Pioneers Top Coaches Poll For Third Straight Week
Published on May 9, 2007 under arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have maintained the No. 1 ranking of the Weekly Coaches Poll for the third straight week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton collected 451 of a possible 464 points and 22-of-30 first place votes in securing the top position. The Pioneers (5-0) scored a 59-42 home win in Week 6 against Manchester to further solidify their claim to the top spot.
The Tulsa Talons (5-0, 400 points, 5 first place votes) held firm at the No. 2 spot on the strength of a 64-54 road win Saturday against rival Oklahoma City. The Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings (5-0, 394 points, 2 first place votes) also maintained their position at No. 3 overall after a 62-27 road win against the Corpus Christi Sharks. Rounding out the Top 5 this week are the Boise Burn (4-1, 333 points, 1 first place vote) and Arkansas Twisters (4-1, 307 points). Boise moved up four spots from No. 8 to No. 4 after the team's 69-55 road win over Bakersfield on Saturday. The Twisters retained their No. 5 ranking after winning their fourth straight game, 59-33, at Laredo.
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 7 TOP 16
RANK TEAM PTS
1 W-B/Scranton 451 (22)
2 Tulsa 400 (5)
3 Bossier-Shrev. 394 (2)
4 Boise 333 (1)
5 Arkansas 307
6 Florida 293
7 Rio Gra. Valley 289
8 South Georgia 244
9 Bakersfield 212
10 Spokane 193
11 Mah. Valley 171
12 Quad City 123
13 Alabama 117
14 Tri-Cities 99
15 Tenn. Valley 96
16 Oklahoma City 93
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