Pioneers Retain Top Spot in Latest af2 Coaches' Poll
June 23, 2004 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers News Release
CHICAGO - For the first time in over eight weeks, the No. 1 ranked team is the same team as it was in the previous week, as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers remained in the top spot for Week 13, the league office announced today.
The Pioneers received 276 points including all but one of the first-place votes to convincingly hold onto the No. 1 ranking. Coming in second this week with 216 points was the Tennessee Valley Vipers, who moved up from the sixth spot a week ago. In third was the Birmingham Steeldogs with 196 points. The other team receiving a first-place vote this week was the Cape Fear Wildcats, who landed in the ninth spot with 136 points.
In addition to Vipers, six other teams moved up in this week's poll. The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz went from seventh to fourth; the Tulsa Talons jumped from ninth to fifth; the Quad City Steamwheelers improved from eighth to sixth; the Wildcats moved from 10th to ninth; the Bakersfield Blitz changed from 12th to 10th and the San Diego Riptide (winners of four straight) cracked into the Top 12 for the first time this season at the No. 12 spot.
There are two games between ranked teams on the Week 13 schedule. No. 1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton hosts No. 9 Cape Fear on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. ET, and No. 10 Bakersfield travels to San Diego to take on the No. 12 Riptide on Saturday at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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