December 2015 Coaches Poll for Intercollegiate Policy Debate




Contact: Justin Green
Wake Forest University Debate
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Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Phone 703-8556177
greenjm@wfu.edu

 

December 2015 Coaches Poll for Intercollegiate Policy Debate
Winston-Salem, NC, December 7, 2015: Successful coaches from around the country were invited to participate a poll ranking the top intercollegiate policy debate teams in the country.  Coaches from the following universities and colleges participated Arizona State, Georgia, Harvard, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Puget Sound, Wake Forest, Weber State.  Each submitted a ranking answering the question: who are the top 25 performing teams in the country?  They were asked to consider results from all policy tournaments sanctioned/governed utilizing the topic as designated by the Cross Examination Debate Association and the National Debate Tournament which is: “The United States should significantly reduce its military presence in one or more of the following: the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, the Greater Horn of Africa, Northeast Asia.”  Places were calculated by awarding 25 points for a 1st place vote, 24 points for a 2nd place vote, descending in order to 1 point for 25thplace.  A total was then calculated to determine the final places.  Coaches were allowed to rank their own teams for placeholder purposes, but any ranking of one’s own team was replaced with an average of rankings from other voters.  Congratulations to the University of Michigan for being recognized as the #1 team in the country!
Results are as follows:
Rank
School
Total Points
1
Michigan KM
241.11
2
Cal Berkeley MS
230
2
Harvard HS
230
4
Michigan State ST
198.89
5
Wake Forest AS
194.44
6
Kentucky GN
191
7
Emory KS
184
8
Cal Berkeley SW
181
9
Vermont BL
161
10
Northwestern OW
158
11
Georgetown KL
157
12
Emory KL
127
13
Kansas BR
118
14
Iowa KL
101
15
Kentucky HR
97
16
Kansas BiCo
84
17
Baylor BZ
82
17
Kentucky GV
82
19
Texas KS
74
20
West Ga MS
69
21
Rutgers MN
56
22
Kansas BhCa
37
23
Army BC
34
24
Liberty BC
30
25
Baylor BC
25


The following teams also received votes: Central Oklahoma HS, Southern California SS, Trinity RS, Wake Forest MS, Texas-Dallas LO, Michigan DM, Kansas KF, USC BL, Kansas State PR

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