Shock Top Coaches Poll for 13th Straight Week
June 10, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The Spokane Shock have maintained the No. 1 ranking of the Weekly Coaches Poll for the 13th straight week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. Spokane collected 383 points of the possible 384 and 23-of-25 first place votes while enjoying a bye in Week 11. The Shock head into their Week 12 road game at Stockton as the only undefeated team left in 2009 (9-0). Spokane's current 13-week stay at the top is the second longest run at No. 1 by a team since Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's 14-week run in 2007.
Tulsa (9-1, 353 points, 2 first place votes) moved up a spot to No. 2 after a 66-48 home victory against last week's No. 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Talons have won eight straight games. Their only loss to date came at Iowa in Week 2. South Georgia (8-2, 315 points) jumped to No. 3 despite also observing a bye this past week. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (8-3, 312 points) fell two places to No. 4 after the Pioneers road loss to Tulsa. Boise (8-2, 288 points) rounds out the Top-5 this week. The Burn defeated West rival Central Valley last Saturday, 67-48.
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.
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