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dgreco
September 20th, 2009, 05:24 PM
1. Albany (1-2) - Albany gets a good win over a top 25 team. If not for the last second lost to Georgia Southern they would be 2-1 and their only loss would be to a very good UMass squad. The Maine game looks to be a turning point for the team and they are on the turn around.

2. Central Connecticut State (1-1) - A week off, but no other teams did anything to make the jump into second. They played W&M fairly close last week and are up against a Columbia team who had a surprising win last week.

3. Monmouth (1-2) - Got their first win of the season over Duquesne. Duquesne has had a good start and make the Monmouth win a quality win early in conference play. They are coming up to a 3 game streak where they should go 3-0 and turn the season around and go into Albany at 4-2.

4. St. Francis (1-2) - St. Francis had a strong win over Morehead State and has also had two decent games against Top 10 teams. St. Francis has appeared to make the turn after a lot of rough seasons. They are a top 4 team in the NEC this week and should be in the middle at the end of the season.

5. Duquesne (1-2) - Duquesne had a good OOC win and then stumbled in two consecutive games. They look to be much stronger than last year and it appears that they will give a good game to the top NEC teams. They will also win a lot of conference games this year.

6. Bryant (1-1) - Bryant had a decent showing against Hofstra. They played a strong second half and should pick up some wins before they have two tough road games in New York. After the tough stretch they should have a much easier second half and can really make a statement in year 2.

7. Sacred Heart (0-2) - Is in the 7 spot just because they had the week off and couldn't do anymore damage. They look to have regressed from last season, but the season is young and they still have a chance to turn around their rough start.

8. Robert Morris (0-3) - RMU has had a rough start to their season. They looked to be a decent team this year and has had three good OOC games. The Dayton loss was tough to take after Dayton dropped a game to a DIII team the week before. RMU gets the 8 spot this week just because Wagner has had a rough go around.

9. Wagner (1-2) - Wagner had a bad loss to DII Stonehill, who is now showing to be a bad DII team, a good win over a bad DIII team, and a shelling loss versus a good FCS team. I think it is too early to tell what team Wagner will be. It looks like 2009 is a down year and they might end up at the bottom due to SFPA's recent success.

DetroitFlyer
September 20th, 2009, 06:39 PM
1. Albany (1-2) - Albany gets a good win over a top 25 team. If not for the last second lost to Georgia Southern they would be 2-1 and their only loss would be to a very good UMass squad. The Maine game looks to be a turning point for the team and they are on the turn around.

2. Central Connecticut State (1-1) - A week off, but no other teams did anything to make the jump into second. They played W&M fairly close last week and are up against a Columbia team who had a surprising win last week.

3. Monmouth (1-2) - Got their first win of the season over Duquesne. Duquesne has had a good start and make the Monmouth win a quality win early in conference play. They are coming up to a 3 game streak where they should go 3-0 and turn the season around and go into Albany at 4-2.

4. St. Francis (1-2) - St. Francis had a strong win over Morehead State and has also had two decent games against Top 10 teams. St. Francis has appeared to make the turn after a lot of rough seasons. They are a top 4 team in the NEC this week and should be in the middle at the end of the season.

5. Duquesne (1-2) - Duquesne had a good OOC win and then stumbled in two consecutive games. They look to be much stronger than last year and it appears that they will give a good game to the top NEC teams. They will also win a lot of conference games this year.

6. Bryant (1-1) - Bryant had a decent showing against Hofstra. They played a strong second half and should pick up some wins before they have two tough road games in New York. After the tough stretch they should have a much easier second half and can really make a statement in year 2.

7. Sacred Heart (0-2) - Is in the 7 spot just because they had the week off and couldn't do anymore damage. They look to have regressed from last season, but the season is young and they still have a chance to turn around their rough start.

8. Robert Morris (0-3) - RMU has had a rough start to their season. They looked to be a decent team this year and has had three good OOC games. The Dayton loss was tough to take after Dayton dropped a game to a DIII team the weak before. RMU gets the 8 spot this week just because Wagner has had a rough go around.

9. Wagner (1-2) - Wagner had a bad loss to DII Stonehill, who is now showing to be a bad DII team, a good win over a bad DIII team, and a shelling loss versus a good FCS team. I think it is too early to tell what team Wagner will be. It looks like 2009 is a down year and they might end up at the bottom due to SFPA's recent success.

For what it is worth, Urbana is actually a Divison II team that currently grants more athletic scholarships than any team in the NEC, (36).

dgreco
September 20th, 2009, 07:29 PM
For what it is worth, Urbana is actually a Divison II team that currently grants more athletic scholarships than any team in the NEC, (36).

For what it is worth, Urbana is actually a DIII team that is provisional in DII membership and as far as I am aware with transition rules does not offer scholarships just yet.

seahawkfan2007
September 20th, 2009, 08:12 PM
No disagreement with these ratings but when the smoke clears it might be different. I hope so!

Original_RMC
September 20th, 2009, 08:32 PM
Still shocked to see RMU 0-3

rmutv
September 20th, 2009, 09:58 PM
I'd put Robert Morris in front of Sacred Heart. For all of their offensive maladies, the Colonials have lost their three games by just 11 points combined.

Sacred Heart hasn't really put up much of an effort against their competition.

DetroitFlyer
September 21st, 2009, 08:16 AM
For what it is worth, Urbana is actually a DIII team that is provisional in DII membership and as far as I am aware with transition rules does not offer scholarships just yet.

Urbana has been an NAIA school, that offered 24 athletic scholarships. They are in their last year of transitioning to Division II and now offer 36 athletic scholarships. Please, in the future, do some research before you post.