Conference champ picks!

Dayton and Temple are the projected tie winners in the Atlantic 10 this year:

1. Dayton (7) – 189
Temple (7) – 189
3. Duquesne – 159
4. Charlotte – 141
5. Saint Joseph’s – 129
6. St. Bonaventure – 125
7. Xavier – 119
8. Richmond – 112
9. George Washington – 73
10. Massachusetts – 70
11. La Salle – 65
12. Fordham – 42
13. Rhode Island – 31
14. Saint Louis – 26

Tennessee Tech has been picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference:

1. Tennessee Tech (13 first-place votes) – 193
2. UT Martin (Nine first-place votes) – 187
3. Eastern Illinois – 159
4. Austin Peay – 142
5. Morehead State – 133
6. Murray State – 88
7. Tennessee State – 82
8. SIUE – 73
9. Jacksonville State – 72
10. Eastern Kentucky – 47
11. Southeast Missouri – 34

Missouri State is tabbed the Missouri Valley Conference champ:

School (First-Place Votes) Points
1. Missouri State (36) 396
2. UNI (4) 322
3. Wichita State 315
4. Creighton 246
5. Indiana State 234
6. Illinois State 224
7. Drake 168
8. Bradley 162
9. Evansville 68
10. Southern Illinois 65

Sun Belt East and West Division picks:

West Division – First Place Votes in Parenthesis

Team Points

Denver 62 (6)
Arkansas State 56 (1)
UALR 53 (3)
Louisiana-Monroe 29
North Texas 28 (1)
Louisiana-Lafayette 24 (1)

East Division – First Place Votes in Parenthesis

Team Points

Middle Tennessee 68 (9)
FIU 58 (1)
Western Kentucky 48 (1)
South Alabama 38
Florida Atlantic 23 (1)
Troy 17

Princeton is projected atop the Ivy League:

1. Princeton (14 first-place votes) 133 points
2. Harvard (three first-place votes) 117 points
3. Yale 103 points
4. Penn 68 points
5. Brown 66 points
6. Columbia/Dartmouth 52 points
8. Cornell 21 points

The season needs to just start already.