IdaGriz01
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It might be a bit early to start these again, but the polls have been so crazy, I thought I’d have some fun with it anyway. By “crazy,” I mean things have been even weirder than I can remember in past years. Example: North Dakota (1-4), being just 82 votes out the top-25. Also, wins and losses have resulted in much bigger swings in position … with no particular connection to the strength (or weakness) of the opponent. We’ve seen losses drop mid-level teams out of the top-25 and, conversely, teams with relatively few votes leap well into the top-25 after a run-of-the-mill win.
So here it is, just to give us something different to chew on.
Poll Guess, Team (record) [Previous rank]
1 James Madison (5-0) [1]
2 North Dakota State (4-0) [2]
3 Jacksonville State (3-1) [5]
4 Youngstown State (3-1) [6]
5 Wofford (4-0) [7]
6 EWU (3-2) [9]
7 Central Arkansas (3-1) [11]
8 South Dakota (4-0) [10]
9 South Dakota State (3-1) [4]
10 Sam Houston State (3-1) [3]
11 Illinois State (4-0) [12]
12 Villanova (3-2) [14]
13 New Hampshire (4-1) [15]
14 Richmond (2-2) [16]
15 Western Illinois (3-1) [13]
16 Citadel (3-1) [8]
17 North Carolina A&T (5-0) [17]
18 Weber State (4-1) [20]
19 Samford (3-2) [25]
20 Elon (4-1) [23]
21 Grambling State (3-1) [21]
22 Stony Brook (4-1) [NR]
23 Northern Iowa (2-2) [NR]
24 Montana (3-2) [NR]
25 Albany (3-2) [19]
Of course, we had quite a few games that pitted ranked teams against each other. So three top-10 teams ended up with losses. For the Griz, that doesn’t mean anything since UM was too far down in the voting last week. What could be important is that four of the bottom eight teams lost. Now Albany lost to Elon, a team that’s clearly on the rise … so I figure that could hang on to the bottom spot. But given how the pollsters have hammered teams that lose, I think there’s a good chance that the other three will fall out of the top-25.
That would leave three open spots … and I’m making a wild-a** guess that the Griz may just fill one of those spots. I know that seems pretty unlikely, but we’ve already seen stranger jumps than that this year. So why not be hopeful?
So here it is, just to give us something different to chew on.
Poll Guess, Team (record) [Previous rank]
1 James Madison (5-0) [1]
2 North Dakota State (4-0) [2]
3 Jacksonville State (3-1) [5]
4 Youngstown State (3-1) [6]
5 Wofford (4-0) [7]
6 EWU (3-2) [9]
7 Central Arkansas (3-1) [11]
8 South Dakota (4-0) [10]
9 South Dakota State (3-1) [4]
10 Sam Houston State (3-1) [3]
11 Illinois State (4-0) [12]
12 Villanova (3-2) [14]
13 New Hampshire (4-1) [15]
14 Richmond (2-2) [16]
15 Western Illinois (3-1) [13]
16 Citadel (3-1) [8]
17 North Carolina A&T (5-0) [17]
18 Weber State (4-1) [20]
19 Samford (3-2) [25]
20 Elon (4-1) [23]
21 Grambling State (3-1) [21]
22 Stony Brook (4-1) [NR]
23 Northern Iowa (2-2) [NR]
24 Montana (3-2) [NR]
25 Albany (3-2) [19]
Of course, we had quite a few games that pitted ranked teams against each other. So three top-10 teams ended up with losses. For the Griz, that doesn’t mean anything since UM was too far down in the voting last week. What could be important is that four of the bottom eight teams lost. Now Albany lost to Elon, a team that’s clearly on the rise … so I figure that could hang on to the bottom spot. But given how the pollsters have hammered teams that lose, I think there’s a good chance that the other three will fall out of the top-25.
That would leave three open spots … and I’m making a wild-a** guess that the Griz may just fill one of those spots. I know that seems pretty unlikely, but we’ve already seen stranger jumps than that this year. So why not be hopeful?
