FCS Polls Week of October 7th

[Matt]

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/cfoot225poll.aspx

The Sports Network FCS Top 25

College Football Poll

Team (First-place votes) 2013 Record Points Previous Rank

1. North Dakota State Bison (157) 5-0 3925 1

2. Sam Houston State Bearkats 4-1 3665 2

3. Towson Tigers 6-0 3657 3

4. Northern Iowa Panthers 4-1 3283 4

5. Eastern Illinois Panthers 4-1 3272 5

6. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-2 3124 6

7. Montana State Bobcats 4-2 2902 8

8. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 5-0 2653 9

9. McNeese State Cowboys 5-1 2475 11

10. Fordham Rams 6-0 2451 12

11. Montana Grizzlies 4-1 2433 10

12. Wofford Terriers 3-2 1738 17

13. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-3 1660 7

14. Maine Black Bears 5-1 1533 23

15. Villanova Wildcats 3-2 1490 20

16. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 4-1 1391 21

17. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 4-1 1255 13

18. Youngstown State Penguins 5-1 1178 NR

19. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 3-2 1111 15

20. Central Arkansas Bears 2-3 870 14

21. James Madison Dukes 4-2 646 NR

22. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-2 636 16

23. Samford Bulldogs 4-2 592 NR

24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 5-1 508 NR

25. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-3 424 19

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 372, Cal Poly 234, Charleston Southern 223, Delaware 220, Yale 201, Gardner-Webb 157, UT Martin 101, South Carolina State 90, William & Mary 88, Harvard 87, Southern Illinois 78, Richmond 66, Southeastern Louisiana 64, Southern Utah 48, Murray State 31, Chattanooga 30, North Dakota 20, Illinois State 14, North Carolina A&T 10, Jackson State 7, Stony Brook 5, Western Illinois 4, Portland State 1, Alcorn State 1, Eastern Kentucky 1.

[Matt]

http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/FCS/polls/2013/2013_FCS_Coaches_Poll/index.html

Rankings Shake Up Following Six Games Between Top-25 Opponents

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Six games between teams ranked in the top 25 led to a shake-up of the FCS Coaches Poll rankings this week, including three new teams entering the poll.

For the first time in four weeks, North Dakota State was not the unanimous No. 1, as Towson stole one first-place vote from the Bison. NDSU received 649 points and 25 first-place votes following its 24-23 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday. Towson’s 44-28 win over last week’s No. 18, New Hampshire, was convincing enough to give the Tigers a No. 1 vote and 623 points this week.

Sam Houston State remains in the third spot with 600 points after its bye week, while Eastern Illinois moved to No. 4 following a bye week of its own. Northern Iowa dropped one spot after dropping a one-point decision to North Dakota State.

Coastal Carolina (521), Montana State (502) and Eastern Washington (448) remained at spots six through eight, while Fordham (418) debuts in the top 10 at No. 9 after dropping last week’s No. 10, Lehigh, 52-34. Montana closed out the top 10 after the Grizzlies received 417 points.

McNeese State moved forward three spots following its convincing 59-28 win over Central Arkansas, which was ranked 11th last week. Wofford (319) and Bethune-Cookman (315) each jumped three positions in the poll to No. 12 and No. 13 respectively, after wins on Saturday. Lehigh fell five spots to 15th, receiving 284 points.

Villanova, Youngstown State and Maine moved inside the top 20 after being ranked No. 20, No. 22 and No. 23, respectively, last week. The Wildcats are No. 15 with 248 points, followed by Youngstown State’s 219 points. Maine jumped six spots to No. 17 after a 62-28 win over Delaware, which was ranked No. 25 a week ago.

South Dakota State, James Madison and Central Arkansas round out the top 20. Northern Arizona and New Hampshire each dropped four spots to No. 21 and No. 22 following losses over the weekend. Tennessee State, Jacksonville State and undefeated Charleston Southern finish out the top 25 after being unranked last week.

Cal Poly, Gardner-Webb and Delaware fell from the rankings after being ranked No. 19, No. 24 and No. 25 last week.

The FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference.

[geaux_sioux]

Why do we have votes? Apparently ISU was a pretty big dare I say signature win?

[Shawn-O]

Why do we have votes? Apparently ISU was a pretty big dare I say signature win?

The Towson state dude voted for us #2 by mistake?

[Cratter]

UND is rated the 77th best team in FCS.

Take that Bison Fans!!

[Cratter]

How many years til UND wins another championship?

It's bound to happen. Every year the some of the best FCS teams leave (app state, Georgia southern)!

[mg2009]

how did i go from the pessimist to the optimist around here?

also geaux_sioux: NDSU got 157 1st place votes which is 3925 points, the entirety of their points. Whoever voted Towson first did not rank NDSU, and I think we can safely assume voted UND 6th.

[Cratter]

Human errors and bias are why computer rankings are better.

[geaux_sioux]

how did i go from the pessimist to the optimist around here?

also geaux_sioux: NDSU got 157 1st place votes which is 3925 points, the entirety of their points. Whoever voted Towson first did not rank NDSU, and I think we can safely assume voted UND 6th.

I was being sarcastic. That's why I included the signature win part.

[jdub27]

how did i go from the pessimist to the optimist around here?

also geaux_sioux: NDSU got 157 1st place votes which is 3925 points, the entirety of their points. Whoever voted Towson first did not rank NDSU, and I think we can safely assume voted UND 6th.

Am I missing something? I don't see it showing Towson having a first place vote.

[jodcon]

Am I missing something? I don't see it showing Towson having a first place vote.

They actually got a vote in the FCS Coaches poll, I was confused at first too. NDSU got all the votes in the TSN poll.

[mg2009]

They actually got a vote in the FCS Coaches poll, I was confused at first too. NDSU got all the votes in the TSN poll.

That makes alot more sense. I thought it was the TSN poll where they lost a #1 vote.

[bincitysioux]

Anybody else hear Kolpack whining on WDAY radio last night about Towson getting ONE first place vote in the coaches poll? It was like deja vu all over again.

[Cratter]

You can't spell whine without WDAY....

[jdub27]

Anybody else hear Kolpack whining on WDAY radio last night about Towson getting ONE first place vote in the coaches poll? It was like deja vu all over again.

He should be relieved he doesn't have to write an article about FU being confused with UND since he knows where the other vote went.

[nd1sufan]

He should be relieved he doesn't have to write an article about FU being confused with UND since he knows where the other vote went.

Not all schools can have the hard nosed, objective, critical "hold their feet to the fire" coverage UND gets from the Herald and WDAZ.

I think Schlossman once wrote UND's top line had a bad shift. Of course after he was suspended from covering the team for two weeks, he came back around to the UND can do no harm philosophy.