Spokane Stays On Top In Week 18 Coaches Poll
August 4, 2010 - Arena Football League (AFL) News Release
TULSA - Spokane finishes up the regular season retaining their spot on top of the Coaches Poll. Jacksonville narrowly misses that top spot despite a 64-49 win over the Shock. The two conference champions are separated by only three first place votes and two points this week in the poll. In the first round of playoffs, Spokane will play Arizona while Jacksonville will host Orlando on the NFL Network.
Within the playoff teams, Arizona fell the most this week, dropping three spots to No. 7 after a loss to Iowa. Milwaukee jumps the most to No. 4 and will host Chicago in the first round. The Southwest Division Champion Tulsa Talons move up one spot to No. 6, hosting No. 3 Tampa Bay this Saturday.
Cleveland and Iowa end their season by shooting up two spots to No. 9 and No. 10, while Oklahoma City drops three seeds to No. 12.
WEEK 18
RK Team (1st place votes) W-L Pts Last Week
1 Spokane Shock(9) 13-3 123 1
2 Jacksonville Sharks(6) 11-4 121 3
3 Tampa Bay Storm 11-5 113 2
4 Milwaukee Iron 11-5 108 6
5 Chicago Rush 10-6 102 5
6 Tulsa Talons 10-6 94 7
7 Arizona Rattlers 10-6 88 4
8 Orlando Predators 8-8 79 8
9 Cleveland Gladiators 7-9 49 11
10 Iowa Barnstormers 7-9 44 12
11 Alabama Vipers 7-9 36 10
12 Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz 6-10 28 9
13 Bossier-Shreveport BW 3-13 22 13
14 Dallas Vigilantes 3-13 18 14
15 Utah Blaze 2-14 15 15
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