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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3435213, member: 6927"] I don't think they're repping their own conferences per se. The coaches' poll uses a panel of 32 coaches, one from each D-I conference. Panel members are listed here: [URL="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaw/polls/coaches-poll/"]NCAA Women’s College Basketball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports[/URL]. You can't get into the poll just by having a single voter vote for you. But I do think that the coaches from mid-major conferences are more aware of strong mid-major teams than the AP voters are. The AP panel is dominated by media types who tend to work heavily, if not exclusively, in the power conferences. In my experience, those who haven't watched the mid-major teams play are much less likely to vote for them. FWIW, the Boneyard poll also gives the mid-majors more props than the AP poll: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Team[/TD] [TD]AP poll[/TD] [TD]Coaches' poll[/TD] [TD]Boneyard poll[/TD] [TD]Massey[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]South Dakota[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Missouri State[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Florida Gulf Coast[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD]22[/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [TD]23[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Princeton[/TD] [TD]26[/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [TD]12 (!!)[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]