Fearless 2012 conference predictions

I’m back for another season. No, I still do not have a sports information department career. But it’s not for a lack of trying. SID and HR departments around the nation have become familiar with my applications.

That unpleasantness out of the way, how about some predictions? Last year I correctly predicted 31 of the 42 Pool A conferences. Not horrible, not great.

In the next week or two I will list my preseason top 10. Last year I did a top 30 in the preseason. I may do that again. We’ll see, but I’ll have a top 10 for sure.

The 2012 pages have also been created in skeleton form. The Standings/Matchups page is ready to go for Week 1.

Here we go. Tell me where I went wrong.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference 2010 regular season champ: Pitt-Bradford 2010 tournament champ: Pitt-Bradford 2011 predicted champion: Penn State Altoona 2011 regular season champ: Penn State Altoona 2011 tournament champ: Penn State Altoona 2012 predicted champion: Medaille

American Southwest Conference 2010 regular season champ: Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons (West); Texas-Dallas (East) 2010 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2011 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas-Dallas (East) 2011 regular season champ: McMurry (West), Texas-Dallas (East) 2011 tournament champ: Hardin-Simmons 2012 predicted champion: Hardin-Simmons (West), Texas Dallas (East)

Capital Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Frostburg 2010 tournament champ: Frostburg 2011 predicted champion: Mary Washington 2011 regular season champ: Salisbury 2011 tournament champ: Salisbury 2012 predicted champion: Salisbury

Centennial Conference 2010 regular season champ: Haverford 2010 tournament champ: Franklin & Marshall 2011 predicted champion: Johns Hopkins 2011 regular season champ: Johns Hopkins 2011 tournament champ: Johns Hopkins 2012 predicted champion: Franklin & Marshall

City University of New York Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Hunter 2010 tournament champ: Hunter 2011 predicted champion: Hunter 2011 regular season champ: Hunter 2011 tournament champ: Baruch 2012 predicted champion: Baruch

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 2010 regular season champ: Millikin 2010 tournament champ: Carthage 2011 predicted champion: Carthage 2011 regular season champ: Carthage 2011 tournament champ: Carthage 2012 predicted champion: Elmhurst

Colonial States Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cabrini 2010 tournament champ: Cabrini 2011 predicted champion: Neumann 2011 regular season champ: Cabrini 2011 tournament champ: Cabrini 2012 predicted champion: Cabrini

Commonwealth Coast Conference 2010 regular season champ: Roger Williams 2010 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2011 predicted champion: Roger Williams 2011 regular season champ: Roger Williams 2011 tournament champ: Roger Williams 2012 predicted champion: Roger Williams

Commonwealth Conference 2010 regular season champ: Elizabethtown 2010 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley 2011 predicted champion: Elizabethtown 2011 regular season champ: Messiah 2011 tournament champ: Lebanon Valley 2012 predicted champion: Messiah

Empire 8 2010 regular season champ: Ithaca 2010 tournament champ: Ithaca 2011 predicted champion: Ithaca 2011 regular season champ: Elmira 2011 tournament champ: Nazareth 2012 predicted champion: Elmira

Freedom Conference 2010 regular season champ: Eastern 2010 tournament champ: Eastern 2011 predicted champion: Eastern 2011 regular season champ: Eastern 2011 tournament champ: Eastern 2012 predicted champion: Eastern

Great Northeast Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Johnson & Wales 2010 tournament champ: Johnson & Wales 2011 predicted champion: Rivier 2011 regular season champ: Emerson 2011 tournament champ: Rivier 2012 predicted champion: Rivier

Great South Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Huntingdon 2010 tournament champ: Piedmont 2011 predicted champion: Huntingdon 2011 regular season champ: Maryville 2011 tournament champ: Maryville 2012 predicted champion: Agnes Scott

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Transylvania 2010 tournament champ: Mount St. Joseph 2011 predicted champion: Transylvania 2011 regular season champ: Rose-Hulman, Bluffton, Hanover, Transylvania, Mount St. Joseph 2011 tournament champ: Rose-Hulman 2012 predicted champion: Hanover

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Loras 2010 tournament champ: Wartburg 2011 predicted champion: Wartburg 2011 regular season champ: Coe 2011 tournament champ: Cornell 2012 predicted champion: Wartburg

Landmark Conference 2010 regular season champ: Juniata 2010 tournament champ: Juniata 2011 predicted champion: Juniata 2011 regular season champ: Juniata 2011 tournament champ: Juniata 2012 predicted champion: Juniata

Little East Conference 2010 regular season champ: UMass Boston 2010 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2011 predicted champion: UMass Boston 2011 regular season champ: Plymouth State, UMass Boston 2011 tournament champ: UMass Boston 2012 predicted champion: UMass Boston

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Westfield State 2010 tournament champ: Westfield State 2011 predicted champion: Westfield State 2011 regular season champ: Westfield State 2011 tournament champ: Westfield State 2012 predicted champion: Framingham State

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association 2010 regular season champ: Hope 2010 tournament champ: Hope 2011 predicted champion: Calvin 2011 regular season champ: Calvin 2011 tournament champ: Calvin 2012 predicted champion: Hope

Midwest Conference 2010 regular season champ: Monmouth 2010 tournament champ: Beloit 2011 predicted champion: St. Norbert 2011 regular season champ: St. Norbert 2011 tournament champ: St. Norbert 2012 predicted champion: St. Norbert

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: St. Olaf 2010 tournament champ: St. Olaf 2011 predicted champion: Concordia-Moorhead 2011 regular season champ: Concordia-Moorhead, St. Thomas 2011 tournament champ: Concordia-Moorhead 2012 predicted champion: St. Thomas

New England Collegiate Conference 2010 regular season champ: Daniel Webster 2010 tournament champ: Lesley 2011 predicted champion: Daniel Webster 2011 regular season champ: Southern Vermont 2011 tournament champ: Southern Vermont 2012 predicted champion: Southern Vermont

New England Small College Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Amherst 2010 tournament champ: Middlebury 2011 predicted champion: Amherst 2011 regular season champ: Bowdoin 2011 tournament champ: Bowdoin 2012 predicted champion: Tufts

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletics Conference 2010 regular season champ: Springfield 2010 tournament champ: Coast Guard 2011 predicted champion: Coast Guard 2011 regular season champ: Springfield, Coast Guard 2011 tournament champ: Springfield 2012 predicted champion: Coast Guard

New Jersey Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2010 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2011 predicted champion: Richard Stockton 2011 regular season champ: Richard Stockton 2011 tournament champ: Richard Stockton 2012 predicted champion: Richard Stockton

North Atlantic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Maine Maritime 2010 tournament champ: Maine Maritime 2011 predicted champion: Maine Maritime 2011 regular season champ: Colby-Sawyer 2011 tournament champ: Colby-Sawyer 2012 predicted champion: Maine Maritime

North Coast Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2010 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2011 predicted champion: Wittenberg 2011 regular season champ: Wittenberg 2011 tournament champ: Wittenberg 2012 predicted champion: Wittenberg

North Eastern Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Keuka (North), Gallaudet (South) 2010 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2011 predicted champion: SUNYIT (North), Gallaudet (South) 2011 regular season champ: Penn State Berks 2011 tournament champ: Gallaudet 2012 predicted champion: Gallaudet

Northern Athletics Conference 2010 regular season champ: Concordia (Wis.) 2010 tournament champ: Dominican 2011 predicted champion: Edgewood 2011 regular season champ: Dominican 2011 tournament champ: Edgewood 2012 predicted champion: Dominican

Northwest Conference (no tourney) 2010 regular season champ: Whitworth 2011 predicted champion: Whitworth 2011 regular season champ: Whitworth 2012 predicted champion: Pacific Lutheran

Ohio Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Heidelberg 2010 tournament champ: Heidelberg 2011 predicted champion: Heidelberg 2011 regular season champ: Heidelberg 2011 tournament champ: Mount Union 2012 predicted champion: Heidelberg

Old Dominion Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Washington & Lee 2010 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon 2011 predicted champion: Washington & Lee 2011 regular season champ: Washington & Lee 2011 tournament champ: Randolph-Macon 2012 predicted champion: Randolph-Macon

Presidents’ Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Thomas More 2010 tournament champ: Thomas More 2011 predicted champion: Thomas More 2011 regular season champ: Geneva 2011 tournament champ: Geneva 2012 predicted champion: Geneva

Skyline Conference 2010 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary 2010 tournament champ: NYU-Poly 2011 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary 2011 regular season champ: Mount Saint Mary 2011 tournament champ: NYU-Poly 2012 predicted champion: Mount Saint Mary

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2010 tournament champ: Cal Lutheran 2011 predicted champion: Occidental 2011 regular season champ: Cal Lutheran 2011 tournament champ: Occidental 2012 predicted champion: Cal Lutheran

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Colorado 2010 tournament champ: Colorado 2011 predicted champion: Southwestern 2011 regular season champ: Southwestern 2011 tournament champ: Colorado 2012 predicted champion: Colorado

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Greenville 2010 tournament champ: Greenville 2011 predicted champion: Greenville 2011 regular season champ: Webster, Greenville 2011 tournament champ: Webster 2012 predicted champion: Greenville

State University of New York Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2010 tournament champ: Cortland 2011 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2011 regular season champ: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West) 2011 tournament champ: Cortland 2012 predicted champion: Cortland (East), Fredonia (West)

University Athletic Association 2010 regular season champ: Emory 2010 tournament champ: Emory 2011 predicted champion: Emory 2011 regular season champ: Emory 2011 tournament champ: Washington-St. Louis 2012 predicted champion: Washington-St. Louis

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: St. Scholastica 2010 tournament champ: Northwestern 2011 predicted champion: St. Scholastica 2011 regular season champ: St. Scholastica, Northwestern 2011 tournament champ: St. Scholastica 2012 predicted champion: St. Scholastica

USA South Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2010 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2011 predicted champion: Christopher Newport 2011 regular season champ: Christopher Newport 2011 tournament champ: Christopher Newport 2012 predicted champion: Christopher Newport

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2010 regular season champ: UW-Eau Claire 2010 tournament champ: UW-Platteville 2011 predicted champion: UW-Platteville 2011 regular season champ: UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire 2011 tournament champ: UW-Whitewater 2012 predicted champion: UW-Stevens Point

-Ricky Nelson