2nd Annual Captains Poll

The 2019 season is finally here and for every team who had a strong regular season last year, it could not come soon enough. It was a postseason for the ages(and one this author would like to forget) as practically every strong regular season team fell short of expectations in the playoffs.

Before sharing this year's results of the Captains' Poll, here are 2018's Poll results along with how they actually performed:

Rank  Team(total points)     Regular Season Record           Playoff Result

1.       Goldfarb (21)                          12-10                          Lost in the first round
2.       Marrone (17)                           7-15                            Lost in the first round
3.       Bykofsky (10)                         17-5                            Lost in the first round
4.       Brock       (9)                           14-8                            Lost in the first round
5.       Wallman   (5)                          14-8                             Lost in the first round
6.       Fradkin     (5)                          16-6                             Lost in the second round
7.       Pollock     (3)                          18-4                             Lost in the second round


Pretty amazing. Other than Marrone's disastrous season and the fact Goldfarb didn't dominate the league, the Captains' Poll did a pretty accurate job of predicting which teams would have success in the regular season. But look at those playoff results. We'll never see anything like that again.


Onto the 2019 Captains' Poll Results. Captains were asked to rank the top 3 teams based on the draft. 3 points were given for first place, 2 for second place, 1 for third place. Over half of the captains took part, so while this is not a reflection of every captain, it does represent enough opinions to give us a solid idea of who the favorites are.

Rank        Team                            total points

1.              Brock                               29
2.              Wallman                           9
2.              Bykofsky                          9
4.              Pollock                             8
5.              Fradkin                             4
5.              Larocca                            4
7.              Schefkind                         3
8.              Randell                             1
8.              Goldfarb                           1


As you can see, Team Brock goes into the season as the overwhelming favorite. With three out of the top four teams and five out of the top seven, The East division should be fierce.

I plan on updating the power ranking. First with my own pre-season rankings(time permitting) and then regularly through the season, once we're a few games into the season.

What do you think of this poll? Do you feel a team has been wrongfully ignored? Do you think Team Brock will coast to a championship like many seem to think or will they stumble like all of the favorites last season?  Leave your comments below.