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Pioneers Top Coaches Poll For Fourth Straight Week

May 16, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release


CHICAGO - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have maintained the No. 1 ranking of the Weekly Coaches Poll for the fourth straight week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton collected 462 of a possible 464 points and 27-of-30 first place votes in securing the top position. The Pioneers, who are off to their best start in team history at 6-0, further solidified their claim to the top spot with a 56-26 road win in Week 7 at Mahoning Valley.

The Tulsa Talons (6-0, 423 points, 3 first place votes) held firm at the No. 2 spot on the strength of a 60-42 home win Saturday against Lubbock. The Arkansas Twisters (5-1, 398 points) moved up two positions to No. 3 after handing the previously unbeaten Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings their first loss of 2007, 64-50. The defeat dropped the Battle Wings (5-1, 327 points) two spots to No. 5. Rio Grande Valley (5-1, 337 points) improved three spots this week to No. 4 overall with a 45-20 road win at Corpus Christi.

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 8 TOP 16

RANK TEAM PTS

1 W-B/Scranton 462 (27)

2 Tulsa 423 (3)

3 Arkansas 398

4 Rio Gra. Valley 337

5 Bossier-Shrev. 327

6 South Georgia 317

7 Bakersfield 284

8 Boise 273

9 Florida 198

9 Alabama 198

11 Tenn. Valley 185

12 Louisville 111

13 Green Bay 97

14 Oklahoma City 93

15 Manchester 77

15 Mahon. Valley 77

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