Shock Top Coaches Poll for 18th Straight Week
July 15, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The Spokane Shock have maintained the No. 1 ranking of the Weekly Coaches Poll for the 18th straight week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. The Shock collected 382 of the possible 384 points with 22 first place votes after their 56-52 home victory over No. 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last weekend. Spokane's 18-week stay at the top is the longest run at No. 1 since the inception of the coaches poll in 2004. The Shock, who still own the league's best record at 13-1, play at Central Valley this Saturday before finishing the regular season next week at Boise.
The Tulsa Talons (334 points, one first place vote) jumped two places to No. 2 this week after their 62-50 victory over Rio Grande Valley. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (321 points) slipped one spot to No. 3 after the club's road loss at Spokane. The Pioneers had previously been ranked No. 2 for three straight weeks. Boise (319 points, one first place vote) moved up to No. 4 after a 63-21 victory against Tri-Cities. The Burn are currently riding a league-best, eight-game win streak. Iowa (269 points) rounds out the Top-5 this week. The Barnstormers most recently defeated Milwaukee, 69-37.
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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