They touted the new simple ratings system, and you have the following results.
Amazed to see teams such as Samford, New Hampshire, and Furman make it in over UNI or YSU. It would be a lot more objective to take the top 13 at-large teams in the poll that are eligible for the playoffs, than just having a group of AD's stay up thru 2-3am picking who should be in. Of course you can ignore the Ivy League schools on here.
Point of my post is this... Why tout this poll, when their picks contradict the poll results?
1 Eastern Ill. (11-1) 25.30 - Auto Bid #2 seed
2 North Dakota St. (11-0) 23.17 - Auto Bid #1 seed
3 Eastern Wash. (10-2) 19.05 - Auto Bid #3 seed
4 Southeastern La. (10-2) 18.12 - Auto Bid #4 seed
5 McNeese St. (10-2) 16.25 - At Large #6 seed
6 Fordham (11-1) 16.00 - At Large
7 Coastal Caro. (10-2) 15.68 - At Large
8 Montana (10-2) 15.64 - Auto Bid #8 seed
9 Towson (10-2) 15.55 - Auto Bid #7 seed
10 Maine (10-2) 15.54 - Auto Bid #5 seed
11 Northern Ariz. (9-2) 14.54 - At Large
12 Jacksonville St. (9-3) 13.50 - At Large
13 Bethune-Cookman (10-2) 13.39 - Auto Bid
14 Harvard (9-1) 13.32
15 Tennessee St. (9-3) 13.09 - At Large
16 Charleston So. (10-3) 11.81
17 South Dakota St. (8-4) 10.01 - At Large
18 South Carolina St. (9-3) 9.38 - At Large
19 Princeton (8-2) 9.37
20 Sacred Heart (10-2) 9.32 - Auto Bid
21 Southern Utah (8-4) 9.19 - At Large
22 Tenn.-Martin (7-5) 9.03
23 Sam Houston St. (8-4) 8.69 - At Large
24 Youngstown St. (8-4) 8.15
25 Samford (8-4) 7.85 - At Large
26 Chattanooga (8-4) 7.70
27 Old Dominion (8-4) 7.20
28 Lehigh (8-3) 7.15 -
29 New Hampshire (7-4) 6.66 - At Large
30 Central Ark. (7-5) 6.24
31 UNI (7-5) 5.67
32 Southern Ill. (7-5) 5.61
33 Furman (7-5) 4.98 - At Large
34 Villanova (6-5) 4.87
35 William & Mary (7-5) 4.86
36 San Diego (8-3) 4.86
37 Liberty (8-4) 4.20 - Auto Bid
38 Montana St. (7-5) 4.02
39 Jackson St. (7-3) 3.64
40 Murray St. (6-6) 3.62
41 Ga. Southern (7-4) 3.43
42 Alcorn (9-3) 3.31
43 Eastern Ky. (6-6) 3.01
44 Marist (8-3) 2.72
45 Delaware (7-5) 2.50
46 Butler (9-3) 2.01 - Auto Bid
70 Lafayette (5-6) -2.30 - Auto Bid
