Top 25 Poll Results
DFRYE
the mistake of doing this on my dining room table) I am proud to
announce
THE FINAL TOP 25 POLL RESULTS
The format looks something like this:
Final Ranking.School (1st Place votes*) Total points, Average Rank, #
of Ballots
* if applicable
25. Swarthmore College 158, 19.1304, 23
24. Northeast Missouri State University 171, 19.6667, 27
23. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 198, 13.6250, 16
22. Midwestern State University 202, 17.2174, 23
21. University of Pennsylvania 226.67, 16.4225, 23.67
20. University of Tennessee at Knoxville 275.17, 15.0662, 25.17
19. Stanford University 280, 16.3448, 29
18. Georgia State University 281, 17.4848, 33
17. Iowa State University 303, 15.1786, 28
16. Princeton University 332, 16.2353, 34
15. Vanderbilt University 367, 15.2059, 34
14. University of Texas at Dallas 393, 14.0909, 33
13. University of Michigan 421, 11.9667, 30
12. University of Illinois at Chamapign and Urbana 429, 13.0000, 33
11. Dartmouth College 443, 12.5758, 33
10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 464, 11.0315, 31
9. University of California at Berkeley 480, 12.6667, 36
8. Harvard University 622, 9.6316, 38
7. Western Michigan University 722, 7.4872, 39
6. The George Washington University 737, 7.5750, 40
5. University of Virginia 823, 5.9268, 41
4. University of Maryland at College Park 873, 3.6154, 39
3. Brigham Young University 884, 3.9000, 40
2. Georgia Institute of Technology (.5) 885.5, 3.8625, 40
1. University of Chicago (41.5) 1049.5, 1.0119, 42
Others receiving votes (in some particular order)
School, points
Central Florida University, 151.17
North Carolina State University, 137
University of Kentucky, 114
Cornell University, 94
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus, 76.17
Emory University, 69
Thomas Jefferson High School for Mathematics and Science, 60
Florida State University, 52
Boston University, 51
American University, 48
Penn State University, 41.17
University of Wisconsin at Madison, 37
Rutgers, 33
University of Southern California, 31
Duke University, 29
Berry College, 25
University of Florida, 24
Catholic University, 20
Auburn University, 19
Rice University, 17
New York University, 16
University of Georgia, 15
University of South Carolina, 15
Roanoke College, 14
Georgetown University, 14
Methodist University, 12
Valencia Community College, 12
Bowling Green State University, 9
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 9
James Madison University, 8
University of Pittsburgh, 8
University of Oklahoma, 7.5
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 7
Williams College, 7
Beloit College, 7
University of Oregon, 7
George Mason University, 6
Texas Agricultural and Mining University, 5
Hampden-Sydney College, 4
Washington University in Saint Louis, 4
University of Connecticut, 3
Moravian University, 3
Earlham College, 2
Armstrong State, 2
Case Western Reserve University, .17
And That's The Truth PBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLB!
Darrell
Srinivasamurthy Kasibhotla
>19. Stanford University 280, 16.3448, 29
>18. Georgia State University 281, 17.4848, 33
>15. Vanderbilt University 367, 15.2059, 34
>13. University of Michigan 421, 11.9667, 30
> 9. University of California at Berkeley 480, 12.6667, 36
> 3. Brigham Young University 884, 3.9000, 40
FWIW, here are my comments on the top 25 poll.
I think it is quite obvious that being on the west coast
(and hence not playing in a lot of east coast events, or
not playing in a lot of tournments, period) hurts a school
quite a bit. (Surprisingly Berkeley finished quite high,
although they only finished in the middle of the pack
at NCT, did not participate in ACF, and did not win
that many invitationals).
IMO, Stanford deserves to be a lot higher.
For eg., at the Cardinal Classic, both G.State, and Vandy
were present, as did BYU and Berkeley. Stanford and BYU
were easily the best, and they split their head-to-head
matches. (Not aware of more common tournments where
Stanford faced other top 25 teams).
Also, 'far as I know, Stanford won almost all their matches
with Berkeley this year, including C.Classic, and Berkeley's
invitational. They only lost the regionals final to them
in the 3rd game by 5 or 10 points. IMO, Stanford has to be
considered a better/equal team compared to Berkeley.
Seems like Stanford were punished quite a bit for losing that
one match-up; yet Michigan fared better pollwise, despite losing the
regionals; hence my coast-to-coast thesis :(
>University of Southern California, 31
Oh, goody; we actually got some votes:-):) I know, I sent
in 10 ballots, using various aliases :(:)
Vasu
PS: To D^2 or any one else from Berkeley; I am not ragging
on you; I think you are a great team; just using your team
for the purpose of comparison.
Patrick G. Matthews
is hard to rate a team you haven't seen.
I personally put Berkeley higher than Stanford, because, if I haven't seen
a team, I put more stock in Regionals performance than in invitationals,
just because I think Regionals is a truer test of ability.
Pat
--
"Young Patrick" Matthews matt...@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
"We live in a country with no Burger Kings--Obey the Cow!"