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FCS STATS Poll (Oct 26) - Griz #17

IdaGriz01

IdaGriz01

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Rank, School (Record), Votes {First Place}, [Prev]
1 Jacksonville State (6-1) 3923 {107} [1]
2 Coastal Carolina (7-0) 3783 {33} [2]
3 Illinois State (6-1) 3754 {20} [3]
4 Chattanooga (6-1) 3323 [5]
5 Eastern Washington (5-2) 3095 [7]
6 Richmond (6-1) 3029 [11]
7 North Dakota State (5-2) 3012 [8]
8 Sam Houston State (5-2) 2745 [9]
9 James Madison (7-1) 2677 [4]
10 McNeese State (7-0) 2477 [12]
11 Fordham (7-1) 2462 [10]
12 Portland State (6-1) 2170 [14]
13 Eastern Kentucky (5-2) 2082 [13]
14 South Dakota State (5-2) 2076 [6]
15 Harvard (6-0) 1727 [15]
16 William & Mary (5-2) 1566 [17]
17 Montana (4-3) 1281 [19]
18 UNI (3-4) 1044 [22]
19 Montana State (4-3) 1010 [21]
20 North Carolina A&T (6-1) 786 [24]
21 Indiana State (4-3) 695 [18]
22 Dartmouth (6-0) 575 [25]
23 Western Illinois (4-3) 566 [20]
24 Charleston Southern (6-1) 517 [NR]
25 Youngstown State (3-4) 426 [16]

Others: Southern Utah (354) , Grambling State (147) , South Dakota (117) , Southeastern Louisiana (92) , Bethune-Cookman (65) , Alcorn State (63) , UT Martin (61) , Citadel (60) , Eastern Illinois (33) , Villanova (32) , Southern Illinois (26) , New Hampshire (26) , Western Carolina (19) , Liberty (18) , Towson (15) , Central Arkansas (14) , Dayton (12) , Cal Poly (10) , North Dakota (9) , Northern Arizona (6) , Prairie View A&M (5) , Southern University (4) , Jacksonville (4) , Furman (2) , Kennesaw State (2) , Penn (1) , South Carolina State (1) , Bryant (1)
 
Now that I've had a chance to absorb the poll, I find a few things I expected and a couple of big surprises.

I nailed the fact that the Griz would come in a #17. And, as I said in my guesses thread, I thought they might put UNI ahead of MSU rather than the other way around ... and they did. (The pollsters really do love Northern Iowa.) As I also predicted, the pollsters dropped Villanova and added Charleston Southern in their place. (That means we will have a seventh ranked-vs-ranked game new weekend.

The first surprise was how far they dropped South Dakota State. I had them going down to #11 after their close (1 FG) loss to UNI. You'd think, since the pollsters love UNI so much, that a loss to such a powerful[?] opponent would not hurt that much ... yet they dropped SDSU all the way to #14. Ouch.

The other big surprise was how far they dropped Youngstown State, which barely survived in the top-25. They lost on the road by just a TD, but dropped nine spots. Ouch, again.

A mild, but good, surprise was the fact that Portland State moved up a bit more than I expected. All the better for the Griz when they go over and kick their butts (well win, anyway).
 
So I'm curious... why, and what's the point of including teams like Harvard in the rankings when they don't even participate in the playoffs?
 
I do find it interesting that a 5-2 SUU team (whose only losses are to FBS schools) that's won 5 straight and given up just NINE points in going 4-0 in conference to date is considered a worse team than a 4-3 Indiana State team that's lost 2 of it's last 3, or a UNI or YSU team that are both 1-3 in their conference.

Some schools just never get any respect.
 
AZGrizFan said:
I do find it interesting that a 5-2 SUU team (whose only losses are to FBS schools) that's won 5 straight and given up just NINE points in going 4-0 in conference to date is considered a worse team than a 4-3 Indiana State team that's lost 2 of it's last 3, or a UNI or YSU team that are both 1-3 in their conference.

Some schools just never get any respect.
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I do think you have to earn respect, and when you are coming up from the bottom they don't give it much credit until you prove your self year in year out.
Plus they really have not played the upper tier of the BSC yet but that starts now so we shall see if they are a contender or pretender.
 
grizare#1 said:
AZGrizFan said:
I do find it interesting that a 5-2 SUU team (whose only losses are to FBS schools) that's won 5 straight and given up just NINE points in going 4-0 in conference to date is considered a worse team than a 4-3 Indiana State team that's lost 2 of it's last 3, or a UNI or YSU team that are both 1-3 in their conference.

Some schools just never get any respect.
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I do think you have to earn respect, and when you are coming up from the bottom they don't give it much credit until you prove your self year in year out.
Plus they really have not played the upper tier of the BSC yet but that starts now so we shall see if they are a contender or pretender.
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Understood, but they're not just beating those bottom tier teams, they're beating them like rented mules...in extremely convincing fashion (unlike our Griz, by the way). I guess reputation is everything...
 
AZGrizFan said:
I do find it interesting that a 5-2 SUU team (whose only losses are to FBS schools) that's won 5 straight and given up just NINE points in going 4-0 in conference to date is considered a worse team than a 4-3 Indiana State team that's lost 2 of it's last 3, or a UNI or YSU team that are both 1-3 in their conference.

Some schools just never get any respect.
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They got destroyed by South Dakota State, UNI beat them.
 
How about South Dakota at 4-3/2-2 being unranked, even after a win two weeks ago at NDSU, while UNI at 3-4/1-3 is 18th?

The USD/UNI game this Saturday looks to be a playoff game, with the loser likely being done for the year since USD still has @Illinois State to play on 11/21.
 
Previous Wk. Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes
3 1 Illinois State Redbirds 2152 48
2 2 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2137 35
4 3 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 1842 5
6 4 Chattanooga Mocs 1736
9 5 Portland State Vikings 1684
8 6 North Dakota State Bison 1674
1 7 James Madison Dukes 1671
14 8 Richmond Spiders 1658
10 9 McNeese State Cowboys 1540
7 10 Eastern Washington Eagles 1514
5 11 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1265
12 12 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1122
15 13 William & Mary Tribe 1115
13 14 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1103
11 15 Fordham Rams 1039
18 16 Harvard Crimson 726
20 17 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 687
21 18 Northern Iowa Panthers 529
16 19 Western Illinois Leathernecks 526
23 20 Montana Grizzlies 459
24 21 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 447
26 22 The Citadel Bulldogs 413
22 23 Dartmouth Big Green 395
17 24 Indiana State Sycamores 294
25 25 Montana State Bobcats

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