The Hobart College Statesmen (9-0, 6-0) have a big week coming up after winning their fourth consecutive Liberty League title. We spoke to OC Kevin DeWall '00 last night about the SLU game, the approach to this weekend's UofR (5-3, 3-3) game and potential playoff seedings / draws.
The podcast can be heard here.
In spite of winning their fourth conference title, the Statesmen were leapfrogged by Johns Hopkins to fall to eighth in both the D3football.com and AFCA polls. This seems to fall in line with the recent NCAA regional playoff rankings which came out last Wednesday and will be refreshed this Wednesday afternoon. If Hobart remains in 2nd in the next RRs my guess is barring a potential "photo finish / Whitewater rule" scenario with Widener (currently in 3rd), they'd end up as a third seed in their respective bracket.
While Widener, if they beat Delaware Valley (ranked 1st), would have either the same amount of wins against ranked opponents as or one more (if Lycoming goes 8-2) than the Statesmen, their SoS is actually lower than Hobart's which may help the Statesmen's seeding.
We will have Head Coach Mike Cragg and Duey Naatz, the Chair of the D3FB Championship Committee on ITH next Sunday after 7:30 pm to discuss Hobart's draw in the tournament and other topics, so please tune in.
This week I'll post a reaction to the next set of RR's Wednesday and have the UofR preview up sometime Thursday.
Thanks for reading and go Bart!
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