3ADL Week 7 Top 25 Ballots

[big daddy russ]

Let's go back to ranking a full 25 teams. The top 20 was easier on me, but the rankings from 20-down needed a little more balance.

Polls to be taken until exactly 11:59 tonight (Monday, Oct 12), so get yours in early. None will be accepted after that. I'll try to have these polls finished sometime tomorrow (Tuesday).







How last week's top 25 fared. (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1309671#post1309671)




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[firstdown]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Celina
6. Argyle
7. Monahans
8. Graham
9. Mexia
10. Giddings
11. LaGrange
12. Rockdale
13. Jasper
14. Caldwell
15. West Orange-Stark
16. Sealy
17. Navasota
18. Bellville
19. China Spring
20. Prosper
21. LaVernia
22. Cleveland
23. Burnet
24. Needville
25. Wimberly

[SHSBulldog00]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Rockdale
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Prosper
11. Caldwell
12. Giddings
13. Graham
14. Jasper
15. Celina
16. Mexia
17. Navasota
18. West Orange Stark
19. Brownwood
20. China Spring
21. Bellville
22. Needville
23. Sweeny
24. La Vernia
25. Burnet

[Pudlugger]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Sealy
4. Carthage
5. Cuero
6. Argyle
7. Monahans
8. La Grange
9. Celina
10. Giddings
11. Rockdale
12.Navasota
13. Graham
14. Caldwell
15. Sinton
16. Jasper
17. Bellville
18. Smithville
19. China Spring
20. Prosper
21. Needville
22. Cleveland
23. Pearsal
24. WOS
25. Van Alstyne

[jdawg2012]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Rockdale
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Jasper
11. Caldwell
12. Prosper
13. Graham
14. Giddings
15. Celina
16. Mexia
17. Navasota
18. West Orange Stark
19. Brownwood
20. China Spring
21. Bellville
22. Needville
23. Sweeny
24. La Vernia
25. Burnet

[Cowboy_Up]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Cuero
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Sealy
8. La Grange
9. Prosper
10. Giddings
11. Graham
12. Caldwell
13. Jasper
14. Celina
15. China Spring
16. Rockdale
17. Mexia
18. Navasota
19. Needville
20. La Vernia
21. Burnet
22. Cleveland
23. Bellville
24. Brownwood
25. Smithville

[Coach BS]

1 Abilene Wylie
2 Gilmer
3 Carthage
4 LaGrange
5 Caldwell
6 Cuero
7 Rockdale
8 Cleveland
9 Argyle
10 Navasota
11 Monahans
12 Giddings
13 Silsbee
14 Sealy
15 Prosper
16 China Spring
17 Celina
18 Wimberly
19 Graham
20 Jasper

[big daddy russ]

There's a Pearsall sighting.

[OldBison75]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Cuero
5. Argyle
6. Monahans
7. Celina
8. La Grange
9. Sealy
10. Graham
11. Navasota
12. Caldwell
13. Rockdale
14. Sealy
15. Sinton
16. Jasper
17. Mexia
18. Prosper
19. China Spring
20. Pearsall
21. Needville
22. Cleveland
23. Silsbee
24. WOS
25. Brownwood

[trojandad]

hey bison, does this mean you aren't a believer in the navasota-caldwell final?

[95mustang]

1. Abilene Wylie
2. Gilmer
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Rockdale
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Jasper
11. Caldwell
12. Prosper
13. Graham
14. Giddings
15. Brownwood
16. Celina
17. Navasota
18. West Orange Stark
19. Mexia
20. China Spring
21. Bellville
22. Needville
23. Sweeny
24. La Vernia
25. Burnet

[Move The Chains]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Mexia
6. Monahans
7. Graham
8. Argyle
9. Sealy
10. La Grange
11. Jasper
12. Rockdale
13. Giddings
14. Caldwell
15. Silsbee
16. Navasota
17. Prosper
18. West Orange - Stark
19. China Spring
20. Needville
21. Ingleside
22. Bellville
23. Burnet
24. Sweeny
25. Wimberley

[snake_attack]

Originally posted by trojandad
hey bison, does this mean you aren't a believer in the navasota-caldwell final?

Caldwell might have won that game but i do still believe Navasota is still a better team.

[Daddy D 11]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Prosper
6. Celina
7. Rockdale
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Monohans
11. Argyle
12. Giddings
13. Graham
14. Jasper
15. Liberty Hill :)
16. Mexia
17. Brownwood
18. West Orange Stark
19. Navasota
20. China Spring
21. Burnet
22. Needville
23. Sweeny
24. La Vernia
25. Bellville

[Mean Green Fan]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Argyle
6. Sealy
7. La Grange
8. Rockdale
9. Monohans
10. Mexia
11. Prosper
12. Giddings
13. Graham
14. Caldwell
15. Navasota
16. Needville
17. Celina
18. La Vernia
19. China Spring
20. Bellville
21. Burnet
22. Brownwood
23. Silsbee
24. Sinton
25. Wimberley

[trojandad]

Originally posted by snake_attack
Caldwell might have won that game but i do still believe Navasota is still a better team.

navasota very possibly does have the better team, i just have known bison to see things in the past that i didn't and wondered what he saw to keep navasota up on caldwell.....

my blind spot is cleveland at #8. i think the world of coach tullos but can tell you from the one game i saw of theirs that they aren't even as good as last years version, and last yrs team was undefeated and yet taken out by caldwell, they're good but #8 is something else.....

[HEMOTOXIC]

1. Gilmer
2. Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Cuero
5. Argyle
6. Monahans
7. Sealy
8. Celina
9. Rockdale
10. Prosper
11. Giddings
12. Jasper
13. Navasota- Lost last week, Yes. It was 7-0 late in the 4th before Navasota fumble deep in their own territory losing 14-0 to a sound Caldwell Hornet team. ;)
14. Mexia
15. Caldwell
16. China Spring
17. La Grange
18. Graham
19. Burnet
20. Sinton
21. Silsbee
22. WO-S
23. La Vernia
24. Brownwood
25. Bellville

[HEMOTOXIC]

Originally posted by trojandad
navasota very possibly does have the better team, i just have known bison to see things in the past that i didn't and wondered what he saw to keep navasota up on caldwell.....

my blind spot is cleveland at #8. i think the world of coach tullos but can tell you from the one game i saw of theirs that they aren't even as good as last years version, and last yrs team was undefeated and yet taken out by caldwell, they're good but #8 is something else.....


Lost to Rockdale not Caldwell.

[HEMOTOXIC]

Originally posted by snake_attack
Caldwell might have won that game but i do still believe Navasota is still a better team.

In every game, the best team will not all ways win. Im not going to take anything away from Caldwell, they came in with the better game plan. And oh, that field of theirs was definately in their favor:D .

Seriously, Caldwell's defense played lights out. Add the very poor field conditions and you get a 14-0 Hornet win. Giving a dry field, I will give the edge to the Rattlers. But, Im not going to dwell on that lost. Navasota must get ready for Rockdale.

[Reds fan]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Cuero
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Rockdale
8. La Grange
9. Caldwell
10. Sealy
11. Prosper
12. Celina
13. Giddings
14. Jasper
15. China Spring
16. Bellville
17. Mexia
18. Needville
19. Graham
20. La Vernia
21. Brownwood
22. Cleveland
23. Burnet
24. Sinton
25. Sweeney

[trojandad]

thanks......appreciate that lesson on whose better......thats why oklahoma played for the national title last yr instead of texas......who cares who wins games in todays polls? sounds like logic to me.....

thanks for the rockdale correction.....

[westtxfballfan]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Monahans
5. Cuero
6. Argyle
7. Graham
8. Sealy
9. Rockdale
10. La Grange
11. Giddings
12. Caldwell
13 Jasper
14. Kennedale
15. Prosper
16. Navasota
17. Bellville
18. China Spring
19. Celina
20. Mexia
21. Perryton
22. West Orange Stark
23. Needville
24. Burnet
25. Silsbee

[navscanmaster]

1. Gilmer (with a resounding thud)
2. Carthage
3. Abilene Wylie
4. Cuero
5. Monahans
6. Argyle
7. Rockdale
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Giddings
11. Prosper
12. Jasper
13. Celina
14. Caldwell
15. Navasota
16. Mexia
17. China Spring
18. Kennedale
19. Graham
20. West Orange Stark
21. Liberty Eylau
22. Bellville
23. Cleveland
24. Burnet
25. La Vernia

[cntdwn]

Originally posted by snake_attack
Caldwell might have won that game but i do still believe Navasota is still a better team.

I'm sorry, but that's just clearly not true. We even missed an early TD due to a turnover and knelt on the play to exhaust the clock when we could have at least got a field goal.

Nav is very good, but I really think Caldwell is a better team like Nav is an 8.5 out of 10 and Caldwell a 9.

[cntdwn]

Originally posted by HEMOTOXIC
In every game, the best team will not all ways win. Im not going to take anything away from Caldwell, they came in with the better game plan. And oh, that field of theirs was definately in their favor:D .

Seriously, Caldwell's defense played lights out. Add the very poor field conditions and you get a 14-0 Hornet win. Giving a dry field, I will give the edge to the Rattlers. But, Im not going to dwell on that lost. Navasota must get ready for Rockdale.

Are you kidding me? Have you seen what Caldwell has done on a dry field with no injuries? :eek:

[cntdwn]

1. Gilmer
2. Carthage
3. Abilene Wylie
4. Caldwell
5. Argyle
6. Cuero
7. Monahans
8. La Grange
9. Coldspring
10. Sealy
11. Prosper
12. Celina
13. Giddings
14. Graham
15. Jasper
16. Rockdale
17. China Spring
18. Bellville
19. Mexia
20. La Vernia
21. Brownwood
22. Cleveland
23. Burnet
24. Sinton
25. Needville

[HEMOTOXIC]

Originally posted by cntdwn
Are you kidding me? Have you seen what Caldwell has done on a dry field with no injuries? :eek:


Well, this was my first time seeing them play this season.. Last season, on a dry field, they lost by 1 at Navasota. This season, they lost to Bellville.:D

[trojandad]

lol @ cntdwn.....thanks for the vote of confidence, but for now, i'd settle for being better than WO-S after how they handled us in the playoffs last year......

[cntdwn]

Originally posted by HEMOTOXIC
Well, this was my first time seeing them play this season.. Last season, on a dry field, they lost by 1 at Navasota. This season, they lost to Bellville.:D

Caldwell routinely loses its home opener because the team never knows how to gauge how good it is yet and no real competition in scrimmages to prepare them. New Waverly? Come on.

[HEMOTOXIC]

Originally posted by cntdwn
Caldwell routinely loses its home opener because the team never knows how to gauge how good it is yet and no real competition in scrimmages to prepare them. New Waverly? Come on.

New Waverly?

[ProudHornetMom]

We scrimmaged New Waverly....2A

[LE Dad]

1 Gilmer
2 Carthadge
3 Wylie
4 Cuero
5 Graham
6 Argyle
7 Monohans
8 Celina
9 Prosper
10 Navasota
11 Caldwell
12 Liberty Eylau
13 Jasper
14 Sealy
15 LaGrange
16 Rochdale
17 WOS
18 Pittsburg
19 Sinton
20 Burnet
21 Giddings
22 Pleasant Grove
23 China Springs
24 Bellville
25 Silsbee

[navscanmaster]

Originally posted by cntdwn
Caldwell routinely loses its home opener because the team never knows how to gauge how good it is yet and no real competition in scrimmages to prepare them. New Waverly? Come on.

Once again, how can you rank Caldwell, Navasota, and Bellville knowing that they have proved the matchup argument once again is legit? Obviously, Bellville has two losses on the season, but Navasota/Caldwell have one each. I am starting to wish we could go DII, because a rematch would be an excellent opportunity to show you that some teams continue to be excellent while others are having off nights. Nobody is saying bad things about Caldwell, but you know when you look at the results thus far, Caldwell has lost to a 4-2 team on their home field, the same team that Navasota beat on the road. Navasota was a little more prominent in the playoffs than Caldwell was last year, so recent successes are factored in to a lot of people's minds. Me personally, I will rank Navasota right behind Caldwell for now. It speaks a lot to people how Navasota was able to hold Caldwell to 14 points despite spending 3/4 of the night on defense.

I will agree that it seems like Caldwell never gets any love in the polls or in preseason. When I picked district this year before our first game, I had Rockdale #1, Caldwell #2, and Navasota #3 because I was unsure of their offensive ability. Dave Campbell will make his picks based on stars each team had plus tradition, hence Cameron's nomination. And yes Yoe fans, I know Cameron is not out of it yet, but I think wins against Caldwell and Navasota are a long shot.

Basically, I like your enthusiasm about Caldwell and your staunch support of your team on this board. I think you need to accept that people have different opinions, and you can't change their opinions by saying things like "I want some of what you're smoking." Stick with it cntdwn.

[RTigMom]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Monahans
6. Rockdale
7. Argyle
8. Sealy
9. La Grange
10. Jasper
11. Caldwell
12. Prosper
13. Graham
14. Giddings
15. Brownwood
16. Celina
17. Navasota
18. West Orange Stark
19. Mexia
20. China Spring
21. Bellville
22. Needville
23. Sweeny
24. La Vernia
25. Burnet

[oldtownag]

1 Gilmer
2 Carthage
3 Wylie
4 Cuero
5 Graham
6 Argyle
7 Monohans
8 Jasper
9 Prosper
10 Navasota
11 Caldwell
12 Liberty Eylau
13 Celina
14 Sealy
15 LaGrange
16 Rochdale
17 WOS
18 Pittsburg
19 Sinton
20 Burnet
21 Giddings
22 Pleasant Grove
23 China Springs
24 Bellville
25 Silsbee

[cntdwn]

Originally posted by navscanmaster
Once again, how can you rank Caldwell, Navasota, and Bellville knowing that they have proved the matchup argument once again is legit? Obviously, Bellville has two losses on the season, but Navasota/Caldwell have one each. I am starting to wish we could go DII, because a rematch would be an excellent opportunity to show you that some teams continue to be excellent while others are having off nights. Nobody is saying bad things about Caldwell, but you know when you look at the results thus far, Caldwell has lost to a 4-2 team on their home field, the same team that Navasota beat on the road. Navasota was a little more prominent in the playoffs than Caldwell was last year, so recent successes are factored in to a lot of people's minds. Me personally, I will rank Navasota right behind Caldwell for now. It speaks a lot to people how Navasota was able to hold Caldwell to 14 points despite spending 3/4 of the night on defense.

I will agree that it seems like Caldwell never gets any love in the polls or in preseason. When I picked district this year before our first game, I had Rockdale #1, Caldwell #2, and Navasota #3 because I was unsure of their offensive ability. Dave Campbell will make his picks based on stars each team had plus tradition, hence Cameron's nomination. And yes Yoe fans, I know Cameron is not out of it yet, but I think wins against Caldwell and Navasota are a long shot.

Basically, I like your enthusiasm about Caldwell and your staunch support of your team on this board. I think you need to accept that people have different opinions, and you can't change their opinions by saying things like "I want some of what you're smoking." Stick with it cntdwn.

You have to admit that a big reason Navasota's defense was on the field most ofthe night is largely because Caldwell has the ability and players to get 3-5 yards at a time, thus eating the clock. Part of the game,no?

Caldwell has had one losing season in six years, but AP and Dave Campbell REFUSE to give props unless a few fans remind them that the Hornets even exist.

The Goforth days of 4-6 seasons are behind us.

[Spread It Out]

1. Wylie
2. Gilmer
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Monahans
6. Sealy
7. Argyle
8. Prosper
9. Giddings
10. Graham
11. Celina
12. Jasper
13. La Grange
14. China Spring
15. Caldwell
16. Navasota
17. Mexia
18. Rockdale
19. La Vernia
20. Brownwood
21. West Orange Stark
22. Burnet
23. Sinton
24. Silsbee
25. Needville

[87 TIGER]

1 Gilmer
2 Wylie
3 Carthage
4 Giddings
5 Cuero
6 Argyle
7 LaGrange
8 CALDWELL
9 ROCKDALE
10 NAVASOTA
11China spring
12 Cleveland
13 Monahans
14 Burnet
15 Jasper
16 Celina
17 Silsbee
18 Graham
19 Sealy
20 Brownwood

[GrTigers6]

Originally posted by Coach BS
1 Abilene Wylie
2 Gilmer
3 Carthage
4 LaGrange
5 Caldwell
6 Cuero
7 Rockdale
8 Cleveland
9 Argyle
10 Navasota
11 Monahans
12 Giddings
13 Silsbee
14 Sealy
15 Prosper
16 China Spring
17 Celina
18 Wimberly
19 Graham
20 Jasper Thats my vote!
:iagree: :iagree: :iagree: :ditto:

[WTF-82]

1) Gilmer (6-0)
2) Carthage (6-0)
3) Abilene Wylie (6-0)
4) Cuero (6-0)
5) Monahans (6-0)
6) Sealy (6-0)
7) Celina (4-2)
8) Argyle (6-0)
9) Giddings (5-1)
10) LaGrange (5-0)
11) China Spring (5-1)
12) Cleveland (5-1)
13) Graham (6-0)
14) Mexia (5-1)
15) Prosper (5-1)
16) Rockdale (7-0)
17) Kennedale (6-0)
18) Jasper (5-1)
19) Navasota (5-1)
20) Bellville (4-2)

[Bull's-eye]

1. Gilmer
2. A. Wylie
3. Carthage
4. Sealy
5. Argyle
6. Cuero
7. Prosper
8. Monahans
9. Graham
10. La Grange
11. Jasper
12. Celina
13. Caldwell
14. Navasota
15. Giddings
16. Mexia
17. Bellville
18. WO-S
19. Kennedale
20. Rockdale
21. Needville
22. China Spring
23. Brownwood
24. Brownsboro
25. Perryton

[87 TIGER]

Originally posted by cntdwn
You have to admit that a big reason Navasota's defense was on the field most ofthe night is largely because Caldwell has the ability and players to get 3-5 yards at a time, thus eating the clock. Part of the game,no?

Caldwell has had one losing season in six years, but AP and Dave Campbell REFUSE to give props unless a few fans remind them that the Hornets even exist.

The Goforth days of 4-6 seasons are behind us. I went to school with Tom Gofforth in Rockdale then I think they moved to Caldwell.

[TKLiberty-Eylau]

1. Gilmer
2. Abilene Wylie
3. Cuero
4. Carthage
5. Argyle
6. Sealy
7. La Grange
8. Rockdale
9. Monohans
10. Mexia
11. Liberty Eylau BEAT TEX. Pleasant Grove 35-14
12. Prosper
13. Giddings
14. Graham
15. Caldwell
16. Navasota
17. Needville
18. Celina
19. La Vernia
20. China Spring
21. Bellville
22. Burnet
23. Brownwood
24. Silsbee
25. Sinton