So where's the rest of the pre-season polls?

pre season poll

There is no pre season PAC 10 poll out yet but I will make my predictions:

1. UCLA
2. Stanford
3. Arizona State
4. Washington
5. Cal
6. USC
7. Oregon
8. Washington State
9. Oregon State
10. Arizona

 

My Pac-10 Poll

1. UCLA
2. Stanford
3. Cal
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon State
6. USC
7. Washington
8. Washington State
9. Oregon
10. Arizona

 

So where's the rest of the pre-season pools?

Don't know much about this conference but have been reading some of the sites: Based on recruits from last season and this and how they did last season:

SEC

1. Tennessee (Kim Patrick, etal + coach)
2. Florida (Abby's gone, so is --Sellers)
2. Georgia (Good recruits last season and some top players back, good forward coming in, good coach)
3. Auburn (good recruits, coach going places)
4. Miss State (good recruits)
5. Vanderbilt (aren't they always in the hunt?)
6. UK (ditto)
7. Mississippi (unknown)
8. South Carolina (new coach with good recruits)
9. Alabama ?
9. Arkansas (good coach, but nothing seems to spark)
9. LSU (coach with no pay and I think there has always been a recruiting issue --like keeping players at home)

 

ACC

Here's the ACC poll, done by the coaches. We've got another well-balanced league this year, but it would be hard not to pick UNC for first place. UVa is second and Clemson is third.

http://tarheelblue.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/072902aaa.html

Any arguments? I was surprised to see Wake as low as 6th, but then Duke is at 5th and they are going to be good this season I think. Clemson and FSU are going to have to scrap to stay up there in 3rd and 4th.

 

And the WCC coaches poll - no argument from me, though I do think the Broncos will suffer if Aly Wagner gets called up for the full fall WNT schedule:

1. Santa Clara (7) 49
2. Portland (1) 42
3. Saint Mary's 33
4. Pepperdine 31
5. San Diego 27
6. Loyola Marymount 20
7. San Francisco 11
8. Gonzaga 7

( ) first place votes

 

WAC coach's poll

SMU Favored By Coaches To Win To 2002 WAC Soccer Title

Team Points
1. SMU (7) 63
2. Hawai’i (1) 50
3. Rice (1) 50
4. Boise State 38
5. Fresno State 38
6. Tulsa 36
7. San Jose State 25
8. UTEP 14
9. Nevada 10

 

ACC poll (coaches' poll)

2002 Preseason ACC Women's Soccer Poll School as voted by coaches

Points... 2001 record, ACC record (ACC finish)

1. North Carolina, 62... 24-1-0, 7-0 (1st)

2. Virginia, 57... 17-4-2, 5-2 (2nd)

3. Clemson, 41... 15-5-1, 4-3 (T-3rd)

4. Florida State, 37... 15-8-1, 4-3 (T-3rd)

5. Duke, 32... 8-10-1, 2-5 (7th)

6. Wake Forest, 27... 9-9-2, 3-4 (T-5th)

7. Maryland, 23... 10-7-2, 3-4 (T-5th)

8. NC State, 13... 8-10-0, 0-7 (8th)

 

NSCAA/adidas Preseason College Poll Dates Announced

...to be released the week of Aug. 19.


In case anyone was wondering. - I was.

 

Conference-USA Preseason Poll
(as selected by C-USA coaches)
1. Marquette
2. Cincinnati
3. Charlotte
4. UAB
5. Saint Louis
6. Houston
7. East Carolina
8. Tulane
9. TCU
10. Memphis
11. South Florida
12. Southern Miss
13. Louisville
14. DePaul

 

Ohio Valley

Eastern Illinois Picked To Win OVC Soccer Title
August 12, 2002

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[font=courier]Team (first place votes) votes
1. Eastern Illinois (4)	      34	
2. Southeast Missouri (3)     33
3. Murray State               24
4. Tennessee Tech             23
5. Tennessee-Martin           15
6. Morehead State             12
7. Austin Peay                 6
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It's not the ACC, but it is a pre-season poll. It's also the NCAA's eighth oldest Division I Conference.

Cheers

 

Southland Conference

BOBCATS PICKED TO REPEAT AS REGULAR-SEASON SOCCER CHAMPIONS IN PRESEASONPOLLS
For Immediate Release: Aug. 14, 2002

Code:

[font=courier]School (First-place votes) Points
1. Southwest Texas (5)        35
2. Southeastern Louisiana (2) 31
3. Northwestern State         26
4. Stephen F. Austin          17
5. Louisiana-Monroe           16
6. McNeese State              14
7. Nicholls State              9
(Coaches could not vote for their own teams.)
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Code:

[font=courier]2002 Soccer Preseason All-Southland Conference
First Team
Name               Class Pos.  School
Kendra Cannon       So.   F  Stephen F. Austin
*Allison Crain      Jr.   F  Southwest Texas
Lauren Dellinger    So.   F  Southwest Texas
Chelsea Shriner     Jr.   F  Louisiana-Monroe
Kendra Comfort      So.   MF Southwest Texas    
Kendra Kade         So.   MF Southwest Texas
Kristen Van Etten   Jr.   MF Southwest Texas    
Marva Bailey        Sr.   D  Southwest Texas
Courtney Coutu      Jr.   D  Southeastern Louisiana
Hillarie Marshall   Jr.   D  Northwestern State
Toni Deason         So.   GK McNeese State
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Atlantic Sun Conference

Defending Champs UCF Top A-Sun Poll Again
August 13, 2002
2002 A-Sun Preseason Women's Soccer Poll

Code:

[font=courier] Team (1st Place Votes) Points 
1. UCF (7)              137 
2. Florida Atlantic (5) 133 
3. Jacksonville         126 
4. Campbell             106
5. Georgia State         89
6. Samford               73 
7. Jacksonville State    68 
8. Mercer                64 
9. Gardner-Webb          53 
10. Troy State           33 
11. Stetson              30 
12. Belmont              24
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2002 BIG EAST WOMEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON POLL

Northeast Division Pts. 2001 Conf. Record 2001 Overall 2001 Finish
1. Connecticut (11) 99 5-1 18-6 First
2. Boston College (3) 80 3-2 11-10-1 Second
3. Syracuse 67 3-3 6-11 T-Fourth
4. Miami 56 3-2-1 10-9-1 Third
5. Virginia Tech 34 1-4-1 8-9-3 T-Sixth
6. Providence 33 1-4-1 7-9-2 T-Sixth
7. St. John’s 26 3-3 6-11 T-Fourth
Mid-Atlantic Division Pts. 2001 Conf. Record 2001 Overall 2001 Finish
1. Notre Dame (11) 99 5-1 17-3-1 First
2. West Virginia (3) 80 4-1-1 15-5-1 T-Second
3. Rutgers 67 4-1-1 14-8-1 T-Second
4. Villanova 56 2-2-2 13-6-3 Fourth
5. Georgetown 41 1-4-1 9-7-1 Sixth
6. Pittsburgh 26 2-4 7-9-1 Fifth
Seton Hall 26 0-5-1 5-10-2 Seventh
( ) indicates first-place votes

2002 BIG EAST PRESEASON PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

-Offensive Player of the Year
Carli Lloyd, So., Rutgers
-Defensive Player of the Year
Vanessa Pruzinsky, Sr., Notre Dame
-Goalkeeper of the Year
Caroline Haines, Jr., Providence

2002 PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST TEAM

Chrissie Abbott, Jr., F, West Virginia
Candace Chapman, So., F, Notre Dame
Kristen Graczyk, So., F, Connecticut
Caroline Haines, Jr., GK, Providence
Carli Lloyd, So., MF, Rutgers
Vonda Matthews, Jr., F, Miami
Sarah Popper, Sr., MF, Connecticut
Vanessa Pruzinsky, Sr., D, Notre Dame
Sarah Rahko, So., MF/F, Boston College
Lisa Stoia, So., MF, West Virginia
Amy Warner, So., F, Notre Dame

 

Horizon League
UWM Picked To Repeat as Women's Soccer Champion
Thursday, August 15, 2002

Code:

[font=courier]Team (2001 record)          votes  
1. UW-Milwaukee (15-5)         36 
2. Butler (13-7)               27 
3. Wright State (10-8)         25 
4. Detroit (8-11)              21 
5. Loyola (6-12-1)             19 
6. UW-Green Bay (4-12)         13 
7. Youngstown State (1-20)      6
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So far we've got preseason polls from 10 Division I conferences:
Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Atlantic Sun
Big East
Conference-USA (CUSA)
Horizon League
Ohio Valley (OVC)
Southland
Southeast Conference (SEC)
West Coast Conference (WCC)
Western Athletic (WAC)

Only 20 DI conferences to go.

 

The official SEC poll hasn't been released yet, though I wouldn't be surprised if it mirrors the one posted earlier in this thread. Of course, the SEC is split up into East and West Divisions, so it will look a little different.

 

Mid-American Conference (MAC)

Miami Favored To Win Women's Soccer Crown

Code:

[font=courier]1.  Miami (11)        166
2.  Ohio (1)          145
3.  Eastern Michigan  139
4.  Marshall (1)      117
5.  Buffalo           107
6.  Central Michigan  104
7.  Western Michigan   87
8.  Ball State         83
9.  Bowling Green      68
10. Kent State         60
11. Toledo             49
12  Northern Illinois  37
13  Akron              22
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By the way, that's Miami of Ohio.

 

Mountain West

BYU Favored In MWC Preseason Soccer Coaches Poll

Code:

[font=courier]1 BYU           36
2 Utah          28
3 UNLV          22
4 San Diego St. 21
5 New Mexico    20
6 Air Force     14 
7 Wyoming        6
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Rating conferences

Looking at all these polls I got to wondering what the Albyn Jones ratings (at SoccerRatings.com) might suggest about the relative strengths of the various conferences. I graphed the final 2001 ratings for women's Division I conferences.

Here's the graph, showing median, minimum and maximum ratings for each conference.

No real surprises but it's interesting. As expected, ACC is #1, followed closely by PAC 10 and WCC, but look at how many conferences have teams rated equal to the medians in those conferences, all the way down to a conference rated in the bottom third of all conferences. Some conferences have a wide range of ratings (look at the WCC) while others have a narrow range. And look at the Big12, with a minimum so close to the median.

There's a lot of other interesing stuff in the graph (well, at least it's interesting to me). I also did a graph plotting the ratings for all teams in DI, DII, DIII and the NAIA. Very interesting for people who like to compare divisions. I'll probablly post a link to that graph next week in another thread.

 

Soccer Buzz Preseason Rankings

Soccer Buzz Preseason Top 25 Outlook

National Top 25

1. Santa Clara
2. North Carolina
3. Portland
4. Virginia
5. Stanford
6. Penn State
7. Notre Dame
8. Texas
9. SMU
10. Florida State
11. UCLA
12. Dartmouth
13. St Mary's
14. Tennessee
15. Rutgers
16. Clemson
17. West Virginia
18. Princeton
19. Florida
20. Pepperdine
21. Harvard
22. Texas A&M
23. Arizona State
24. Georgia
25. Washington

 

First preseason National poll is out. The guy at Soccer Buzz has put out his preseason Top 25. Some shockers here. Like UCLA falling to 11. Of course historically Soccer Buzz has struggled to find precision. It does give us something to talk about until the scrimmages and games start.

I am not sure FSU or SMU are quite that strong either. FSU will convince me if they do it in the ACC, but SMU really has no one to test them in the WAC so it may be NCAAs before thay can convince me.

Shame on a bunch of coaches, if Harvard and Princeton and Dartmouth are all out recruiting without the benefit of any athletic scholarships.

 

PAC-10 Coaches poll:

1. UCLA (7) 95
2. Stanford (3) 92
3. Washington 68
4. Arizona State 65
5. California 64
6. USC 59
7. Oregon State 37
8. Washington St. 35
9. Oregon 18
10. Arizona 17