STATS FCS Poll (Oct 17) – Griz #7

[IdaGriz01]

Almost nailed it! I had the Griz dropping to #8 … they only dropped to #7. Somewhat surprised they dropped NDSU to #4, but not shocked. Just noticed: The pollsters really rewarded Idaho ... jumping them all the way tp #17.

Rank, Team, (Record), Points, {First Place votes}, [Previous Rank]
1. South Dakota State (6-1), 1,346 points {51} [2]
2. Sacramento State (6-0), 1,243 {1} [5]
3. Montana State (6-1), 1,225 [4]
4. North Dakota State (5-2), 1,208 [1]
5. Weber State (6-0), 1,145 [6]
6. Holy Cross (6-0), 983 [7]
7. Montana (5-1), 945 [3]
8. UIW (6-1), 940 [8 (tie)]
9. Jackson State (6-0), 907 {2} [8 (tie)]
10. Chattanooga (5-1), 859  [10]
11. Mercer (6-1), 785 [12]
12. William & Mary (5-1), 784 [11]
13. Delaware (5-1), 713 [13]
14. Southern Illinois (5-2), 602 [16]
15. Samford (5-1), 588 [15]
16. Southeast Missouri (5-1), 441 [18]
17. Idaho (4-2), 424 [Not Ranked]
18. UT Martin (4-2), 380 [19]
19. Richmond (4-2), 364 [21]
20. North Dakota (4-2), 354 [20]
21. Elon (5-2), 285 [14]
22. Rhode Island (3-2), 246 [25 (tie)]
23. Fordham (6-1), 231 [22]
24. Austin Peay (5-2), 153 [24]
25. New Hampshire (5-2), 87 [[Not Ranked]

Others Receiving Votes: Villanova (3-3) 74, Furman (5-2) 52, SE Louisiana (3-3) 43, Stephen F. Austin (4-3) 36, Princeton (5-0 20, Campbell (4-2) 19,Missouri State (2-4) 18, North Carolina Central (5-1) 13, Illinois State (4-2) 12, Eastern Kentucky (3-3) 11, Abilene Christian (5-2) 9

Link to Haley’s article. https://theanalyst.com/na/2022/10/j...-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-for-the-first-time/

 

[hilinegrizfan]

you seem way too excited about the griz dropping in the polls

 

[PDXGrizzly]

I honestly thought that it might drop them out of the top 10. It’s a generous ranking if you ask me. Which no one does for some reason…

 

[IdaGriz01]

you seem way too excited about the griz dropping in the polls

Nope. You have it backwords: I'm excited that the Griz didn't drop further. There's a hint of why they stayed high in how the pollsters rewarded Idaho ... jumping them from unranked to #17.

 

[IdaGriz01]

I honestly thought that it might drop them out of the top 10. It’s a generous ranking if you ask me. Which no one does for some reason…

I guessed #8, but would not have been surprised at a #10-12.

Credibility hit for poll (again): Two "national media" panelists gave their First-Place votes to Jackson State. How big a joke is that?

 

[Paytonlives]

Jackson State and Holy Cross do not belong in the Top 10

 

[fltheadgriz]

Wow....NDSU dropped to 4th and Sac State passed MSU to become 2nd

 

[get'em_griz]

Wow....NDSU dropped to 4th and Sac State passed MSU to become 2nd

Well Sac State has been plowing through everyone they've faced so far, so #2 is well-earned at this point. Gonna be a battle for the Griz on Saturday. If we can recover and beat Sac, we'll be back in the top 5 again at #5, maaaybe #4.

 

[fltheadgriz]

And here is to Weber beating MSU

 

[bhumble]

And here is to Weber beating MSU

I think that happens.