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| BYU is in the West Coast Conference as of right now and yes, that is a mid-major league. On the men's side, the #1 team in the mid-major poll is Gonzaga, who also happens to be #1 in the nation.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 9:57 am ::: |
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| purduefanatic wrote: |
| BYU is in the West Coast Conference as of right now and yes, that is a mid-major league. On the men's side, the #1 team in the mid-major poll is Gonzaga, who also happens to be #1 in the nation. |
That makes sense, but is still a little hard for my mind to wrap around.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 11:50 am ::: |
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| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 11:57 am ::: |
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| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1
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| Posted: 11/04/21 12:09 pm ::: |
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| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
Yeah, so why is BYU considered a mid-major? It's definitely NOT.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 1:04 pm ::: |
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It clearly lists what CONFERENCES are considered for the poll, but I will post it here for everyone:
NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 2:00 pm ::: |
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| summertime blues wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
Yeah, so why is BYU considered a mid-major? It's definitely NOT. |
Just give it a few years and BYU will be in the Big 12. Problem solved.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 3:50 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
LOL-you're like a broken record of subtle digs. UCONN has been in a "mid-major" since the 2013-2014 season, yet 8 seasons later, this is your response? Like, you know why the Big East isn't listed, so why even make this comment?
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| Posted: 11/04/21 10:34 pm ::: |
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| pilight wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
The Big East and American are both considered Major conferences. Hence no South Florida or UCF as well.
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| Posted: 11/04/21 11:18 pm ::: |
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| PickledGinger wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
The Big East and American are both considered Major conferences. Hence no South Florida or UCF as well. |
Did not realize this! Thank you
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| Posted: 11/05/21 6:26 am ::: |
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| IMNSHO, it should be judged on the SCHOOL, not on the conference. Otherwise how could the Zags be #1 on the men's side? But what do I know?
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| Posted: 11/05/21 8:03 am ::: |
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| When my daughter played at New Mexico, there were very vocal fans that insist that New Mexico / Mountain West Conference is not a mid-major. Since they are not a P5 either, they consider themselves a “high major”. They will not let themselves be ranked in the mid-major poll... Possibly because there would be quite a few mid-majors ranked ahead of their schools…
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| Posted: 11/05/21 8:12 am ::: |
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| ucbart wrote: |
| pilight wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
| So in other words, any school not in a P5 conference is considered "mid-major". Stupid. The term needs to be reworked. |
Apparently the BEast is not included as a mid-major, otherwise UConn would always be #1 |
LOL-you're like a broken record of subtle digs. UCONN has been in a "mid-major" since the 2013-2014 season, yet 8 seasons later, this is your response? Like, you know why the Big East isn't listed, so why even make this comment? |
Actually I have no idea how they chose which conferences qualify for this poll
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| Posted: 11/05/21 8:16 am ::: |
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| Hoopsmom wrote: |
| When my daughter played at New Mexico, there were very vocal fans that insist that New Mexico / Mountain West Conference is not a mid-major. Since they are not a P5 either, they consider themselves a “high major”. They will not let themselves be ranked in the mid-major poll... Possibly because there would be quite a few mid-majors ranked ahead of their schools… |
I believe the American also requested not to be included in that poll, but that was when UConn was a member. I would think they certainly qualify now. There are a few conferences that do get ranked in this poll that could be argued have more quality teams for sure.
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| Posted: 11/07/21 2:17 pm ::: |
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| Just noticed there's not Atlantic 10 teams here either.
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