alabamagrizzly
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I know this has already been talked about some but I'm gonna go a little deeper in depth. I did this last year so I'm gonna do it again this year. With the Big Sky's uneven schedule, it's interesting to see who's schedule is weaker then the others and then it's interesting to see how each team's schedule plays out. Last year it was well advertised that Southern Utah had one of the easiest schedules and they made the most of it winning the conference. On the flip side, Eastern Washington, Cal Poly, and Idaho State had the tuffest schedules and they were not able to overcome, finishing 6th, 10th, and 12th. It's also interesting to see teams like Portland State, Montana, North Dakota, and Northern Arizona overcome their tuff schedule's and finish in the top four in the BSC(NAU and UND were tied for forth). Now another year and there's new teams with challenges to overcome and new teams with easy roads to a potential conference championship.
Here's a quick recap of last year. The teams are ordered in their strength of schedule point rankings with their 2015 records and where they finished in the con.
Cal Poly 37(18) 3-5, 4-7 10th
EWU 37(18) 5-3, 6-5 t6th
ISU 35(20) 1-7, 2-9 12th
PSU 32(22) 6-2, 9-3 2nd
UM 32(18) 6-2, 8-5 3rd
UND 31(19) 5-3, 7-4 t4th
NAU 31(18) 5-3, 7-4 t4th
WSU 30(18) 5-3, 6-5 t6th
Sac St 28(20) 1-7, 2-9 t12th
MSU 25(19) 3-5, 5-6 9th
UCD 25(14) 2-6, 2-9 11th
SUU 24(14) 7-1, 8-4 1st
UNC 16(13) 3-5, 6-5 8th
Once again I grouped the Big Sky into 4 tiers based off the polls and what little knowledge I have of the teams. Feel free to critique exept all the naysayers that don't think the Griz are a tier 1 team.
Tier 1
Montana
Northern Arizona
Eastern Washington
Tier 2
North Dakota
Southern Utah
Portland St
Weber St
Tier 3
Montana St
Cal Poly
Tier 4
Sacramento St
Idaho St
UC-Davis
Northern Colorado
Here is the BSC preseason rankings.
1. Northern Arizona (8)287
2. Montana (7)283
3. Eastern Washington (5)269
4. North Dakota (2)262
5. Portland State (3)252
6. Weber State 174
7. Southern Utah 162
8. Montana State 157
9. Cal Poly 153
10. Northern Colorado 111
11. Idaho State 58
12. UC Davis 56
13. Sacramento State 50
There are several polls that rank the FCS with the STATS poll being the primary. For the most part they are pretty consistent with each other. I only included the BSC teams and the teams that are scheduled to play against the BSC teams.
Stats top 25
1. North Dakota State
5. Northern Iowa
8. South Dakota State
13. Montana
14. Eastern Washington
17. Portland State
18. Northern Arizona
19. North Dakota
20. Western Illinois
Sporting news
1. North Dakota State
4. Northern Iowa
9. Eastern Washington
12. South Dakota State
13. Northern Arizona
15. Montana
16. Western Illinois
17. Portland State
20. North Dakota
23. Weber State
Athlon top 25
1. North Dakota State
3. Northern Iowa
8. South Dakota State
12. Eastern Washington
15. North Dakota
16. Montana
19. Western Illinois
21. Portland State
24. Northern Arizona
AnyGivenSaturday
1 North Dakota State
2 Northern Iowa
7 South Dakota State
11 Montana
15 Portland State
16 Eastern Washington
17 Northern Arizona
18 North Dakota
19 Western Illinois
It may look like a lot but the point system really isn't too complex. One thing that will skew the rankings is teams that play ranked FBS teams. I figure those games should be unwinable if the FBS teams show up so I made those kind of high. Obviously 0 pts for any D2 and tier 4 teams played at home. It's not a perfect system but its just for fun any way.
vs D2-0pts
vs tier 4 BSC/home-0pts
vs tier 4 BSC/road-1pt
vs tier 3 BSC/home-1pt
vs tier 3 BSC/road-2pts
vs tier 2 BSC/home-2pts
vs tier 2 BSC/road-3pts
vs tier 1 BSC/home-3pts
vs tier 1 BSC/road-4pts
vs UM/EWU road-5pts
vs bottom half FCS/home-1pts
vs bottom half FCS/road-2pts
vs top half FCS/home-2pts
vs top half FCS/road-3pts
vs top 25 FCS/home-3pts
vs top 25 FCS/road-4pts
vs top 15 FCS/home-4pts
vs top 15 FCS/road-5pts
vs top 5 FCS/home-5pts
vs top 5 FCS/road-6pts
vs bottom half FBS-5pts
vs top half FBS-7pts
vs ranked FBS-10pts
Schedule rank and team followed by overall schedule points and conference scheduled points. Once in the schedule's of each team, the first column is conference ranking(tier rank for each BSC team). The second column is their average national rank based off the four polls if applicable and the third column is how many points the game is worth.
team_______overall_____vs con
1st Idaho St___35pts_____23pts____con rank______nat rank____sched pts
Sept 3 Simon Frasier(D2)__________GNAC5th________na__________0
Sept 10 @ Colorado_______________PAC11th________na__________7
Sept 17 @ Oregon St______________PAC12th________na__________5
Sept 24 Sacramento St*______________4____________na_________0
Oct 1 @ Portland St*_________________2__________17.5_________3
Oct 8 bye
Oct 15 @ Northern Arizona*___________1___________18__________4
Oct 22 North Dakota*________________2___________18__________2
Oct 29 Southern Utah*_______________2___________na__________2
Nov 5 @ Montana*___________________1_________13.75_________5
Nov 12 @ Eastern Wash*______________1_________12.75_________5
Nov 19 Weber St*____________________2________23(1poll)_______2
Another brutal schedule for ISU. Conference road games @ PSU, UM, NAU, and EWU plus UND and WSU at home will be a tuff con sched to overcome. Not to mention two PAC12 games, granted those teams are predicted to finish 11th and 12th respectively. At least they should win their opener. 6 starters return on offense including the So QB with a lot of upside but needs to reduce his turnovers from last year. 4 starters return on D plus 2 more that missed last year. Priority #1 for the D is to improve on the 40 pts a game they gave up last year.
2nd Southern Utah___33pts___18pts__con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 1 @ Utah_____________________PAC6th_______na__________7
Sept 10 Southeastern Louisiana____Southland6th____na__________1
Sept 17 bye
Sept 24 Portland St*__________________2_________17.5_________2
Oct 1 @ Montana*____________________1_________13.75________5
Oct 8 UC-Davis*______________________4_________na__________0
Oct 15 @ North Dakota*_______________2_________18__________3
Oct 22 Weber St*_____________________2________23(1poll)_____2
Oct 29 @ Idaho St*____________________4_________na__________1
Nov 5 Montana St*____________________3_________na__________1
Nov 12 @ BYU_______________________Ind________na__________7
Nov 19 @ Northern Arizona*____________1_________18__________4
SUU has tuff road games against UM, UND, and NAU plus WSU, PSU, and MSU at home. Southland Con foe SE Louisiana is trying to rebound to their previous success and two FBS teams also appear on their sched. Having a veteran team will help only replacing their 3 NFL bound defenders and only really having to replace the Q on O with a BYU drop down.
3rd Eastern Washington__32pts__14pts__con rank__nat rank__sched rank
Sept 3 @ Wash St______________________PAC7th_____na________7
Sept 10 @ NDSU_______________________MVC1st_____1st_______6
Sept 17 Northern Iowa_________________MVC2nd_____3.5_______5
Sept 24 @ Northern Arizona*_______________1________18_______4
Oct 1 UC-Davis*__________________________4_______na________0
Oct 8 Northern Colorado*_________________4________na________0
Oct 15 bye
Oct 22 @ Montana St*_____________________3________na_______2
Oct 29 Montana*_________________________1_______13.75_____3
Nov 5 @ Cal Poly*________________________3________na_______2
Nov 12 Idaho St*_________________________4________na_______0
Nov 18 @ Portland St*____________________2________17.5______3
Tuff road con games against NAU, MSU, Cal Po, and PSU plus UM at home. Maybe the hardest non-con sched in the FCS also with nationally ranknked #1 and #4 MVC teams plus a PAC12 team. Nine defenders return from a bad defense(117th in the FCS). Also only 4 offensive starters return(not counting the QB) but they do have arguably the best WR in the history of the FCS.
4th UC Davis______31pts_____16pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Oregon_____________________PAC5th______23rd________10
Sept 10 Southern Oregon(NAIA)______Frontier1st_____3rd__________0
Sept 17 @ Wyoming_________________MWC12th______na__________5
Sept 24 Weber St*______________________2_______23(1poll)_______2
Oct 1 @ Eastern Wash*__________________1________12.75_________5
Oct 8 @ Southern Utah*_________________2_________na___________3
Oct 15 Northern Colorado*______________4_________na___________0
Oct 22 @ Cal Poly*_____________________3_________na___________2
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 Portland St*_____________________2_________17.5__________2
Nov 12 @ Montana St*__________________3__________na___________2
Nov 19 Sacramento St*_________________4__________na___________0
Tuff road games at EWU, SUU, Cal Po and MSU plus PSU at home. Also two FBS games including nationally ranked Oregon fill out the sched. A lot of returning starters though w/ 10 offensive and 8 defensive w/ the D line taking the biggest hit after giving up 200+ yards a game on the ground last year.
5th Northern Arizona____28pts___17pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Arizona St_____________________PAC9th_______na__________7
Sept 10 @ Western Illinois_______________MVC6th______18.5_________4
Sept 17 New Mexico Highlands(D2)_______RMAC8th_______na__________0
Sept 24 Eastern Wash*_____________________1________12.75_________3
Oct 1 @ Northern Colorado*________________4__________na__________1
Oct 8 @ Montana St*______________________3__________na__________2
Oct 15 Idaho St*__________________________4__________na__________0
Oct 22 Montana*__________________________1________13.75_________3
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 @ Weber St*________________________2_______23(1poll)_______3
Nov 12 @ North Dakota*___________________2__________18__________3
Nov 19 Southern Utah*____________________2__________na__________2
The road con games at UND, WSU, and MSU and maybe the tuffest home con sched with UM, EWU, SUU, and ISU all traveling to the mountains of Arizona. Throw in a road trip to nationally ranked WIU and the usual Ari St game should make an interesting year for the BSC favorites. FrOtY Cookus, two standout WR's, and two preseason all BSC OL will make this O go. The D will be tested though w/ only 5 returning starters from an underachieving squad from last year, especially the secondary w/ only 1 veteran in the pass heavy BSC.
6th Cal Poly_______28pts____16pts_____con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Nevada______________________MWC3rd______na__________5
Sept 10 San Diego______________________Pio1st_______na__________2
Sept 17 @ South Dakota St______________MVC3rd______8.75________5
Sept 24 Montana*________________________1________13.75________3
Oct 1 @ North Dakota*____________________2_________18_________3
Oct 8 bye
Oct 15 @ Portland St*____________________2_________17.5________3
Oct 22 UC-Davis*________________________4__________na_________0
Oct 29 @ Sacramento St*_________________4__________na_________1
Nov 5 Eastern Wash*_____________________1________12.75________3
Nov 12 @ Weber St*______________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Nov 19 Northern Colorado*________________4_________na_________0
On the road at UND, PSU, and WSU with UM and EWU at home. A tuff road MVC matchup with SDSU along with a road trip to Nev which could be a winnable game. An experienced QB returning to the starting line up after redshirting along with six other returning starters will run the O of the three time rushing leaders of the FCS. 6 starters return for an awful D that gave up a lot of yards and points last year.
7th Montana St_____26pts____20pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Idaho______________________SBC8th_______na__________5
Sept 10 Bryant______________________NEC4th_______na__________1
Sept 17 Western Oregon(D2)__________GNAC3rd______na__________0
Sept 24 North Dakota*__________________2__________18__________2
Oct 1 @ Sacramento St*_________________4__________na__________1
Oct 8 Northern Arizona*_________________1_________18__________3
Oct 15 @ Weber St*_____________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Oct 22 Eastern Wash*___________________1________12.75_________3
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 @ Southern Utah*_________________2__________na_________3
Nov 12 UC-Davis_______________________4__________na__________0
Nov 19 @ Montana*_____________________1________13.75_________5
Tuff con road games at WSU, SUU, and of course the Brawl in Missoula. UND, EWU, and NAU all travel to Bozeman and maybe the easiest non-con sched including a trip to still FBS Idaho. Only 4 starters return on a redesigned offense but 8 starters return on D with a new DC(can't remember his name at the moment) that need to make improvements from last year.
8th Northern Colorado__26pts__19pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Rocky Mountain(NAIA)__________Frontier7th_____na__________0
Sept 10 @Abilene Christian___________Southland8th____na__________2
Sept 17 @ Colorado St_________________MWC7th_______na__________5
Sept 24 bye
Oct 1 Northern Arizona*__________________1__________18__________3
Oct 8 @ Eastern Wash*___________________1_________12.75________5
Oct 15 @ UC-Davis*______________________4__________na__________1
Oct 22 Sacramento St*___________________4__________na__________0
Oct 29 @ Portland St*____________________2_________17.5_________3
Nov 5 North Dakota*_____________________2__________18__________2
Nov 12 Montana*________________________1_________13.75________3
Nov 19 @ Cal poly*______________________3__________na__________2
Tuff road con games at EWU, PSU, and CP plus NAU, UND, and UM at home. Except for a sure loss at FBS Col St, a relatively easy non-con sched. 10 returning on O including 8 that were So's and Fr last year will help build mo for the next couple of years. The D on the other hand returns 7 but lost both safeties and was ranked 110th in the FCS against the run last year. A new DC was brought in so improvement is expected.
9th Portland St_____26pts____11pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Central Washington(D2)________GNAC4th______na__________0
Sept 10 @ San Jose St________________MWC5th______na__________5
Sept 17 @ Washington________________PAC4th______11th________10
Sept 24 @ Southern Utah*________________2_________na_________3
Oct 1 Idaho St*_________________________4_________na_________0
Oct 8 @ Weber St*______________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Oct 15 Cal Poly*, _______________________3_________na_________1
Oct 22 bye
Oct 29 Northern Colorado*_______________4_________na_________0
Nov 5 UC-Davis*________________________4_________na_________0
Nov 12 @ Sacramento St*________________4_________na_________1
Nov 18 Eastern Wash*___________________1________12.75_______3
Tuff road con games are WSU and SUU plus CP and EWU at home. Probably the easiest con sched. Two FBS games including #11 Wash to add a little credibility but not enough especially if they win the con. They return 7 starters on O including their dangerous dual threat QB but have to replace 7 in D but having their playmaking CB back will help. Last year they had one of the tuffest scheduels and almost won the con. This year with the easiest con sched, expectations should be high.
t10th Montana_____23pts_____15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Saint Francis__________________NEC3rd_______na__________1
Sept 10 @ Northern Iowa_____________MVC2nd_______3.5_________6
Sept 17 bye
Sept 24 @ Cal Poly*____________________3__________na__________2
Oct 1 Southern Utah*___________________2_________na___________2
Oct 8 Mississippi Valley St____________SWAC9th______na__________1
Oct 15 Sacramento St*__________________4_________na__________0
Oct 22 @ Northern Arizona*_____________1__________18__________4
Oct 29 @ Eastern Wash*________________1_________12.75________5
Nov 5 Idaho St*________________________4_________na__________0
Nov 12 @ Northern Colorado*____________4_________na__________1
Nov 19 Montana St*____________________3_________na__________1
Very tuff road games and easy home games. At UNI, NAU, and EWU will be our biggest challenges. SUU will be the tuffest home game. Returning Gus and essentially 5 starting lineman (2 C's) will help a retooling D with a lot of unproven talent.
t10th Weber St______23pts____15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 1 @ Utah St_____________________MWC6th_______na_________5
Sept 10 @ South Dakota_______________MVC7th_______na_________3
Sept 17 Sacramento St___________________4_________na__________0
Sept 24 @ UC-Davis*_____________________4_________na__________1
Oct 1 bye
Oct 8 Portland St*_______________________2________17.5_________2
Oct 15 Montana St*______________________3_________na__________1
Oct 22 @ Southern Utah*_________________2_________na__________3
Oct 29 @ North Dakota*__________________2________18___________3
Nov 5 Northern Arizona*__________________1________18__________3
Nov 12 Cal Poly*________________________3_________na__________1
Nov 19 @ Idaho St*______________________4_________na__________1
Tuff road con games at SUU and UND plus PSU, MSU, NAU, and CP at home. A tuff non-con road game at SDSU will test them early plus FBS foe and in state rival USU may be a winnable game if WSU is legit and comes to play. 9 starters return on O including 2 preseason BSC O lineman. The BSC's top ranked D from 2015 returns 7 starters and some question marks in the middle.
12th Sac St_______22pts______15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Western Oregon(D2)___________GNAC3rd______na__________0
Sept 10 @ Fresno St__________________MWC8th______na__________5
Sept 17 @ Weber St_____________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Sept 24 @ Idaho St*_____________________4_________na__________1
Oct 1 Montana St*______________________3_________na__________1
Oct 8 North Dakota*____________________2_________18__________2
Oct 15 @ Montana*_____________________1________13.75________5
Oct 22 @ Northern Colorado*_____________4_________na__________1
Oct 29 Cal Poly*________________________3_________na__________1
Nov 5 bye
Nov 12 Portland St*_____________________2________17.5_________2
Nov 19 @ UC-Davis*_____________________4_________na__________1
Their only tuff road con game is UM. Home con games include MSU, UND, CP, and PSU. They also play at WSU in a non-con matchup plus FBS Fresno St. A bunch of new asst coaches were brought in including Paul Wulff to coach up the O line. They return 8 starters on O including their So QB and Sr RB. 10 starters return on D including 8 of top 10 tacklers from last year.
13th North Dakota_____22pts____13pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Stony Brook___________________CAA8th________na__________2
Sept 10 @ Bowling Green_______________MAC2nd________na__________5
Sept 17 South Dakota__________________MVC7th________na___________2
Sept 24 @ Montana St*____________________3___________na__________2
Oct 1 Cal Poly*__________________________3____________na_________1
Oct 8 @ Sacramento St*__________________4____________na__________1
Oct 15 Southern Utah*____________________2___________na__________2
Oct 22 @ Idaho St*_______________________4___________na__________1
Oct 29 Weber St*, _______________________2________23(1poll)_______2
Nov 5 @ Northern Colorado*_______________4___________na__________1
Nov 12 Northern Arizona*_________________1___________18__________3
Nov 19 bye
MSU is their tuffest road con game while they have CP, SUU, WSU, and NAU at home. A relatively easy non-con sched also with a trip to FBS Bowling Green padding their SOC score. 7 starters return on O including their explosive all purpose So RB. The 4 replacements on the offensive side all come from the O line though. 9 starters return on a very stout D that will be replacing its top tackler but have the talent to do so.
Here's a quick recap of last year. The teams are ordered in their strength of schedule point rankings with their 2015 records and where they finished in the con.
Cal Poly 37(18) 3-5, 4-7 10th
EWU 37(18) 5-3, 6-5 t6th
ISU 35(20) 1-7, 2-9 12th
PSU 32(22) 6-2, 9-3 2nd
UM 32(18) 6-2, 8-5 3rd
UND 31(19) 5-3, 7-4 t4th
NAU 31(18) 5-3, 7-4 t4th
WSU 30(18) 5-3, 6-5 t6th
Sac St 28(20) 1-7, 2-9 t12th
MSU 25(19) 3-5, 5-6 9th
UCD 25(14) 2-6, 2-9 11th
SUU 24(14) 7-1, 8-4 1st
UNC 16(13) 3-5, 6-5 8th
Once again I grouped the Big Sky into 4 tiers based off the polls and what little knowledge I have of the teams. Feel free to critique exept all the naysayers that don't think the Griz are a tier 1 team.
Tier 1
Montana
Northern Arizona
Eastern Washington
Tier 2
North Dakota
Southern Utah
Portland St
Weber St
Tier 3
Montana St
Cal Poly
Tier 4
Sacramento St
Idaho St
UC-Davis
Northern Colorado
Here is the BSC preseason rankings.
1. Northern Arizona (8)287
2. Montana (7)283
3. Eastern Washington (5)269
4. North Dakota (2)262
5. Portland State (3)252
6. Weber State 174
7. Southern Utah 162
8. Montana State 157
9. Cal Poly 153
10. Northern Colorado 111
11. Idaho State 58
12. UC Davis 56
13. Sacramento State 50
There are several polls that rank the FCS with the STATS poll being the primary. For the most part they are pretty consistent with each other. I only included the BSC teams and the teams that are scheduled to play against the BSC teams.
Stats top 25
1. North Dakota State
5. Northern Iowa
8. South Dakota State
13. Montana
14. Eastern Washington
17. Portland State
18. Northern Arizona
19. North Dakota
20. Western Illinois
Sporting news
1. North Dakota State
4. Northern Iowa
9. Eastern Washington
12. South Dakota State
13. Northern Arizona
15. Montana
16. Western Illinois
17. Portland State
20. North Dakota
23. Weber State
Athlon top 25
1. North Dakota State
3. Northern Iowa
8. South Dakota State
12. Eastern Washington
15. North Dakota
16. Montana
19. Western Illinois
21. Portland State
24. Northern Arizona
AnyGivenSaturday
1 North Dakota State
2 Northern Iowa
7 South Dakota State
11 Montana
15 Portland State
16 Eastern Washington
17 Northern Arizona
18 North Dakota
19 Western Illinois
It may look like a lot but the point system really isn't too complex. One thing that will skew the rankings is teams that play ranked FBS teams. I figure those games should be unwinable if the FBS teams show up so I made those kind of high. Obviously 0 pts for any D2 and tier 4 teams played at home. It's not a perfect system but its just for fun any way.
vs D2-0pts
vs tier 4 BSC/home-0pts
vs tier 4 BSC/road-1pt
vs tier 3 BSC/home-1pt
vs tier 3 BSC/road-2pts
vs tier 2 BSC/home-2pts
vs tier 2 BSC/road-3pts
vs tier 1 BSC/home-3pts
vs tier 1 BSC/road-4pts
vs UM/EWU road-5pts
vs bottom half FCS/home-1pts
vs bottom half FCS/road-2pts
vs top half FCS/home-2pts
vs top half FCS/road-3pts
vs top 25 FCS/home-3pts
vs top 25 FCS/road-4pts
vs top 15 FCS/home-4pts
vs top 15 FCS/road-5pts
vs top 5 FCS/home-5pts
vs top 5 FCS/road-6pts
vs bottom half FBS-5pts
vs top half FBS-7pts
vs ranked FBS-10pts
Schedule rank and team followed by overall schedule points and conference scheduled points. Once in the schedule's of each team, the first column is conference ranking(tier rank for each BSC team). The second column is their average national rank based off the four polls if applicable and the third column is how many points the game is worth.
team_______overall_____vs con
1st Idaho St___35pts_____23pts____con rank______nat rank____sched pts
Sept 3 Simon Frasier(D2)__________GNAC5th________na__________0
Sept 10 @ Colorado_______________PAC11th________na__________7
Sept 17 @ Oregon St______________PAC12th________na__________5
Sept 24 Sacramento St*______________4____________na_________0
Oct 1 @ Portland St*_________________2__________17.5_________3
Oct 8 bye
Oct 15 @ Northern Arizona*___________1___________18__________4
Oct 22 North Dakota*________________2___________18__________2
Oct 29 Southern Utah*_______________2___________na__________2
Nov 5 @ Montana*___________________1_________13.75_________5
Nov 12 @ Eastern Wash*______________1_________12.75_________5
Nov 19 Weber St*____________________2________23(1poll)_______2
Another brutal schedule for ISU. Conference road games @ PSU, UM, NAU, and EWU plus UND and WSU at home will be a tuff con sched to overcome. Not to mention two PAC12 games, granted those teams are predicted to finish 11th and 12th respectively. At least they should win their opener. 6 starters return on offense including the So QB with a lot of upside but needs to reduce his turnovers from last year. 4 starters return on D plus 2 more that missed last year. Priority #1 for the D is to improve on the 40 pts a game they gave up last year.
2nd Southern Utah___33pts___18pts__con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 1 @ Utah_____________________PAC6th_______na__________7
Sept 10 Southeastern Louisiana____Southland6th____na__________1
Sept 17 bye
Sept 24 Portland St*__________________2_________17.5_________2
Oct 1 @ Montana*____________________1_________13.75________5
Oct 8 UC-Davis*______________________4_________na__________0
Oct 15 @ North Dakota*_______________2_________18__________3
Oct 22 Weber St*_____________________2________23(1poll)_____2
Oct 29 @ Idaho St*____________________4_________na__________1
Nov 5 Montana St*____________________3_________na__________1
Nov 12 @ BYU_______________________Ind________na__________7
Nov 19 @ Northern Arizona*____________1_________18__________4
SUU has tuff road games against UM, UND, and NAU plus WSU, PSU, and MSU at home. Southland Con foe SE Louisiana is trying to rebound to their previous success and two FBS teams also appear on their sched. Having a veteran team will help only replacing their 3 NFL bound defenders and only really having to replace the Q on O with a BYU drop down.
3rd Eastern Washington__32pts__14pts__con rank__nat rank__sched rank
Sept 3 @ Wash St______________________PAC7th_____na________7
Sept 10 @ NDSU_______________________MVC1st_____1st_______6
Sept 17 Northern Iowa_________________MVC2nd_____3.5_______5
Sept 24 @ Northern Arizona*_______________1________18_______4
Oct 1 UC-Davis*__________________________4_______na________0
Oct 8 Northern Colorado*_________________4________na________0
Oct 15 bye
Oct 22 @ Montana St*_____________________3________na_______2
Oct 29 Montana*_________________________1_______13.75_____3
Nov 5 @ Cal Poly*________________________3________na_______2
Nov 12 Idaho St*_________________________4________na_______0
Nov 18 @ Portland St*____________________2________17.5______3
Tuff road con games against NAU, MSU, Cal Po, and PSU plus UM at home. Maybe the hardest non-con sched in the FCS also with nationally ranknked #1 and #4 MVC teams plus a PAC12 team. Nine defenders return from a bad defense(117th in the FCS). Also only 4 offensive starters return(not counting the QB) but they do have arguably the best WR in the history of the FCS.
4th UC Davis______31pts_____16pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Oregon_____________________PAC5th______23rd________10
Sept 10 Southern Oregon(NAIA)______Frontier1st_____3rd__________0
Sept 17 @ Wyoming_________________MWC12th______na__________5
Sept 24 Weber St*______________________2_______23(1poll)_______2
Oct 1 @ Eastern Wash*__________________1________12.75_________5
Oct 8 @ Southern Utah*_________________2_________na___________3
Oct 15 Northern Colorado*______________4_________na___________0
Oct 22 @ Cal Poly*_____________________3_________na___________2
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 Portland St*_____________________2_________17.5__________2
Nov 12 @ Montana St*__________________3__________na___________2
Nov 19 Sacramento St*_________________4__________na___________0
Tuff road games at EWU, SUU, Cal Po and MSU plus PSU at home. Also two FBS games including nationally ranked Oregon fill out the sched. A lot of returning starters though w/ 10 offensive and 8 defensive w/ the D line taking the biggest hit after giving up 200+ yards a game on the ground last year.
5th Northern Arizona____28pts___17pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Arizona St_____________________PAC9th_______na__________7
Sept 10 @ Western Illinois_______________MVC6th______18.5_________4
Sept 17 New Mexico Highlands(D2)_______RMAC8th_______na__________0
Sept 24 Eastern Wash*_____________________1________12.75_________3
Oct 1 @ Northern Colorado*________________4__________na__________1
Oct 8 @ Montana St*______________________3__________na__________2
Oct 15 Idaho St*__________________________4__________na__________0
Oct 22 Montana*__________________________1________13.75_________3
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 @ Weber St*________________________2_______23(1poll)_______3
Nov 12 @ North Dakota*___________________2__________18__________3
Nov 19 Southern Utah*____________________2__________na__________2
The road con games at UND, WSU, and MSU and maybe the tuffest home con sched with UM, EWU, SUU, and ISU all traveling to the mountains of Arizona. Throw in a road trip to nationally ranked WIU and the usual Ari St game should make an interesting year for the BSC favorites. FrOtY Cookus, two standout WR's, and two preseason all BSC OL will make this O go. The D will be tested though w/ only 5 returning starters from an underachieving squad from last year, especially the secondary w/ only 1 veteran in the pass heavy BSC.
6th Cal Poly_______28pts____16pts_____con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Nevada______________________MWC3rd______na__________5
Sept 10 San Diego______________________Pio1st_______na__________2
Sept 17 @ South Dakota St______________MVC3rd______8.75________5
Sept 24 Montana*________________________1________13.75________3
Oct 1 @ North Dakota*____________________2_________18_________3
Oct 8 bye
Oct 15 @ Portland St*____________________2_________17.5________3
Oct 22 UC-Davis*________________________4__________na_________0
Oct 29 @ Sacramento St*_________________4__________na_________1
Nov 5 Eastern Wash*_____________________1________12.75________3
Nov 12 @ Weber St*______________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Nov 19 Northern Colorado*________________4_________na_________0
On the road at UND, PSU, and WSU with UM and EWU at home. A tuff road MVC matchup with SDSU along with a road trip to Nev which could be a winnable game. An experienced QB returning to the starting line up after redshirting along with six other returning starters will run the O of the three time rushing leaders of the FCS. 6 starters return for an awful D that gave up a lot of yards and points last year.
7th Montana St_____26pts____20pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Idaho______________________SBC8th_______na__________5
Sept 10 Bryant______________________NEC4th_______na__________1
Sept 17 Western Oregon(D2)__________GNAC3rd______na__________0
Sept 24 North Dakota*__________________2__________18__________2
Oct 1 @ Sacramento St*_________________4__________na__________1
Oct 8 Northern Arizona*_________________1_________18__________3
Oct 15 @ Weber St*_____________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Oct 22 Eastern Wash*___________________1________12.75_________3
Oct 29 bye
Nov 5 @ Southern Utah*_________________2__________na_________3
Nov 12 UC-Davis_______________________4__________na__________0
Nov 19 @ Montana*_____________________1________13.75_________5
Tuff con road games at WSU, SUU, and of course the Brawl in Missoula. UND, EWU, and NAU all travel to Bozeman and maybe the easiest non-con sched including a trip to still FBS Idaho. Only 4 starters return on a redesigned offense but 8 starters return on D with a new DC(can't remember his name at the moment) that need to make improvements from last year.
8th Northern Colorado__26pts__19pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Rocky Mountain(NAIA)__________Frontier7th_____na__________0
Sept 10 @Abilene Christian___________Southland8th____na__________2
Sept 17 @ Colorado St_________________MWC7th_______na__________5
Sept 24 bye
Oct 1 Northern Arizona*__________________1__________18__________3
Oct 8 @ Eastern Wash*___________________1_________12.75________5
Oct 15 @ UC-Davis*______________________4__________na__________1
Oct 22 Sacramento St*___________________4__________na__________0
Oct 29 @ Portland St*____________________2_________17.5_________3
Nov 5 North Dakota*_____________________2__________18__________2
Nov 12 Montana*________________________1_________13.75________3
Nov 19 @ Cal poly*______________________3__________na__________2
Tuff road con games at EWU, PSU, and CP plus NAU, UND, and UM at home. Except for a sure loss at FBS Col St, a relatively easy non-con sched. 10 returning on O including 8 that were So's and Fr last year will help build mo for the next couple of years. The D on the other hand returns 7 but lost both safeties and was ranked 110th in the FCS against the run last year. A new DC was brought in so improvement is expected.
9th Portland St_____26pts____11pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Central Washington(D2)________GNAC4th______na__________0
Sept 10 @ San Jose St________________MWC5th______na__________5
Sept 17 @ Washington________________PAC4th______11th________10
Sept 24 @ Southern Utah*________________2_________na_________3
Oct 1 Idaho St*_________________________4_________na_________0
Oct 8 @ Weber St*______________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Oct 15 Cal Poly*, _______________________3_________na_________1
Oct 22 bye
Oct 29 Northern Colorado*_______________4_________na_________0
Nov 5 UC-Davis*________________________4_________na_________0
Nov 12 @ Sacramento St*________________4_________na_________1
Nov 18 Eastern Wash*___________________1________12.75_______3
Tuff road con games are WSU and SUU plus CP and EWU at home. Probably the easiest con sched. Two FBS games including #11 Wash to add a little credibility but not enough especially if they win the con. They return 7 starters on O including their dangerous dual threat QB but have to replace 7 in D but having their playmaking CB back will help. Last year they had one of the tuffest scheduels and almost won the con. This year with the easiest con sched, expectations should be high.
t10th Montana_____23pts_____15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Saint Francis__________________NEC3rd_______na__________1
Sept 10 @ Northern Iowa_____________MVC2nd_______3.5_________6
Sept 17 bye
Sept 24 @ Cal Poly*____________________3__________na__________2
Oct 1 Southern Utah*___________________2_________na___________2
Oct 8 Mississippi Valley St____________SWAC9th______na__________1
Oct 15 Sacramento St*__________________4_________na__________0
Oct 22 @ Northern Arizona*_____________1__________18__________4
Oct 29 @ Eastern Wash*________________1_________12.75________5
Nov 5 Idaho St*________________________4_________na__________0
Nov 12 @ Northern Colorado*____________4_________na__________1
Nov 19 Montana St*____________________3_________na__________1
Very tuff road games and easy home games. At UNI, NAU, and EWU will be our biggest challenges. SUU will be the tuffest home game. Returning Gus and essentially 5 starting lineman (2 C's) will help a retooling D with a lot of unproven talent.
t10th Weber St______23pts____15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 1 @ Utah St_____________________MWC6th_______na_________5
Sept 10 @ South Dakota_______________MVC7th_______na_________3
Sept 17 Sacramento St___________________4_________na__________0
Sept 24 @ UC-Davis*_____________________4_________na__________1
Oct 1 bye
Oct 8 Portland St*_______________________2________17.5_________2
Oct 15 Montana St*______________________3_________na__________1
Oct 22 @ Southern Utah*_________________2_________na__________3
Oct 29 @ North Dakota*__________________2________18___________3
Nov 5 Northern Arizona*__________________1________18__________3
Nov 12 Cal Poly*________________________3_________na__________1
Nov 19 @ Idaho St*______________________4_________na__________1
Tuff road con games at SUU and UND plus PSU, MSU, NAU, and CP at home. A tuff non-con road game at SDSU will test them early plus FBS foe and in state rival USU may be a winnable game if WSU is legit and comes to play. 9 starters return on O including 2 preseason BSC O lineman. The BSC's top ranked D from 2015 returns 7 starters and some question marks in the middle.
12th Sac St_______22pts______15pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 Western Oregon(D2)___________GNAC3rd______na__________0
Sept 10 @ Fresno St__________________MWC8th______na__________5
Sept 17 @ Weber St_____________________2______23(1poll)_______3
Sept 24 @ Idaho St*_____________________4_________na__________1
Oct 1 Montana St*______________________3_________na__________1
Oct 8 North Dakota*____________________2_________18__________2
Oct 15 @ Montana*_____________________1________13.75________5
Oct 22 @ Northern Colorado*_____________4_________na__________1
Oct 29 Cal Poly*________________________3_________na__________1
Nov 5 bye
Nov 12 Portland St*_____________________2________17.5_________2
Nov 19 @ UC-Davis*_____________________4_________na__________1
Their only tuff road con game is UM. Home con games include MSU, UND, CP, and PSU. They also play at WSU in a non-con matchup plus FBS Fresno St. A bunch of new asst coaches were brought in including Paul Wulff to coach up the O line. They return 8 starters on O including their So QB and Sr RB. 10 starters return on D including 8 of top 10 tacklers from last year.
13th North Dakota_____22pts____13pts___con rank____nat rank___sched rank
Sept 3 @ Stony Brook___________________CAA8th________na__________2
Sept 10 @ Bowling Green_______________MAC2nd________na__________5
Sept 17 South Dakota__________________MVC7th________na___________2
Sept 24 @ Montana St*____________________3___________na__________2
Oct 1 Cal Poly*__________________________3____________na_________1
Oct 8 @ Sacramento St*__________________4____________na__________1
Oct 15 Southern Utah*____________________2___________na__________2
Oct 22 @ Idaho St*_______________________4___________na__________1
Oct 29 Weber St*, _______________________2________23(1poll)_______2
Nov 5 @ Northern Colorado*_______________4___________na__________1
Nov 12 Northern Arizona*_________________1___________18__________3
Nov 19 bye
MSU is their tuffest road con game while they have CP, SUU, WSU, and NAU at home. A relatively easy non-con sched also with a trip to FBS Bowling Green padding their SOC score. 7 starters return on O including their explosive all purpose So RB. The 4 replacements on the offensive side all come from the O line though. 9 starters return on a very stout D that will be replacing its top tackler but have the talent to do so.
