FanLax Forum Poll

[crazyhorse]

1. BC - a few chinks in the armor?
2. UNC - really more like 1A at this point
3. Maryland - impressive beatdown of UF
4. Syracuse - dropped a spot due to OT win over ND
5. Princeton - strong start
6. Stony Brook
7. Northwestern
8. Loyola - interesting week coming up for them to post some more convincing wins
9. Denver
10. Michigan - undefeated, strong vs Towson
11. USC
12. Vandy - riding the ND win
13. Duke - have to believe their RPI is much lower than this with that sched
14. Drexel - still undefeated
15. Rutgers - ditto
16. Richmond - same here
17. Virginia - good week, was tempted to move them higher
18. Penn - disappointing loss to Hop
19. Florida
20. Colorado
21. Temple
22. Hopkins
23. Penn State
24. Notre Dame
25. St Joe's

[wlaxphan20]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

[seacoaster]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

I do understand scheduling this one, with the Mother-Daughter thing going on. So Duke will be 6-0 going into its game against Syracuse, and will have won those six games by a aggregate total of what? 135 to 35? Kind of crazy.

[wlaxphan20]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

I do understand scheduling this one, with the Mother-Daughter thing going on. So Duke will be 6-0 going into its game against Syracuse, and will have won those six games by a aggregate total of what? 135 to 35? Kind of crazy.

Yeah, it is crazy. Do you know if one of the criteria for an at-large NCAA tournament bid is still record of 0.500 or better? That could explain scheduling weaker OOC teams when you play in the ACC. I believe it is still in play for the men's d1 tournament, but I haven't been able to find any definite proof it is still in play for the women's d1 tournament.

Not saying I agree with it, but the scheduling would make a bit more sense if that specific criteria was still in play. I think there are better "beatable" OOC teams Duke could have scheduled, but aren't as geographically close. But opening conference play against Syracuse at Syracuse after that slate is going to be interesting. Their other mid-season OOC games against Davidson and Liberty could be potentially competitive too.

[seacoaster]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

I do understand scheduling this one, with the Mother-Daughter thing going on. So Duke will be 6-0 going into its game against Syracuse, and will have won those six games by a aggregate total of what? 135 to 35? Kind of crazy.

Yeah, it is crazy. Do you know if one of the criteria for an at-large NCAA tournament bid is still record of 0.500 or better? That could explain scheduling weaker OOC teams when you play in the ACC. I believe it is still in play for the men's d1 tournament, but I haven't been able to find any definite proof it is still in play for the women's d1 tournament.

Not saying I agree with it, but the scheduling would make a bit more sense if that specific criteria was still in play. I think there are better "beatable" OOC teams Duke could have scheduled, but aren't as geographically close. But opening conference play against Syracuse at Syracuse after that slate is going to be interesting. Their other mid-season OOC games against Davidson and Liberty could be potentially competitive too.

Not sure; I thought the rule was suspended last year when we only had in-conference play for a few conferences. The Duke schedule looks pre-made to delver eight wins for certain (that is, the first six and the two OOC games you mention), and toss in VT, Louisville and Pittsburg, and Duke will be well above .500.

[wlaxphan20]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

I do understand scheduling this one, with the Mother-Daughter thing going on. So Duke will be 6-0 going into its game against Syracuse, and will have won those six games by a aggregate total of what? 135 to 35? Kind of crazy.

Yeah, it is crazy. Do you know if one of the criteria for an at-large NCAA tournament bid is still record of 0.500 or better? That could explain scheduling weaker OOC teams when you play in the ACC. I believe it is still in play for the men's d1 tournament, but I haven't been able to find any definite proof it is still in play for the women's d1 tournament.

Not saying I agree with it, but the scheduling would make a bit more sense if that specific criteria was still in play. I think there are better "beatable" OOC teams Duke could have scheduled, but aren't as geographically close. But opening conference play against Syracuse at Syracuse after that slate is going to be interesting. Their other mid-season OOC games against Davidson and Liberty could be potentially competitive too.

Not sure; I thought the rule was suspended last year when we only had in-conference play for a few conferences. The Duke schedule looks pre-made to delver eight wins for certain (that is, the first six and the two OOC games you mention), and toss in VT, Louisville and Pittsburg, and Duke will be well above .500.

Good point, I didn't look too closely at projected wins and losses. The only other thing I can think of, and this is quite far fetched, is looking at the box scores for the first five games, Kimel has really emptied her bench. I'm wondering if this is to avoid having players redshirt (not including medical) so as not to get even further backed up from the extra year of eligibility from COVID. It's a huge stretch though

[seacoaster]

14. Duke -- squeaked out a win against Wofford, and now engages ECU in an anticipated nail-biter this afternoon.

might not be a barn burner but it should be a fun mother-daughter game. Would love to see Frances and the Pirates give mom & her Blue Devils a little bit of a scare - or at least keep the margin to single digits

I do understand scheduling this one, with the Mother-Daughter thing going on. So Duke will be 6-0 going into its game against Syracuse, and will have won those six games by a aggregate total of what? 135 to 35? Kind of crazy.

Yeah, it is crazy. Do you know if one of the criteria for an at-large NCAA tournament bid is still record of 0.500 or better? That could explain scheduling weaker OOC teams when you play in the ACC. I believe it is still in play for the men's d1 tournament, but I haven't been able to find any definite proof it is still in play for the women's d1 tournament.

Not saying I agree with it, but the scheduling would make a bit more sense if that specific criteria was still in play. I think there are better "beatable" OOC teams Duke could have scheduled, but aren't as geographically close. But opening conference play against Syracuse at Syracuse after that slate is going to be interesting. Their other mid-season OOC games against Davidson and Liberty could be potentially competitive too.

Not sure; I thought the rule was suspended last year when we only had in-conference play for a few conferences. The Duke schedule looks pre-made to delver eight wins for certain (that is, the first six and the two OOC games you mention), and toss in VT, Louisville and Pittsburg, and Duke will be well above .500.

Good point, I didn't look too closely at projected wins and losses. The only other thing I can think of, and this is quite far fetched, is looking at the box scores for the first five games, Kimel has really emptied her bench. I'm wondering if this is to avoid having players redshirt (not including medical) so as not to get even further backed up from the extra year of eligibility from COVID. It's a huge stretch though

Hah! You have peeled this onion further than I could, that's for sure. I am skeptical, but who knows? You may be right.

[Matnum PI]

D1 WOMEN: FanLax Forum Poll (02/28/22)

FANLAX FORUM
1 Boston College
2 North Carolina
3 Maryland
4 Syracuse
5 Princeton
6 Stony Brook
7 Northwestern
8 Loyola Maryland
9 Denver
10 Michigan
11 Southern California
12 Vanderbilt
13 Duke
14 Drexel
15 Rutgers
16 Richmond
17 Virginia
18 Penn
19 Florida
20 Colorado
21 Temple
22 Johns Hopkins
23 Penn St.
24 Notre Dame
25 Saint Joseph's

[Matnum PI]

The FanLax Computer Rankings are based on each team's Three Best Wins and Three Worst Losses. Some teams (like the Ivies) haven't played enough games to have their Three Wins and other teams just have rough schedules so they don't have three wins yet. For these teams that are at a distinct disadvantage within this ranking, they are marked with an asterisks to show that they're currently being weighed down by their lack of Three Wins. None the less, Team Rankings based on each teams Best Wins and Worst Losses...

1 Syracuse
2 Boston College
3 Maryland
4 North Carolina
5 Denver
6 Michigan
7 Vanderbilt
8 Colorado
9 Northwestern
10 Temple
11 Rutgers
12 Virginia
13 Richmond
14 Princeton*
15 USC
16 Louisville
17 Duke
18 Loyola*
19 Davidson
20 Ohio State
21 Drexel
22 Navy
23 Army
24 Jacksonville*
25 UMass

[FanLax Computer]

Based on their Resumes thus far this season, their Best Three Wins and Worst Three Losses, these are the D1 Women's Rankings. I'm aware P'ton beat Temple, St. Joseph's beat Navy, etc. and... These are individual games. When creating this ranking, I look at each team's body of work thus far this season, not just individual games. In other words, based on St. Joe's season thus far this season, their W over Navy was a pretty big upset. In a couple weeks, this game may not be an upset at all. Each team's body of work, not just individual games. With that said, #1 to #118.

1 Boston College
2 Maryland
3 Northwestern
4 North Carolina
5 Syracuse
6 Denver
7 Colorado
8 Rutgers
9 Richmond
10 USC
11 Temple
12 Vanderbilt
13 Michigan
14 Princeton
15 Duke
16 Navy
17 Davidson
18 Louisville
19 Drexel
20 Johns Hopkins
21 Loyola
22 Yale
23 UMass
24 Hofstra
25 Saint Joseph's
26 Canisius
27 Virginia
28 Jacksonville
29 Army
30 Penn State
31 Mount St Mary's
32 UConn
33 James Madison
34 Ohio State
35 UC Davis
36 Cornell
37 Lafayette
38 Stony Brook
39 Liberty
40 Brown
41 Penn
42 Florida
43 Mercer
44 East Carolina
45 Arizona State
46 Delaware
47 Virginia Tech
48 William and Mary
49 Pitt
50 Georgetown
51 UMBC
52 Monmouth
53 Notre Dame
54 Dartmouth
55 La Salle
56 Coastal Carolina
57 Marquette
58 Vermont
59 Harvard
60 Columbia
61 Stanford
62 Bryant
63 Campbell
64 Furman
65 Niagara
66 Quinnipiac
67 Central Michigan
68 Iona
69 Bucknell
70 Fairfield
71 Duquesne
72 VCU
73 Lehigh
74 Siena
75 Manhattan
76 Kennesaw State
77 Towson
78 Butler
79 Sacred Heart
80 UAlbany
81 Elon
82 High Point
83 San Diego State
84 Binghamton
85 Cincinnati
86 Gardner-Webb
87 American
88 Villanova
89 Wofford
90 Old Dominion
91 Robert Morris
92 Boston University
93 Saint Francis
94 Central Connecticut
95 Marist
96 California
97 Presbyterian
98 Holy Cross
99 Longwood
100 Wagner
101 Stetson
102 George Mason
103 George Washington
104 Delaware State
105 Youngstown State
106 Merrimack
107 New Hampshire
108 Colgate
109 Detroit Mercy
110 Radford
111 LIU
112 Winthrop
113 UMass Lowell
114 Kent State
115 Oregon
116 Akron
117 Howard
118 Saint Bonaventure

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

* D1 Women's Rankings

Based on their Resumes thus far this season, their Best Three Wins and Worst Three Losses, these are the * D1 Men's Rankings. I'm aware P'ton bet Temple, St. Joseph's beat Navy, etc. and... These are individual games. When creating this ranking, I look at each team's body of work thus far this season, not just individual games. In other words, based on St. Joe's season thus far this season, their W over Navy was a pretty big upset. In a couple weeks, this game may not be an upset at all. Each team's body of work, not just individual games. With that said, #1 to #118.

1 Boston College
2 Maryland
3 Northwestern
4 North Carolina
5 Syracuse
6 Denver
7 Colorado
8 Rutgers
9 Richmond
10 USC
11 Temple
12 Vanderbilt
13 Michigan
14 Princeton
15 Duke
16 Navy
17 Davidson
18 Louisville
19 Drexel
20 Johns Hopkins
21 Loyola
22 Yale
23 UMass
24 Hofstra
25 Saint Joseph's
26 Canisius
27 Virginia
28 Jacksonville
29 Army
30 Penn State
31 Mount St Mary's
32 UConn
33 James Madison
34 Ohio State
35 UC Davis
36 Cornell
37 Lafayette
38 Stony Brook
39 Liberty
40 Brown
41 Penn
42 Florida
43 Mercer
44 East Carolina
45 Arizona State
46 Delaware
47 Virginia Tech
48 William and Mary
49 Pitt
50 Georgetown
51 UMBC
52 Monmouth
53 Notre Dame
54 Dartmouth
55 La Salle
56 Coastal Carolina
57 Marquette
58 Vermont
59 Harvard
60 Columbia
61 Stanford
62 Bryant
63 Campbell
64 Furman
65 Niagara
66 Quinnipiac
67 Central Michigan
68 Iona
69 Bucknell
70 Fairfield
71 Duquesne
72 VCU
73 Lehigh
74 Siena
75 Manhattan
76 Kennesaw State
77 Towson
78 Butler
79 Sacred Heart
80 UAlbany
81 Elon
82 High Point
83 San Diego State
84 Binghamton
85 Cincinnati
86 Gardner-Webb
87 American
88 Villanova
89 Wofford
90 Old Dominion
91 Robert Morris
92 Boston University
93 Saint Francis
94 Central Connecticut
95 Marist
96 California
97 Presbyterian
98 Holy Cross
99 Longwood
100 Wagner
101 Stetson
102 George Mason
103 George Washington
104 Delaware State
105 Youngstown State
106 Merrimack
107 New Hampshire
108 Colgate
109 Detroit Mercy
110 Radford
111 LIU
112 Winthrop
113 UMass Lowell
114 Kent State
115 Oregon
116 Akron
117 Howard
118 Saint Bonaventure

[Matnum PI]

Forum Polls due on Monday at noon EST. Enjoy the games this weekend. https://fanlax.com/2020/01/30/fanlax-forum-polls/

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

1 BC - Haven’t done anything to be bumped down—still winning
2 NC - For now but they might win at BC in 2 weeks
3 Syracuse - Impressive comeback vs Duke
4 Princeton - Did nothing to drop down even though squeaking by Cornell. Those intra-league games are tough--just ask Penn and Dartmouth
5 Maryland - Still winning but still no huge wins

6 Denver - Moved up due to stellar defense. Now 6-0 and averaging less than 6 goals per opponent, 6 ea for 2 ranked wins over Stanford and Vandy.
7 Loyola - Still winning, still more talent than most ranked teams
8 Stony Brook - Tough win on the road over Florida--a team that usually beats them
9 NU - Dropped with drubbing by Carolina but still better than most mid-tier teams
10 Rutgers - Keeps winning (6-0) yet haven't beaten anyone yet. Next few games will show if they deserve ranking or not: at Temple, JMU and Maryland, then back home for Hop and Michigan.

Not inspired to write anything about the remaining teams:

11 Duke
12 Michigan
13 Johns Hopkins
14 Notre Dame
15 Florida

16 James Madison
17 Virginia
18 Colorado
19 Temple
20 Richmond

21 Virginia Tech
22 USC
23 Vandy
24 Stanford
25 Penn

Other teams considered that didn’t quite make it:

Navy
Towson
St Joe’s
Drexel
Harvard
Army

[Dr. Tact]

1 BC - Haven’t done anything to be bumped down—still winning
2 NC - For now but they might win at BC in 2 weeks


Other teams considered that didn’t quite make it:

Syracuse
Princeton
Maryland
Denver
Stony Brook
NU
Rutgers
Duke
Michigan
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Florida
James Madison
Virginia
Colorado
Temple
Richmond
Virginia Tech
USC
Vandy
Stanford
Penn
Navy
Towson
St Joe’s
Drexel
Harvard
Army

There I fixed it for ya

[8meterPA]

1 BC - Haven’t done anything to be bumped down—still winning
2 NC - For now but they might win at BC in 2 weeks


Other teams considered that didn’t quite make it:

Syracuse
Princeton
Maryland
Denver
Stony Brook
NU
Rutgers
Duke
Michigan
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Florida
James Madison
Virginia
Colorado
Temple
Richmond
Virginia Tech
USC
Vandy
Stanford
Penn
Navy
Towson
St Joe’s
Drexel
Harvard
Army

There I fixed it for ya

Not untrue! Although I believe MD is creeping closer...we'll find out soon.

[seacoaster]

The distance between Nos. 1 and 2, and the rest of the known universe is at least oceanic, maybe intergalactic. Big. Wide. A lot.

1. BC -- Nothing to add here...except I'm starting to think that UNC has a pretty good shot.

2. UNC -- Nothing to add here...except I'm starting to think that UNC has a pretty good shot. Watched the first half of the NU game: never in doubt. The BC Clash is going to be an epic match.

3. Northwestern -- NU's record is, at this point, lost to UNC and BC, and beat everyone else so far. Have to leave them here for now. SBU on Wednesday.

4. Syracuse -- kept them at No. 4, and I guess I must be considering the Notre Dame loss an unfortunate night at the theatre with Mrs. Lincoln.

5. Loyola -- Nice W against We Are. Hounds stay where they were last week too.

6. Stony Brook -- you have to admit, Joe takes on whoever will play his kids. Travelled into the Gator's Mouth in Gainesville and hung on to win.

7. Maryland -- beat William & Mary, will crunch Villanova, and then square up against Rutgers. No reason at this point to move them up or down.

[From about here on I really have no idea how and where to rank the rest of the teams.]

8. Princeton -- not impressed by the outing with Cornell (although I agree with ONW that when the high SAT scores square off, it's hard to figure), but keeping them here until further movement by another team or a stumble by the Tigers.

9. Rutgers -- crushed Nova. So...what? Thought about switching Michigan and Rutgers, and have a feeling Michigan might be better. Good midweek game against a well-coached Temple team.

10. Michigan -- Wolves are 7-0, having played one team (no offense!!) of any consequence: Notre Dame. I think they're good. I just need a little more data. Denver game this Sunday should be telling.

11. Notre Dame -- whether we like it or not, they are a pretty good team.

12. Denver -- may be better than Notre Dame. Gonna find out in six days.

13. Duke -- I have to admit that I was impressed by their speed and ball movement. Defense needs some discipline.

14. UVA -- Lost to the Domers. Mid-week game against Richmond followed by Saturday game against Cuse, both at Klockner. Is the Richmond game a must win for this season? Think so...

15. Florida -- impressed by the comeback against SBU, and actually think they have some terrific athletes. The foul by Heller at the end of the SBU game was really unnecessary, unreasonable and vicious. You have to discipline your team against doing that sort of stuff.

16. JHU -- beat Georgetown and Drexel pretty handily (although I didn't see the games).

17. JMU.

18. Richmond.

19. Temple.

20. Colorado.

[Matnum PI]

Polls due at noon EST.

[Laxfan500]

The distance between Nos. 1 and 2, and the rest of the known universe is at least oceanic, maybe intergalactic. Big. Wide. A lot.

1. BC -- Nothing to add here...except I'm starting to think that UNC has a pretty good shot.

2. UNC -- Nothing to add here...except I'm starting to think that UNC has a pretty good shot. Watched the first half of the NU game: never in doubt. The BC Clash is going to be an epic match.

3. Northwestern -- NU's record is, at this point, lost to UNC and BC, and beat everyone else so far. Have to leave them here for now. SBU on Wednesday.

4. Syracuse -- kept them at No. 4, and I guess I must be considering the Notre Dame loss an unfortunate night at the theatre with Mrs. Lincoln.

5. Loyola -- Nice W against We Are. Hounds stay where they were last week too.

6. Stony Brook -- you have to admit, Joe takes on whoever will play his kids. Travelled into the Gator's Mouth in Gainesville and hung on to win.

7. Maryland -- beat William & Mary, will crunch Villanova, and then square up against Rutgers. No reason at this point to move them up or down.

[From about here on I really have no idea how and where to rank the rest of the teams.]

8. Princeton -- not impressed by the outing with Cornell (although I agree with ONW that when the high SAT scores square off, it's hard to figure), but keeping them here until further movement by another team or a stumble by the Tigers.

9. Rutgers -- crushed Nova. So...what? Thought about switching Michigan and Rutgers, and have a feeling Michigan might be better. Good midweek game against a well-coached Temple team.

10. Michigan -- Wolves are 7-0, having played one team (no offense!!) of any consequence: Notre Dame. I think they're good. I just need a little more data. Denver game this Sunday should be telling.

11. Notre Dame -- whether we like it or not, they are a pretty good team.

12. Denver -- may be better than Notre Dame. Gonna find out in six days.

13. Duke -- I have to admit that I was impressed by their speed and ball movement. Defense needs some discipline.

14. UVA -- Lost to the Domers. Mid-week game against Richmond followed by Saturday game against Cuse, both at Klockner. Is the Richmond game a must win for this season? Think so...

15. Florida -- impressed by the comeback against SBU, and actually think they have some terrific athletes. The foul by Heller at the end of the SBU game was really unnecessary, unreasonable and vicious. You have to discipline your team against doing that sort of stuff.

16. JHU -- beat Georgetown and Drexel pretty handily (although I didn't see the games).

17. JMU.

18. Richmond.

19. Temple.

20. Colorado.
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I LOL at this comment !

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[laxer12]

Someone accidentally (or intentionally) clicked my username to fill out their poll for this week lol.

The one I actually did is the last one at the bottom (I almost always wait until the last second to do everything )