LazIndex Division II Rankings & Predictions Round 2

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IIAA

3 (1) IIAA BRENTWOOD ACADEMY ; Rating:  1.921 ; Power: 150.66 ; Sched. Rank: 1 (1)

 

4 (2) IIAA MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY (MBA) (Nashville) ; Rating:  1.885 ; Power: 145.48 ; Sched. Rank: 5 (5)

 

6 (3) IIAA McCALLIE (Chattanooga) ; Rating:  1.829 ; Power: 144.20 ; Sched. Rank: 2 (2)

 

7 (4) IIAA ENSWORTH (Nashville) ; Rating:  1.780 ; Power: 139.39 ; Sched. Rank: 3 (3)

 

16 (5) IIAA BAYLOR (Chattanooga) ; Rating:  1.651 ; Power: 131.85 ; Sched. Rank: 8 (7)

 

27 (6) IIAA MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL (MUS) ; Rating:  1.582 ; Power: 119.87 ; Sched. Rank: 101 (8)

 

40 (7) IIAA POPE JOHN PAUL II (Hendersonville) ; Rating:  1.500 ; Power: 122.67 ; Sched. Rank: 4 (4)

 

66 (8) IIAA FATHER RYAN (Nashville) ; Rating:  1.392 ; Power: 122.24 ; Sched. Rank: 6 (6)

 

75 (9) IIAA BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN (Eads) ; Rating:  1.374 ; Power: 115.92 ; Sched. Rank: 143 (10)

 

92 (10) IIAA CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (Memphis) ; Rating:  1.324 ; Power: 112.22 ; Sched. Rank: 233 (11)

 

267 (11) IIAA ST. BENEDICT (Cordova) ; Rating:  0.771 ; Power: 86.36 ; Sched. Rank: 121 (9)

 

 

IIA

19 (1) IIA LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (Memphis) ; Rating:  1.628 ; Power: 126.33 ; Sched. Rank: 185 (9)

 

34 (2) IIA WEBB (Knoxville) ; Rating:  1.529 ; Power: 119.49 ; Sched. Rank: 80 (2)

 

67 (3) IIA HARDING ACADEMY (Memphis) ; Rating:  1.389 ; Power: 114.06 ; Sched. Rank: 224 (12)

 

76 (4) IIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON ; Rating:  1.371 ; Power: 113.65 ; Sched. Rank: 137 (4)

 

81 (5) IIA ST. GEORGE'S (Collierville) ; Rating:  1.364 ; Power: 113.16 ; Sched. Rank: 172 (6)

 

95 (6) IIA BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY (BGA) (Franklin) ; Rating:  1.317 ; Power: 110.04 ; Sched. Rank: 173 (7)

 

109 (7) IIA FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Cordova) ; Rating:  1.263 ; Power: 103.56 ; Sched. Rank: 141 (5)

 

115 (8) IIA DONELSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (DCA) (Nashville) ; Rating:  1.255 ; Power: 105.49 ; Sched. Rank: 207 (11)

 

148 (9) IIA FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN (Lebanon) ; Rating:  1.110 ; Power: 100.96 ; Sched. Rank: 181 (8)

 

152 (10) IIA DAVIDSON ACADEMY (Nashville) ; Rating:  1.102 ; Power: 98.13 ; Sched. Rank: 227 (13)

 

194 (11) IIA EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN (Cordova) ; Rating:  0.988 ; Power: 102.00 ; Sched. Rank: 42 (1)

 

210 (12) IIA FAYETTE ACADEMY (Somerville) ; Rating:  0.932 ; Power: 86.19 ; Sched. Rank: 235 (15)

 

212 (13) IIA MT. JULIET CHRISTIAN ; Rating:  0.929 ; Power: 90.12 ; Sched. Rank: 313 (18)

 

216 (14) IIA NORTHPOINT CHRISTIAN (Southhaven, MS) ; Rating:  0.915 ; Power: 94.16 ; Sched. Rank: 228 (14)

 

225 (15) IIA KING'S ACADEMY (Seymour) ; Rating:  0.885 ; Power: 90.07 ; Sched. Rank: 202 (10)

 

259 (16) IIA TIPTON-ROSEMARK ACADEMY (Millington) ; Rating:  0.787 ; Power: 81.80 ; Sched. Rank: 293 (17)

 

264 (17) IIA EZELL-HARDING (Antioch) ; Rating:  0.778 ; Power: 85.53 ; Sched. Rank: 282 (16)

 

266 (18) IIA ROSSVILLE CHRISTIAN ; Rating:  0.773 ; Power: 72.91 ; Sched. Rank: 343 (21)

 

272 (19) IIA FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY (Nashville) ; Rating:  0.757 ; Power: 87.93 ; Sched. Rank: 110 (3)

 

329 (20) IIA MEMPHIS CATHOLIC ; Rating:  0.416 ; Power: 61.94 ; Sched. Rank: 332 (19)

 

340 (21) IIA ZION CHRISTIAN (Columbia) ; Rating:  0.257 ; Power: 54.80 ; Sched. Rank: 340 (20)

 

 

Non-Affiliated

310 (1) NA LANCASTER CHRISTIAN (Smyrna) ; Rating:  0.583 ; Power: 68.89 ; Sched. Rank: 285 (1)

 

341 (2) NA MEMPHIS NIGHT HAWKS ; Rating:  0.234 ; Power: 50.72 ; Sched. Rank: 342 (3)

 

342 (3) NA MACON ROAD BAPTIST (Arlington) ; Rating:  0.201 ; Power: 46.76 ; Sched. Rank: 339 (2)

 

 

IIAA Predictions

MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY (MBA) (Nashville) over CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (Memphis) by 33.3

ENSWORTH (Nashville) over BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN (Eads) by 23.5

 

BRENTWOOD ACADEMY over McCALLIE (Chattanooga) by 6.5

BAYLOR (Chattanooga) over MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL (MUS) by 12

 

 

IIA Predictions

WEBB (Knoxville) over HARDING ACADEMY (Memphis) by 5.4

ST. GEORGE'S (Collierville) over FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Cordova) by 9.6

 

LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (Memphis) over DONELSON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (DCA) (Nashville) by 20.8

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON over BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY (BGA) (Franklin) by 3.6

 

[FootballFan51]

Odd bracket pairing that McCallie has to play highflying ranked BA, but Baylor plays MUS.

 

You would think McCallie should have an easier game than Baylor does, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[Spartan4Life]

Odd bracket pairing that McCallie has to play highflying ranked BA, but Baylor plays MUS.

 

You would think McCallie should have an easier game than Baylor does, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

MUS is undefeated on the year thus according to records is the tougher game.

[RedRobin1]

Odd bracket pairing that McCallie has to play highflying ranked BA, but Baylor plays MUS.

 

You would think McCallie should have an easier game than Baylor does, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

There are no easy games in D2-AA at this point in the season.  MUS, especially at home, is no joke and would not be an "easy" game for any team in the state.  That's also a long. long commute for Baylor.  Hope it's a good game! 

[FootballFan51]

There are no easy games in D2-AA at this point in the season. MUS, especially at home, is no joke and would not be an "easy" game for any team in the state. That's also a long. long commute for Baylor. Hope it's a good game!

Sorry if I was unclear. I didn't say "easy". I wasn't saying it will be an easy game.

I said easier, as in playing the #6 ranked team is theoretically 'easier' than playing the #2 ranked team.

 

On paper, Baylor has an easier route to the next round than McCallie, but the great news is that they don't play it on paper.

Good luck to all.

[owlbooster]

Sorry if I was unclear. I didn't say "easy". I wasn't saying it will be an easy game.

I said easier, as in playing the #6 ranked team is theoretically 'easier' than playing the #2 ranked team.

 

On paper, Baylor has an easier route to the next round than McCallie, but the great news is that they don't play it on paper.

Good luck to all.

I agree that BA is a harder game but base that on personal observation not some subjective poll.  IMO Baylor over MUS by 12 is rather ludicrous, but anything can happen on the field on a given night.  Moreover, MUS has lost some key defensive players and possibly their starting QB to injuries.  I'm pretty sure that OOS games are not included in the schedule ranking, which tends to underrate MUS and especially CBHS, who split 2 games against highly ranked teams from Ohio (Cincy LaSalle) and Missouri (St Louis CBHS).  MBA by 33?  We'll see Friday night.

Edited November 11, 2016 by owlbooster

[RedRobin1]

Sorry if I was unclear. I didn't say "easy". I wasn't saying it will be an easy game.

I said easier, as in playing the #6 ranked team is theoretically 'easier' than playing the #2 ranked team.

 

On paper, Baylor has an easier route to the next round than McCallie, but the great news is that they don't play it on paper.

Good luck to all.

 

Understood, and no offense meant.  I wasn't trying to pick on you, was just expressing my thought that D2-AA has a lot of very good teams.  I appreciate those who do these polls, but they really don't mean much when you are talking about putting a bunch of 15-18 year-olds on a bus and having to drive 300 miles to play a very good team at their house.  Moreover, with very little cross-play, we in the middle of the state never really know what to expect from the west until we see them in the playoffs.  

 

There really is no "easier" - imo, you either win the game and move on or you don't.  Sooner or later, you will have to play the other teams that keep winning; getting to the next round doesn't really mean much unless the next round is the final. Since McCallie and Baylor are on the same side of the bracket, they will get a chance at a rematch if they both win tonight.

 

Hope for no injuries and close games!