Seven weeks and counting for Florida
May 11, 2005 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The Florida Firecats remained on top of the weekly Coaches Poll for the seventh consecutive week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. The Fiecats received 227 of a possible 228 points to keep control of the top ranking and earn the highest percentage of total first-place votes in the history of the poll.
Florida's total included 18 first-place votes, up three from last week. The No.2 Manchester Wolves received 187 points including one first-place mention. The only other team to be given a first-place vote was the No.9 ranked Central Valley Coyotes.
The arenafootball2 Week 7 schedule features four matchups of Top 12 teams. On Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. No.4 Louisville heads north to the heated tundra of The Resch Center to face No 5 Green Bay. Also at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night the No.7 ranked Amarillo Dusters travel to Memphis to face the No.3 Xplorers. No.8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton visits No.9 Quad City on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Finally, the No.6 Central Valley Coyotes host the No.12 Rio Grande Valley Dorados on Saturday night at 10:30 p.m. All Times Eastern.
Each week during the season af2 coaches will vote for the Top 12 teams in the league by ranking them one through 12 on a ballot. Teams ranked first receive 12 points with the point value decreasing by one for each place below first, meaning a team ranked 12th would receive one point. Total points will determine the Top 12 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 Tuesday 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 12 is listed below. The number in parentheses indicates the number of first place votes the team received.
WEEK 7 TOP 12
RANK TEAM PTS
1 Florida 227 (18)
2 Manchester 187 (1)
3 Memphis 183
4 Louisville 166
5 Green Bay 146
6 Central Valley 139 (1)
7 Amarillo 123
8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 102
9 Quad City 84
10 Tulsa 66
11 Oklahoma City 39
12 Rio Grande Valley 31
Other teams receiving significant votes this week include the Albany Conquest (27) and the Bakersfield Blitz (19).
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