Horizon League Power Poll 11.18.12

Your third Horizon League Power Poll for the 2012-13 season, ladies and gentlemen:

1. Valparaiso (7)
T-2. Youngstown State (2)
T-2. Detroit
4. Milwaukee
5. Cleveland State
6. Green Bay
7. Wright State
8. UIC
9. Loyola

Voting panel: Tom Mieskoski (CSU), Reggie Hall (Detroit), Brian Dickmann (Green Bay), Chris Burrows (Loyola), Josh Griesbach (Milwaukee), Lee Kolodziej (UIC), Hank Curry (Valpo), Charles Grove (WSU), Mitchell Friedman (YSU)

Fun facts:

- With the games starting to take shape, there are a lot of huge changes here. We have two teams jump multiple spots, one team takes a plunge, and a tiny shakeup at the bottom.

- Green Bay tumbles all the way from third to sixth in this week's rankings. This no doubt had a lot to do with a poor loss to Cal State Fullerton rather than the close loss to tournament host Nevada.

- Milwaukee's victory over Davidson, possibly the best Horizon League victory to date, vaulted them to the fourth spot.

- The separation between four and six was narrow; Milwaukee only finished eleven points ahead of Green Bay.

- We have our first tie of the year, with Youngstown State and Detroit each pulling in 66 points. The Penguins also were the third team to receive first-place votes, with victories on the road over George Washington and Georgia giving them a big boost.

- Valpo lost one of their first-place voters this week after a disappointing loss at Nebraska. It'll be interesting to see if they can hold onto the top spot while Bobby Capobianco recovers from injury.

- UIC switched places with Loyola. No doubt a good showing at New Mexico opened some eyes, and holding Mercer - a D-I team - to 36 points was a big accomplishment. There are no easy outs in this conference.

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