Week 4 Polls

[SiouxMD]

Sagarin - USA Today

78 UNI - Top DI-AA/FCS

108 Cal Poly (112)

135 UC Davis (132)

145 UND (133)

189 SUU (185)

198 USD (200)

Week 3 in (*)'s.

[GeauxSioux]

Gotta love the Sagarin ratings. You win on the road against your first I-AA competition and drop 12 places.

As North Dakota isn't playoff eligible this year anyway, it doesn't really matter.

Just keep winning.

Go Sioux!!!

[UND92,96]

Ironic that the team ranked one place above Idaho St. is none other than SE Louisiana.

[SiouxMD]

Not a poll but here is the Massey Rating for week 4.

UND #126 overall. #20 FCS.

[UND92,96]

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25

(First place votes in parenthesis), Points

1. Richmond (68) 3172 (2)

2. James Madison (45) 3135 (5)

3. Montana (10) 2911 (4)

4. Appalachian St. 2753 (1)

5. Northern Iowa (6) 2717 (7)

6. McNeese St. (1) 2544 (6)

7. Cal Poly 2284 (9)

8. Eastern Washington 2079 (10)

9. New Hampshire (1) 2001 (13)

10. North Dakota St. 1913 (3)

11. Wofford 1796 (11)

12. Elon 1611 (17)

13. Massachusetts 1458 (12)

14. Delaware 1439 (8)

15. Southern Illinois 1420 (15)

16. Furman 1362 (22)

17. Villanova 1323 (16)

18. South Dakota St. 1087 (14)

19. Central Arkansas 1035 (19)

20. The Citadel 870 (20)

21. Western Illinois 642 (21)

22. Eastern Illinois 553 (23)

23. Georgia Southern 461 (18)

24. Youngstown St. 406 (NR)

25. Harvard 263 (24)

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Liberty (53), Tennessee St. (51), Yale (37), Northern Arizona (30), Jacksonville St. (18), Sam Houston St. (17), Hampton (16), William & Mary (15), Univ. North Dakota (14), Montana St. (12), Albany (10), Dayton (8), Fordham (8), Weber St. (7), Prairie View A&M (6), UC Davis (5)

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: James Madison

MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: North Dakota St.

[UND92,96]

Sports Network Top 25

1. Richmond Spiders (49)...............3-1........2,389....2

2. James Madison Dukes (37)............3-1........2,387....5

3. Appalachian State Mountaineers......1-2........2,122....1

4. Montana Grizzlies (12)..............3-0........2,095....4

5. Northern Iowa Panthers (2)..........2-1........1,979....8

6. McNeese State Cowboys...............1-1........1,760....7

7. New Hampshire Wildcats (1)..........3-0........1,528...10

8. Elon Phoenix........................3-1........1,306...17

9. Cal Poly Mustangs...................2-1........1,272...13

10. North Dakota State Bison...........2-2........1,257....3

11. Eastern Washington Eagles..........1-2........1,197...14

12. Central Arkansas Bears.............4-0........1,184...18

13. The Citadel Bulldogs...............2-1........1,155...21

14. Wofford Terriers...................2-1........1,137...11

15. Southern Illinois Salukis..........1-1........1,115...15

16. Furman Paladins....................3-1..........970...24

17. Delaware Blue Hens.................1-2..........880....6

18. Massachusetts Minutemen............2-2..........870....9

19. Villanova Wildcats.................2-1..........863...19

20. South Dakota State Jackrabbits.....2-2..........773...12

21. Eastern Illinois Panthers..........2-2..........754...22

22. Western Illinois Leathernecks......2-2..........743...20

23. Tennessee State Tigers (1).........4-0..........576...25

24. Georgia Southern Eagles............2-2..........544...16

25. Liberty Flames.....................3-0..........431...23

Others receiving votes: Harvard 331, Youngstown State 276, Northern Arizona 273, Yale 251, Jacksonville State 224, Hampton 106, San Diego 71, Prairie View 59, William & Mary 50, Brown 44, Florida A&M 43, Holy Cross 38, Penn 30, Weber State 28, Sam Houston State 22, Eastern Kentucky 14, Southeastern Louisiana 13, Lafayette 10, Sacred Heart 9, Delaware State 8, South Carolina State 8, Norfolk State 5, Princeton 4, Tennessee-Martin 4, Montana State 1, North Dakota 1.

[UND92,96]

FCS Coaches Poll

Team (1st Votes) Record Points Previous Ranking

1. James Madison (11) 3-1 672 5

2. Richmond (11) 3-1 665 3

3. Montana (6) 3-0 650 4

4. Appalachian State 1-2 585 1

5. Northern Iowa 2-1 575 7

6. McNeese State 1-1 504 8

7. North Dakota State 2-2 490 2

8. New Hampshire 3-0 471 10

9. Cal Poly 2-1 437 11

10. Massachusetts 2-2 374 9

11. Wofford 2-1 364 12

12. Delaware 1-2 348 6

13. Southern Illinois 1-1 343 T14

14. Elon 3-1 332 18

15. Central Arkansas 4-0 313 16

16. Eastern Washington 1-2 308 17

17. Furman 3-1 242 23

18. South Dakota State 2-2 215 13

19. Villanova 2-1 202 19

20. Eastern Illinois 2-2 183 20

21. Western Illinois 2-2 136 21

22. Georgia Southern 2-2 131 T14

23. Youngstown State 2-2 113 24

24. The Citadel 2-1 111 22

25. Tennessee State 4-0 78 NR

Other receiving votes (pts. in parentheses): Liberty (63), Jacksonville State (32), Northern Arizona (31), Harvard (19), Hampton (14), Prairie View A&M (14), Montana State (10), Delaware State (8), Weber State (7), Sam Houston State (7), William & Mary (6), North Dakota (4), San Diego (3), Yale (3), Holy Cross (1), UT Martin (1), South Carolina State (1), Texas State (1), Lafayette (1), Florida A&M (1).

[bincitysioux]

SME Network Top 25 Broadcasters Poll

RANK

1 James Madison (13)

2 Richmond (5)

3 Montana (2)

4 Northern Iowa

5 Appalachian St.

6 McNeese St.

7 Cal Poly

8 Eastern Washington

9 New Hampshire

10 North Dakota St.

11 Elon

12 Wofford

13 Massachusetts

14 Delaware

15 Southern Illinois

16 Eastern Illinois

17 Villanova

18 Furman

19 Youngstown St.

20 Central Arkansas

21 South Dakota St

22 The Citadel

23 Western Illinios

24 Georgia Southern

25 Liberty

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Northern Arizona 40, Tennessee St 34, Sam

Houston St 26, Jacksonville St 21, Harvard 15, Yale 11, William & Mary 6,

Montana St 3, Delaware St 2, Coastal Carolina 1, Weber St 1, Dayton 1,

North Dakota 1

How is it that we get fewer votes in some of these polls after winning on the road against a DI team than we did in the weeks prior for destroying DII & DIII teams at home?

[mksioux]

How is it that we get fewer votes in some of these polls after winning on the road against a DI team than we did in the weeks prior for destroying DII & DIII teams at home?

Expectations. Going into the game, UND was a bit of mystery... a DII power with recent success against FCS competition, that has blown out lower level competition this year. After the game, some of the voters might have seen UND as only three points better than a bottom-level FCS team.

[UND92,96]

Composite ranking has UND at 36: link