Ranking the Top 10 Large & Small: 2023 Season - Week 9

 

Large Schools

1. Canisius (A) - Key wins:  Timon, Health Sciences, Amherst, at Jamestown, Niagara Falls, St. Francis x 2, at Nichols, St. Mary's  Local losses:  St. Joe's x 2, Nichols

2. Health Sciences (AA) - Key wins: St. Joe's, at St. Francis, Nichols, South Park, St. Mary's, Lancaster  Local losses:  at Canisius

3. Niagara Falls (AA) - Key wins:  at St. Joe's, Niagara Wheatfield, Lockport x 2, North Tonawanda x 2  Local losses:  Canisius, Lew-Port

4. St. Joe's (A) -  Key wins:  Canisius x 2, St. Francis, Nichols, Orchard Park, St. Mary's  Local losses:  at Timon, Health Sciences, Niagara Falls, at St. Francis

5. Amherst (A2) - Key wins:  Lockport, Williamsville South  Local losses:  Canisius

6. Jamestown (AA) -  Key wins:  Clarence x 2, at Orchard Park, Williamsville North  Local losses:  Canisius, Timon

7. St. Francis (A) - Key wins:  St. Joe's, Nichols, McKinley, Williamsville North,  St. Mary's  Local losses:  Canisius x 2, Health Sciences, @ Timon

8. McKinley (A1) - Key wins:  Clarence, I-Prep,  Williamsville North, at South Park  Local losses:  Timon, St. Francis, at East Aurora

9. Niagara Wheatfield (A1) - Key wins:  Lew-Port, Lockport, North Tonawanda x 2, Orchard Park  Local losses:  at Niagara Falls, at Salamanca, at Depew

10. Lockport (AA) - Key wins:  at Clarence, at Lancaster, Williamsville North,   Local losses:  at Timon, Niagara Falls x 2, Amherst, at Niagara Wheatfield, Lew-Port, Nichols

 

Small Schools

1. Timon (B) - Key wins:  St. Joe's, Jamestown, St. Francis, Nichols x 2, at McKinley, Lockport, Southwestern, St. Mary's x 2, South Park  Local losses:  at Canisius

2. Lew-Port (B1) - Key wins:  Niagara Falls, at Lockport, North Tonawanda, Orchard Park, Newfane, CSAT  Local losses:  at Niagara Wheatfield, Clarence

3. Salamanca (B2) - Key wins:  Niagara Wheatfield, Fredonia x 2, Allegany-Limestone, at Depew, Southwestern, Olean, Lackawanna, Clymer  Local losses:  at Randolph

4. Nichols (B) - Key wins:  at Canisius, at Lockport, at St. Mary's  Local losses:  Canisius, at Timon, Health Sciences, St. Joe's, at St. Francis, Randolph

5. Fredonia (B2) - Key wins:  at Allegany-Limestone, at Southwestern, Olean, East Aurora, MST Seneca, Westfield  Local losses:  Salamanca x 2, at Clarence, Frontier

6. Allegany-Limestone (B2) - Key wins:  Randolph, Depew, Southwestern, East, Olean x 2, Pioneer, Holland  Local losses:  Salamanca x 2, Fredonia

7. Randolph (C) -  Key wins:  Salamanca, Nichols  Local losses:  at Allegany-Limestone, Southwestern

8. Depew (B1) - Key wins:  Niagara Wheatfield, at Olean, East Aurora, St. Mary's, Pioneer, at Cheektowaga, Lackawanna, at Cleveland Hill  Local losses:  Salamanca, Allegany-Limestone, North Tonawanda, Cheektowaga. 

9. Southwestern (B2) - Key wins:  at Randolph, Olean x 2, Clymer, Westfield  Local losses:  at Timon, at Salamanca, Allegany-Limestone, Fredonia, Cheektowaga

10. Newfane (B2) - Key wins:  Starpoint, Roy-Hart x 2, Barker x 2  Local losses:  Lew-Port, North Tonawanda, Williamsville North, East

 

-centercourt

Comments

[Moe]

Can you explain how St. Mary’s, with the imposing 7-11 record, counts as a “Key Win”?

[centercourt]

Lol ok Moe, I guess that is a fair question. I suppose I could have omitted them from the 'Key Wins' for the large schools

I definitely think any team classified as a small school beating the Lancers is a 'Key Win'. All the Buff News pollsters, with the exception of one, are voting them as a Top 10 still. All their losses are to Large Schools, along with 3 Small Schools ranked ahead of them. No bad losses.