2009 FCS Polls

[UND1983]

SportsNetwork Poll 10/12/09

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank

1. Richmond Spiders (119) 5-0 3,253 1

2. Northern Iowa Panthers (11) 5-1 3,050 3

3. Montana Grizzlies 5-0 2,936 4

4. New Hampshire Wildcats (1) 5-0 2,923 5

5. Southern Illinois Salukis 4-1 2,646 6

6. Villanova Wildcats 5-1 2,557 2

7. William & Mary Tribe 5-1 2,403 8

8. Elon Phoenix 5-1 2,292 10

9. Appalachian State Mountaineers 3-2 2,219 9

10. Central Arkansas Bears 4-1 2,129 11

11. South Carolina State Bulldogs 4-1 1,626 17

12. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-2 1,554 18

13. McNeese State Cowboys 3-2 1,455 7

14. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 4-1 1,345 20

15. Weber State Wildcats 3-3 1,240 21

16. James Madison Dukes 2-3 1,134 13

17. Colgate Raiders 6-0 1,007 23

18. Massachusetts Minutemen 3-2 950 12

19. Cal Poly Mustangs 2-3 785 15

20. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 4-1 733 NR

21. Eastern Washington Eagles 4-2 718 17

22. Florida A&M Rattlers 4-1 547 22

23. Delaware Blue Hens 4-2 530 NR

24. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 3-2 476 16

25. Holy Cross Crusaders 4-1 342 19

Others receiving votes: Liberty 255, Eastern Illinois 227, Harvard 213, Northern Arizona 182, Prairie View A&M 161, Chattanooga 84, Lafayette 65, Furman 57, Tennessee State 53, Montana State 50, Brown 49, Youngstown State 48, UC Davis 36, Morgan State 35, Albany 31, Maine 31, Gardner-Webb 21, Tennessee Tech 20, Butler 19, Central Connecticut State 13, Grambling State 11, Southeastern Louisiana 8, Southern 7, North Dakota 7, Hampton 6, Hofstra 6, Alabama A&M 5, Charleston Southern 5, Southern Utah 4, Georgia Southern 3, Old Dominion 3, Sam Houston State 3, Missouri State 2, Samford 2, Texas State 2, Drake 1.

[UND92,96]

Haven't had much reason to talk about polls/rankings lately, but the new Sagarin rankings have UND at 137, or number 29 among FCS teams: http://www.kiva.net/~jsagarin/sports/cfsend.htm

[The Sicatoka]

... but the new Sagarin rankings have UND at 137, or number 29 among FCS teams:

Massey has it 154 and 34 (FCS).

http://www.mratings.com

[UND92,96]

Massey has it 154 and 34 (FCS).

http://www.mratings.com

Sioux Falls better than Illinois? App State? Southern Utah? Stephen F. Austin? And the list could go on and on. I think they're pretty good, but that ranking seems somewhat ridiculous.

[bincitysioux]

Here is the final Gridiron Power Index.

A few notables:

1. Colonial Athletic Association (24.71)

2. Southern Conference (29.42)

3. Big Sky Conference (30.54)

4. Great West Conference (32.40)

5. Missouri Valley Football Conference (36.68)

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4. Great West Conference (32.40)

27. UC Davis (27.00)

33T. Southern Utah (30.00)

40T. North Dakota (33.50)

42. South Dakota (34.88)

45. Cal Poly (36.63)

13. SF Austin (14.13)

53. Cent Arkansas (43.25)

108T. Northwestern St (78.50)

47. Stony Brook (39.38)

6. S Illinois (6.13)

9. S Dakota St (10.75)

14. Northern Iowa (15.00)

63. N Dakota St (48.38)

2T. Montana (2.63)

20. Montana St (20.75)

60. N Colorado (47.75)