Ricky Nelson’s 2011 preseason top 10
I won’t do it for the rest of the season, but for this poll I’ll add my next 20 teams, in no real order.
1. Emory
2. Washington
3. Calvin
4. Christopher Newport
5. Eastern
6. UW-Platteville
7. Carthage
8. Juniata
9. Wittenberg
10. Southwestern
The next 20: Heidelberg, Chicago, Concordia-Moorhead, UW-Whitewater, Wartburg, Cortland, Whitworth, Millikin, Hope, UMass Boston, Occidental, St. Scholastica, Elmhurst, Colorado, Amherst, Coast Guard, Thomas More, Trinity (TX), UW Oshkosh, Cal Lutheran.
Of course there are a few teams I think belong in the “Next 20,” but I’ll stick to these teams. What do you think?
-Ricky Nelson
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