Montana drops six spots in FCS Poll

by | Sep 21, 2015

The Liberty Flames take on the Montana Grizzlies on September 19, 2015. (Photo by Mitchell Bryant)

The Liberty Flames take on the Montana Grizzlies on September 19, 2015. (Photo by Mitchell Bryant)

Montana fell six spots in the STATS  FCS Poll and eight spots in the FCS Coaches’ Poll, both released Monday morning.

Heading into week #4, the Griz sit at #14 in the STATS FCS Poll and #15 in the FCS Coaches’ Poll.

Over the weekend, Montana lost to #15 Liberty University 31-21 in a game where the Griz had several opportunities to put points up on the board.  The Griz offense was only able to generate 303 total yards on offense, with 282 yards coming in the air and only 21 yards rushing.  Montana’s run game has struggled lately as well as Montana’s red zone efficiency, going 4-7 when inside the red zone on Saturday.

Next, the Griz face Northern Arizona (2-1, 0-0 BSC) who fell last Saturday to FBS Arizona 13-77.  With that loss, Northern Arizona fell out of the top 25 polls completely.

Each poll has five Big Sky teams ranked in the top 25.

 

STATS FCS POLL (as of Sept. 21)

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Jacksonville State 2-1 3384 (93) 1
2 Coastal Carolina 2-0 3676 (36) 2
3 North Dakota State 2-1 3555 (17) 4
4 Illinois State 2-1 3353 (2) 5
5 Villanova 2-1 3346 (4) 6
6 South Dakota State 2-0 3049 (6) 7
7 Northern Iowa 2-1 3029 9
8 Chattanooga 2-1 2585 10
9 James Madison 3-0 2522 12
10 Liberty 2-1 2460 15
11 Eastern Washington 1-2 2358 14
12 Sam Houston State 0-2 1905 3
13 Youngstown State 2-1 1861 16
14 Montana 1-2 1675 8
15 Montana State 1-1 1612 11
16 Fordham 2-1 1601 18
17 Portland State 2-0 1446 19
18 Eastern Kentucky 1-1 1013 21
19 Richmond 2-1 993 22
20 Cal Poly 1-2 758 17
21 New Hampshire 1-2 753 13
22 Indiana State 2-1 723 23
23 Southeastern Louisiana 2-1 702 20
24 Harvard 1-0 549 25
25 McNeese State 2-0 502 NR

FCS Coaches’ Poll (as of Sept. 21)

RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS
1 Coastal Carolina (19) 3-0 631 1
2 North Dakota State (4) 2-1 617 2
3 Jacksonville State (3) 2-1 591 4
4 Villanova 2-1 579 3
5 Illinois State 2-1 531 6
6 Northern Iowa 2-1 483 11
7 South Dakota State (1) 2-0 481 8
8 James Madison 3-0 477 10
9 Chattanooga 2-1 438 12
10 Liberty 2-1 410 14
11 Eastern Washington 1-2 349 15
12 Youngstown State 2-1 277 5
13 Montana State 1-1 296 9
14 Sam Houston State 0-2 277 5
15 Montana 1-2 260 7
16 Fordham 2-1 239 19
17 McNeese State 2-0 231 21
18 Portland State 2-0 220 20
19 Southeastern Louisiana 2-1 164 17
20 Richmond 2-1 147 23
21 Eastern Kentucky 1-1 126 22
22 Cal Poly 1-2 114 18
23 Indiana State 2-1 112 25
24 New Hampshire 1-2 78 13
25 William & Mary 1-1 45 NR