STATS FCS Poll, Oct 7 ( Griz 14)

[IdaGriz01]

The Griz dropped the amount I expected, so there is that. The pollsters did jump Weber into the Top-25 … a lot higher than I thought they would. Surprised to see Northern Arizona in. Thought Harvard would sneak in … they got votes, but not enough.

Rank, Team (Record), Points, {First-place votes} [Previous Rank]
1. South Dakota State (4-1), 1,376 {36} [1]
2. North Dakota State (5-1), 1,346 {14} [2]
3. Montana State (6-0), 1,309 {6} [3]
4. South Dakota (4-1), 1,220 [4]
5. Villanova (5-1), 1,145 [6]
6. UC Davis (5-1), 1,084 [9]
7. Idaho (4-2), 1,062 [10]
8. Mercer (5-0), 939 [11]
9. North Dakota (4-2), 869 [7]
10. Abilene Christian (4-2), 854 [16]
11. Southeast Missouri (5-1), 840 [13]
12. Central Arkansas (4-2), 795 [5]
13. Tarleton State (5-1), 717 [14]
14. Montana (4-2), 683 [8]
15. UIW (3-2), 662 [15]
16. Illinois State (4-2), 532 [18]
17. William & Mary (4-2), 442 [12]
18. Sacramento State (2-3), 404 [17]
19. Rhode Island (4-1), 359 [20]
20. Weber State (3-3), 252 [NR]
21. Richmond (4-2), 229 [NR]
22. Lamar (3-2), 206 [24]
23. Chattanooga (2-3), 166 [NR]
24. Northern Arizona (3-3,), 101 [25]
25. North Carolina Central (4-2), 85 [NR]

Others Receiving Votes: Florida A&M (3-2), 67; ETSU (3-3, 58; McNeese (4-3), 49; Southern Illinois (2-4), 47; Dartmouth (3-0), 45; Lafayette (3-2), 37; Stony Brook (4-2), 32; UT Martin (3-3), 27; Western Carolina (2-3), 26; Duquesne (3-2), 25; Nicholls (2-3), 21; New Hampshire (3-2), 16; Towson (2-3), 15; Houston Christian (3-3), 12; Butler (5-0), 7; Harvard (2-1), 7; Monmouth (3-3), 6; Tennessee State (4-2), 6

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

I think 14 is fair. Not sure I would put the Griz even that high.

 

[Chucknduck]

Our offense is the only reason why we're ranked that high. I thought we would be in the 18th-22nd range.

 

[oldngrizzly]

No way we are better than Sac.They are moving up to the FBS.So if we lose to NAU which is highly possible we will fall out of the the top 25.Embarrassing either way for such a distinquished football program.

 

[get'em_griz]

I was predicting Montana would land at #15, so this is pretty close to that prediction.

As fans, a lot of emotion is playing out right now with people saying "We should be dropped out of the top 25 completely", or "We should be no better than No. 20". But you will never ever see the voting committee drop a team that far. I think the most I've ever seen a team drop after a loss was 9 spots.

 

[TheGrizManFan]

I do like that NAU is ranked. Will make the resume look better come end of season. That is of course if the Griz can actually win the game and not give up 70 points, which is no guarantee

 

[Stop_HammerTime69]

Our offense is the only reason why we're ranked that high. I thought we would be in the 18th-22nd range.

Thought we'd have been dropped entirely with a loss to a 2-3 team and our other loss got absolutely shellacked