STATS FCS Poll (Oct 25) -- Griz #11

Haley's write-up of the STATS poll is out ... in the usual article format. They dropped EWU to #7 and SDSU dropped to #10. Amazingly, those are what I had guessed.
https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/10/sam-houston-clear-cut-no-1-in-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-rankings/

Rank, Team (Record), Points {First Place Votes}, [Previous Rank]
1. Sam Houston (6-0), 1,244 points {44} [1]
2. North Dakota State (7-0), 1,201 {6} [3]
3. Southern Illinois (6-1), 1,136 [4]
4. Villanova (6-1), 1,101 [5]
5. James Madison (6-1), 1,023 [7]
6. Montana State (7-1), 979 [8]
7. Eastern Washington (7-1), 963 [2]
8. Southeastern Louisiana (6-1), 909 [9]
9. UC Davis (7-1), 814  [10]
10. South Dakota State (5-2), 744 [6]
11. Montana (5-2), 736 [11]
12. Kennesaw State (6-1), 709 [12]
13.(tie) ETSU (7-1), 627 [14]
13.(tie) UT Martin (6-1), 627 [13]
15. Sacramento State (5-2), 525 [19]
16. Northern Iowa (4-3), 492 [20]
17. Missouri State (4-3), 343 [17]
18. VMI (5-2), 332 [21]
19. Princeton (6-0), 310 [22]
20. Jackson State (6-1), 285 [24]
21. South Dakota (5-3), 228 [15]
22. UIW (5-2), 223 [16]
23. Weber State (3-4), 166 NR
24. Rhode Island (5-2), 125 [18]
25. Eastern Kentucky (5-2), 105 NR

Others Receiving Votes: William & Mary 52, Prairie View A&M 46, Harvard 37, Chattanooga 31, Mercer 31, North Dakota 29, Delaware 24, Stephen F. Austin 10, Jacksonville State 9, Florida A&M 8, Duquesne 7, Dartmouth 6, Columbia 5

Dropped Out: Delaware (23), Dartmouth (25)

I really didn't think it would happen, but the pollsters did move Weber -- even with their losing overall record -- back into the top-25.

Now #11 in both polls.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

IdaGriz01 said:

I really didn't think it would happen, but the pollsters did move Weber -- even with their losing overall record -- back into the top-25.

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I think Weber got back one of their starting QB's and the pollsters all year have had a thing for Weber.

Reasons to question the high ranking for Southern Illinois.
The only team with a winning record they beat was SDSU … the Jacks’ missed a PAT in overtime. (Remind us of anything?)

They had to go into overtime to win against pathetic Western Illinois (1-7). The Leathernecks went for 2 in the OT and failed to convert.

Aside from SDSU, the cumulative records of their FCS opponents is 12-25.

IdaGriz01 said:

Reasons to question the high ranking for Southern Illinois.
The only team with a winning record they beat was SDSU … the Jacks’ missed a PAT in overtime. (Remind us of anything?)

They had to go into overtime to win against pathetic Western Illinois (1-7). The Leathernecks went for 2 in the OT and failed to convert.

Aside from SDSU, the cumulative records of their FCS opponents is 12-25.

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They'll get beat in Cedar Falls on Saturday and Cats will move to #4 during the bye week - unless any of the other top teams get beat (very possible), in which case the Cats move higher.

Cats will move up to 5 after this week, bye week couldn’t have come at a better time. This season gets so long for these college kids. Not the fans tho, we could “play” every week . Griz move back into top 10. I think UNI beats SIU.