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Congratulations to ACF Nationals Champion Stanford University for their first place finish in the 2009-2010 Post-Season Collegiate Poll, after receiving four out of a possible nine first place votes. In second place, also with four first place votes was the University of Minnesota. Third place was taken by Chicago A. The remaining first place vote was taken by ICT Champion Harvard University. Overall, thirty-seven teams received votes off of nine ballots.

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Congratulations to the University of Minnesota for their first place finish in the 2009-2010 Late-Season Collegiate Poll, after receiving six out of a possible thirteen first place votes. In second place, with three first place votes was the University of Chicago. Third place was taken by Brown A, with two  first place votes. The remaining two first place votes were taken by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Overall, forty teams received votes off of thirteen ballots. Read the rest of this entry »

With the completion of ACF Regionals and NAQT Sectionals, it is now time for the 2010 Late Season Collegiate* Poll.

* “Collegiate” refers to the level of play and difficulty of tournaments to consider, not that the poll is exclusive to teams from colleges. If you believe a high school team is good enough to be ranked here, rank them.

Send to me your top 25 in order, 1 to 25. Teams will get 25 points for a 1st place vote, 24 for 2nd, and so on.

Email them to me at georgeberry292@hotmail.com, and please include “hsquizbowl Top 25″ in the subject line of your email. I have started to accept ballots and will accept ballots until the end of next Tuesday, March 9th.

Ballots that are bad will be reviewed and possibly rejected; if I have enough time, I’ll prompt you for reasoning and what not.

Remember that the poll is intended for a general ranking of how good teams are. You should consider the team’s best possible performance, as if all players who have shown up this year were available for play. B teams and the like are eligible to be ranked.

Congratulations to State College Area High School (State College, Pennsylvania) for finishing first in the 2009-10 mid-season high school quiz bowl poll. With 18 ballots received, State College  received the first place vote on 17.5 of them. Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies’ A team (Richmond, Virginia) finished second and received the other half- first place vote. Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina),Paul M. Dorman High School’s A team (Roebuck, South Carolina), and  Georgetown Day School’s A Team (Washington, DC) round out the top five. Congratulations to these teams and to all 48 teams that received votes. Complete results are after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to the University of Chicago for their first place finish in the 2009-2010 mid-season poll, after receiving nine out of a possible twenty first place votes. In second place, with four first place votes was the University of Minnesota. Third place was taken by Brown A, powered by their seven  first place votes. Overall, fifty teams received votes off of twenty ballots.

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As the new College Poll Coordinator, it is my pleasure to announce the 2009 college mid-season top 25 poll. To vote simply email me a list of what you consider to be the top 25 college teams in the country. B teams and high school teams will be allowed within reason.

Polls will be open until 10 PM EST on Tuesday, December 1st.
Polls should be in my email at georgeberry292@hotmail.com by 10 PM EST on the 1st. If your ballot isn’t there then, it will not be included.

I reserve the right to throw out any ridiculous or gimmick ballots determined as such by my discretion. You will be notified of said rejection and offered the opportunity to resubmit a ballot before the deadline.

Congratulations to Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies’ A team (Richmond, Virginia) for finishing first in the 2009-10 pre-season high school quiz bowl poll. With 15 ballots received, Maggie Walker received the first place vote on 14 of them.

State College Area High School (State College, Pennsylvania) finished second and received the other first place vote. Paul M. Dorman High School’s A team (Roebuck, South Carolina), Hunter College High School (New York City, New York) and Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina) round out the top five.

Congratulations to these teams and to all 41 teams that received votes.

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Congratulations to the Charter School of Wilmington for finishing the 2008-09 season as the #1 team in the country. With 21 ballots received from various members of the high school quiz bowl community, Charter received 17 first place votes after finishing first at both the NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC.

State College Area High School finished second, with Paul M. Dorman High School third.

Complete results are as follows:

1. Wilmington Charter, 519 points, 17 first place votes
2. State College, 503 points, 2 first place votes
3. Dorman, 461 points, 2 first place votes
4. Maggie Walker, 458 points
5. Georgetown Day School, 457 points

6. Hunter, 429 points
7. Walter Johnson, 393 points
8. Rancho Bernardo, 350 points
9. Detroit Catholic Central, 339 points
10. Stow-Munroe, 305 points

11. Chattahoochee, 257 points
12. Detroit Country Day, 249 points
13. Thomas Jefferson, 231 points
14. Chaska, 230 points
15. Rockford Auburn, 229 points

16. Walton, 188 points
17. James Monroe, 186 points
18. Gonzaga, 185 points
19. Brookwood, 180 points
20. Southside, 109 points

21. Walt Whitman, 108 points
22. New Trier, 88 points
23. LASA, 72 points
24. Mission San Jose, 50 points
25. Bergen County, 48 points

Also receiving votes: Carbondale, 46 points; Dorman B, 38 points; Hoover, 27 points; Torrey Pines, 20 points; Hunter B, 12 points; State College B, 9 points; Ransom Everglades, 9 points; Dunbar, 8 points; Grosse Point North, 7 points; Walnut Hills, 7 points; Eden Prairie, 6 points; Johnson Central, 4 points; Kellenberg, 3 points; Raleigh Charter, 3 points; Ottawa Hills, 1 point; Arcadia, 1 point

Further details on the result will be found here in the near future.

Congratulations to the Charter School of Wilmington for finishing as the unanimous top team in this poll, receiving first place votes from all 15 voters. State College finished second, with Walter Johnson, Georgetown Day School and Dorman rounding out the top five. This is the second poll Charter has won, with the 2008-09 pre-season poll being the first.

For more information on the history of the poll, click here.

Detailed results, with ballot information, will be posted in the near future.

1. Charter School of Wilmington – 375 points (15 first place votes)
2. State College – 350 points
3. Walter Johnson – 333
4. Georgetown Day School – 322
5. Dorman – 307
6. Hunter – 306
7. Maggie Walker – 300
8. Gonzaga – 258
9. Thomas Jefferson – 250
10. New Trier – 183
11. Detroit Catholic Central – 182
12. Rockford Auburn – 172
13. Walt Whitman – 167
14. Brookwood – 142
15. Chaska – 122
16. Bergen – 121
17. Chattahoochee – 116
18. James Island – 108
19. Dunbar – 107
20. Rancho Bernardo – 87
20. Stow Munroe Falls – 87
22. Kellenberg – 78
23. Carbondale – 31
23. Southside – 31
25. Stuyvesant – 29

Also receiving votes: ASFA, 27; Hoover, 26; Raleigh Charter, 26; Blake, 23; Arcadia, 22; North Kansas City, 18; Eden Prairie, 17; LASA, 16; Loyola, 15; MLK Magnet, 15; James Monroe, 14; Shady Side, 14; Grosse Point North, 14; Minnetonka, 12; Detroit County Day, 10; Richard Montgomery, 8; Ransom Everglades, 8; Walnut Hills, 7; State College B, 7; Walton, 4; Santa Monica, 3; Charter B, 2; Cave Spring, 1; New Rochelle, 1