illinois Wesleyan: 34.2%
Randolph-Macon/ Hampden-Sydney: 26.4%
N.C. Wesleyan/Ferrum:19.2%
Albright/Widener:18.4%
2058 votes
Which team that clinched this week will go the furthest?
UW-Whitewater: 49.4%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 17.1%
Washington and Jefferson: 8.6%
Muhlenberg: 7.0%
New Jersey: 5.6%
Franklin: 4.6%
North Carolina Wesleyan: 2.8%
Widener: 3.9%
4154 votes
What will be Mount's lowest margin of victory the rest of the season?
They'll lose a game: 31.9%
14-20: 18.0%
Under 14: 14.1%
21-27: 13.8%
35-plus: 12.3%
28-34: 8.7%
3956 votes
Which team we selected will most likely be left out?
Ithaca: 33.3%
Capital: 17.8%
None will be left out: 17.5%
Hobart: 15.5%
Whitworth: 14.2%
607 votes
Which matchup surprises you most?
Mount Union in the East: 42.5%
Capital at UW-Whitewater: 33.2%
Widener at Case Western Reserve: 13.1%
Olivet at Central: 9.7%
3045 votes
Which No. 5 seed has the best chance to advance?
Salisbury (at Muhlenberg): 35.0%
North Central (at Franklin): 29.9%
Hobart (at St. John Fisher): 19.4%
Redlands (at St. John's): 14.5%
2741 votes
Which consensus bracket pick is most likely to get knocked off?
Bethel: 49.1%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 21.1%
UW-Whitewater: 15.7%
Mount Union: 12.7%
4393 votes
Which conference had the best day Saturday?
WIAC: 36.1%
MIAC: 28.1%
E8: 13.8%
NEFC: 11.6%
USAC: 8.6%
3333 votes
Which will be the most exciting game?
St. John's at Central: 23.5%
Muhlenberg at Wesley: 12.9%
UW-Eau Claire at Bethel: 12.7%
Wabash at Case: 12.1%
Curry at St. John Fisher: 11.0%
North Central at UW-Whitewater: 10.1%
TCNJ at Mount Union: 8.0%
N.C. Wesleyan at UMHB: 8.4%
4945 votes
What was the biggest surprise?
SJU getting shut down: 57.3%
UWW's fourth quarter explosion: 12.1%
Eau Claire hanging in despite QB: 9.0%
Wesley's third quarter explosion: 7.3%
Curry scoring first on SJF: 6.8%
Mount Union back to form: 6.2%
2301 votes
Which Gagliardi finalist had the best game Saturday?
Justin Beaver: 49.4%
Derek Blanchard: 21.6%
Adrian Pynenberg: 17.7%
Tom Brew: 4.8%
Alex Kofoed: 3.9%
2695 votes
Quote from: Pat Coleman on November 17, 2007, 09:47:59 PM
Which consensus bracket pick is most likely to get knocked off?
Bethel: 49.1%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 21.1%
UW-Whitewater: 15.7%
Mount Union: 12.7%
4393 votes
Let the record show all four consensus bracket picks won.
Where would you rather be Saturday?
Alliance, Ohio: 31.3%
Whitewater, Wis.: 27.7%
Pella, Iowa: 15.2%
Dover, Del.: 13.8%
Home surfing all four games: 11.0%
6379 votes
Does either road team have a chance to win Saturday?
No, neither does: 45.0%
Yes, UMHB does: 37.4%
Yes, Bethel does: 12.5%
Yes, both do: 4.1%
4540 votes
Which game will the weather affect most this weekend?
Mary Hardin-Baylor/UW-Whitewater: 70.1%
Bethel/Mount Union: 19.6%
The Aztec Bowl: 9.1%
1661 votes
Which quarterback will have the better game in Whitewater?
Danny Jones: 59.3%
Josh Welch: 39.4%
1040 votes
Which offensive line will have the better game in Alliance?
Mount Union: 78.3%
Bethel: 20.6%
1682 votes
Who will the third time be the charm for?
Mount Union: 70.7%
UW-Whitewater: 28.6%
4060 votes
Who will have the better game on offense Saturday?
Nate Kmic: 31.3%
Justin Beaver: 21.9%
Pierre Garcon: 19.3%
Greg Micheli: 12.6%
Danny Jones: 8.9%
Neil Mrkvicka: 4.9%
2125 votes
Who will have the best game on defense Saturday in Salem?
A.J. Raebel: 28.3%
Patrick McCullough: 25.4%
Matt Kostelnik: 24.1%
Gabe Schultz: 8.5%
Ryan Ogrizovich: 8.0%
Jonah Wilson: 4.3%
1491 votes
Who will Justin Beaver thank first Thursday night?
His grandparents: 64.1%
Bob Berezowitz: 11.4%
City of Salem/Voters: 11.1%
High school coach: 3.8%
Lance Leipold/Jim Zebrowski: 3.5%
Tom Fick: 2.6%
Travis Reuland: 2.0%
817 votes
How would you refer to this third meeting between MUC and UWW?
Enough already!: 39.6%
Triple-Take: 24.3%
Third time's the charm: 23.6%
Three-match: 8.8%
Re-rematch: 2.8%
1284 votes
Who wins Saturday, and by how much?
UW-Whitewater, by 1-13: 32.1%
Mount Union, by 21-plus: 29.0%
Mount Union, by 14-20: 20.0%
Mount Union, by 1-13: 11.5%
UW-Whitewater, by 14-20: 2.9%
UW-Whitewater, by 21-plus: 3.0%
3105 votes
What was the difference between Stagg Bowl 2006 and 2007 for UWW?
Health of Beaver: 45.5%
UWW quarterback: 16.9%
Coverage of Garcon: 14.0%
Weather: 13.0%
Preparation for Micheli's passing: 9.1%
3712 votes
What's the best offensive performance in Salem the past decade?
Justin Beaver's 31-249-1 rushing in '07: 49.9%
Chuck Moore's 273 rushing, 3 TDs in '01: 25.1%
Hobbled Blake Elliott's 161 from scrimmage in '03: 14.2%
Nate Kmic's 246 from scrimmage in '05: 5.1%
Brett Elliott's 20-34, 282 passing in '04: 3.4%
Taman Bryant's 13 catches, 141 yds in '99: 1.5%
2173 votes
What's the best offensive performance in Salem the past decade?
Justin Beaver's 31-249-1 rushing in '07: 49.6%
Chuck Moore's 273 rushing, 3 TDs in '01: 24.9%
Hobbled Blake Elliott's 161 from scrimmage in '03: 14.1%
Nate Kmic's 246 from scrimmage in '05: 5.1%
Brett Elliott's 20-34, 282 passing in '04: 3.9%
Taman Bryant's 13 catches, 141 yds in '99: 1.5%
3214 votes
(I didn't get the new poll put together when I thought I would.)
What will Wabash do in '08 after losing coach Chris Creighton?
Same as before his hiring: about .500: 38.2%
Same as past three years, two playoff trips: 38.1%
Below .500: 15.7%
Semifinals and beyond: 5.8%
1074 votes
What will Capital do in 2008 after losing coach Jim Collins?
Between 6-4 and 8-2: 51.4%
Around .500: 19.6%
Same as past 3 years, a quarterfinal shot: 13.5%
Same as before his hiring, 2 or 3 wins: 8.6%
Semifinals and beyond: 5.3%
1919 votes
Will all of the WIAC teams fill 10-game schedules this year?
They might, but not with D-III schools: 66.9%
No: 17.7%
Yes: 14.3%
1505 votes
If Joey Jones made 150K, what kind of coach will B-SC end up hiring?
A scholarship-level assistant: 24.1%
A D-III head coach: 21.2%
A D-III head coach from a strong program: 20.5%
A D-III assistant: 19.4%
A scholarship-level head coach: 6.9%
A high school head coach: 6.7%
902 votes
Which rule change will have the biggest impact?
Horse-collar tackling: 13.3%
Chop block changes: 23.8%
40/25-second play clock: 61.6%
2924 votes
Which D-III draftee will stick with his team longer?
Pierre Garcon: 54.3%
Andy Studebaker: 18.1%
Neither will make it to training camp: 15.1%
Both will make it through the season: 11.6%
4196 votes
What do you think of Tom Journell's move?
It's a step down: 37.5%
It's a lateral move: 34.5%
It's a step up: 25.8%
970 votes
For comparison purposes, the same question when Lakeland coach Jim Zebrowski took the offensive coordinator position at some place called UW-Whitewater last summer.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on June 15, 2007, 12:27:50 PM
What do you think of Jim Zebrowski's move?
It's a step up: 47.3%
It's a lateral move: 27.1%
It's a step down: 24.6%
862 votes
Are you ready for kickoff?
Actually, I'm ready for both: 37.7%
Yes, I'm ready for kickoff: 29.7%
Not ready. Still some summer left!: 20.0%
Yes, I'm ready for 'Kickoff 2008': 12.2%
2036 votes
Who should've been No. 1?
Mount Union: 41.3%
UW-Whitewater: 27.3%
Someone else: 17.2%
Wesley: 7.1%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 6.0%
2438 votes
What surface would you rather see a game played on?
Grass: 49.6%
New-style turf: 48.2%
Old-style turf: 2.0%
4766 votes
Where will you be this weekend?
At a game away from the storm: 40.2%
Staying home: 34.5%
Fighting Hanna to watch a game: 16.6%
At home because of Hanna: 8.2%
876 votes
Which team that got off the schneid will have the best record this year?
Hiram: 35.1%
Lewis and Clark: 32.4%
LaGrange: 31.6%
716 votes
At the end of the 2010 season, who will be D-III's all-time rushing leader?
Nate Kmic: 77.1%
R.J. Bowers: 15.2%
Robert Heller: 6.5%
2177 votes
Which West region game was the biggest surprise?
Concordia-M'head over St. John's: 43.3%
Carleton over Bethel: 28.7%
St. Thomas/St. Olaf 6 OTs: 15.4%
Wartburg over Central: 11.9%
2005 votes
Which unlikely unbeaten is most likely to stay that way?
Hardin-Simmons (vs. Mississippi Coll.): 27.6%
Wooster (at Denison): 22.6%
Augsburg (vs. St. Olaf): 15.9%
St. Olaf (at Augsburg): 9.1%
Catholic (at Randolph-Macon): 9.1%
Hiram (at Carnegie Mellon): 8.8%
Chapman (vs. Whitworth): 5.0%
605 votes
If voters put Delaware Valley in the Top 25, who should drop out?
Ithaca: 37.4%
Franklin: 21.2%
Central: 20.3%
Nobody, wait for more losses: 11.7%
Other: 8.7%
1114 votes
Which weekly feature do you look forward to the most?
Around the Region: 55.4%
Around the Nation: 20.1%
Team of the Week: 11.7%
ATN podcast: 5.4%
Statistical Spotlight: 4.2%
Triple Take: 2.5%
785 votes
A little market research. I don't think this means people hate the podcast, Spotlight or Triple Take (hopefully), just that it's not their most favorite.
Who is the biggest early-season surprise?
Delaware Valley: 23.8%
Otterbein: 17.9%
Augsburg: 15.1%
Trine: 14.7%
Willamette: 9.0%
MIT: 8.3%
Wooster: 6.5%
Washington U.: 4.0%
3793 votes
Which team that entered the Top 25 this week is most likely to stay there?
Otterbein: 36.6%
Hampden-Sydney: 35.2%
Augsburg: 26.7%
1688 votes
Which team which lost a key game Saturday will finish the season the strongest?
Capital: 50.1%
Augsburg: 12.8%
Montclair State: 11.3%
St. Norbert: 10.9%
Redlands: 9.9%
Loras: 3.5%
2509 votes
What unseen part of D3nation should ATN visit next for a game?
Michigan: 30.5%
Maine/New Hampshire: 28.5%
Alabama/Georgia: 25.0%
Kentucky/Tennessee: 15.2%
1568 votes
Would you be willing to raise funds or pay to play in an AFCA D-III All-Star game?
I'm a non-player, willing to help raise funds: 26.7%
I'm not willing to pay: 24.8%
I'm a player, willing to pay: 20.6%
I'm a player, not willing to pay: 13.9%
I'm a player, willing but not able: 11.7%
1800 votes
Which game between ranked teams was the biggest surprise?
No. 7 North Central 44, No. 4 Wheaton 21: 52.0%
No. 19 Otterbein 38, No. 21 Capital 9: 29.1%
No. 16 Willamette 52, No. 23 Linfield 28: 17.9%
3214 votes
Which team that clinched a bid this week will go furthest in the playoffs?
Wabash: 35.6%
Cortland State: 23.6%
Millsaps: 24.2%
Monmouth: 8.1%
Thomas More: 7.7%
3149 votes
Did you vote today?
Yes, I voted today: 66.6%
No, I'm not 18: 0.9%
No, I voted absentee: 11.9%
No, but I voted early: 10.4%
There's a vote today? I had no idea!: 8.0%
No, I'm not eligible: 1.7%
1255 votes
Which fan site do you think is the best put-together?
I don't visit any of these: 51.6%
MtUnionFootball.com: 25.7%
JohnnieFootball.com: 11.3%
ADvantage Catdome (Linfield): 7.0%
BridgewaterFootball.com: 3.4%
1511 votes
Which game this weekend is most likely to live up to the hype?
Mount Union/Otterbein: 21.6%
Stevens Point/Eau Claire: 17.8%
North Central/Augustana: 14.9%
Rowan/Montclair: 12.9%
Ithaca/Alfred: 12.7%
Adrian/Trine: 7.1%
Hampden-Sydney/Huntingdon: 6.2%
Amherst/Williams: 5.9%
2210 votes
Who should be ranked No. 2?
North Central: 20.6%
Wabash: 20.4%
UW-Whitewater: 19.7%
Cortland State: 14.3%
Millsaps:10.0%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 7.4%
Muhlenberg: 6.5%
3624 votes
Which of these teams has the best chance of getting an at-large bid?
Washington & Jefferson: 27.5%
Ithaca: 33.4%
Hampden-Sydney: 14.5%
RPI: 11.9%
Redlands: 11.4%
2229 votes
Which rivalry game this weekend will have the closest score?
Cortaca Jug: 41.0%
Monon Bell: 21.0%
Hampden-Sydney/Randolph-Macon: 13.4%
Rowan-TCNJ: 10.8%
Victory Bell (Franklin-Hanover): 6.5%
Bridge Bowl: 5.8%
1608 votes
Which of the following most deserves a Pool C bid?
DePauw: 27.7%
Washington & Jefferson: 21.2%
Hartwick: 12.2%
Montclair State: 11.0%
Rowan: 9.3%
Catholic: 9.2%
RPI: 7.3%
918 votes
What's the biggest surprise in the bracket?
Top seeds meeting in opener: 26.3%
Two NEFC teams: 17.2%
Trine as a No. 2 seed: 13.1%
Wheaton in the bracket: 13.0%
Mount Union in the East: 12.9%
The Monmouth-Aurora matchup: 8.1%
Wesley as a No. 7 seed: 8.3%
3163 votes
Which high seed is most likely to lose in the first round?
No. 2 Trine: 33.1%
No. 2 Occidental: 16.2%
No. 1 Willamette: 12.2%
No. 2 Ithaca: 12.0%
No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor: 8.8%
No. 1 Mount Union: 5.9%
No. 1 Millsaps: 5.5%
No. 1 North Central: 4.9%
3153 votes
Which 4/5 or 5/6 game will be the most entertaining?
St. John's at UW-Whitewater: 54.0%
Franklin at Otterbein: 20.2%
Lycoming at Hobart: 13.3%
CNU at W&J: 11.5%
1812 votes
Which No. 7 seed will advance the furthest?
Wheaton: 29.8%
Wesley: 25.6%
None will advance: 18.2%
Wartburg: 15.9%
Curry: 9.4%
3558 votes
Which No. 1 seed is most likely to lose?
Willamette: 46.2%
North Central: 23.7%
Millsaps: 19.2%
Mount Union: 9.7%
3251 votes
Which team will have the longest of the long trips home on Saturday, figuratively speaking?
Hobart: 38.0%
Wesley: 21.9%
UW-Whitewater: 19.9%
Washington and Jefferson: 18.6%
2560 votes
What will the West-South semifinal be?
UW-Whitewater vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor: 68.3%
UW-Whitewater vs. Wash. & Jeff.: 19.0%
Wartburg vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor: 7.3%
Wartburg vs. Wash. & Jeff.: 4.6%
2993 votes
What will the East-North semifinal be?
Mount Union-Wheaton: 53.4%
Mount Union-Franklin: 31.5%
Cortland-Wheaton: 7.5%
Cortland-Franklin: 6.7%
3959 votes
Who will have the most rushing yards Saturday?
Nate Kmic: 49.3%
Whomever starts for UWW: 22.4%
Josh Saenz + Chad Rupp: 10.2%
Rocky Gingg: 6.7%
None of the above: 5.6%
Curt Jones: 5.0%
1366 votes
Which rematch is less likely to turn out the way the previous meetings have?
UMHB vs. UWW (all UWW wins): 43.9%
Neither, favorites win both: 36.4%
Mount Union vs. Wheaton (all MTU wins): 18.2%
4624 votes
There are only four All-American quarterback slots. Which of these quarterbacks will get squeezed out?
Jason Boltus, Hartwick: 34.0%
Bobby Swallow, W&J: 27.1%
Juan Joseph, Millsaps: 14.1%
Greg Micheli, Mount Union: 11.8%
Chad Rupp, Franklin: 11.6%
2131 votes
Which of the four regional finalists will win the Gagliardi Trophy?
Greg Micheli, Mount Union: 70.3%
Jason Boltus, Hartwick: 11.4%
Juan Joseph, Millsaps: 9.0%
Jordan Berg, Augsburg: 8.1%
1132 votes
Do you want to see a fourth Whitewater-Mount Union Stagg Bowl?
Yes: 44.6%
No: 41.0%
Doesn't matter: 13.8%
4847 votes
How will you be following the Stagg Bowl?
On ESPN: 70.4%
In person: 11.5%
By reading after the fact: 6.7%
On ESPN with the sound muted: 5.3%
Not interested: 4.5%
Online/audio only: 1.2%
2774 votes
Who will be the Stagg Bowl MVP?
Nate Kmic: 61.6%
Greg Micheli: 11.0%
Antwan Anderson: 8.7%
Jace Rindahl: 5.5%
Jeff Donovan: 5.5%
Someone else: 3.8%
Cecil Shorts: 1.7%
James Herbert: 1.3%
1143 votes
Who should be the Most Outstanding Player of Stagg Bowl XXXVI?
Greg Micheli: 49.9%
Cecil Shorts: 32.3%
Nate Kmic: 9.9%
Drew McClain: 6.6%
3200 votes
Who should be the preseason No. 1 for 2009?
Mount Union: 56.7%
Someone else: 18.6%
UW-Whitewater: 17.9%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 6.1%
5503 votes
Will any more schools drop football this offseason?
Yes, more than one: 49.0%
No, it's already too late in the year: 33.3%
Yes, one more: 16.5%
816 votes
Should Colorado College have asked alumni for financial support before dropping football?
Yes: 55.2%
You mean they didn't?: 38.0%
No: 5.9%
3088 votes
Which D3football.com feature added post-launch is your favorite?
Top 25 poll: 47.4%
Around the Nation: 22.5%
Live broadcasts: 11.4%
Kickoff: 8.1%
Photo galleries: 6.7%
Daily Dose: 3.5%
1409 votes
How will DePauw fare under coach Robby Long?
Win 6-7 games: 31.8%
Same as last two years: 8-2 bubble team: 28.9%
Win 5 games or fewer: 17.8%
Win a playoff game: 11.2%
First-round playoff loser: 8.5%
696 votes
Who will play in the Stagg Bowl this year?
Mount Union, UWW and/or UMHB: 41.0%
One of the above: 37.3%
None of the above: 20.9%
3240 votes
Your Triple Take: Which ranked team is most likely to get upset this weekend?
No. 19 Franklin: 30.4%
No. 8 Willamette: 24.2%
No. 9 Wesley: 17.1%
No. 5 Hardin-Simmons: 13.8%
No. 2 UW-Whitewater: 13.0%
884 votes
After Saturday's games, who do you think is the second-best team in the OAC?
Ohio Northern: 59.3%
Otterbein: 14.6%
Capital: 12.3%
Baldwin-Wallace: 6.2%
John Carroll: 6.2%
1113 votes
Which of these ranked teams debuting Saturday is most likely to lose?
No. 23 DePauw: 25.5%
No. 7 UW-Stevens Point: 17.2%
No. 5 Wheaton: 17.1%
No. 17 Hobart: 15.2%
No. 18 Montclair State: 14.0%
No. 12 Cortland State: 9.7%
1533 votes
Which Triple Take game of the week pick will be the best game?
No. 7 UW-Stevens Point at No. 25 Central: 44.6%
No. 4 Hardin-Simmons at Linfield: 42.2%
No. 18 Montclair State at Wilkes: 12.0%
599 votes
Readers nailed it.
Which of these upset winners will have the best overall 2009 season?
Linfield: 40.5%
Central: 20.8%
Dickinson: 12.1%
Union: 17.9%
Wilkes: 7.8%
2380 votes
Which of the games Pat or Keith could see on Saturday will be the most competitive?
Linfield at Occidental: 51.6%
Carnegie Mellon at Hobart: 16.4%
Rochester at St. John Fisher: 15.8%
Puget Sound at CMS: 5.3%
St. Lawrence at Alfred: 4.6%
Lewis and Clark at P-P: 4.4%
475 votes
Of the three I saw, I actually think L&C/P-P was the most competitive.
Which result Saturday better demonstrates the NWC-SCIAC comparison?
The other four SCIAC teams beating NWC teams: 51.3%
The NWC's Linfield beating Oxy: 47.7%
796 votes
Yeah, I felt pretty split too.
Is it too early to start pushing players for the Gagliardi Trophy?
Yes: 63.9%
No: 25.0%
What's the Gagliardi Trophy?: 10.9%
1025 votes
Which surprise 3-0 or 4-0 team are you most sold on as a national contender?
Linfield: 38.8%
Central: 15.6%
Alfred: 11.9%
Centre: 10.4%
New Jersey: 6.5%
Wilkes: 9.4%
Lebanon Valley: 5.9%
2766 votes
Which Triple Take category does Bethel fit best this week?
None of the above: 26.1%
Game of the Week: 25.8%
They'll be on your radar: 25.5%
Upset special: 21.6%
333 votes
Which of the so-called big three teams is the best this season?
Mount Union: 52.4%
UW-Whitewater: 32.6%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 13.8%
3605 votes
Which key conference clash this week is more likely to end in an upset?
Mississippi College vs. No. 3 UMHB: 14.3%
No. 15 St. Thomas at No. 6 St. John's: 46.5%
Wittenberg at No. 10 Wabash: 37.5%
2793 votes
Of these three losing teams, which is least likely to make the playoffs with an at-large bid?
St. Thomas: 42.0%
Wabash: 38.0%
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 18.6%
3181 votes
Which team that won a Saturday showdown will go deepest into the playoffs?
Linfield: 34.2%
North Central: 28.5%
Otterbein: 19.6%
Alfred: 10.6%
Mount St. Joseph: 6.1%
3440 votes
What will be the best game on Saturday?
Whitewater-Stevens Point: 39.4%
Thomas More-W&J: 25.4%
Kean-Rowan: 14.8%
Salisbury-Wesley: 11.0%
RPI-Union: 8.1%
1576 votes
How many two-loss teams will get Pool C bids?
Zero: 38.5%
One: 35.3%
Two or more: 25.3%
3605 votes
Who should have gotten the final at-large spot?
Ohio Northern: 53.3%
St. Norbert: 20.2%
Washington and Jefferson: 17.2%
Springfield: 8.0%
3605 votes
What will be the best first-round game?
Any game in the SJU bracket: 33.7%
Wabash-Illinois Wesleyan: 27.5%
Albright-Alfred: 12.2%
Trine-Case Western Reserve: 11.9%
Maine Maritime-Montclair State: 7.2%
Mississippi Coll.-Huntingdon: 6.0%
1550 votes
Which win by a road team was least surprising?
Mary Hardin-Baylor over Central: 31.8%
Coe over St. John's: 23.9%
Trine over Case Western Reserve: 15.7%
Johns Hopkins over Hampden-Sydney: 10.3%
Mississippi College over Huntingdon: 8.0%
Albright over Alfred: 9.1%
3874 votes
Which road team has the best chance on Saturday?
Mary Hardin-Baylor: 39.8%
Coe: 15.3%
Johns Hopkins: 9.3%
Illinois Wesleyan: 7.5%
Trine: 8.4%
Montclair State: 6.6%
Albright: 5.8%
Mississippi College: 5.8%
3487 votes
Who has had the most impressive playoffs so far?
Mount Union: 18.3%
Johns Hopkins: 16.6%
UW-Whitewater: 16.2%
Linfield: 14.7%
St. Thomas: 10.6%
Albright: 8.9%
Wittenberg: 8.5%
Wesley: 5.3%
5482 votes
Asking this again, three months later: Who will play in the Stagg Bowl?
Mount Union and UW-Whitewater: 63.6%
One of the above: 30.9%
None of the above: 4.7%
3957 votes
Which quarterfinal loser will have the best 2010 season?
Wittenberg: 42.9%
St. Thomas: 31.1%
Johns Hopkins: 15.3%
Albright: 9.3%
3149 votes
Who has the better chance of preventing MTU-UWW V?
Linfield: 38.8%
They both have no chance: 35.0%
Wesley: 18.5%
They both have a good chance: 6.9%
3050 votes
Who was Saturday's hero?
Cecil Shorts: 59.7%
Jeff Donovan: 20.6%
Levell Coppage: 15.7%
James Herbert: 2.5%
1537 votes
Who should be No. 3 in the final Top 25 poll?
Linfield: 54.2%
Wesley: 27.3%
Depends on who wins Saturday: 17.7%
2621 votes
Who will win Stagg Bowl XXXVII?
Mount Union by 7-plus: 32.6%
UW-Whitewater by 7-plus: 27.4%
UW-Whitewater by 1-6: 23.8%
Mount Union by 1-6: 15.2%
6488 votes
Who should have been the Most Outstanding Player of Stagg Bowl XXXVII?
Jeff Donovan: 40.2%
Levell Coppage: 37.7%
Lane Olson: 12.9%
Kyle Supianoski: 7.6%
3053 votes
Which player was the best Division III alumnus in the NFL this past season?
Pierre Garcon: 59.4%
London Fletcher: 26.7%
Fred Jackson: 10.0%
Matt Turk: 3.4%
3380 votes
Which school's recent move to add football is most surprising?
George Fox: 27.5%
Finlandia: 26.8%
Pacific: 17.8%
Presentation: 14.6%
Stevenson: 11.6%
2500 votes
How many games are you going to see in person in Week 1?
One: 57.8%
None: 33.9%
Two: 4.5%
Three or four: 3.2%
711 votes
Just noting, we ran a bunch of other front-page surveys this summer and they all ended up in Kickoff.
Which Thursday/Friday game is the most interesting?
UW-Riiver Falls at Ohio Northern: 43.0%
Wooster at Baldwin-Wallace: 20.2%
King's at Springfield: 9.4%
William Paterson at TCNJ: 7.4%
Manchester at Trine: 7.0%
Otterbein at Husson: 5.8%
Massachusetts Maritime at SUNY-Maritime 3.2%
Anna Maria at Worcester State: 3.0%
1609 votes
Which Top 25 team is most likely to get upset this weekend?
No. 16 UW-Stevens Point: 29.0%
None will be upset: 20.8%
No. 22 Mississippi College: 16.1%
No. 5 St. Thomas: 14.0%
No. 7 Central: 10.3%
No. 15 Hardin-Simmons: 8.0%
1110 votes
Which Saturday result was most surprising?
Willamette scoring 33 in a row on UWSP: 29.3%
Wartburg holding Monmouth to 7: 23.7%
Crown beating Carleton: 15.0%
Bluffton ending its losing streak: 12.5%
Utica rolling up 78 on Becker: 11.1%
Salve beating WPI: 7.1%
2337 votes
Who will win this weekend's PAC-MAC challenge?
The MAC: 45.5%
The PAC: 31.6%
It's a 4-4 split: 21.4%
490 votes
Will Mount Union lose a regular-season game?
No (1314) - 41%
Yes (925) - 29%
No, and it won't be close (899) - 28%
Total votes: 3,138
Which of these has had the best non-conference season?
CCIW (826) - 24%
OAC (780) - 22%
WIAC (770) - 22%
E8 (609) - 17%
MIAC (452) - 13%
3437 votes
Will either Top 10 clash this week be an upset?
No, neither will be an upset (478) - 35%
Yes, HSU beats UMHB (395) - 29%
Yes, Coe beats Central (374) - 27%
Yes, both are upsets (104) - 7%
1451 votes
Which was the biggest surprise of Week 4?
Ithaca minus-14 yards rushing (581) - 36%
UPS-Whittier going to 6 OTs (519) - 33%
Witt struggling to beat Allegheny (409) - 26%
Miss. Coll. rallies but still falls (82) - 5%
1591 votes
Which of Saturday's key games will have the most impact?
MTU-ONU (1171) - 35%
SJU-UST (988) - 30%
WLMT-LINF (382) - 11%
RMC-EHC (308) - 9%
IWU-WHTN (295) - 9%
CLU-RED (117) - 3%
3261 votes
Which of these 5-0 teams will go furthest in the playoffs?
Hampden-Sydney (1073) - 46%
SUNY-Maritime (488) - 21%
Ursinus (429) - 18%
Ripon (303) - 13%
2293 votes
Which showdown winner will struggle most to win Saturday?
CLU, vs. Whittier (369) - 31%
R-MC, vs. Catholic (290) - 24%
LINF, at Puget Sound (262) - 22%
UST, vs. Augsburg (246) - 21%
1167 votes
Which of these conference unbeatens is most likely to win its league?
St. John Fisher (1188) - 32%
North Central (1182) - 32%
Wheaton (693) - 19%
Alfred (553) - 15%
3616 votes
Which first-time loser will fall the farthest?
Coe (522) - 29%
Randolph-Macon (356) - 20%
Alfred (350) - 19%
Baldwin-Wallace (275) - 15%
Cortland State (263) - 14%
1766 votes
Which of the teams with debuts in 2011 and 2012 will make the playoffs first?
Stevenson (516) - 48%
Finlandia (215) - 20%
Misericordia (214) - 20%
Presentation (123) - 11%
1068 votes
What record will DePauw end the regular season with?
9-1 (991) - 41%
10-0 (881) - 37%
8-2 (289) - 12%
7-3 (218) - 9%
2379 votes
If Wesley and SUNY- Maritime are the first two Pool B teams, who deserves the third slot?
Greenville (1232) - 30%
Washington U. (1381) - 34%
Salisbury (975) - 24%
Case (420) - 10%
4008 votes
Which No. 1 team in the NCAA regional poll is least likely to finish atop a bracket?
Wheaton (Ill.) (931) - 35%
Delaware Valley (619) - 23%
St. Thomas (590) - 22%
Wesley (460) - 17%
2600 votes
Which item is most surprising?
St. Lawrence clinches bid at 4-5 (1535) - 52%
SUNY-Maritime runs table (512) - 17%
NJAC's six-deep tiebreaker rule (501) - 17%
NATHC champ has lost to North Park (390) - 13%
2948 votes
Which Week 11 rivalry game would you rather attend?
Monon Bell (646) - 39%
Cortaca Jug (578) - 35%
The Game (HSC/RMC) (245) - 14%
Williams/Amherst (175) - 10%
1644 votes
If these were the last Pool C teams on the board, who'd you pick?
Wabash (1093) - 34%
Louisiana College (817) - 25%
Coe (748) - 23%
Montclair State (552) - 17%
3210 votes
Which of these teams should have gotten a No. 1 seed?
UW-Whitewater (2561) - 82%
North Central (549) - 17%
3110 votes
Which will be the best 4-5 game?
Wittenberg at Ohio Northern (1822) - 39%
Cal Lutheran at Linfield (1146) - 24%
Salisbury at Del Val (938) - 20%
Montclair at H-SC (719) - 15%
4625 votes
Which conference fared worst in the first round?
IIAC (Coe, Wartburg) (1293) - 38%
ECFC (SUNY-Maritime) (1052) - 31%
ODAC (H-SC, W&L) (652) - 19%
SCAC (DePauw) (373) - 11%
3370 total votes
What are you doing for Thanksgiving?
Staying home (305) - 38%
Visiting relatives (231) - 29%
Getting set to travel to a playoff game (221) - 28%
Visiting friends (26) - 3%
783 total votes
Not bad for 24 hours.
Which No. 1 seed is most likely to lose on Saturday?
St. Thomas (1354) - 39%
North Central (1061) - 30%
Wesley (632) - 18%
Mount Union (392) - 11%
4793 votes
Which road team has the best shot to win in the quarterfinals?
UW-Whitewater (4127) - 54%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1771) - 23%
Bethel (1020) - 13%
Alfred (666) - 8%
6924 total votes
Which will be the closest quarterfinal game?
Bethel-St. Thomas (2248) - 38%
North Central-UWW (1802) - 30%
Wesley-UMHB (1221) - 20%
Alfred-Mount Union (567) - 9%
5838 total votes
Didn't have time to post earlier.
Will it be an all-purple Stagg Bowl?
Yes, absolutely (6126) - 65%
No, just Mount makes it (1880) - 20%
No, just UWW makes it (890) - 9%
Neither: a double upset (484) - 5%
9380 total votes
Which team should end up No. 3?
North Central (1790) - 37%
Wesley (1577) - 32%
Bethel (1000) - 20%
Too soon to tell (382) - 7%
UWW or MTU (70) - 1%
4819 total votes
The winner prediction question goes here.
Who should be the MVP of the Stagg Bowl?
Levell Coppage (577) - 70%
UW-W offensive line (149) - 18%
Matt McCulloch (90) - 11%
816 total votes
Who will win Stagg Bowl XXXVIII?
UW-Whitewater by 7 or more (2136) - 34%
Mount Union by 7 or more (1888) - 30%
UW-Whitewater by 1-6 (1275) - 20%
Mount Union by 1-6 (918) - 14%
6217 votes
Does UWW's win signal a changing of the guard?
Yes, they are clearly king of D-III (3113) - 43%
It doesn't matter (1494) - 21%
They become barely ahead of Mount (1403) - 19%
No, Mount is still the king (1101) - 15%
7111 votes
What's the best part of this time of year?
Seeing if players get signed (1836) - 39%
Nothing, really (1170) - 25%
Scouring for 2011 schedules (839) - 18%
Watching coaching changes (787) - 16%
4632 votes.
Will you go see Division III, the movie?
Doesn't matter if it's respectful, it's a comedy (501) - 41%
Yes, but only if it's respectful of D-III (394) - 32%
No, not interested regardless (308) - 25%
1203 votes.
How far will Cecil Shorts get?
He'll make the team (2953) - 65%
He'll make the practice squad (731) - 16%
There won't be a 2011 NFL season (431) - 9%
He'll get cut in camp (427) - 9%
4542 votes
What region will this year's champion come from?
East (1051) - 19%
North (2220) - 40%
South (752) - 13%
West (1500) - 27%
5523 votes
Which part of Kickoff 2011 is your favorite?
Team previews (148) - 44%
Top-to-bottom team rankings (97) - 29%
Predictions (63) - 18%
Feature stories (21) - 6%
Commenting on stories (4) - 1%
333 votes
Which Thursday night opener is most intriguing?
B-W/Wooster (467) - 36%
Dubuque/Augustana (325) - 25%
McMurry/Stephen F. Austin (235) - 18%
Trine/Manchester (226) - 17%
Anderson/Taylor (43) - 3%
1296 votes
Which Top 25 team is most likely to be upset?
No. 22 Rowan (377) - 30%
No. 20 Wittenberg (250) - 20%
No. 15 Wartburg (243) - 19%
No. 14 Ohio Northern (178) - 14%
No. 3 Wesley (177) - 14%
1225 votes
Which of these had the best finish?
Illinois College-Millikin (468) - 34%
Del Val-Muhlenberg (337) - 24%
Salve Regina-Union (294) - 21%
Otterbein-Gallaudet (254) - 18%
Total votes: 1353
Which game this weekend will be surprisingly close?
Del Val-W&J (238) - 47%
St. Thomas-River Falls (193) - 38%
Hanover-Thomas More (73) - 14%
Total votes: 493
Of those upset early, who will come back and challenge UWW or MTU?
None of these (1314) - 42%
North Central (798) - 25%
Wesley (602) - 19%
St. John's (282) - 9%
Coe (126) - 4%
Total votes: 3122
What best describes your connection to Division III?
I'm a former player (1834) - 35%
I'm a fan (but not also one of the above) (1337) - 26%
I'm a player (759) - 14%
I'm a parent (624) - 12%
I'm a coach (338) - 6%
I'm a student (219) - 4%
Total votes: 5111
Which team most needs to be re-evaluated based on games so far?
Hardin-Simmons (655) - 32%
Wesley (609) - 30%
Bethel (417) - 20%
Salisbury (320) - 15%
Total votes: 2001
What do you think about the Stagg Bowl move?
It's great! (1322) - 41%
Won't watch if it's Purple Bowl VII (867) - 27%
Anytime Saturday would be better (548) - 17%
As long as it's not 11 a.m., I don't care (440) - 13%
Total votes: 3177
Which game between ranked teams will be the best game?
Mount Union-Ohio Northern (743) - 41%
Redlands-Cal Lutheran (525) - 29%
UMHB-Louisiana College (505) - 28%
Total votes: 1773
Which of the predicted games of the week will be the best?
Cortland-Montclair (289) - 38%
Dubuque-Wartburg (263) - 34%
Huntingdon-Wittenberg (203) - 26%
Total votes: 755
And the one I missed posting ...
Which margin of victory was most surprising?
Mount Union-Ohio Northern (1535) 45%
St. Thomas-St. John's (1243) 36%
Adrian-Trine (336) 9%
Kean-TCNJ (274) 8%
Total votes: 3388
Which team will fall the furthest in the Top 25?
No. 14 Wittenberg (363) - 57%
No. 15 Cortland State (144) - 22%
They'll fall the same distance (122) - 19%
Total votes: 629
Of the 26-30, who most deserves to be in the Top 25?
St. Olaf (985) - 28%
Huntingdon (767) - 21%
Hobart (667) - 19%
Wittenberg (598) - 17%
Cortland (488) - 13%
Total votes: 3505
Which Saturday happening is most intriguing?
Brockport's 1st W coming vs. Kean (813) - 38%
UST's 7 points allowed in 3 games (485) - 22%
McMurry's yardage record (329) - 15%
Olivet snapping losing streak (314) - 14%
Presentation's third win in first season (186) - 8%
Total votes: 2127
Which game are you most interested in?
Whitewater-Oshkosh (738) - 32%
St. Thomas-Bethel (660) - 29%
North Central-Ill. Wesleyan (498) - 22%
Johns Hopkins-Gettysburg (226) - 10%
Willamette-Portland State (131) - 5%
Total votes: 2253
Which ranked team that lost is in the most trouble?
Bethel (1208) - 35%
Montclair State (930) - 27%
Illinois Wesleyan (734) - 21%
UW-Oshkosh (530) - 15%
Total votes: 3402
Which of our No. 1 regionally ranked teams is least likely to be a top playoff seed?
Salisbury (1292) - 64%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (274) - 13%
UW-Whitewater (259) - 12%
Mount Union (193) - 9%
Total votes: 2018
When Selection Sunday rolls around, who will be the East's top seed?
Mount Union (1898) - 77%
Delaware Valley (192) - 7%
Someone else (185) - 7%
Hobart (181) - 7%
Total votes: 2456
Which west coast playoff scenario is most likely?
Redlands at Cal Lu, some random team at Linfield (436) - 27%
Cal Lutheran to Linfield, Redlands out (380) - 23%
Redlands at Cal Lu, Linfield at UMHB (298) - 18%
Redlands at Cal Lu, ASC runner-up at Linfield (256) - 15%
Redlands at Cal Lu, L&C at Linfield (237) - 14%
Total votes: 1607
Which career mark is most impressive?
Zweifel's receptions mark (2024) - 44%
Coppage's 7,000 yards (1628) - 35%
Tanney's TD passes (376) - 8%
Tanney's passing total (340) - 7%
McGivney's tackles mark (218) - 4%
Total votes: 4585
What is your team doing today?
Waiting for the bracket (969) - 57%
Playing an archrival (412) - 24%
Suiting up for the last time (179) - 10%
Already done (127) - 7%
Total votes: 1687
What's the bracket's biggest surprise?
Nine cross-region first-round matchups (965) - 31%
St. John Fisher's presence (723) - 23%
The NCAA springing for two flights (694) - 22%
Wesley-Linfield potential 2nd-rounder (690) - 22%
Total votes: 3072
Which bracket is the toughest?
The Mary Hardin-Baylor bracket (1156) - 33%
The UW-Whitewater bracket (1009) - 29%
The Mount Union bracket (878) - 25%
The Delaware Valley bracket (377) - 11%
Total votes: 3420
Which of Saturday's tossup games will be the best?
Linfeld v. Cal Lutheran (599) - 34%
Illinois Wesleyan v. Monmouth (381) - 22%
Johns Hopkins v. St. John Fisher (309) - 17%
Franklin v. Thomas More (236) - 13%
Centre v. Hampden-Sydney (195) - 11%
Total votes: 1720
Which first-round road winner impressed you most?
Monmouth (1229) - 40%
St. John Fisher (1186) - 38%
McMurry (647) - 21%
Total votes: 3062
Which top seed has the biggest second-round challenge?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1223) - 40%
Delaware Valley (1099) - 36%
Mount Union (390) - 12%
UW-Whitewater (336) - 11%
Total votes: 3048
Which of these road teams is most likely to win Saturday?
Linfield (938) - 37%
North Central (792) - 31%
St. John Fisher (577) - 23%
McMurry (189) - 7%
Total votes: 2496
Which comeback was the most impressive?
Wabash's vs. North Central (2289) - 57%
Wesley's vs. Linfield (1255) - 31%
Kean's at Salisbury (408) - 10%
Total votes: 3952
Will it be an all-purple Stagg Bowl?Yes, absolutely (1726) - 49%
No, just UWW makes it (948) - 27%
No, just Mount makes it (428) - 12%
Neither: Both get knocked off (404) - 11%
Total votes: 3506
Fans slightly more optimistic this time around.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 11, 2010, 03:41:37 PM
Will it be an all-purple Stagg Bowl?
Yes, absolutely (6126) - 65%
No, just Mount makes it (1880) - 20%
No, just UWW makes it (890) - 9%
Neither: a double upset (484) - 5%
9380 total votes
Which road team has the best chance Saturday?
Wesley (1854) - 44%
Wabash (930) - 22%
St. John Fisher (843) - 20%
Salisbury (527) - 12%
Total votes: 4154
Have you cast your Gagliardi ballot yet?
No (701) - 43%
Yes (694) - 43%
Yes, but still looking for more computers (212) - 13%
Total votes: 1607
Which defense will have the best game Saturday?
UW-Whitewater (1481) - 37%
St. Thomas (1038) - 26%
Mount Union (1020) - 26%
Wesley (382) - 9%
Total votes: 3921
Who comes into Stagg Bowl XXXIX with more momentum?
UW-Whitewater (2408) - 62%
They're pretty equal (798) - 20%
Mount Union (646) - 16%
Total votes: 3852
How would you want the Purple Powers taken down?
By teams manning up on the field (1677) - 83%
By rigging the bracket to avoid it (197) - 9%
By changing the rules somehow (136) - 6%
Total votes: 2010
Who will win Stagg Bowl XXXIX?
UW-Whitewater by 7-plus (2141) - 56%
Mount Union by 1-6 (664) - 17%
UW-Whitewater by 1-6 (516) - 13%
Mount Union by 7-plus (489) - 12%
Total votes: 3810
Who's your 2012 favorite?
UW-Whitewater (6688) - 38%
Someone else, anyone else (6612) - 38%
Mount Union (2785) - 16%
Wesley (1263) - 7%
Total votes: 17348
(Welcome back, new polls!)
How many D-III players will be taken in the NFL draft?
One (497) - 27%
More than two (461) - 25%
Two (425) - 23%
None (421) - 23%
Total votes: 1804
How far will Chris Greenwood get?
He'll make the team (1131) - 45%
He'll make the practice squad (798) - 31%
He'll get cut in camp (584) - 23%
Total votes: 2513
Who will be the first-team QB when the season ends?
Someone else (909) - 40%
Lee Brekke, UW-Whitewater (523) - 23%
Garrett Meador, Wheaton (257) - 11%
Justin Sottilare, Wesley (218) - 9%
Nate Wara, UW-Oshkosh (178) - 7%
Jonny West, Franklin (146) - 6%
Total votes: 2231
Four previously unranked teams entered the preseason poll. Which has the best year?
UW-Platteville (511) - 32%
Widener (489) - 31%
Hobart (313) - 19%
Birmingham-Southern (260) - 16%
Total votes: 1573
How does Mount Union do without Murray and Piloto?
They lose before the Stagg Bowl (1051) - 38%
They lose in the Stagg Bowl (580) - 21%
They win it all (566) - 20%
They lose in the regular season (526) - 19%
Total votes: 2723
When does your team open?
Saturday (1485) - 69%
Friday (254) - 11%
Next week (228) - 10%
Thursday night (124) - 5%
We're NESCAC (54) - 2%
Total votes: 2145
Which conference had the best opening weekend?
WIAC (920) - 39%
Empire 8 (809) - 34%
MIAC (489) - 21%
SAA (106) - 4%
Total votes: 2324
Which ranked team playing its first game will have the best debut?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (418) - 36%
Baldwin Wallace (243) - 21%
Bethel (214) - 18%
Redlands (145) - 12%
Cal Lutheran (117) - 10%
Total votes: 1137
Of these 2-0 teams, which is the biggest surprise?
Albion (667) - 19%
Brockport State (622) - 17%
Salve Regina (611) - 17%
Macalester (583) - 16%
Kalamazoo (429) - 12%
Lebanon Valley (290) - 8%
Norwich (261) - 7%
Total votes: 3463
Aside from Mount Union, which team is more likely to get a No. 1 vote?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1552) - 59%
Linfield (578) - 21%
St. Thomas (499) - 18%
Total votes: 2629
The Sept. 2012 version:
All-Purple tracking poll: Will it be a MTU-UWW Stagg Bowl? No, just Mount makes it (765) - 35%
Yes, absolutely (704) - 32%
Neither: Both get knocked off (584) - 27%
No, just UWW makes it (96) - 4%
Total votes: 2149
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 01, 2011, 12:10:37 PM
Will it be an all-purple Stagg Bowl?
Yes, absolutely (1726) - 49%
No, just UWW makes it (948) - 27%
No, just Mount makes it (428) - 12%
Neither: Both get knocked off (404) - 11%
Total votes: 3506
Fans slightly more optimistic this time around.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 11, 2010, 03:41:37 PM
Will it be an all-purple Stagg Bowl?
Yes, absolutely (6126) - 65%
No, just Mount makes it (1880) - 20%
No, just UWW makes it (890) - 9%
Neither: a double upset (484) - 5%
9380 total votes
Who will win the WIAC this season?
UW-Whitewater (970) - 66%
UW-Platteville (213) - 14%
UW-Oshkosh (172) - 11%
UW-Stevens Point (100) - 6%
Total votes: 1455
How many points is too many?
No limit (1508) - 38%
69 (1045) - 26%
76 (551) - 14%
90 (473) - 12%
83 (299) - 7%
Total votes: 3876
Of these possible upset or near-upset picks in Triple Take, which team is most likely to lose?
Baldwin Wallace (by Otterbein) (253) - 34%
North Central (by Elmhurst) (189) - 25%
Ill. Wesleyan (by Millikin) (120) - 16%
Bethel (by Augsburg) (104) - 14%
Johns Hopkins (by Juniata) (76) - 10%
Total votes: 742
If a new Top 25 spot opened up, who should get it?
Heidelberg (1104) - 33%
Wittenberg (635) - 19%
Willamette (593) - 18%
Coe (571) - 17%
Waynesburg (355) - 10%
Total votes: 3258
Who will finish in second place in the Ohio Athletic Conference?
Heidelberg (1137) - 45%
Otterbein (758) - 30%
Mount Union (627) - 24%
Total votes: 2522
Which of these Top 25 games will be the best of the weekend?
Bethel-St. Thomas (455) - 32%
Heidelberg-Otterbein (395) - 28%
Oshkosh-Platteville (390) - 28%
UMHB-Louisiana College (140) - 10%
Total votes: 1380
Who will fall furthest in Sunday's Top 25?
No. 9 Bethel (413) - 31%
No. 11 St. John Fisher (342) - 26%
No. 13 UW-Platteville (164) - 12%
No. 20 Wheaton (155) - 11%
No. 25 Otterbein (149) - 11%
No. 16 Birmingham-Southern (84) - 6%
Total votes: 1307
Which recent Top 25 entrant will go the furthest this season?
Heidelberg (1315) - 39%
Alfred (725) - 21%
Coe (697) - 20%
Willamette (587) - 17%
Total votes: 3324
Which ranked team that lost Saturday is in the most trouble?
UW-Whitewater (1856) - 64%
Illinois Wesleyan (359) - 12%
Rowan (241) - 8%
Willamette (222) - 7%
Alfred (215) - 7%
Total votes: 2893
Who will be ranked first in the West in the first official NCAA rankings?
Linfield (1675) - 36%
UW-Oshkosh (1474) - 32%
St. Thomas (1105) - 24%
Coe (341) - 7%
Total votes: 4595
Which two-loss team is most likely to get an at-large bid?
Nobody will (1074) - 35%
Pacific Lutheran (715) - 23%
Rowan (487) - 16%
Huntingdon (438) - 14%
Lycoming (315) - 10%
Total votes: 3029
Which team has the best at-large chances?
Wittenberg (961) - 38%
Elmhurst (867) - 34%
Rowan (669) - 26%
Total votes: 2497
Which of Saturday's big rivalry games will be the best?
Cortaca Jug (587) - 39%
Monon Bell (401) - 27%
Randolph-Macon/Hampden-Sydney (281) - 18%
Amherst-Williams (212) - 14%
Total votes: 1481
Which one-loss team is least likely to get in?
Ohio Wesleyan (537) - 30%
Waynesburg (453) - 26%
Bridgewater State (369) - 21%
Heidelberg (383) - 21%
Total votes: 1742
Which side of the bracket is the stronger one?
The Mount Union/UMHB side (1449) - 50%
The Linfield/St. Thomas side (1161) - 40%
They're equally strong (250) - 8%
Total votes: 2860
Which road team is most likely to win Saturday?
Bethel (1342) - 23%
North Central (1246) - 21%
Wittenberg (788) - 13%
Rowan (702) - 12%
Franklin (688) - 12%
Elmhurst (469) - 8%
Pacific Lutheran (437) - 7%
Total votes: 5672
Top three and five of top six have already won. PLU trailing but not dead yet.
Which conference had the best first round?
CCIW (1696) - 44%
MIAC (1088) - 28%
NCAC (704) - 18%
HCAC (344) - 8%
Total votes: 3832
Will any of the top seeds win by less than a TD on Saturday?
No, none will (1129) - 41%
Linfield will (733) - 27%
St. Thomas will (496) - 18%
Mount Union will (176) - 6%
UMHB will (158) - 5%
Total votes: 2692
What's wrong with one player scoring 138 points?
The coach was wrong to enable it (1650) 53%
There's nothing wrong! (1092) 35%
The media was wrong to blow it out of proportion (266) 8%
The player was wrong to do it (78) 2%
Total votes: 3086
We don't usually archive the D3hoops polls in this fashion, but I wanted to hold onto it.
Who/what has performed the best so far in the playoffs?
The Mount Union defense (1684) - 34%
UWO's Cole Myhra (1153) - 23%
The Top 25 (max 7 of top 8 left) (832) - 17%
The UMHB offense (718) - 14%
The Wesley offense (495) - 10%
Total votes: 4882
Which of Saturday's quarterfinals will be the best?
Linfield-Oshkosh (1322) - 41%
UMHB-Wesley (901) - 28%
St. Thomas-Hobart (579) - 18%
Mount Union-Widener (383) - 12%
Total votes: 3185
Which is the best West quarterfinal since expansion?
2012: UWO over Linfield (1637) - 55%
2005: UWW over Linfield (545) - 18%
2010: Bethel over St. Thomas (375) - 12%
2003: St. John's over Linfield (374) - 12%
Total votes: 2931
Who should win the Gagliardi Trophy?
Nate Wara (765) - 46%
Should've been Javicz Jones or Nick Driskill (648) - 39%
Scottie Williams (142) - 8%
Luke Heinsohn (61) - 3%
Zach Autenrieb (41) - 2%
Total votes: 1657
Which QB will have the best game Saturday?
Nate Wara (715) - 41%
Kevin Burke (557) - 32%
LiDarral Bailey (250) - 14%
Matt O'Connell (152) - 8%
Someone's backup (49) - 2%
Total votes: 1723
Who will meet in the Stagg Bowl?
Mount Union and St. Thomas (1400) - 41%
Mount Union and UW-Oshkosh (1365) - 40%
UMHB and St. Thomas (346) - 10%
UMHB and UW-Oshkosh (269) - 7%
Total votes: 3380
Will you be making the trip to Salem?
No, I'll be watching/listening (2020) - 63%
No, I don't have a team in the game (587) - 18%
Yes, I'll be there (566) - 17%
Total votes: 3173
Who should be No. 2 in the final poll?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1580) - 48%
St. Thomas (1498) - 46%
Let's hope for a tie (149) - 4%
Total votes: 3227
... and the previous one, which I neglected to archive:
Who will win Stagg Bowl XL?
Mount Union by 15-plus 2225 49%
Mount Union by 1-14 1086 24%
St. Thomas by 1-14 1009 22%
St. Thomas by 15-plus 157 3%
Total votes: 4447
Which new OAC coach will have the best 2013 season?
Tom Arth, John Carroll (571) - 58%
Craig Candeto, Capital (183) - 18%
Andy Waddle, Marietta (145) - 14%
Stacey Hairston, Wilmington (70) - 7%
Total votes: 969
How will St. John's do under Gary Fasching?
Better than 2012 but not MIAC contender (1263) - 41%
Another .500 season (675) - 21%
They'll be under .500 (439) - 14%
They'll make a playoff run (392) - 12%
Early playoff loss (305) - 9%
Total votes: 3074
How many D-III players will be taken in the NFL draft?
None (346) - 46%
One (155) - 20%
More than two (125) - 16%
Two (113) - 15%
Total votes: 739
How far will Jasper Collins get?
He'll make the team (143) - 49%
He'll make the practice squad (95) - 32%
He'll get cut in camp (52) - 17%
Total votes: 290
With Larry Kehres stepping down, who's the 2013 favorite?
Still Mount Union (1165) - 50%
Anyone else (481) - 20%
St. Thomas (325) - 14%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (249) - 10%
Wesley (98) - 4%
Total votes: 2318
On our team pages, we have a link for a conference page. Where would you like that link to point to?
Conference standings (1152) - 82%
Conference composite schedule (252) - 17%
Total votes: 1404
The people have spoken.
If Mount Union and St. Thomas are the top two, who should be No. 3?
UMHB (1070) - 25%
Whitewater (937) - 22%
Linfield (882) - 21%
Wesley (414) - 9%
North Central (400) - 9%
Oshkosh (238) - 5%
Bethel (220) - 5%
Total votes: 4161
Which D3 player had the best Hall of Fame game?
Kyle Miller (274) - 52%
Alex Tanney (197) - 38%
Jason Trusnik (46) - 8%
Total votes: 517
Would you take a D-III road trip?
Yes, I'd see an extra game before or after my team plays (866) - 54%
No, can't say I'm interested (427) - 26%
Yes, I'd see multiple games on my team's bye week (304) - 19%
Total votes: 1597
Which Top 25 team's game are you most looking forward to in Week 1?
No. 19 Franklin at No. 1 Mount Union (927) - 46%
No. 20 Widener at No. 5 Wesley (447) - 22%
No. 3 UMHB at Redlands (282) - 14%
No. 10 Wittenberg at Butler (219) - 10%
CNU at No. 16 Salisbury (137) - 6%
Total votes: 2012
If you were a Top 25 voter, where would you rank Franklin?
12-15 (255) - 22%
Below 19, I mean, they lost, right? (244) - 21%
Somewhere above No. 9 (236) - 20%
16-18 (234) - 20%
9-11 (182) - 15%
Total votes: 1151
Aside from the Top 25, which weekly feature do you most look forward to?
Around the Region (194) - 34%
Around the Nation columns (97) - 17%
Triple Take (87) - 15%
Around the Nation podcast (72) - 12%
Play of the Week (53) - 9%
Team of the Week (weekly honor roll) (44) - 7%
Postgame show (9) - 1%
Total vote: 556
Which Top 25 team's offensive performance was most impressive?
Linfield's 71 points vs. HSU (860) - 36%
Wabash's 69 points vs. Hanover (772) - 32%
North Central's 674 yards vs. UW-L (712) - 30%
Total votes: 2344
Which Top 25 team's offensive performance was most impressive?
Linfield's 71 points vs. HSU (1003) - 37%
Wabash's 69 points vs. Hanover (856) - 31%
North Central's 674 yards vs. UW-L (830) - 30%
Total votes: 2689
Which 3-0 team is the biggest surprise?
St. John's (1784) - 41%
Gallaudet (521) - 12%
Juniata (517) - 12%
Someone else (507) - 11%
Olivet (388) - 9%
Stevenson (362) - 8%
Hope (224) - 5%
Total votes: 4303
Which team's result was the bigger surprise considering how their game went last week?
St. John's loss (930) - 56%
Rochester's win (311) - 18%
Wesley's win (278) - 16%
WPI's win (139) - 8%
Total votes: 1658
How many games will the Merchant Marine Academy lose to the shutdown?
Two (311) - 30%
Three (251) - 24%
Just this one (248) - 24%
Four or more (211) - 20%
Total votes: 1021
Who do you think is the best team in the WIAC?
UW-Whitewater (1765) - 51%
UW-Oshkosh (747) - 21%
UW-Platteville (725) - 21%
One of the others (204) - 5%
Total votes: 6441
If you were doing Triple Take, which Top 25 team would be your pick to get upset?
No. 19 St. John Fisher (Salisbury) (862) - 30%
No. 7 Platteville (UW-SP) (603) - 21%
No. 21 Coe (Dubuque) (480) - 16%
No. 11 Wesley (Rowan) (361) - 12%
No. 17 PLU (Pacific) (331) - 11%
No. 3 UMHB (Louisiana College) (202) - 7%
Total votes: 2839
Which top six team is least likely to finish regular season unbeaten?
Mount Union (2594) 31%
Bethel (1488) 18%
Hobart (1393) 17%
North Central (1234) 15%
Linfield (819) 10%
UMHB (628) 7%
Total votes: 8156
Who wins the Mount Union-Heidelberg game?
Mount Union by 14-plus (1222) 50%
Mount Union by 1-13 points (558) 23%
Heidelberg by 1-13 points (533) 22%
Heidelberg by 14-plus (92) 3%
Total votes: 2405
Which Top 25 matchup from Saturday had the biggest playoff impact?
Whitewater-Platteville (1226) 40%
Mount Union-Heidelberg (893) 29%
North Central-Illinois Wesleyan (527) 17%
Linfield-Willamette (349) 11%
Total votes: 2995
Which potential clinching team will wait a week?
Franklin (152) 28%
Johns Hopkins (103) 19%
Lebanon Valley (99) 18%
Gallaudet (98) 18%
Redlands (75) 14%
Total votes: 527
Which Pool B team is the odd man out after this week?
Texas Lutheran (1032) 44%
Framingham State (515) 21%
Wesley (444) 18%
Millsaps (354) 15%
Total votes: 2345
Who gets the last playoff spot?
St. Thomas (709) 32%
UW-Oshkosh (597) 27%
St. John Fisher (378) 17%
Someone else (365) 16%
Thomas More (156) 7%
Total votes: 2205
What most surprises you about this year's bracket?
Franklin and Hampden-Sydney get home games (1126) 28%
Mount Union and UWW on opposite sides of bracket (1122) 28%
Johns Hopkins plays Wesley (979) 24%
That strength of schedule was valued by the committee (710) 18%
Total votes: 3937
Following four are surveys that were not on the front page, but were part of the playoff predictions ATN column:
Who will win the top right bracket?
UW-Whitewater (351) 40%
Linfield (319) 36%
Franklin (69) 7%
Hampden-Sydney (44) 5%
Washington U. (34) 3%
Pacific Lutheran (20) 2%
St. Norbert (16) 1%
Maryville (12) 1%
Total votes: 865
Who will win the bottom right bracket?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (331) 49%
John Carroll (133) 19%
Hobart (64) 9%
Gallaudet (54) 8%
St. John Fisher (44) 6%
Rowan (26) 3%
Redlands (11) 1%
Endicott (8) 1%
Total votes: 627
Who will win the bottom left bracket?
North Central (287) 41%
Bethel (232) 33%
UW-Platteville (112) 16%
Wartburg (20) 2%
Illinois Wesleyan (16) 2%
Albion (12) 1%
St. Scholastica (10) 1%
Concordia (Wis.) (8) 1%
Total votes: 697
Who will win the top left bracket?
Mount Union (410) 64%
Wittenberg (66) 10%
Wesley (53) 8%
Ithaca (40) 6%
Johns Hopkins (38) 5%
Framingham State (16) 2%
Washington and Jefferson (9) 1%
Lebanon Valley (5) 0%
Total votes: 637
Which conference should be most disappointed in the first-round results?
OAC (1283) 47%
CCIW (783) 29%
MAC (434) 16%
USAC (180) 6%
Total votes: 2680
Which unranked road team has the best chance to win Saturday?
None of them do (443) 37%
Hampden-Sydney (337) 28%
Wartburg (254) 21%
Rowan (139) 11%
Total votes: 1173
Which top seed is most likely to lose next week?
Bethel (2055) 52%
UW-Whitewater (884) 22%
UMHB (572) 14%
Mount Union (369) 9%
Total votes: 3880
Too cold for football?
Never too cold for football! (240) 68%
Yes, too cold for football (70) 20%
No, not too cold for football (39) 11%
Total votes: 349
Something funky happened with this poll -- it seemed to reset several times.
Where should the UWW-UMHB game be played?
The Perk (56) 39%
The Cruthedral (40) 28%
Who cares? Just play the game! (24) 16%
Some neutral site in between (22) 15%
Total votes: 144
Who will play in Stagg Bowl XLI?
Mount Union and UW-Whitewater (746) 36%
Mount Union and Mary Hardin-Baylor (736) 35%
North Central and UW-Whitewater (305) 14%
North Central and Mary Hardin-Baylor (262) 12%
Total votes: 2049
Who would you rank No. 3?
North Central (885) 49%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (519) 28%
Ask me after the Stagg (166) 9%
Linfield (137) 7%
Wesley (93) 5%
Total votes: 1800
Asking again: Who should be No. 3?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (2390) 29%
Mount Union (2385) 29%
Linfield (1145) 14%
North Central (1677) 20%
Wesley (578) 7%
Total votes: 8175
Who will play in Stagg Bowl XLII?
UW-Whitewater and somebody else (1054) 35%
UW-Whitewater and Mount Union (809) 27%
Neither of these will make the Stagg (723) 24%
Mount Union and somebody else (400) 13%
Total votes: 2986
Missed one for the archive.
Which of these games was the most surprising?
Hiram-Westminster, Pa. (383) 38%
Buffalo State-Cortland State (324) 32%
Washington and Jefferson-Wooster (207) 20%
Guilford-Greensboro (83) 8%
Total votes: 997
Who would you least like to be in practice this week?
Anyone for Cortland State (576) 54%
The Illinois College defense (260) 24%
The Rose-Hulman defense (120) 11%
The Methodist offense (98) 9%
Total votes: 1054
Of the teams that broke long losing streaks, who is least likely to win again this season?
UW-River Falls (423) 32%
Tufts (335) 26%
Allegheny (198) 15%
St. Vincent (182) 14%
Nichols (148) 11%
Total votes: 1286
Which of these big rivalry games is the most unpredictable?
Johnnie-Tommie (632) 38%
Cortaca Jug (332) 20%
Monon Bell (246) 15%
Coast Guard-Merchant Marine (148) 9%
H-SC/R-MC (136) 8%
Amherst-Williams (132) 8%
Total votes: 1626
Which of these teams are you most surprised to see at 4-0?
MIT (517) 26%
Chicago (369) 18%
Luther (338) 17%
Rose-Hulman (288) 14%
Emory and Henry (273) 14%
Hendrix (161) 8%
Total votes: 1946
Which team that didn't lose on Saturday most deserves to be lower in our Top 25?
Wittenberg (492) 26%
Johns Hopkins (487) 25%
UW-Platteville (485) 25%
Wheaton (426) 22%
Total votes: 1890
Which is the second-best team on the west coast?
Chapman (436) 29%
Pacific Lutheran (337) 22%
Pacific (320) 21%
Redlands (239) 16%
Willamette (141) 9%
Total votes: 1473
Which yet-to-be-played conference game do you most want to see?
John Carroll/Mount Union (1326) 38%
Bethel/St. John's (720) 20%
Wabash/Wittenberg (525) 15%
Ithaca/St. John Fisher (368) 10%
Del Val/Widener (336) 9%
Guilford/Hampden-Sydney (204) 5%
Total votes: 3479
Where would you rank Linfield this week?
Just behind Bethel/Wheaton (439) 28%
Just behind John Carroll (284) 18%
Just behind Widener (273) 17%
Just behind Wabash (228) 14%
Just behind Wartburg (194) 12%
Just behind Hobart/JHU (127) 8%
Total votes: 1545
Which two-loss team has the best chance at an at-large bid?
Bethel (1190) 28%
UW-Platteville (1055) 25%
North Central (916) 21%
St. John Fisher (738) 17%
Thomas More (308) 7%
Total votes: 4207
Which of these teams is the committee more likely to give an at-large bid to?
Centre (10-0) (1785) 74%
UW-Oshkosh (6-4, 6-1 vs. D3) (309) 12%
Neither is likely to get an at-large bid (300) 12%
Total votes: 2494
Two more of these to come this week:
How far will John Carroll advance in the bracket?
One and out (259) 19%
They'll make the second round (338) 24%
They'll make the quarterfinals (481) 35%
They'll go to the semis or beyond (277) 20%
Total votes: 1355
How far will Linfield advance in the playoffs?
They'll make the second round (411) 46%
They'll make the quarterfinals (145) 16%
One and out (145) 16%
They'll go to the semis or beyond (152) 17%
Total votes: 722
How far will Wittenberg advance in the playoffs?
They'll make the second round (206) 55%
One and out (125) 33%
They'll make the quarterfinals (20) 5%
They'll go to the semis or beyond (19) 5%
Total votes: 360
How far will Hobart advance in the playoffs?
One and out (324) 41%
They'll make the second round (286) 36%
They'll make the quarterfinals (106) 13%
They'll go to the semis or beyond (57) 7%
Total votes: 773
Which was the biggest surprise of the first round?
Two different players each threw eight picks (1611) 51%
Christopher Newport defeating Del Val (779) 25%
Widener's close game vs. Muhlenberg (420) 13%
First playoff win for OAC runner-up since 2010 (291) 9%
Total votes: 3101
Which of these results was most surprising from the second round?
Linfield winning at UMHB (1948) 60%
John Carroll and Wheaton combining for 26 points (698) 21%
Wartburg and SJU scoreless at the half (561) 17%
Total votes: 3207
Will the coaching hirings at Buffalo (Leipold and top assistants) affect UWW on the field this week?
Yes, but only enough to make it closer (748) 30%
No, they'll win big (651) 26%
Yes, and UWW gets knocked out (562) 22%
I'm just a biased fan who wants UWW to lose (487) 19%
Total votes: 2448
Who will win the Linfield-Whitewater game?
Whitewater by 1-10 (1468) 34%
Linfield by 1-10 (1418) 32%
Whitewater by more than 10 (1032) 23%
Linfield by more than 10 (398) 9%
Total votes: 4316
Who will win the Wesley-Mount Union game?
Mount Union by more than 10 (1396) 36%
Wesley by 1-10 (1057) 27%
Mount Union by 1-10 (987) 25%
Wesley by more than 10 (379) 9%
Total votes: 3819
Stagg Bowl XLII: Care or don't care?
Care (1329) 60%
Don't care (564) 25%
Only sort of care (303) 13%
Total votes: 2196
To compare the number of votes cast, here's the poll we ran for the full week before Stagg Bowl XLI, with 1800 votes.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 19, 2013, 06:19:11 PM
Who would you rank No. 3?
North Central (885) 49%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (519) 28%
Ask me after the Stagg (166) 9%
Linfield (137) 7%
Wesley (93) 5%
Total votes: 1800
Who will win Stagg Bowl XLII?
UW-Whitewater by 1-10 (1256) 33%
Mount Union by more than 10 (1196) 32%
Mount Union by 1-10 (738) 19%
UW-Whitewater by more than 10 (509) 13%
Total votes: 3699
Following surveys were in our playoff preview:
Who will win the top left bracket?
UW-Whitewater (612) 54%
Wartburg (161) 14%
St. John's (147) 13%
Wabash (105) 9%
St. Thomas (46) 4%
Franklin (26) 2%
Macalester (22) 1%
St. Scholastica (7) 0%
Total votes: 1126
Who will win the bottom right bracket?
Mount Union (476) 57%
John Carroll (182) 22%
Wheaton (64) 7%
Wittenberg (35) 4%
Washington and Jefferson (30) 3%
Centre (20) 2%
Adrian (10) 1%
Benedictine (8) 0%
Total votes: 825
Who will win the top right bracket?
Wesley (448) 59%
Hobart (80) 10%
Johns Hopkins (73) 9%
MIT (50) 6%
Ithaca (47) 6%
Hampden-Sydney (23) 3%
Rowan (21) 2%
Husson (13) 1%
Total votes: 755
Who will win the bottom left bracket?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (393) 53%
Linfield (175) 23%
Widener (69) 9%
Delaware Valley (33) 4%
Muhlenberg (26) 3%
Christopher Newport (19) 2%
Chapman (11) 1%
Texas Lutheran (10) 1%
Total votes: 736
Who should have been Most Outstanding Player of Stagg Bowl XLII?
Matt Behrendt (675) 42%
Marcus McLin (465) 29%
Dennis Moore (203) 12%
Jordan Ratliffe (145) 9%
Lake Bachar (82) 5%
Total votes: 1570
Of the five finalists for the UWW coaching job, which would be the best choice?
UWW defensive run coordinator Kevin Bullis (427) 37%
Wabash HC Erik Raeburn (395) 34%
Ohio Northern HC Dean Paul (169) 14%
UW-Platteville def. coordinator Rob Erickson (106) 9%
Urbana HC Dave Taynor (34) 3%
Total votes: 1131
How will UWW do in Kevin Bullis' first season as coach?
Lose in quarters or semis (770) 34%
National champs (635) 28%
Miss the playoffs entirely (319) 14%
November playoff exit (300) 13%
Lose in Stagg Bowl (240) 10%
Total votes: 2264
Who will win the new-look NJAC?
Christopher Newport (71) 6%
Montclair State (47) 4%
Rowan (114) 10%
Salisbury (82) 7%
Wesley (736) 70%
Total votes: 1050
Who will win the new-look Empire 8?
St. John Fisher (772) 49%
Ithaca (363) 23%
Cortland (202) 13%
Morrisville State (115) 7%
Alfred (101) 6%
Total votes: 1553
How will you follow your favorite D-III team this weekend?
Watching/listening online (314) 42%
From the stands (250) 33%
Checking social media/web sites afterward (160) 21%
Listening to the radio (23) 3%
Total votes: 747
Which conference had the best opening week?
MIAC (8-1, L by 8 to top 10 team) (661) 45%
CCIW (6-1, only L by Carthage) (316) 21%
E8 (8-1, but 48-0 L by SJF) (299) 20%
Centennial (8-2) (165) 11%
Total votes: 1441
Which of these teams had the best improvement from Week 1 to Week 2?
Bluffton (L to Wilmington, beat BW) (148) 24%
George Fox (L to La Verne, beat Redlands) (148) 24%
Hampden-Sydney (L to Wabash, beat CNU) (146) 24%
Becker (L to Fitchburg, beat MIT) (92) 15%
Southwestern (L to HSU, beat McMurry) (71) 11%
Total votes: 605
Which of the teams new to the Top 25 will remain ranked the longest?
Hardin-Simmons (727) 43%
Ithaca (672) 40%
Guilford (262) 15%
Total votes: 1661
Which of Saturday's games between ranked teams will be the best?
Wesley at North Central (178) 30%
St. Thomas at St. John's (300) 50%
Wittenberg at Wabash (112) 18%
Total votes: 590
Who should be the No. 1 team in the new Top 25 poll?
UW-Whitewater (431) 48%
Mount Union (185) 20%
St. Thomas (93) 10%
Wabash (79) 8%
Linfield (55) 6%
Wesley (44) 4%
Total votes: 887
Which D-III game should ESPN's road shows hit next?
Monon Bell (2691) 59%
Cortaca Jug (621) 13%
Whitewater home game (599) 13%
Stagg Bowl (577) 12%
Secretaries' Cup (49) 1%
Total votes: 4537
Which of these teams is the biggest surprise so far this season?
Chicago (764) 38%
Thomas More (440) 22%
Cortland (398) 19%
Hardin-Simmons (389) 19%
Total votes: 1991
Which of these teams has the best shot at bouncing back from upset losses?
Wartburg (640) 33%
John Carroll (610) 31%
Cortland (344) 17%
Texas Lutheran (206) 10%
Guilford (137) 7%
Total votes: 1937
Which of these top 10 teams is most overrated?
No. 4 Wesley (850) 19%
No. 10 Johns Hopkins (817) 18%
No. 7 UW-Whitewater (784) 17%
No. 5 UW-Oshkosh (670) 15%
No. 8 Wheaton (460) 10%
No. 9 Wabash (496) 11%
No. 6 St. Thomas (324) 7%
Total votes: 4401
Who will be the South No. 1 in first regional rankings?
Hardin-Simmons (335) 67%
Johns Hopkins (65) 13%
Thomas More (66) 13%
Washington and Lee (32) 6%
Total votes: 498
Based on the regional ranking, who has the best chance of being picked as an at-large team?
UW-Whitewater (1781) 69%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (546) 21%
Wheaton/IWU loser (151) 5%
Albright/Stevenson winner (103) 3%
Total votes: 2581
Which quarterfinal are you most looking forward to?
UW-Oshkosh/UW-Whitewater (1928) 46%
St. Thomas/Wabash (859) 20%
Linfield/UMHB (783) 18%
Mount Union/Wesley (599) 14%
Total votes: 4169
Here are the bracket-by-bracket surveys that appeared on the predictions column and rotated through the front page:
Who will win the top right bracket?
Mount Union (1172) 79%
Johns Hopkins (110) 7%
Wesley (95) 6%
St. Lawrence (28) 1%
Western New England (24) 1%
Albright (22) 1%
Norwich (16) 1%
Framingham State (15) 1%
Total votes: 1482
Who will win the top left bracket?
St. Thomas (1992) 43%
Wabash (1107) 24%
St. John's (802) 17%
Thomas More (351) 7%
Washington & Lee (95) 2%
Dubuque (70) 1%
La Verne (63) 1%
Albion (56) 1%
Total votes: 4536
Who will win the bottom left bracket?
Linfield (1706) 56%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (844) 28%
Cortland (169) 5%
Hardin-Simmons (105) 3%
Salisbury (71) 2%
Huntingdon (47) 1%
Hendrix (36) 1%
Whitworth (20) 0%
Total votes: 2998
Who will win the bottom right bracket?
UW-Whitewater (513) 52%
UW-Oshkosh (250) 25%
Wheaton (115) 11%
Ohio Northern (45) 4%
St. Norbert (19) 1%
Franklin (18) 1%
Lakeland (5) 0%
St. Scholastica (5) 0%
Total votes: 970
Which road team is most likely to win Saturday?
UW-Whitewater (1744) 68%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (464) 18%
Wabash (236) 9%
Wesley (88) 3%
Did the committee do the right thing, putting MTU and UWW on the same side of the bracket?
We won't know until after the Stagg Bowl (1110) 38%
No, they should have made a Stagg rematch possible (1046) 36%
Yes, if nobody else can stop them the committee should (709) 24%
Total votes: 2865
Who will advance to Stagg Bowl XLIII?
Mount Union and Linfield (930) 26%
Mount Union and St. Thomas (1328) 37%
UW-Whitewater and Linfield (519) 14%
UW-Whitewater and St. Thomas (794) 22%
Total votes: 3571
If you're Mount Union, would you rather play Linfield or St. Thomas?
Doesn't matter (652) 49%
Linfield (503) 38%
St. Thomas (150) 11%
Total votes: 1285
Which finalist will win the Gagliardi Trophy?
Joe Callahan (620) 44%
David Simmet (424) 30%
Sam Sura (212) 15%
Matt Pawlowski (137) 9%
Total votes: 1393
Who will win Stagg Bowl XLIII?
Mount Union by 8 or more (1610) 52%
St. Thomas by 1-7 (744) 24%
St. Thomas by 8 or more (373) 12%
Mount Union by 1-7 (316) 10%
Total votes: 3043
UST has 26 seniors. Where do they finish the 2016 season?
Out in semis or quarters (1198) 29%
Out in first or second round (1029) 25%
Back in Salem (993) 24%
Miss the playoffs (868) 21%
Total votes: 4088
How will Wabash do in Don Morel's first season as coach?
Miss the playoffs entirely (817) 44%
Lose in first or second round (665) 36%
Lose in quarterfinals (207) 11%
Reach semis or finals (158) 8%
Total votes: 1847
Who did you think should be our preseason No. 1?
Mount Union (391) 53%
Someone else (98) 13%
UW-Whitewater (93) 12%
St. Thomas (63) 8%
Linfield (53) 7%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (30) 4%
Total votes: 728
Who did you think should be our preseason No. 2?
St. Thomas (741) 31%
UW-Whitewater (587) 24%
Linfield (487) 20%
Mount Union (302) 12%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (235) 9%
Total votes: 2352
Which Thursday/Friday result was most surprising?
Delaware Valley over Wesley (992) 72%
Adrian over Pacific (174) 12%
Belhaven over Millsaps (116) 8%
Salisbury over Albright (95) 6%
Total votes: 1377
Of the Quick Hits picks, which Top 25 upset seems most likely?
No. 18 Ohio Northern (225) 43%
No Top 25 teams will be upset (93) 18%
No. 17 Wesley (72) 13%
No. 21 Huntingdon (64) 12%
No. 16 Cortland (61) 11%
Total votes: 515
Which of these teams is most likely to go from 0-2 to a playoff bid?
St. Norbert (448) 30%
Hampden-Sydney (373) 25%
Texas Lutheran (309) 20%
N.C. Wesleyan (228) 15%
Norwich (124) 8%
Total votes: 1428
Which blowout were you most surprised by?
UMHB beating Linfield 66-27 (1312) 72%
Heidelberg beating Ohio Northern 45-14 (252) 13%
Beloit beating Grinnell 72-17 (135) 7%
Louisiana College beating Texas Lutheran 58-28 (102) 5%
Total votes: 1801
Who wins the Tommie-Johnnie game?
St. Thomas, by 10 or more (407) 46%
St. John's, by single digits (231) 26%
St. Thomas, by single digits (169) 19%
St. John's, by 10 or more (68) 7%
Total votes: 875
In which month would you rather face your biggest rival?
November (1073) 56%
October (606) 32%
September (214) 11%
Total votes: 1893
How many of the 25 No. 1 votes do you think Mount Union should be getting?
Less than half (881) 34%
All 25 (730) 28%
21-24 (348) 13%
17-20 (336) 13%
13-16 (273) 10%
Total votes: 2568
How many of the six at-large bids will go to the WIAC and MIAC?
Two (805) 44%
Three (628) 35%
One (258) 14%
Zero (99) 5%
Total votes: 1790
We've heard it both ways: How do you pronounce WIAC?
WHY-ack (979) 45%
WHEE-ack (763) 35%
Just call it "The Wisconsin Conference" (219) 10%
W-I-A-C (177) 8%
Total votes: 2138
Assuming these teams win out, who is most likely to get an at-large bid?
UW-Platteville (1670) 61%
Wittenberg (559) 20%
Muhlenberg (298) 10%
Dubuque (207) 7%
Total votes: 2734
Who wins these showdowns of conference leaders?
Hobart and Monmouth (287) 33%
St. Lawrence and Monmouth (267) 31%
Hobart and St. Norbert (165) 19%
St. Lawrence and St. Norbert (137) 16%
Total votes: 856
What are you doing this week?
Preparing for a playoff game (908) 52%
Hoping to make the playoffs (605) 35%
Trying to salvage the season (158) 9%
Moving over to D3hoops.com or D3hockey.com (54) 3%
Total votes: 1827
Should Mount Union get an at-large bid?
Yes, but only if the criteria clearly say so (918) 39%
Yes, no matter what (733) 31%
No (647) 28%
Total votes: 2298
What's the better surprise in this bracket?
Mount Union having to go on the road (1163) 39%
Three WIAC teams getting in (813) 27%
Hardin-Simmons getting a first-round home game (453) 15%
The East Region getting a No. 1 seed (354) 11%
Monmouth not facing a MIAC or WIAC team (190) 6%
Total votes: 2973
Did Dusty Krueger get in the end zone?
Yes (665) 38%
No (597) 34%
I can't tell (476) 27%
Total votes: 1738
Which road team is most likely to win Saturday?
Mount Union (611) 55%
Wesley (134) 12%
St. John's (100) 9%
Linfield (86) 7%
Wheaton (Ill.) (80) 7%
Western New England (39) 3%
Wittenberg (28) 2%
Coe (23) 2%
Total votes: 1101
Who will advance out of the left side of the bracket?
Mary Hardin-Baylor and Mount Union (1688) 72%
Wheaton and Mount Union (330) 14%
Mary Hardin-Baylor and Alfred (228) 9%
Wheaton and Alfred (71) 3%
Total votes: 2317
Who will advance out of the right side of the bracket?
St. Thomas and UW-Whitewater (832) 31%
UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater (825) 31%
UW-Oshkosh and John Carroll (705) 26%
St. Thomas and John Carroll (290) 10%
Total votes: 2652
From the beginning of the playoffs:
Who will win the bottom left bracket?
Mount Union (933) 63%
Johns Hopkins (208) 14%
Alfred (164) 11%
Hobart (62) 4%
Western New England (44) 2%
Randolph-Macon (34) 2%
Bridgewater State (17) 1%
Husson (15) 1%
Total votes: 1477
Who will win the top left bracket?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1270) 57%
North Central (363) 16%
Linfield (245) 11%
Wheaton (Ill.) (122) 5%
Hardin-Simmons (89) 4%
Rose-Hulman (48) 2%
Huntingdon (41) 1%
Redlands (28) 1%
Total votes: 2206
Who will win the top right bracket?
UW-Oshkosh (558) 41%
St. Thomas (443) 33%
St. John's (129) 9%
UW-Platteville (98) 7%
Monmouth (41) 3%
Coe (40) 2%
Washington U. (25) 1%
Northwestern (8) 0%
Total votes: 1342
Who will win the bottom right bracket?
UW-Whitewater (2089) 58%
John Carroll (885) 24%
Wesley (257) 7%
Wittenberg (140) 3%
Thomas More (76) 2%
Lakeland (56) 1%
Olivet (35) 0%
Stevenson (26) 0%
Total votes: 3564
Catching up on ones from the previous couple weeks:
Who will win the Stagg Bowl?
UW-Oshkosh by 1-7 points (409) 38%
UMHB by eight or more (268) 25%
UMHB by 1-7 points (251) 23%
UW-Oshkosh by eight or more (130) 12%
Total votes: 1,058
Which low-scoring game was more surprising?
UMHB-Mount Union (836) 52%
Both were surprising (354) 22%
Neither was surprising (250) 15%
Oshkosh-John Carroll (154) 9%
Total votes: 1,594
Who will win the UMHB/Mount Union semifinal?
UMHB by 1-7 points (580) 28%
UMHB by eight or more (540) 26%
Mount Union by 1-7 points (496) 24%
Mount Union by eight or more (413) 20%
Total votes: 2,029
Who will win the Oshkosh/John Carroll semifinal?
John Carroll by 1-7 points 708 36%
UW-Oshkosh by 1-7 points 497 25%
UW-Oshkosh by eight or more 364 19%
John Carroll by eight or more 345 18%
Total votes: 1,914
Which team is most likely to return to Salem in 2017?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1261) 41%
Both teams are equally unlikely (1119) 36%
UW-Oshkosh (384) 12%
Both teams are equally likely (276) 9%
Total votes: 3,040
Which site will turn out to be the best Stagg Bowl host?
Canton, Ohio (1298) 50%
Shenandoah, Texas (641) 25%
Salem, Va. (607) 23%
Total votes: 2546
Who should be the preseason No. 1 team?
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1222) 49%
Mount Union (665) 26%
UW-Whitewater (358) 14%
UW-Oshkosh (234) 9%
Total votes: 2479
Which day is your opening game?
Saturday (591) 72%
Thursday (88) 10%
Next week (74) 9%
Friday (49) 5%
The week after (15) 1%
Total votes: 817
What did you think of the 98-0 score?
150-plus guys played; what else do you need to do? (904) 59%
It's shameful (254) 16%
I'm not a fan (178) 11%
It doesn't bother me one way or the other (173) 11%
Total votes: 1509
How many wins will Whitewater end the regular season with?
Seven (431) 36%
Six (301) 25%
Eight (278) 23%
Five or fewer (180) 15%
Total votes: 1190
How many games will Occidental allow its team to play this year?
Five or fewer (215) 53%
Eight (76) 18%
Six (68) 16%
Seven (46) 11%
Total votes: 405
Whose version of the Wheaton story do you believe most?
I wish I knew all the facts (498) 43%
The county district attorney's charges (366) 31%
Somewhere in between (164) 14%
Wheaton's internal investigation (125) 10%
Total votes: 1,153
Which team will fare best Saturday after multiple weeks off?
UW-Oshkosh (vs. UWW) (267) 67%
UW-Stout (vs. UWP) (42) 10%
Pacific Lutheran (vs. Puget Sound) (41) 10%
Occidental (vs. Redlands) (26) 6%
Pacific (vs. George Fox) (20) 5%
Total votes: 396
Who will win the CCIW automatic bid?
Carthage (41) 4%
Illinois Wesleyan (183) 21%
North Central (484) 57%
Wheaton (139) 16%
Total votes: 847
If just one spot opened up in the Top 25 this week, who would you give it to?
George Fox (496) 31%
Someone else (348) 22%
Springfield (270) 17%
Wartburg (246) 15%
Johns Hopkins (218) 13%
Total votes: 1578
At the end of the season, which number will be greater: Occidental cancellations or St. John Fisher victories?
Ugh. What a disaster. (203) 52%
Occidental cancellations (100) 26%
St. John Fisher victories (58) 15%
They'll be equal (23) 5%
Total votes: 384
How many Oxy players will stick around for 2018?
24-30 (186) 13%
18-23 (239) 17%
10-17 (375) 27%
1-9 (252) 18%
Not a one (330) 23%
Total votes: 1382
If UMHB, UWO and Mount Union are the top three seeds, who will be fourth?
St. Thomas (386) 41%
Linfield (192) 20%
Delaware Valley (144) 15%
Brockport (109) 11%
UW-Platteville (96) 10%
Total votes: 927
Will any two-loss team get an at-large?
None will (1516) 52%
Wheaton (453) 15%
UW-Platteville (361) 12%
UW-La Crosse (342) 11%
George Fox (217) 7%
Total votes: 2889
Of the five projected at-large picks, which team is least likely to get in the playoffs?
DePauw (488) 41%
Case Western Reserve (239) 20%
Illinois Wesleyan (160) 13%
St. John's (155) 13%
Hardin-Simmons (141) 11%
Total votes: 1183
Of the five projected at-large picks, which team is least likely to get in the playoffs?
Frostburg State (261) 34%
Case Western Reserve (191) 24%
St. John's (121) 15%
Illinois Wesleyan (116) 15%
Hardin-Simmons (77) 10%
Total votes: 766
Which No. 1 seed will have the hardest time escaping its bracket?
Delaware Valley (1715) 39%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (1112) 25%
UW-Oshkosh (908) 20%
Mount Union (598) 13%
Total votes: 4333
Should Mount Union have started D'Angelo Fulford in the first round?
No, he should have sat the whole game (1139) 49%
I don't have enough info (731) 31%
Yes, it was OK for him to start (380) 16%
No, he should have sat to start the game but come in after the first quarter (48) 2%
Total votes: 2298
Which road team is most likely to win Saturday?
Frostburg State (300) 26%
Wesley (220) 19%
Linfield (182) 15%
North Central (166) 14%
Trine (86) 7%
Case Western Reserve (80) 7%
Berry (65) 5%
Husson (42) 3%
Total votes: 1141
Which will be the best quarterfinal game?
UMHB vs. St. Thomas (1940) 50%
Delaware Valley vs. Brockport (841) 22%
UW-Oshkosh vs. Wartburg (563) 14%
Mount Union vs. Frostburg (478) 12%
Total votes: 3822
Who should host the Mount Union/UW-Oshkosh game?
Mount Union (172) 49%
UW-Oshkosh (133) 38%
It won't matter, really (41) 11%
Total votes: 346
Have you cast your Gagliardi ballot yet?
No (128) 46%
Yes (121) 44%
Depends. Do you have a device you can lend me? (24) 8%
Total votes: 473
From Dec. 4-9.
Who will win the national semifinals?
Mary Hardin-Baylor and Mount Union (1311) 52%
Mary Hardin-Baylor and UW-Oshkosh (803) 32%
Brockport and Mount Union (255) 10%
Brockport and UW-Oshkosh (114) 4%
Total votes: 2483
UMHB has allowed 16 points in four playoff games. How many points will they allow in the Stagg Bowl?
17-24 (521) 35%
25-31 (398) 27%
16 or fewer (345) 23%
32 or more (195) 13%
Total votes: 1459
Who should have been the final No. 3?
UW-Oshkosh (1406) 58%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (389) 16%
St. Thomas (301) 12%
Brockport (295) 12%
Total votes: 2,391
Which D-III to D-III transfer will Luke Poorman most end up like?
Pierre Garcon from Norwich to Mount Union (441) 39%
Germany Woods from Heidelberg to Mount Union (308) 27%
Danny Jones from Cal Lutheran to UW-Whitewater (285) 25%
Chris Denton from Norwich to Mount Union (92) 8%
Total votes: 1126
Which team outside the top 10 is most likely to make the semifinals?
UW-Whitewater (1030) 42%
Nobody outside the top 10 makes the semifinals (690) 28%
St. John's (513) 21%
Wartburg (173) 7%
Total votes: 2406
Who had the best opening weekend?
Ohio Athletic Conference (9-1) (262) 41%
Lightning detection systems (140) 22%
Anyone who got to see more than one game (94) 14%
Alvernia (83) 13%
Southern Athletic Association (8-1) (50) 7%
Total votes: 639
Which Top 25 loss was the most surprising?
UW-Oshkosh losing at Davenport (463) 37%
Linfield losing at Carroll (Mont.) (294) 23%
Wartburg losing at Monmouth (214) 17%
Johns Hopkins losing at Susquehanna (203) 16%
Illinois Wesleyan losing to UW-La Crosse (77) 6%
Total votes: 1251
Who redeemed themselves the best in Week 3?
Illinois Wesleyan (153) 22%
Thomas More (137) 20%
UW-Oshkosh (125) 18%
Google (106) 15%
Linfield (92) 13%
Misericordia (65) 9%
Total votes: 678
How many games involving Top 25 teams this week will be decided by 10 points or less?
Three or four (75) 33%
One or two (72) 32%
Five or six (46) 20%
None (17) 7%
Seven or eight (7) 3%
Nine or more (7) 3%
Total votes: 224
Which of these 4-0 teams is the biggest surprise?
St. Olaf (446) 42%
Union (186) 17%
Ursinus (171) 16%
Millsaps (151) 14%
Central (91) 8%
Total votes: 1045
Of these perennial favorites who lost their conference openers, which is most likely to still win an automatic bid?
Linfield (468) 48%
Johns Hopkins (458) 47%
Huntingdon (45) 4%
Total votes: 971
Who wins the Tommie-Johnnie game?
St. Thomas, by 10 or more (345) 37%
St. John's, by single digits (254) 27%
St. John's, by 10 or more (157) 17%
St. Thomas, by single digits (155) 17%
Total votes: 911
How long will Earlham's streak last?
More than 60 games (542) 63%
50 or 51 games (125) 14%
56-60 games (105) 12%
52-55 games (88) 10%
Total votes: 860
Catching up in here.
Which team that was left out of the playoffs should have been in?
Wabash (1679) 30%
Nobody. This was the right set of teams. (1225) 22%
Ithaca (964) 17%
Linfield (796) 14%
Illinois Wesleyan (790) 14%
Total votes: 5454
And previously:
Which regional No. 1 is most likely to play in the Stagg Bowl?
Mount Union (1947) 55%
Mary Hardin-Baylor (752) 21%
UW-Whitewater (553) 15%
Brockport (270) 7%
Total votes: 3522
Which road team is most likely to win in Saturday's second round?
Bethel (368) 29%
Johns Hopkins (332) 26%
RPI (140) 11%
Randolph-Macon (130) 10%
Whitworth (82) 6%
St. Norbert (81) 6%
Centre (66) 5%
Berry (43) 3%
Total votes: 1242
Which of the three home teams losing was the biggest second-round surprise?
Brockport (1377) 62%
North Central (478) 21%
Frostburg State (335) 15%
Total votes: 2190
Who will advance to the Stagg Bowl?
Mount Union and Mary Hardin-Baylor (1257) 49%
Mount Union and UW-Whitewater (991) 39%
Johns Hopkins and Mary Hardin-Baylor (159) 6%
Johns Hopkins and UW-Whitewater (109) 4%
Total votes: 2516
Who will win the Stagg Bowl?
Mary Hardin-Baylor by 1-10 (751) 34%
Mount Union by 1-10 (732) 33%
Mary Hardin-Baylor by more than 10 (374) 17%
Mount Union by 10 or more (328) 15%
Total votes: 2185