Some fodder for discussion and debate. A few Central Region teams on this list.
# School (1st votes) 2015 Rec Pts Prev.
1 Cortland State (23) 45-4 622 1
2 UW-La Crosse 36-16 537 3
3 Emory 31-15 508 6
4 Salisbury 33-6-1 501 5
5 Kean 35-12 442 11
6 Webster 34-15 415 8
7 Trinity (Texas) (1) 40-14 414 4
8 Birmingham-Southern 37-12-1 396 10
9 UW-Whitewater 35-11 372 9
10 Frostburg State (1) 43-9 370 2
11 Rhodes 33-13 342 13
12 Heidelberg 33-14 286 14
13 UW-Stevens Point 33-14 277 12
14 Linfield 33-15 245 15
15 Southern Maine 32-15 225 rv
16 Shenandoah 28-10-1 216 16
17 Pacific Lutheran 32-14 193 17
18 Ramapo 33-16 185 8
19 Baldwin Wallace 31-12 183 20
20 Wartburg 33-14 153 21
21 Wooster 36-9 150 24
22 Texas-Tyler 34-12 140 19
23 Methodist 32-10 125 22
24 Marietta 29-18 108 rv
25 Alvernia 35-14 61 18
Others receiving votes: Misericordia 57, Cal Lutheran 54, Ohio Northern 50, Mary Washington 45, St. Thomas (Minn.) 41, Coe 40, Concordia-Texas 37, Concordia (Ill.), Johns Hopkins 25, Carthage 25, Adrian 24, La Roche 23, Mitchell 22, Thomas More 21, Millsaps 21, Keystone 19, MIT 15, Stevens Institute 12, St. Scholastica 12, Randolph-Macon 11, Huntingdon 8, Wesleyan (Conn.) 8, Ohio Wesleyan 6, Anderson 5, DeSales 5, Endicott 5, Eastern Conn. St. 3, Wis.-Oshkosh 3, Rensselaer 2, Redlands 2, Clarkson 1, Rose-Hulman 1, Rutgers-Camden 1, Salem St. 1, Southwestern (Tex.) 1.
Below is how I see the Central Region this year. We'll see how it all plays out so I guess that I have a few favorites in the region that others (at least nationally) don't expect much from.
1. Webster (SLIAC)
2. Carthage (CCIW)
3. Wheaton (IL) (CCIW)
4. Wartburg (IIAC)
5. IWU (CCIW)
6. WashU (UAA)
7. North Central (CCIW)
8. St. Norbert (MWC)
9. North Park (CCIW)
10. Coe (IIAC)
Is ANYbody out there? I thought that I'd get some discussion going related to the pre-season poll.... I know it's winter, but, let's get the Hot-Stove League going.
Quote from: BigPoppa on January 26, 2016, 02:51:08 PM
Is ANYbody out there? I thought that I'd get some discussion going related to the pre-season poll.... I know it's winter, but, let's get the Hot-Stove League going.
Sorry, BP, but
at least until the Tigers' pitchers and catchers report to camp, I just can't get into baseball. Way to much basketball still on tap.
Quote from: BigPoppa on January 26, 2016, 02:51:08 PM
Is ANYbody out there? I thought that I'd get some discussion going related to the pre-season poll.... I know it's winter, but, let's get the Hot-Stove League going.
It's good you started this early Big Poppa! I know it has always been the North Division winning the MWC and The Knights are favored with the Red Hawks losing some of its power stroke with the graduation of Polcyn and seniors as well. Are the Knights senior loaded this year ? How about those senior laden teams from the South especially Cornell and Grinnell? Do they have the weapons to finally dethrone the North? Cornell gave the Redhawks a run for their money last year during the MWC tournament.