STATS FCS Poll (Oct 10) – Griz #3

[IdaGriz01]

The pollsters hammered Delaware more than I expected ... out of the top-10. They also moved Rhode Island in, rather than New Hampshire … even though UNH is ahead in the conference standings. Strange.

Rank, Team, (Record), Points, {First Place votes}, [Previous Rank]
1. North Dakota State (5-1), 1333 {41}[ [1]
2. South Dakota State (5-1), 1285 {7} [2]
3. Montana (5-0) , 1247 {6}[3]
4. Montana State (5-1), 1,166 [4]
5. Sacramento State (5-0), 1,153 [5]
6. Weber State (5-0), 1,069 [7]
7. Holy Cross (6-0), 935 [9]
8.(tie) Jackson State (5-0), 915 [8]
8.(tie) UIW (5-1), 915 [10]
10. Chattanooga (4-1), 812    [11]
11. William & Mary (5-1), 758 [16]
12. Mercer (5-1), 734 [12]
13. Delaware (5-1), 716 [6]
14. Elon (5-1), 627 [14]
15. Samford (5-1), 613 [13]
16. Southern Illinois (4-2), 557 [17]
17. Villanova (3-2), 440 [15]
18. Southeast Missouri (5-1), 414   [21]
19. UT Martin (4-2), 413 [18]
20. North Dakota (4-2), 363 [22]
21. Richmond (3-2), 205 [23]
22. Fordham (5-1), 178 [Not Ranked]
23. Eastern Kentucky (3-2), 171 [25]
24. Austin Peay (4-2), 75 [Not Ranked]
25.(tie) Rhode Island (3-2), 67 [Not Ranked]
25.(tie) Southeastern Louisiana (3-3), 67 [19]

Others Receiving Votes: New Hampshire (4-2) 66, Idaho (3-2) 48, Furman (4-2) 41, Missouri State (2-4) 39, Stephen F. Austin (3-3) 31, Monmouth (4-2) 28, Illinois State (3-2) 15, Campbell (3-2,) 13, Eastern Washington (1-4) 11, Princeton (4-0) 8, North Carolina Central (4-1) 5, Penn (4-0) 4, Abilene Christian (4-2) 3

Link to Haley article: https://theanalyst.com/na/2022/10/caa-football-boasts-six-teams-in-fcs-top-25-rankings/

 

[IdaGriz01]

You know, I suspected the pollsters might pull a crazy this week … and they did. Several of them, in fact. Mind you, I got twenty or so on the nose or within one or two spots. But the misses … ouch.

Delaware was obviously going to drop. However, I thought they would stay in the top-10, since they lost to a ranked team on the road. Nope. Then the pollsters jumped William & Mary ahead of them and well ahead of Elon … even though W&M lost to Elon a couple weeks ago. Go figure.

I correctly (and easily) figured that Missouri State and EWU would drop out, and I guessed that they’d move New Hampshire up. Nope. Rhode Island got the nod, even though they are 1-1 in conference, while UNH leads the CAA at 4-0.

My other replacement was Fordham, and I at least got that right. But how did Austin Peay, which didn’t even play, get moved to #24?

 

[GrizRick]

Eastern finished lower than Idaho in the voting. Expected, but ouch.

 

[fltheadgriz]

You know, I suspected the pollsters might pull a crazy this week … and they did. Several of them, in fact. Mind you, I got twenty or so on the nose or within one or two spots. But the misses … ouch.

Delaware was obviously going to drop. However, I thought they would stay in the top-10, since they lost to a ranked team on the road. Nope. Then the pollsters jumped William & Mary ahead of them and well ahead of Elon … even though W&M lost to Elon a couple weeks ago. Go figure.

I correctly (and easily) figured that Missouri State and EWU would drop out, and I guessed that they’d move New Hampshire up. Nope. Rhode Island got the nod, even though they are 1-1 in conference, while UNH leads the CAA at 4-0.

My other replacement was Fordham, and I at least got that right. But how did Austin Peay, which didn’t even play, get moved to #24?

Maybe Austin Peay is the new UNI?