STATS FCS Poll (Oct 18) -- Griz #11

[IdaGriz01]

Haley has his article up. The Griz came in at #11 ... AND they did include Sac State. The link is:https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/10/ten-conferences-represented-in-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-rankings/

The item is in Haley's usual (wordy) format, so I've cleaned it up to post here.

Rank, Team (Record), Points, {First-Place Votes}, [Previous Rank]
1. Sam Houston (5-0), 1,223 {35} [1]
2. Eastern Washington (7-0), 1,178 {14} [2]
3. North Dakota State (6-0), 1,169 {1} [3]
4. Southern Illinois (6-1), 1,097 [4]
5. Villanova (5-1), 1,022 [6]
6. South Dakota State (5-1), 980 [7]
7. James Madison (5-1), 951 [8]
8. Montana State (6-1), 919 [9]
9. Southeastern Louisiana (5-1), 842 [11]
10. UC Davis (6-1), 750 [13]
11. Montana (4-2), 694 [5]
12. Kennesaw State (5-1), 658 [15]
13. UT Martin (5-1,), 583 [17]
14. ETSU (6-1), 556 [10]
15. South Dakota (5-2), 521 [21]
16. UIW (5-1), 518 [18]
17. Missouri State (4-2), 486 [20]
18. Rhode Island (5-1), 405 [12]
19. Sacramento State (4-2), 251 NR
20. Northern Iowa (3-3), 190 [16]
21. VMI (5-2), 173 NR
22. Princeton (5-0), 166 [25]
23. Delaware (3-3), 152 [14]
24. Jackson State (5-1), 148 NR
25. Dartmouth (5-0), 120 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Jacksonville State 104, Harvard 101, Eastern Kentucky 85, Weber State 73, Duquesne 44, North Dakota 27, Prairie View A&M 16, Youngstown State 11, Chattanooga 8, William & Mary 7, Stephen F. Austin 5, Mercer 4

Dropped Out: Weber State (19), North Dakota (22), New Hampshire (23), Jacksonville State (24)

 

[IdaGriz01]

Some interesting points in this poll. The pollsters actually slotted the Griz in one spot higher than I guessed. But, amazingly enough (better known as dumb luck), they not only moved Sac State into the top-25 as I had guessed, they put them exactly where I had them. They also added Dartmouth, previously not ranked, in exactly where I had them.

In fact, with one glaring exception, my guesses were really good. The exception was Jacksonville State (3-3). They were idle on Saturday, and you very seldom see the pollsters dump a team after a bye week ... but the pollsters did. To fill that slot, they added Jackson State (5-1), the top "Other" vote-getter in the previous poll.

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

The team that played last weekend shouldn’t be ranked.

 

[AZGrizFan]

The current Montana team would lose to every team below them in the rankings with the possible exception of Jacksonville State.