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11 hours ago, AJS said:

I've never paid attention to where teams have been ranked with their first round matchups. Do they attempt at all to match teams up based on the teams actual rankings? I know they try to go regional, but let's say UND and SDSU are ranked 9th and 11th. Would they still match them up first round, even though it would make no sense to do so based on their rankings? 

 

They would match up a 9 and 11 no problem. The way FCS playoffs work seems to be pretty small ball.

From my little knowledge, seems like no matter what the records are if a playoff team can play a regional nonconference team they will. So as long as SDSU (or USD) and NDSU are available either first or second round, UND football will be playing them....and from the polls this year even winning out UND won't be a top 8 seed.

 

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7 minutes ago, Cratter said:

They would match up a 9 and 11 no problem. The way FCS playoffs work seems to be pretty small ball.

From my little knowledge, seems like no matter what the records are if a playoff team can play a regional nonconference team they will. So as long as SDSU (or USD) and NDSU are available either first or second round, UND football will be playing them....and from the polls this year even winning out UND won't be a top 8 seed.

 

Ridiculous. Is there a giant uproar every year, or are people so tired of complaining they've given up? I know last year w/ MVC all being on the same side there was a lot of push back. You'd think that nobody would be ok with this. What a joke.

 

Regardless, just keep winning and see what happens. I know there's a lot of time left in the season and a lot of things will change, but is the general consensus that we'd like to see South Dakota State win out and get a seed?  

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16 minutes ago, AJS said:

Ridiculous. Is there a giant uproar every year, or are people so tired of complaining they've given up? I know last year w/ MVC all being on the same side there was a lot of push back. You'd think that nobody would be ok with this. What a joke.

 

Regardless, just keep winning and see what happens. I know there's a lot of time left in the season and a lot of things will change, but is the general consensus that we'd like to see South Dakota State win out and get a seed?  

Last week, I was thinking that that would be UND's best chance to host a playoff game, but there are others that think UND could out-bid SDSU if they were both playing in the first round.

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Athlon Sports pegs UND at #14

NDSU remains #1. Yes, they have a loss, but their #1 ranking is understandable and still pretty justified. We'll see how they respond this week at Western Illinois. Being the Bison, I could see them winning out, but at the same time, they still have to play Western Illinois, Youngstown, @ UNI (Yeah, they're having a down year, but could still win a big game), @ USD (Also a team capable of winning big games). It

It'll be interesting to see what happens with NDSU the rest of the way.

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1 minute ago, Hambone said:

And UNI remains.......don't get it.  USD should be in there instead of them.

^This. USD is way more deserving of the ranking at this point. I get that UNI has had a tough tough schedule, but if you don't win any games, your strength of schedule doesn't, or shouldn't, do you many favors.

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1 hour ago, UNDColorado said:

UNi is being judged based on the past and this is garbage. The only team that remotely deserves that right is NDSU...5 strait Nattys will do that.

UNi plays Missery State this week, they will win and I am sure they will rocket up the polls. Pathetic.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if they lose to Missouri State.  This UNI team is even worse than their record.  If they win more than 1-2 games the rest of the way it's actually a testament to how weak the MVFC really is as they are incapable of playing anything resembling football on offense right now.

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27 minutes ago, dlsiouxfan said:

I actually wouldn't be surprised if they lose to Missouri State.  This UNI team is even worse than their record.  If they win more than 1-2 games the rest of the way it's actually a testament to how weak the MVFC really is as they are incapable of playing anything resembling football on offense right now.

They do have a FBS win. That helps. 

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AGS Poll

The results WEEK 7 - 10/17/2016
 

Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes Previous Wk.
1 Eastern Washington Eagles 1998 33 3
2 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1973 27 2
3 North Dakota State Bison 1906 11 1
4 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1836 8 4
5 The Citadel Bulldogs 1719 1 7
6 James Madison Dukes 1671 4 6
7 Richmond Spiders 1561   8
8 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1561   11
9 Montana Grizzlies 1442   9
10 Chattanooga Mocs 1297   5
11 Youngstown State Penguins 1243   12
12 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 1215   10
13 Western Illinois Leathernecks 1077   14
14 Cal Poly Mustangs 1039   15
15 Central Arkansas Bears 897   17
16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 828   18
17 Samford Bulldogs 759   19
18 Villanova Wildcats 648   13
19 Eastern Illinois Panthers 555   21
20 North Carolina A&T Aggies 457   22
21 Stony Brook Seawolves 340   26
22 Albany Great Danes 334   16
23 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 227   27
24 South Dakota Coyotes 123   31
25 Wofford Terriers 110   28
         
         
  ORV:      
26 Tennessee State Tigers 92   30
27 New Hampshire Wildcats 87   24
28 Harvard Crimson 64   20
29T Grambling State Tigers 44   29
29T Maine Black Bears 44   NR
31 Sacred Heart Pioneers 41   34
32 Weber State Wildcats 38   NR
33 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 19   25
34 North Carolina Central Eagles 15   NR
35T Illinois State Redbirds 9   33
35T Northern Iowa Panthers 9   23
37T Liberty Flames 6   NR
37T Missouri State Bears 6   36
39T Fordham Rams 4   40
39T William & Mary Tribe 4   39
41 Monmouth Hawks 2   37
         
         
         
  Fell Out Of Poll:      
  Indiana State Sycamores      
  McNeese State Cowboys      
  Sacramento State Hornets      
         
         
         
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37 minutes ago, Hambone said:

AGS Poll

The results WEEK 7 - 10/17/2016
 

Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes Previous Wk.
1 Eastern Washington Eagles 1998 33 3
2 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1973 27 2
3 North Dakota State Bison 1906 11 1
4 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1836 8 4
5 The Citadel Bulldogs 1719 1 7
6 James Madison Dukes 1671 4 6
7 Richmond Spiders 1561   8
8 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1561   11
9 Montana Grizzlies 1442   9
10 Chattanooga Mocs 1297   5
11 Youngstown State Penguins 1243   12
12 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 1215   10
13 Western Illinois Leathernecks 1077   14
14 Cal Poly Mustangs 1039   15
15 Central Arkansas Bears 897   17
16 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 828   18
17 Samford Bulldogs 759   19
18 Villanova Wildcats 648   13
19 Eastern Illinois Panthers 555   21
20 North Carolina A&T Aggies 457   22
21 Stony Brook Seawolves 340   26
22 Albany Great Danes 334   16
23 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 227   27
24 South Dakota Coyotes 123   31
25 Wofford Terriers 110   28
         
         
  ORV:      
26 Tennessee State Tigers 92   30
27 New Hampshire Wildcats 87   24
28 Harvard Crimson 64   20
29T Grambling State Tigers 44   29
29T Maine Black Bears 44   NR
31 Sacred Heart Pioneers 41   34
32 Weber State Wildcats 38   NR
33 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 19   25
34 North Carolina Central Eagles 15   NR
35T Illinois State Redbirds 9   33
35T Northern Iowa Panthers 9   23
37T Liberty Flames 6   NR
37T Missouri State Bears 6   36
39T Fordham Rams 4   40
39T William & Mary Tribe 4   39
41 Monmouth Hawks 2   37
         
         
         
  Fell Out Of Poll:      
  Indiana State Sycamores      
  McNeese State Cowboys      
  Sacramento State Hornets      
         
         
         

Und is 3-1 vs top 35.   Good looking resume 

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3 hours ago, UNDColorado said:

22. Northern Iowa

100x69xNorthernIowa_Panthers_logo_web.jp(2-4, 1-2 Missouri Valley)

Previous Ranking: 17

Last Week’s Result: 14-10 loss to then-No. 14 Youngstown State

Consider the talented Panthers the most snakebitten team in the FCS. All four losses have been by six points or fewer and against teams that are a combined 18-6. Still, it’s been a bad season for head coach Mark Farley’s team.

Next Opponent: Missouri State (Oct. 22)

 

:silly::silly::silly:

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3 hours ago, AJS said:

UNI still being ranked is a complete joke, but it'll work itself out. They're getting in at 6-5, but sitting currently at 2-4, they'll have to finish 4-1 to get to that record. They still play NDSU, SDSU and Western Illinois. They do have a brutal schedule.

 

UND is #21 in the Sagarin rankings.

 

http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm

UNI is 5th? Garbage.

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