Poll Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/poll/ Your stop for college and high school sports in Arkansas Fri, 22 Dec 2017 05:05:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://arkansassports.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-ASN-Favicon-2017-32x32.jpg Poll Archives - ArkansasSports.Net https://arkansassports.net/tag/poll/ 32 32 Harding football ranked No. 6 in final 2017 AFCA poll https://arkansassports.net/harding-football-ranked-no-6-in-final-2017-afca-poll/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 05:02:20 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=2018 Harding Sports Scott Goode, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information WACO, Texas – The Harding football team ranked No. 6 in the final American Football Coaches […]

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Scott Goode, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information

WACO, Texas – The Harding football team ranked No. 6 in the final American Football Coaches Association Poll released Monday. The Bisons reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Playoffs before falling to the eventual national champions Texas A&M-Commerce.

Harding finished the season with an 11-4 record after going 11-1 after starting the season 0-3.

Rank School (1st votes)  Rec. Pts. Prev.  Post-season Results  Head Coach

  1. Texas A&M-Commerce (33) 14-1 825 8 D. West Florida, 37-27, in national championship  Colby Carthel
  2. West Florida  11-4 774  NR  Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 37-27, in national championship Pete Shinnick
  3. Indiana (Pa.)  13-1 730 3 Lost to West Florida, 27-17, in semifinals Paul Tortorella
  4. Minnesota St.  13-1 707 1  Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 31-21, in quarterfinals Todd Hoffner
  5. Ferris St. (Mich.)  11-2 612 10  Lost to Harding (Ark.), 16-14, in quarterfinals  Tony Annese
  6. Harding (Ark.)  11-4 574 NR Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 31-17, in semifinals  Paul Simmons
  7. Central Washington  11-1 566 7  Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 34-31, in second round Ian Shoemaker
  8. Fort Hays St. (Kan.) 11-1 533 4  Lost to No. 10 Ferris St. (Mich.), 31-21, in second round Chris Brown
  9. Assumption (Mass.)  11-2 511 15  Lost to No. 3 Indiana (Pa.), 27-22, in quarterfinals  Bob Chesney
  10. Ashland (Ohio)  11-2 493 9  Lost to Harding (Ark.), 34-24, in second round  Lee Owens
  11. Midwestern St. (Texas) 10-1  472 5  Lost to No. 1 Minnesota St., 63-21, in second round  Bill Maskill
  12. West Alabama  10-3 456 17 Lost to West Florida, 28-21, in quarterfinals  Brett Gilliland
  13. Indianapolis (Ind.)  11-1 409 6  Lost to Harding (Ark.), 27-24, in first round  Bob Bartolomeo
  14. Shepherd (W.Va.)  10-1 396 2  Lost to Findlay (Ohio), 29-17, in first round  Monte Cater
  15. Winona St. (Minn.)  10-2 287 12  Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 20-6, in first round Tom Sawyer
  16. Northwest Missouri St. 9-3  272 13 Lost to No. 9 Ashland (Ohio), 21-18, in first round  Rich Wright
  17. Colorado St.-Pueblo  9-3 238 20  Lost to No. 1 Minnesota St., 16-13 OT, in first round John Wristen
  18. Virginia St.  10-1 233  11 Lost to West Georgia, 35-9, in first round Reggie Barlow
  19. West Georgia  9-4 230  NR Lost to West Florida, 17-14, in second round  David Dean
  20. Sioux Falls (S.D.)  9-3 229 18  Lost to No. 5 Midwestern St. (Texas), 24-20, in first round Jon Anderson
  21. Delta St. (Miss.)  9-4 212 NR  Lost to No. 17 West Alabama, 27-20, in second round Todd Cooley
  22. Findlay (Ohio)  10-3 186 NR Lost to No. 15 Assumption (Mass.), 45-26, in second round Rob Keys
  23. Bowie St. (Md.)  9-2 176 14  Lost to Delta St. (Miss.), 45-35, in first round  Damon Wilson
  24. Wingate (N.C.)  9-2 159 16 Lost to West Florida, 31-0, in first round Joe Reich
  25. Shippensburg (Pa.) 10-2 101 19  Lost to West Chester (Pa.), 27-6, in first round Mark Maciejewski

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]]> Golden Suns move up two spots in latest WBCA D-II poll https://arkansassports.net/golden-suns-move-up-two-spots-in-latest-wbca-d-ii-poll/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:08:57 +0000 https://arkansassports.net/?p=1080 The final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division II rankings of 2016 came out on Wednesday with Arkansas Tech moving up a couple of notches on […]

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]]> The final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division II rankings of 2016 came out on Wednesday with Arkansas Tech moving up a couple of notches on the list.

ATU didn’t have to win any games to move up the ranking as the team has been idle since picking up its sixth straight victory in a 77-74 out-of-conference contest at home against then-No. 11 Drury.

The Golden Suns are now 7-1 on the season and in a three-way tie for third in the Great American Conference at 3-1.

Here is the complete poll for Dec. 21:

Rank School Record Points First-place votes Last week
1 Ashland 13-0 597 21 1
2 California (PA) 11-0 570 0 2
3 Pittsburg State 11-0 551 1 3
4 Bellarmine 10-0 511 0 4
5 Emporia State 11-1 476 0 5
6 Virginia Union 9-0 467 2 6
7 Angelo State 9-0 452 0 7
8 Alaska-Anchorage 10-1 430 0 8
9 Colorado State-Pueblo 12-0 418 0 9
10 Lincoln Memorial 11-0 369 0 11
11 California Baptist 13-2 360 0 10
12 Bentley 10-2 323 0 11
13 Seattle Pacific 10-0 290 0 14
14 Drury 10-2 270 0 13
15 Arkansas Tech 7-1 245 0 17
16 Winona State 10-2 224 0 19
17 Lewis 10-2 149 0 23
18 Wheeling Jesuit 8-1 130 0 24
19 Central Oklahoma 10-0 121 0 NR
20 Florida Southern 8-3 86 0 16
21 Grand Valley State 8-3 84 0 22
22 Clayton State 9-2 78 0 15
23 Columbus State 7-0 72 0 NR
24 North Georgia 10-1 71 0 NR
25 Northern State 8-2 63 0 18

Dropped Out: No. 20 Queens, NY (9-3); No. 21 Limestone (7-3); No. 25 West Texas A&M (8-4).

Others receiving votes: Minnesota State-Moorhead (9-1) 42; Regis, CO (10-1) 34; Saint Mary’s, TX (10-2) 30; Limestone (7-3) 28; Caldwell (10-2) 26; Queens, NY (9-3) 26; Saginaw Valley State (8-2) 26; North Alabama (9-0) 26; Eckerd (9-2) 24; Fort Hays State (10-2) 21; West Texas A&M (8-4) 13; Central Missouri (10-1) 12; Adelphi (9-2) 11; Chowan (10-2) 8; Simon Fraser (10-2) 5; Anderson, SC (8-2) 4; Glenville State (9-1) 4; Point Loma Nazarene (9-2) 4.

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