IdaGriz01
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With seven ranked teams losing, there’s bound to be some stirring of the pot in the next poll. Plus, with #8 Western Illinois losing, the Griz should jog up a slot into the top-10 (but could move up one more, see below).
Guess, Team, (Record), [Current Rank]
1 North Dakota State (4-0) [1]
2 Sam Houston State (4-0) [2]
3 Jacksonville State (3-1) [3]
4 Eastern Washington (4-1) [4]
5 Chattanooga (5-0) [5]
6 Richmond (4-1) [6]
7 James Madison (4-1) [7]
8 Citadel (4-0) [9]
9 Charleston Southern (3-2) [10]
10 Montana (3-1) [11]
11 Northern Iowa (2-2) [12]
12 South Dakota State (2-2) [15]
13 Villanova (4-1) [17]
14 Western Illinois (3-1) [8]
15 Youngstown State (3-1) [20]
16 Albany (4-0) [21]
17 Coastal Carolina (3-2) [14]
18 North Carolina A&T (3-1) [22]
19 Eastern Illinois (3-2) [13]
20 McNeese (3-2) [23]
21 Grambling State (4-1) [NR]
22 Harvard (3-0) [25]
23 Illinois State (2-3) [18]
24 Cal Poly (3-2) [16]
25 William & Mary (2-3) [19]
NR Indiana State (3-2) [24]
Despite the number of losses, I still only see one team dropping out of the top-25. When you’re sitting at #24 and lose, you’re toast -- especially when you lose to a team that got no votes in the last poll. Can’t quite figure the deal with Missouri State, BTW. Their only loss was to an FBS: Yet no votes?
With one dropping out, I needed a replacement of course … and that turned out to be a problem. Of the top seven “Other” vote getters in the last poll, five lost and one was idle. So it came down between Stony Brook (2-2), which was idle, and Grambling State (4-1), which won and whose only loss was to a decent FBS team. So I went with Grambling. However, it would not at all surprise me to see Missouri State jump into the top-25 despite getting no votes in the last poll.
Most of the other drops for teams that lost are pretty “standard” -- that being generally about six spots. (Which kept Cal Poly in, but it was close.) I cut Coastal Carolina some slack, however, since they lost to a top-10 team … in double-OT on a blocked PAT.
Which brings up the possibility that the Griz might jump over Charleston Southern because of their close shave. CSU only received 168 votes more than UM (out of about 2400) in the last poll. So the Griz moving into the 9 spot would be no great surprise
Guess, Team, (Record), [Current Rank]
1 North Dakota State (4-0) [1]
2 Sam Houston State (4-0) [2]
3 Jacksonville State (3-1) [3]
4 Eastern Washington (4-1) [4]
5 Chattanooga (5-0) [5]
6 Richmond (4-1) [6]
7 James Madison (4-1) [7]
8 Citadel (4-0) [9]
9 Charleston Southern (3-2) [10]
10 Montana (3-1) [11]
11 Northern Iowa (2-2) [12]
12 South Dakota State (2-2) [15]
13 Villanova (4-1) [17]
14 Western Illinois (3-1) [8]
15 Youngstown State (3-1) [20]
16 Albany (4-0) [21]
17 Coastal Carolina (3-2) [14]
18 North Carolina A&T (3-1) [22]
19 Eastern Illinois (3-2) [13]
20 McNeese (3-2) [23]
21 Grambling State (4-1) [NR]
22 Harvard (3-0) [25]
23 Illinois State (2-3) [18]
24 Cal Poly (3-2) [16]
25 William & Mary (2-3) [19]
NR Indiana State (3-2) [24]
Despite the number of losses, I still only see one team dropping out of the top-25. When you’re sitting at #24 and lose, you’re toast -- especially when you lose to a team that got no votes in the last poll. Can’t quite figure the deal with Missouri State, BTW. Their only loss was to an FBS: Yet no votes?
With one dropping out, I needed a replacement of course … and that turned out to be a problem. Of the top seven “Other” vote getters in the last poll, five lost and one was idle. So it came down between Stony Brook (2-2), which was idle, and Grambling State (4-1), which won and whose only loss was to a decent FBS team. So I went with Grambling. However, it would not at all surprise me to see Missouri State jump into the top-25 despite getting no votes in the last poll.
Most of the other drops for teams that lost are pretty “standard” -- that being generally about six spots. (Which kept Cal Poly in, but it was close.) I cut Coastal Carolina some slack, however, since they lost to a top-10 team … in double-OT on a blocked PAT.
Which brings up the possibility that the Griz might jump over Charleston Southern because of their close shave. CSU only received 168 votes more than UM (out of about 2400) in the last poll. So the Griz moving into the 9 spot would be no great surprise
