From preseason to post - a look back at our preseason poll

[Squealofthepig]

I wanted to revisit our preseason poll and provide some results for discussion. Have fun guys (and girls)!

Left number is the position in our preseason poll; numbers in parentheses are record, conference record (and seed if any). All playoff teams listed in bold.

Preseason post found here - http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?135388-AGS-Poll-Results-Preseason-2013&p=1981767#post1981767

1 North Dakota State Bison (11-0, 8-0, #1 seed)
2 Sam Houston State Bearkats (8-4, 4-3)
3 Montana State Bobcats (7-5, 5-3)
4 Eastern Washington Eagles (10-2, 8-0, #3 seed)
5 Central Arkansas Bears (7-5, 4-3)
6 Villanova Wildcats (6-5, 5-3)
7 South Dakota State Jackrabbits (8-4, 5-3)
8 Wofford Terriers (5-6, 4-4)
9 Cal Poly Mustangs (6-6, 6-3)
10 Illinois State Redbirds (5-6, 4-4)
11 Towson Tigers (10-2, 6-2, #7 seed)
12 New Hampshire Wildcats (7-4, 6-2)
13 Stony Brook Seawolves (5-6, 3-5)
14 Richmond Spiders (6-6, 4-4)
15 Northern Iowa Panthers (7-5, 3-5)
16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (9-2, 7-1)
17 James Madison Dukes (6-6, 3-5)
18 Montana Grizzlies (10-2, 6-2, #8 seed)
19 Eastern Illinois Panthers (11-1, 8-0, #2 seed)
20 Chattanooga Mocs (8-4, 6-2)
21 Lehigh Mountain Hawks (8-3, 3-2)
22 Wagner Seahawks (3-8, 2-4)
23 Youngstown State Penguins (8-4, 5-3)
24 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (10-2, 4-1)
25 Eastern Kentucky Colonels (6-6, 4-4)


ORV:


26 The Citadel Bulldogs (5-7, 4-4)
27 Colgate Raiders (4-8, 3-2)
28 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (10-2, 7-1)
29 Albany Great Danes (1-11, 0-8)
30 McNeese State Cowboys (10-2, 6-1, #6 seed)
31 Indiana State Sycamores (1-11, 0-8)
32 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (7-5, 4-4)
33 Samford Bulldogs (8-4, 6-2)
34 Tennessee State Tigers (9-3, 6-2)
35 Southern Illinois Salukis (7-5, 5-3)
36 Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions (2-9, 2-7)
37 Harvard Crimson (9-1, 6-1)
38 Liberty Flames (8-4, 4-1)
39 Fordham Rams (11-1, not eligible for conference standings)
40 William & Mary Tribe (7-5, 4-4)


Playoff teams not receiving votes preseason:
Southeastern Louisiana (10-2, 7-0, #4 seed)
Maine (10-2, 7-1, #5 seed)
South Carolina state (9-3, 7-1)
Furman (7-5, 6-2)
Southern Utah (8-4, 5-3)
Lafayette (5-6, 4-1)
Butler (9-3, 7-1)
Sacred Heart (10-2, 4-2)
Jacksonville State (9-3, 5-3)

[NoDak 4 Ever]

You could have told me Lafayette, Butler, and Sacred Heart would be guaranteed playoff teams and I still wouldn't put them in my poll.

[maine612]

The only 2 CAA teams that did not receive votes were Rhody and Maine. Interesting that the poll missed the Champs.

[Apps03]

Good work there Pig. Interesting to see that

[superman7515]

The only 2 CAA teams that did not receive votes were Rhody and Maine. Interesting that the poll missed the Champs.

612, that only shows the top 40. Believe me, in the preseason poll, out of 124 teams there are probably 84 that get at least 1 point.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

612, that only shows the top 40. Believe me, in the preseason poll, out of 124 teams there are probably 84 that get at least 1 point.

Yeah no doubt. I don't think was in any polls at the beginning. In this poll though they were fairly immediately recognized. In Wk. 2 - 30
Wk. 3 - 22
Wk. 4 - 21
Wk. 5 - 11

and then slow crawling up the top 10 after that.

[maine612]

612, that only shows the top 40. Believe me, in the preseason poll, out of 124 teams there are probably 84 that get at least 1 point.

Cool. It just says above "those not receiving votes."

[DFW HOYA]

That Wagner pick started to look shaky when they lost to Merrimack in week 2.

[Squealofthepig]

One of the odd things, for me, was seeing a seeded team (McNeese) in the ORV between two teams that won two games between them.

Also, apologies for the ORV - should've annotated that better (thanks for the corrections, supe and ursus).