Firecats Top Coaches Poll For Fourth Straight Week
April 18, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The Florida Firecats have received the No. 1 ranking in the Weekly Coaches Poll for the fourth consecutive week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. Florida collected 458 of a possible 464 points and 23-of-30 first place votes in securing the top position. The Firecats scored an impressive, 61-34, road win this past Saturday at Tennessee Valley to improve to 3-0.
The Quad City Steamwheelers (3-0, 410 points, 5 first place votes) held firm at the No. 2 position on the strength of a 65-38 home win Friday against Boise. Tulsa (2-0, 376 points, 1 first place vote) also stayed strong at No. 3 with a 77-44 home win in Week 3 against Amarillo. New additions to the Top 5 this week are Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at No. 4 (2-0, 343 points, 1 first place vote) and Bossier-Shreveport at No. 5 (2-0, 330 points). South Georgia (2-1) and Central Valley (1-1) both slipped out of the Top 5 after Week 3 defeats. One notable omission from the latest Coaches Poll is Spokane (1-2). The Shock felt defeat for the second time this season on Sunday at Fort Wayne, 63-56. This is the first time Spokane has not been included since the preseason poll in 2006, before the team played its first-ever af2 game. The Shock's run of inclusion in the Coaches Poll was a stretch of 20 consecutive weeks.
Each week during the season af2 coaches will vote for the Top 16 teams in the league by ranking them one through 16 on a ballot. Teams ranked first receive 16 points with the point value decreasing by one for each place below first, meaning a team ranked 16th would receive one point. Total points will determine the Top 16 list. In the event of a tie in total points, the team with the greater number of first-place votes will be ranked higher. The af2 Coaches Poll will be announced every Wednesday during the regular season. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team and the poll results have no bearing on postseason qualification.
The complete Top 16 is listed below. The number in parentheses indicates the number of first place votes the team received.
WEEK 4 TOP 16
RANK TEAM PTS
1 Florida 458 (23)
2 Quad City 410 (5)
3 Tulsa 365 (1)
4 W-B/Scranton 343 (1)
5 Bossier-Shrev. 330
6 Bakersfield 296
7 Rio Gr. Valley 279
8 Mah. Valley 272
9 South Georgia 226
10 Central Valley 175
11 Fort Wayne 171
12 Oklahoma City 103
13 Green Bay 93
14 Arkansas 84
15 Amarillo 72
16 Louisville 69
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