STATS Bracketology -- Griz Listed

[i_the_sky]

TOTALLY AGREE! EASTERN AND MONTANA WILL GET IN THE PLAYOFFS AND NO ONE ELSE! No one else, from the BSC has won a playoff game in decades...................

 

[AZDoc]

It'll be 3 teams as long as there are 3 that are 7-4 or better. EWU and 2 of NAU, UM, Weebs, SUU as was said earlier. I watched some SUU over the weekend and I think they are pretenders. NAU, Weebs, and UM need to take care of business against the teams they should beat, then decide it on the field between the 3. I think weebs is legit with their starting QB, which is partially what cost them over the weekend. Will be interesting to see if he plays this weekend, which I'd doubt honestly, even if he could. They should beat Poly regardless. Concussions are crazy though...could be a week, could be 6.

 

[PlayerRep]

Ya'll need to remember how much crappy football is out there. In reality there are 4 conferences and a bunch of red headed step children.

With 24 teams getting in The BS will have 3 or 4 teams

Hmmmm, I dunno - that may be the case, but I feel like there's been less than a handful of times that the Big Sky has had 3 teams - and maybe they've only had 4 a couple? I could be wrong of course - I could always look it up, but don't really have the time right now.

MMF, also, we’ve only seen the 24-team format since the 2013 season. And the 20-team format since 2008. So you’re likely right. Only a few times, and only recently.

Very good point. As size of playoff field has increased, more teams from the best conferences can get in. Thus, the more valid data is only the recent data. Thanks for pointing this out.

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Is nobody here considering NAUs inevitable end of season dive bomb?

 

[Diesel]

One fact that should be considered is the expansion of BSC in recent past. BSC was considerably smaller, thus less opportunity for multiple seeds into playoffs.
I've viewed a few posts pointing out historical numbers of BSC playoff seeds. By size in numbers BSC has the most teams (13) of any FCS conference currently.
If my numbers are correct 14 FCS conferences currently and two do not participate in playoffs. That gives 12 automatic qualifiers and 12 teams to add based on seeding.
Based on the numbers the conferences with fewer than 8 members would have difficulty getting more than one team in the playoffs.
Currant BSC should have two, three or four playoff teams on a regular basis. BSC is not the strongest from top to the bottom, but it is in the top tier of total FCS conferences.
Means nothing to very little if second, third or fourth playoff selection from BSC has poor playoff success recently there hasn't been a long enough historical record as per current conferences.
If poor playoff results continue by BSC teams continue this could adversely effect future multiple BSC selections, however two to three BSC playoff selections should be fairly standard as per current conferences. Four would be exceptional.
Please post corrections to automatic qualifiers or any other errors to my post.

 

[Paytonlives]

Since the inception of 24 teams the BS has always had three or four. Could change this year. But I doubt it

2016 EWU, ND, poly and Weber
2015 UM, PSU and S Utah
2014 UM, EWU and kittens
2013 UM, EWU, SUtah and NAU
2013 EWU , poly and kittens

 

[Diesel]

Since the inception of 24 teams the BS has always had three or four. Could change this year. But I doubt it

2016 EWU, ND, poly and Weber
2015 UM, PSU and S Utah
2014 UM, EWU and kittens
2013 UM, EWU, SUtah and NAU
2013 EWU , poly and kittens

Looking at UM's playoff history since 2013 the ability to win on the road hits home. Hope recent success continues into the playoffs.

 

[Diesel]

One fact that should be considered is the expansion of BSC in recent past. BSC was considerably smaller, thus less opportunity for multiple seeds into playoffs.
I've viewed a few posts pointing out historical numbers of BSC playoff seeds. By size in numbers BSC has the most teams (13) of any FCS conference currently.
If my numbers are correct 14 FCS conferences currently and two do not participate in playoffs. That gives 12 automatic qualifiers and 12 teams to add based on seeding.
Based on the numbers the conferences with fewer than 8 members would have difficulty getting more than one team in the playoffs.
Currant BSC should have two, three or four playoff teams on a regular basis. BSC is not the strongest from top to the bottom, but it is in the top tier of total FCS conferences.
Means nothing to very little if second, third or fourth playoff selection from BSC has poor playoff success recently there hasn't been a long enough historical record as per current conferences.
If poor playoff results continue by BSC teams continue this could adversely effect future multiple BSC selections, however two to three BSC playoff selections should be fairly standard as per current conferences. Four would be exceptional.
Please post corrections to automatic qualifiers or any other errors to my post.

Correction to this post 10 automatic qualifiers and 14 at large

 

[stonecrest]

Where is the bracket for quality losses, so the Scats can have something to cheer about.