Repost : 2000-01 Post-Season Top 25 Poll

bokonon90 · Wed, 16 May 2001 10:47:47 -0700

[Note : Apologies for the repost, but the mailing
list and e-groups are unavailable for me to
 post
to, and since these messages get buried quickly, I
must repost the poll announcement

frequently.]

 I am accepting proposed ballots to be used for a
Top 25 poll - ballots will be accepted from
 the
present until May 18, 2001. 
 E-mail your proposed
ballots to the following address : 

actop25_at_... 

  All members of the academic
competition are welcome to submit their ballots. The
purpose
 of this open ballot request is to create a stable
panel of knowledgeable voters that will vote in

possible future closed polls. (Yeah, I know I said that
last time - this is very much a work in
 progress.)

 There will be substantial changes to next year's
poll - the first being we will have a web page

script that will allow the poll to be conducted and
tabulated more conveniently. 

 Voters are allowed to
consider a variety of factors when choosing a Top 25.
Ideally they
 should pertain to _this year_, i.e. the
2000-2001 academic competition season, rather than

focusing on predictions on how programs will fare in
subsequent years. 
 Schools located outside the United
States are allowed to be considered, but for
practical
 reasons, listing of schools that have not played
any games against United States teams
 (whether
inside or outside the US) is discouraged. 

Voters can and should weigh currently available
tournament results (of whatever form) as
 they see fit.
This poll is not rooted in any particular format of
academic competition, but is
 intended to emphasize
players currently playing for a given program in an
actual rather than
 in a "masters" capacity, an
important thing to keep in mind if one wishes to
consider
 "masters" and/or "trash" tournaments. (In fact,
since this poll is intended primarily for

academic-oriented formats, the use of "trash" tournaments to
determine ranking is
 discouraged.) 

  Voters
are asked to submit a ranked list of schools from #1
to #25, without ties. List each
 school with
corresponding rankings, and list them only once. A vote for
"Michigan A" at #3
 and for "Michigan B" at #14 will be
counted as a vote for Michigan at #3, with teams
15-25
 being moved up. Make sure you specify which
program you are voting for with sufficient

specificity (some abbreviations, like "UIUC"or "MIT" will be
sufficient, while "U of M" will
 not be ; certain abridged
names like "Missouri" and "Washington" are best avoided
since
 they are somewhat ambiguous.)  Your ballot must
contain at least 20 valid entries or it will be

returned to you. 

  Each #1 vote a school receives
is worth 25 points, each #2 vote worth 24, and so on
until 1
 point is received for a #25 vote. 

 Extreme outlier ballots will be excluded if they
significantly skew the poll results in any way ;
 in
addition, individuals submitting such ballots will not be
invited to any future panels. 
 In case of voting
ambiguities, the tarot card reader "Miss Cleo" will not be
consulted. 
  -Tim Young 
  Poll Administrator