So we're back after missing last season due to an unfortunate mistake that wiped out the whole page...
This time we're taking kcwallace's advice to write in Word and then copy-paste the whole post in here to avoid what happened last season...
Also, we are adding a new post to the thread, and it is taking the first place! (in chronological order). So here's the program for Season 89:
1. Coaching Carousel: This will cover the coaching changes within DIII (coaches moving up to DII, leaving the world altogether, and new coaches joining)
2. Season Preview: The usual. This will be up after recruiting is finished, and will include the EPR as well as some comments and predictions.
3. Daily Updates: Honestly, these are fun, but I'm not sure if I will have enough time and availability to update them every day. So we'll see...
4. Player Awards & All-American Teams: As usual, human coaches will get the chance to vote for the best players & All-American Teams. The voting will run from the day the regular season is over (before the Conference Championships) until the day the regional finals are played (right before the Final Four). That is when the Player Awards & All-American Teams will be announced.
5. Playoff Previews & Predictions: Well bisoneer did a great job last year didn't he? 6 teams out of 8 reached the regional finals, 3 out of 4 reached the Final Four. We will try to be as good as he was this time around.

So to all of the human coaches who are hanging on in DIII Bryant, and to all of the new ones who will purposely or accidentally visit this forum to have a look, stay tuned and enjoy!

Bryant DIII (Season 89) - Coaching Carousel

3/24
In probably the biggest coaching changes early on in this off-season, bisoneer has ended a 17-season tenure at Loras to move up to DII and take over at Winston-Salem State. He had enjoyed a lot of success at Loras, leading them to the playoffs in all but one season (80), and winning the IIAC conference championship 14 times out of 17. He moves up to DII with an impressive 233-42 record, of which 23-15 are in the playoffs. Add to that the National Championship that he has won with the school in Season 81, and you have one heck of a resume.
Winston-Salem State can consider themselves very luck to have such a profile take over, considering it is a school that only had 2 season out of the last 39 under human coaches! bisoneer will have this work cut out, as Winston-Salem State didn't have any season with double-digit wins since season 45, and that was 44 seasons ago folks... The school also plays in the CIAA, where former dominant DIII coach jjmurphy1127 is enjoying a lot of success at Virginia Union. GL to bisoneer in DII.
Later during the day, bisoneer was replaced by ahaney257, who comes from a 4-year span at Bethany (WV), in which he went 25-27.
In another coaching change, Trinity (TX) hired zipper74, who has spent his first 3 seasons in Bryant with Kenyon, leading them to a 24-15 record. Trinity (TX) had only spent one year under simAI, after soupman78734 left to team to move to North Alabama last season.
Some other coaches have ended their DIII tenure to close out the day, goforbroke leaving Muhlenberg after 5 seasons (49-17, 0-1 in 1 playoff appearance), and GB1 leaving St. Norbert after 10 seasons (93-46, 1-2 in 2 playoff appearances, 1 MWC conference championship).

3/25
In the first shocking news of the day, lawhorns has decided to end his 15-year tenure at Colorado College, and move up to DII to take over at Lenoir-Rhyne. He moves up with a very encouraging 177-42 record, 7 conference championships, and 11 playoff appearances. lawhorns' biggest woe in DIII was the playoffs, as he went one-and-done on 7 of his 11 appearances, and has an overall playoff record of 6-11, with his best performance being a loss against the eventual National Champions Concordia (WI) in the Final Four in Season 83. He will take over a team that was transformed from a pretender to a semi-contender by jayrudinger, as Lenoir-Rhyne has managed 2 consecutive 10-win seasons, including 2 playoff appearances over the last couple of seasons (they went 1-2 in the playoffs).
Later during the day, jarjarbinks has also decided to move up to DII after 3 seasons at Greenville, in which he went 27-12, improving from 8 to 9, and then 10 wins season after season, without managing to make the playoffs however. He has decided to take over at Fort Hays State, who has won 2 conference championships and managed 4 playoff appearances in 4 seasons under headpirate. geoffdaddy has also left Mississippi College after a 7-6 season to take over at Mars Hill.

Bryant DIII - Season 89 Preview

Team Rankings

superv has finally won his first National Championship with Huntingdon in Bryant, and it was well deserved. Concordia (WI) have played their second national championship game since elkhour took over (the first was the one they won against Huntingdon as well).

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Preaseason Top 25

Rank	Team	Points	Votes
			1st	Top 5	Top 10	Top 25
1	Ferrum	144	3	6	6	6
2	Huntingdon	143	2	6	6	6
3	Concordia (WI)	131	0	5	6	6
4	Loras	130	1	4	6	6
5	Mount Union	128	0	4	6	6
6	MIT	115	0	2	5	6
7	Austin	114	0	1	6	6
8	Merchant Marine	101	0	2	3	6
9	Menlo	93	0	0	4	6
10	Linfield	87	0	0	3	6
11	Gettysburg	85	0	1	4	5
12	St. Olaf	68	0	0	2	5
13	Guilford	62	0	0	0	6
14	Wisconsin-Stout	58	0	0	1	6
15	California Lutheran	56	0	0	2	5
15	Union (NY)	56	0	0	1	5
15	Case Western	56	0	0	0	5
18	Susquehanna	55	0	0	0	6
19	Colorado	52	0	0	0	5
20	Hiram	38	0	0	0	6
21	Oberlin	36	0	0	0	5
22	Wisconsin-Platteville	33	0	0	0	4
23	Macalester	24	0	0	0	4
24	Benedictine	15	0	0	0	3
25	Trinity (TX)	14	0	0	0	2

Others receiving votes: King's 13, St. Lawrence 13, Muskingum 11, Bluffton 10, Coast Guard 10, Kenyon 8, St. Thomas 6, Buffalo State 5, Hanover 2,Whittier 2, Ohio Wesleyan 1, Whitworth 1, Fairleigh Dickinson 1



Preaseason Conference Rankings

Rank	Conference	# Teams w/ votes	Highest Rank	Conf. Strength
1	Northwest Conference	3	9	300
2	American Southwest Conference	2	7	267
3	Centennial Conference	3	11	233
4	Illini-Badger Intercollegiate Football Conference	2	3	225
5	New Jersey Athletic Conference	2	2	217
5	USA South Athletic Conference	1	1	217
7	North Coast Athletic Conference	5	15	208
8	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	1	4	192
8	Ohio Athletic Conference	2	5	192
10	New England Small College Athletic Conference	1	6	175
11	Freedom Football Conference	2	8	167
12	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	14	150
13	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	12	133
13	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	3	13	133
15	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	2	19	100
16	Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation	3	18	92
17	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	2	25	25
18	Midwest Conference	0	0	0
18	New England Football Conference	0	0	0

Top 25 (after Non-Conference games)

Rank	Team	Previous Rank	Record	SOS	Points	Votes
						1st	Top 5	Top 10	Top 25
1	Huntingdon	2	6-0	14	122	2	5	5	5
2	MIT	6	6-0	34	110	0	4	5	5
3	Menlo	9	6-0	161	105	0	4	5	5
4	Ferrum	1	6-0	158	97	2	4	4	5
5	Loras	4	5-1	97	85	0	3	4	4
6	Susquehanna	18	6-0	83	83	0	0	3	5
7	Merchant Marine	8	5-1	76	78	0	1	3	5
8	Austin	7	5-1	10	74	0	0	4	4
9	St. Olaf	12	6-0	187	73	0	1	3	5
10	Linfield	10	5-1	44	69	0	0	1	5
11	Macalester	23	6-0	31	67	0	0	2	5
12	Oberlin	21	5-1	35	64	0	1	1	5
13	Colorado	19	5-1	30	62	0	0	1	5
14	Guilford	13	6-0	26	60	0	0	1	5
15	St. Thomas	NR	6-0	60	59	0	1	2	5
16	Whittier	NR	6-0	8	57	1	1	1	5
17	Mount Union	5	4-2	21	48	0	0	1	4
18	Concordia (WI)	3	4-2	32	45	0	0	1	5
19	Wisconsin-Stout	14	6-0	79	38	0	0	1	4
20	Ohio Wesleyan	NR	6-0	25	36	0	0	1	3
21	Wisconsin-Platteville	22	5-1	114	33	0	0	0	5
22	Case Western	15	5-1	65	32	0	0	0	4
23	California Lutheran	15	4-2	4	28	0	0	0	3
24	East Texas Baptist	NR	5-1	117	12	0	0	0	2
25	Gettysburg	11	4-2	87	11	0	0	0	3

 

Top 25 (after 4 conference games)

Rank	Team	Previous Rank	Record	SOS	Points	Votes
						1st	Top 5	Top 10	Top 25
1	Huntingdon	1	10-0	64	123	3	5	5	5
2	MIT	2	10-0	58	109	0	4	5	5
3	St. Thomas	15	10-0	61	102	0	2	5	5
4	Menlo	3	10-0	132	98	1	2	2	5
4	Susquehanna	6	10-0	106	98	0	1	1	3
6	Whittier	16	10-0	87	97	0	3	5	5
7	Austin	8	9-1	9	91	0	0	1	2
8	Colorado	13	9-1	24	90	0	1	4	5
9	Macalester	11	9-1	6	85	0	0	0	4
10	Guilford	14	10-0	126	80	0	0	1	5
11	Ferrum	4	10-0	125	77	0	1	4	5
12	Buffalo State	NR	10-0	94	70	0	0	0	0
13	Linfield	10	9-1	50	59	0	1	4	5
14	Waynesburg	NR	9-1	19	53	0	1	2	5
15	California Lutheran	23	7-3	2	51	1	2	4	5
16	Wisconsin-Platteville	21	9-1	41	50	0	3	4	5
17	Mount Union	17	8-2	7	45	0	0	1	5
18	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	NR	8-2	22	40	0	0	0	3
19	Wisconsin-Stout	19	10-0	97	32	0	0	0	5
20	Loras	5	8-2	33	29	0	0	0	2
21	Merchant Marine	7	8-2	167	28	0	0	0	5
22	Emory and Henry	NR	10-0	113	24	0	0	0	3
23	Case Western	22	9-1	119	21	0	0	0	5
24	St. Olaf	9	9-1	122	17	0	0	0	4
25	Concordia (WI)	18	8-2	47	16	0	0	0	2
25	East Texas Baptist	24	9-1	104	16	0	0	0	4

Others receiving votes: Defiance 15, Ohio Wesleyan 14, Gettysburg 9, Coast Guard 5, Chicago 3, Union (NY) 1, Wisconsin Lutheran 1

Conference Rankings

Rank	Conference	# Teams w/ votes	Highest Rank	Conf. Strength
1	New Jersey Athletic Conference	2	1	342
2	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	3	8	317
3	Northwest Conference	2	4	308
4	American Southwest Conference	3	7	275
5	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	3	16	233
6	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	3	225
7	New England Small College Athletic Conference	1	2	208
8	Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation	1	5	183
8	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	2	10	183
10	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	1	6	175
11	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	14	167
12	USA South Athletic Conference	1	11	133
13	Ohio Athletic Conference	2	17	92
14	Freedom Football Conference	2	21	58
15	North Coast Athletic Conference	2	23	42
16	Illini-Badger Intercollegiate Football Conference	1	25	17
16	Centennial Conference	2	29	17
18	Midwest Conference	1	31	8
19	New England Football Conference	0	0	0

Post Season Top 25

Rank	Team	Previous Rank	Record	SOS	Points	Votes
						1st	Top 5	Top 10	Top 25
1	Huntingdon	1	14-0	41	169	3	7	7	7
2	MIT	2	14-0	32	162	2	7	7	7
3	Austin	7	13-1	7	152	0	5	6	7
4	Ferrum	11	14-0	104	143	2	4	6	7
5	Menlo	4	14-0	107	141	0	0	2	4
6	St. Thomas	3	14-0	83	131	0	1	4	7
7	Macalester	9	12-1	20	128	0	0	0	3
8	Susquehanna	4	13-1	64	120	0	5	7	7
9	Guilford	10	14-0	108	115	0	1	1	6
10	Colorado	8	13-1	40	113	0	0	1	7
11	Whittier	6	14-0	90	96	0	2	6	7
12	Wisconsin-Stout	19	13-1	103	89	0	0	0	0
13	Waynesburg	14	12-2	14	85	0	0	5	7
14	Linfield	10	12-2	51	82	0	0	4	7
15	Mount Union	17	12-2	9	78	0	2	5	7
16	Concordia (WI)	25	12-2	13	70	0	0	4	7
17	Wisconsin-Platteville	16	13-1	42	61	0	1	1	7
18	St. Olaf	24	12-2	105	56	0	0	1	7
19	Chicago	NR	14-0	153	53	0	0	2	7
20	Loras	20	12-2	65	45	0	0	0	5
21	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	18	11-2	39	44	0	0	0	7
22	California Lutheran	15	10-3	5	35	0	0	0	0
23	Defiance	NR	11-3	21	32	0	0	0	6
24	Merchant Marine	21	11-3	145	27	0	0	0	3
25	Ohio Wesleyan	NR	13-1	91	19	0	0	0	1

Others receiving votes: East Texas Baptist 13, Coast Guard 12, Buffalo State 8, Gettysburg 8, Maine Maritime 3, Grinnel 3, King's 2, Greenville 1

Conference Rankings

Rank	Conference	# Teams w/ votes	Highest Rank	Conf. Strength
1	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	2	7	308
2	Northwest Conference	2	5	291
3	Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	3	12	257
4	American Southwest Conference	3	3	250
5	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	6	250
6	New Jersey Athletic Conference	2	1	225
7	New England Small College Athletic Conference	1	2	208
8	USA South Athletic Conference	1	4	191
9	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	13	174
10	Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation	2	8	166
11	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	1	9	149
12	Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	1	11	132
13	Ohio Athletic Conference	2	15	132
14	Illini-Badger Intercollegiate Football Conference	2	16	99
15	Midwest Conference	2	19	73
16	Freedom Football Conference	2	24	31
17	North Coast Athletic Conference	1	25	15
18	Centennial Conference	1	29	6
19	New England Football Conference	1	30	6

Does anyone new want to participate in this seasons coaches poll? As of right now this is who I have left over from last season, kcwallace, superv97, ruplayer, and elkhour. If anyone I listed doesn't want to continue then just let me know. bisoneer left for DII, but if you still want to participate bison then just let me know as well. If anyone else is interested then just send me a sitemail and I'll add you to the list.

Come on guys, more support! It only takes 5 minutes every 4-5 days :)

I'll pitch in on the coaches poll.  sitemail sent to cen_ben.

Well... I said I would help in the poll this year... and that's what I'll do. May be too late to get in on the preseason poll... but I'm in for the rest regardless. I'll sitemail you cen_ben.

Updated the Season Preview. Due to lack of time, I have only posted the Top 10. I will post the rest early tomorrow.

I'm having some trouble trying to paste the preseason polls from either excell or word. I'll try again later from a different computer. Sorry for the lateness, but it might not be out til late today or tomorrow.

i will vote if we need more

still the best posts i see in any game on this site  super

i still  think whatif should give something for elks efforts  maybe hire someone like him for each world

still a tough world for us

still losing guys vs hallgren

but we are no threat  didn't realise til yesterday that we have no kickers on squad  no idea how that happened and zero excuses

gl to all  we just lost a title game to team that has been there 3 times in a row   can't make dumb mistakes to beat some of you in here

laughed at ooc schedule comment  which is true  use to sched top 5 in all worlds all time but had to change for a few reasons

superv is tough  it was team he constructed that just beat us

our defense will be there  just as long as we don't have to kick the ball ........at all

The preseason polls are finally out. Still not sure why I'm having trouble pasting into whatifsports, but at least it's here. I wanna add a roundup of conference rankings based off the polls as well, but that'll have to wait till I figure out what's the best way to display that information.

mfnmyers, I'll add you to the list for the next polls. I'm always looking for more voters.

The next Top 25 will be out after non-conference games are over.