TN Coach's Poll for 9 January

[Tanneran61]

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL

                                                                                                                                   

From: Jeff Price                                                               Results from 9 January 2023

 

THIS IS THE THIRD POLL OF THE SEASON. 

 

Now in its 30th year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength.   Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 120.

 

STATE POLL:

 

RANK	SCHOOL	POWER RANKING	LAST WEEK
1	BAYLOR	120	2
2	CLEVELAND	104	1
3	BRADLEY CENTRAL	96	3
4	FATHER RYAN	80	6
5	SUMMIT	76	5
6	WILSON CENTRAL	64	4
7	MBA	60	10
8 (tie)	BLACKMAN	37	7
8 (tie)	BRENTWOOD	37	11
8 (tie)	DOBYNS-BENNETT	37	8
11	CHRISTIAN BROTHERS	28	9
12	LAKEWAY	11	NR

 

ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: CLARKSVILLE, FRANKLIN, HALLS, MARYVILLE, NOLENSVILLE, OAKLAND, SIGNAL MOUNTAIN

[Ummmno]

7 minutes ago, Tanneran61 said:

The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength

12/10/22

Summit 45 Father Ryan 22

[sx1234]

On 1/10/2023 at 12:20 PM, Ummmno said:

12/10/22

Summit 45 Father Ryan 22

Just like every poll... 1 educated vote is cancelled out by 1 uneducated vote

[mjg3]

The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength

MBA beat Summit Tuesday night.  And finished ahead of Summit in the Ryan Tournament.

[Ummmno]

14 minutes ago, mjg3 said:

The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength

MBA beat Summit Tuesday night.  And finished ahead of Summit in the Ryan Tournament.

Yeahhh looking at the box score. It wasnt near the same lineup they had for FR. 

 

This point in the season, against a team they wouldnt see in the post season. Its clear the dual didnt really mean a whole lot. 

 

Unless you're suggesting MBA has a better team than Father Ryan?

[desselle]

2 hours ago, mjg3 said:

The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength

MBA beat Summit Tuesday night.  And finished ahead of Summit in the Ryan Tournament.

Summit had 5 starters out. 

[cbg]

Why is anyone crying about starters being out of the lineup or where they are ranked at this time of the year?  The only time anyone should care about rankings is the last rankings of the season and unless you win a state championship you lost and the difference between 2nd and 8th really doesn’t matter.  Unless a team is extremely fortunate they will all have to deal with injuries throughout the season.

[PackMentality]

Cleveland beats Bradley 35-20.  Cleveland wins 9 matches and Bradley wins 5.

[fooseball95]

Bradley is gonna get a couple more shots at cleveland this year. This was supposed to have been then year that they would beat them. If it doesn’t happen this year it won’t happen again for at least 5 years and that’s being modest. The atmosphere last night was nuts. 

[PackMentality]

5 hours ago, fooseball95 said:

Bradley is gonna get a couple more shots at cleveland this year. This was supposed to have been then year that they would beat them. If it doesn’t happen this year it won’t happen again for at least 5 years and that’s being modest. The atmosphere last night was nuts. 

Agreed on the atmosphere.  Just amazing for a high school match. Bradley may be able to flip 220 and HWT but those are probably the only ones.  One issue is that Bradley’s 3 hammers typically get them 18 points against most teams but against Cleveland they only got 11 last night.  Barring  Cleveland injuries, everything would have to go perfect for Bradley to get the upset … but that’s why they wrestle the matches.

[mjgIII]

On 1/12/2023 at 11:23 AM, Ummmno said:

Yeahhh looking at the box score. It wasnt near the same lineup they had for FR. 

 

This point in the season, against a team they wouldnt see in the post season. Its clear the dual didnt really mean a whole lot. 

 

Unless you're suggesting MBA has a better team than Father Ryan?

No.  They may well be though, we'll know at the state tournament.  Ryan was missing 3-4 starters against Summit.  Summit may have been missing some too.  Just pointing out the absurdity of pre tournament rankings.  Makes for interesting board banter, but it will all shake out at state.

[texas23]

1 hour ago, PackMentality said:

Agreed on the atmosphere.  Just amazing for a high school match. Bradley may be able to flip 220 and HWT but those are probably the only ones.  One issue is that Bradley’s 3 hammers typically get them 18 points against most teams but against Cleveland they only got 11 last night.  Barring  Cleveland injuries, everything would have to go perfect for Bradley to get the upset … but that’s why they wrestle the matches.

195 could easily gone the other way too and could be flipped, based on what I watched.