Week 11 - Bracket Extravaganza

[Mvemjsunpx]

Here's the new bracket for this week. Not many changes yet again; the only difference in playoff selections is the OVC auto-bid switching from Tennessee-Martin to Tennessee State. I again included Prairie View in the rankings because they're 8-1 and are not likely to get to the SWAC title game. I have JMU & Villanova as the top two seeds this week, though I doubt the committee would actually give Nova the 2-seed & force both halves of the bracket to go through the CAA. Rather than worry about which familiar opponent to send to Missoula (NW State or Cal Poly), I decided to avoid the issue & give Montana a cross-country matchup since whoever goes there will be forced to fly anyway.


Here are my bracket's disclaimers:

1. These are the teams I think should be in the field & how they should be seeded, not necessarily who I think the committee will choose.
2. This bracket is based what would happen if the playoffs started today. I'm not attempting to predict future games.
3. I use a points system to determine playoff credentials (that's what the "+#" & "-#" next to the teams in the power rankings are). It's more of an attempt to rank each team's credentials than just a subjective ranking of how good each team is (like a top-25 poll). You can find an detailed explanation of my system in this thread (second post): http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... f=4&t=877.

• Auto-Bid Rankings
  
  1. James Madison (8-1)
  2. Weber St. (9-2)
  3. Northern Iowa (8-2)
  4. Appalachian St. (8-2)
  5. South Carolina St. (8-2)
  6. Tennessee St. (8-2)
  7. Colgate (8-2)
  8. Northwestern St. (6-4)
  
  
  At-Large Rankings
  
  1. Villanova (7-2)
  2. Richmond (7-3)
  3. Montana (9-1)
  4. Cal Poly (7-1)
  5. William & Mary (7-2)
  6. Southern Illinois (7-2)
  7. New Hampshire (7-2)
  8. Wofford (7-2)

• • • • • • • • Bracket
                
                
                Tennessee St. (8-2)
                @ (1) James Madison (8-1)
                
                Wofford (7-2)
                @ South Carolina St. (8-2)
                
                William & Mary (7-2)
                @ Appalachian St. (8-2)
                
                New Hampshire (7-2)
                @ (4) Northern Iowa (8-2)
                
                Northwestern St. (6-4)
                @ (3) Weber St. (9-2)
                
                Southern Illinois (7-2)
                @ Cal Poly (7-1)
                
                Richmond (7-3)
                @ Montana (9-1)
                
                Colgate (8-2)
                @ (2) Villanova (7-2)

• Bids by conference:
  
  5 - CAA
  2 - Big Sky, Missouri Valley, SoCon
  1 - Southland, OVC, Patriot, MEAC, Great West

Playoff Power Rankings
Here you can see where your team stands, and where they may move based on this week's results.
(Bold - Denotes Current Auto-Bid)
(Blue - Denotes Clinched Auto-Bid)
(15. Team - Denotes At-Large cutoff line)
(* - Cannot get 7 DI wins)

1. James Madison (8-1) +17
2. Villanova (7-2) +13
3. Weber St. (9-2) +12
4. Northern Iowa (8-2) +12
5. Appalachian St. (8-2) +10
6. Richmond (7-3) +10
7. Montana (9-1) +10
8. Cal Poly (7-1) +10
9. William & Mary (7-2) +9
10. South Carolina St. (8-2) +8
11. Southern Illinois (7-2) +7
12. New Hampshire (7-2) +6
13. Wofford (7-2) +5
14. Tennessee St. (8-2) +6
15. Maine (7-3) +4
16. Tennessee-Martin (7-3) +5
17. Eastern Kentucky (6-3) +3
18. Jacksonville St. (7-3) +4
19. Elon (8-2) +4
20. Furman (7-3) +4
21. Colgate (8-2) +3
22. Lafayette (7-2) +4
23. Massachusetts (6-4) +3
24. Prairie View A&M (8-1) +3
25. South Dakota St. (6-4) +1
26. Bethune-Cookman (7-2) +2
27. North Dakota St. (5-4) 0
28. Florida A&M (7-3) +1
29. Holy Cross (6-3) -1
30. Liberty (8-2) +1
31. Dayton (9-1) 0
32. Texas St. (6-4) -1
33. Albany (7-3) -2
34. McNeese St. (6-3) +1*
35. Morgan St. (6-4) -3
36. Western Illinois (5-4) -1*
37. UC Davis (5-5) -4
38. Hampton (5-4) -4
39. Coastal Carolina (5-5) -7
40. Northwestern St. (6-4) -3*
41. Sacred Heart (8-2) -6
42. Jacksonville (7-3) -7
43. San Diego (7-2) -4
44. Delaware St. (3-6) -9*

[grizzaholic]

Not a bad bracket, just wish/hope when the brackets are announced that all three WC teams are not on the same side of the bracket.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Not a bad bracket, just wish/hope when the brackets are announced that all three WC teams are not on the same side of the bracket.

Yeah, that's a good point. With that in mind, I probably should have flipped the Montana & App State games, though that would put both SoCon teams on the same side.

[grizzaholic]

Not a bad bracket, just wish/hope when the brackets are announced that all three WC teams are not on the same side of the bracket.

Yeah, that's a good point. With that in mind, I probably should have flipped the Montana & App State games, though that would put both SoCon teams on the same side.

But the SoCon is better they can handle it.