Ensworth - 2 1st place votes?

[coachrus]

How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days?

[coachrus]

AP poll:

 

Division II

Record Pts Prv

1. Baylor (18) 5-0 197 2

2. Brentwood Academy 4-1 156 3

3. BGA 5-0 150 4

4. Ensworth (2) 4-1 149 1

5. CBHS 3-1 108 6

6. Knoxville Webb 3-2 81 8

7. ECS 3-2 75 7

8. University-Jackson 4-1 55 9

9. MUS 2-3 53 5

10. McCallie 3-1 25 NR

[takedown3]

How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days?

Inertia?

[oldwiseone]

How can any self respecting sports journalist vote for Ensworth over Baylor for the number one spot? Were they out of the country for the last 4 days?

 

They can't, so we can only assume those two first-place votes were cast by honorary journalists of the week: Tim and Faith.

[BLUEMOM]

It is Rivalry Week... maybe they are blue?

 

Seriously, it does not make sense... coming from me!

[MBARED]

Let's see...Baylor beats Ensworth 41-14. Baylor is 5-0 and Ensworth is 4-1. Yep, makes total sense to me. Wouldn't you love to know who the 2 crazy people are.

[TheBigRedDog]

I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion.

[RedRobin]

I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion.

 

Believe it or not, Knoxville Webb was number 1 for most, if not all, of last season. Doesn't matter that they were undefeated, as anyone who has ever seen a couple of games can attest, they were far far from the cream of the D2 crop.

[oshman]

I've often thought the D-II AP votes were pretty bad. It's clear to me that some, if not most, of the voters don't have a clue about D-II. What gets me more than the ensworth thing is the D-II A teams being in there. Webb (3-2), ECS(3-2), USJ(4-1)? Even with worse records, Father Ryan, MBA, McCallie should be in there ahead of the D-II A teams, in my opinion.

 

Actually ECS is 4-0. The poll has had the wrong record for them for several polls. It's hard to believe that they get it wrong every week.

[TheBigRedDog]

Believe it or not, Knoxville Webb was number 1 for most, if not all, of last season. Doesn't matter that they were undefeated, as anyone who has ever seen a couple of games can attest, they were far far from the cream of the D2 crop.

 

Wow. Someone needs to educate the voters. Shows you how much the rest of the state cares about D-II.

[WesVLT]

I vote in the AP poll (don't worry, I didn't vote Ensworth first). The problem is that many writers don't take the time to research the teams -- they vote for the big names, especially in classifications with which they're unfamiliar. I'm guilty of doing it to put the final teams on my 1A or 2A lists every now and then, but not when head-to-head data exists.

 

Good thing those polls don't matter.

[TheBigRedDog]

I vote in the AP poll (don't worry, I didn't vote Ensworth first). The problem is that many writers don't take the time to research the teams -- they vote for the big names, especially in classifications with which they're unfamiliar. I'm guilty of doing it to put the final teams on my 1A or 2A lists every now and then, but not when head-to-head data exists.

 

Good thing those polls don't matter.

 

Good man. It kills me that writers wouldn't take five minutes to do some research on the teams. I also think they need to be aware that D-II has two classifications. It appears that some so not know this. Wes, I nominate you to get the word out!