Here's a condensed form of the list:
1. Sam Houston (2-0), 1,210 points (31 first-place votes) [1 previously]
2. South Dakota State (2-0), 1,184 (8) [2]
3. James Madison (3-0, 1,179 (9) [3]
4. Montana (2-0), 1,100 (2) [4]
5. North Dakota State (3-0), 1,071 [5]
6. Eastern Washington (3-0), 942 [7]
7. Southern Illinois (2-1), 870 [8]
8. Delaware (2-1), 837 [6]
9. Jacksonville State (2-1), 771 [10]
10. North Dakota (2-1), 753 [11]
11. Villanova (3-0), 747 [12]
12. UC Davis (3-0), 718 [14]
13. Montana State (2-1), 672 [13]
14. Weber State (1-2), 622 [9]
15. ETSU (3-0), 530 [16]
16. Southeastern Louisiana (2-1), 517 [15]
17. Northern Iowa (2-1), 414 [18]
18. Missouri State (1-1), 412 [17]
19. Austin Peay (2-1), 357 [19]
20. Monmouth (2-1), 319 [20]
21. New Hampshire (3-0), 198 [23]
22. VMI (2-1), 178 [22]
23. Kennesaw State (2-1), 135 [24]
24. Richmond (2-1), 115 [21]
25. Central Arkansas (1-2), 110 [25]
Others Receiving Votes: Rhode Island 77, Alabama A&M 36, Murray State 34, Chattanooga 25, Nicholls 24, Furman 23, Stephen F. Austin 17, Duquesne 15, UIW 14, Samford 10, South Dakota 9, Jackson State 3
Really nothing much to quibble about in the poll this week. I suspected that the loss to Rutgers wouldn’t hurt Delaware too much, and it didn’t: I expected them to stay in the top-10, and they did.
The pollsters dinged the other two teams that lost just a bit more than I guessed: Weber fell to #14, where I guessed #13; and Richmond fell to #24, where I guessed #23.
On a general note (and not just because Bobcats Suck!
), I’m glad to see that UC-Davis moved just ahead of the kitties.
