First: Discovered (the hard way) that you can't edit a post containing a poll (not, at least, in any findable way). The one choice is obviously "McNeese" ... but the system would not let me fix it. (I wasn't even sure if the system had posted the item.)
Commentary
Not much to be said about the game in Fargo. Slight home field edge, but the Jacks’ look awfully good again.
In New Hampshire and Rhode Island, we have a game between two teams who tend to be wildly inconsistent. I have no good guess on how this one could go.
Because of their transition year, Delaware is in limbo. Meanwhile the Spiders are having a pretty good year, so I give them some chance of pulling off the upset at home.
The pollsters have been partial to Florida A&M all year, while totally ignoring Jackson State. Yet the Tigers actually lead the Rattlers in their division of the SWAC.
Abilene Christian has been another favorite of the pollsters. But two of Eastern Kentucky’s losses were to FBS opponents, and they did better against their one common opponent. And Ab Christian losing to North Alabama (3-5) is not exactly a recommendation
We’ve all been impressed by the success of Incarnate Word, but let’s not forget that the coach that made them strong got lured away. They’ve been successful since, but not nearly as dominant. One of the McNeese losses was to an FBS opponents, so this matchup is closer than the records might suggest.
The Stephen F. Austin at SE Louisiana game is interesting not because of rankings, but because of the race in the Southland Conference. SELA currently leads the conference, but – with four losses already – they almost certainly need to win out to get a playoff bid. Still, their record is better than it looks, with losses coming against two FBS and two ranked FCS opponents (including SDSU).
