The All Important Polls

[geaux_sioux]

There is the potential for a lot of movement this week. If we take care of business and get losses from Nova, W Ill, The Citadel, YSU, JMU, and Poly we could move up to about #12 in this poll at least. This week is huge for us getting a seed and it all starts with a UND win in beautiful Greeley, CO.

[VMeister]

34 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

it all starts with a UND win in beautiful Greeley, CO.

Is there another Greeley, Colorado?

[geaux_sioux]

17 minutes ago, VMeister said:

Is there another Greeley, Colorado?

 

[northdakota18]

Looking through the schedules of the teams ahead of us in the stats poll, these games stick out as potential losses for each team

#15 Youngstown St -- @ #4 NDSU this week

#14 Cal Poly -- vs #3 Eastern Washington this week, @ Weber St next week

#13 SDSU -- vs USD in 2 weeks, @ UNI the week following

#12 Western Illinois -- vs UNI in 2 weeks

#11 North Carolina AT&T -- vs South Carolina St this week, @ North Carolina Central in 3 weeks (I don't know much about this conference but their opponents are second & third in their conference FWIW)

#10 Villanova -- @ Maine this week, vs #7 James Madison next week

#9 Chattanooga -- @ Alabama to close out the season (does a loss to the #1 FBS team drop them any?)

#8 Charleston Southern -- @ Liberty in 2 weeks

#7 James Madison -- @ #6 Richmond this week, @ #10 Villanova next week

#6 Richmond -- vs #7 James Madison this week

#5 Citadel -- vs #20 Samford this week, @ North Carolina to end the season (another game against a top 25 FBS team to close the season)

#4 NDSU -- vs #15 Youngstown St this week, @ USD to end the season

#3 Eastern Washington -- @ #14 Cal Poly this week

#1 Sam Houston St -- vs #17 Central Arkansas to end the year

 

Keep winning and let the chips fall where they may, plenty of opportunity to move up yet

[petey23]

25 minutes ago, northdakota18 said:

Looking through the schedules of the teams ahead of us in the stats poll, these games stick out as potential losses for each team

#15 Youngstown St -- @ #4 NDSU this week

#14 Cal Poly -- vs #3 Eastern Washington this week, @ Weber St next week

#13 SDSU -- vs USD in 2 weeks, @ UNI the week following

#12 Western Illinois -- vs UNI in 2 weeks

#11 North Carolina AT&T -- vs South Carolina St this week, @ North Carolina Central in 3 weeks (I don't know much about this conference but their opponents are second & third in their conference FWIW)

#10 Villanova -- @ Maine this week, vs #7 James Madison next week

#9 Chattanooga -- @ Alabama to close out the season (does a loss to the #1 FBS team drop them any?)

#8 Charleston Southern -- @ Liberty in 2 weeks

#7 James Madison -- @ #6 Richmond this week, @ #10 Villanova next week

#6 Richmond -- vs #7 James Madison this week

#5 Citadel -- vs #20 Samford this week, @ North Carolina to end the season (another game against a top 25 FBS team to close the season)

#4 NDSU -- vs #15 Youngstown St this week, @ USD to end the season

#3 Eastern Washington -- @ #14 Cal Poly this week

#1 Sam Houston St -- vs #17 Central Arkansas to end the year

 

Keep winning and let the chips fall where they may, plenty of opportunity to move up yet

I don't think it matters where NC A&T is ranked as their conference opts out of the FCS playoffs.

[northdakota18]

11 minutes ago, petey23 said:

I don't think it matters where NC A&T is ranked as their conference opts out of the FCS playoffs.

Good point, didn't consider that

[Nodak78]

54 minutes ago, northdakota18 said:

Looking through the schedules of the teams ahead of us in the stats poll, these games stick out as potential losses for each team

#15 Youngstown St -- @ #4 NDSU this week

#14 Cal Poly -- vs #3 Eastern Washington this week, @ Weber St next week

#13 SDSU -- vs USD in 2 weeks, @ UNI the week following

#12 Western Illinois -- vs UNI in 2 weeks

#11 North Carolina AT&T -- vs South Carolina St this week, @ North Carolina Central in 3 weeks (I don't know much about this conference but their opponents are second & third in their conference FWIW)

#10 Villanova -- @ Maine this week, vs #7 James Madison next week

#9 Chattanooga -- @ Alabama to close out the season (does a loss to the #1 FBS team drop them any?)

#8 Charleston Southern -- @ Liberty in 2 weeks

#7 James Madison -- @ #6 Richmond this week, @ #10 Villanova next week

#6 Richmond -- vs #7 James Madison this week

#5 Citadel -- vs #20 Samford this week, @ North Carolina to end the season (another game against a top 25 FBS team to close the season)

#4 NDSU -- vs #15 Youngstown St this week, @ USD to end the season

#3 Eastern Washington -- @ #14 Cal Poly this week

#1 Sam Houston St -- vs #17 Central Arkansas to end the year

 

Keep winning and let the chips fall where they may, plenty of opportunity to move up yet

Chattanooga is off the week and then plays Wolford(they only lost by 3 to Citadel.

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

On 10/31/2016 at 0:47 PM, iluvdebbies said:

I agree.

1. Make the playoffs

2. Big Sky title---outright---

3. Playoff matchup? Don't care. Just tell me when and where.

How about a bye?

[Sioux94]

It's fun to think about all of the options and what could be, but for me I'm more concerned about us these next two games.  Both are likely to be 4 quarter type of games, especially with Studs out. We have our hands full.  

[DB Cooper]

Exciting that we can talk about different ways the playoff picture can turn out for us. Getting a top 8 seed would be HUGE, but regardless, it's fun talking about playoffs in general for this team

Bubba is really turning this program around and it's pretty amazing if you sit back and think about where we were 4 years ago and now we are undefeated in one of the best conferences in the FCS

Love it

[CMSioux]

Funny how a team that is undefeated in conference play and has played many of the top tier teams is getting so little love (our schedule is tougher than Montana's). As last year shows we definitely can't trust that the Big Sky rep will go to bat for us when they are in the NCAA seeding meeting- we are a newcomer, an interloper, not from west of the Missouri, someone that was supposed to be an easy win and not rock tradition. 

[siouxfan512]

14 hours ago, petey23 said:

I don't think it matters where NC A&T is ranked as their conference opts out of the FCS playoffs.

Why do they opt out of the playoffs? What is the end game for them? I assume they can't be invited to a bowl, can they? Just not sure why a team wouldn't want to play in the playoffs.

[homer]

13 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

Funny how a team that is undefeated in conference play and has played many of the top tier teams is getting so little love (our schedule is tougher than Montana's). As last year shows we definitely can't trust that the Big Sky rep will go to bat for us when they are in the NCAA seeding meeting- we are a newcomer, an interloper, not from west of the Missouri, someone that was supposed to be an easy win and not rock tradition. 

Zero trust in the Big Sky representative. 

[dmksioux]

12 minutes ago, siouxfan512 said:

Why do they opt out of the playoffs? What is the end game for them? I assume they can't be invited to a bowl, can they? Just not sure why a team wouldn't want to play in the playoffs.

Celebration Bowl

[siouxfan512]

1 hour ago, dmksioux said:

Celebration Bowl

Yeah, I guess I remember this. I'd rather be playing in the playoffs.

[gundy1124]

3 hours ago, dmksioux said:

Celebration Bowl

Kinda like Happy Festivus, for the rest of us.

[bincitysioux]

Sagarin Ratings - 11-6-16

1. NDSU
2. EWU
3. UNI
4. James Madison
5. Jacksonville St
6. SDSU
7. Youngstown St
8. Chattanooga
9. Central Arkansas
10. Montana
11. Sam Houston
12. Richmond
13. Citadel
14. Samford
15. Villanova
16. Illinois St
17. Coastal Carolina
18. Western Illinois
19. Lehigh
20. Northern Arizona
21. Wofford
22. Cal Poly
23. North Dakota
24. Charleston Southern
25. Princeton
26. Liberty
27. New Hampshire
28. South Dakota
29. North Caronlina A&T
30. Southern Illinois
31. Grambling
32. Southern Utah
33. Tennessee Martin
34. Colgate
35. Harvard
36. Albany
37. Indiana St
38. San Diego
39. Kennesaw St
40. Furman
41. St Francis
42. Stony Brook
43. Penn
44. Weber St.

[Nodak78]

5 minutes ago, bincitysioux said:

Sagarin Ratings - 11-6-16

1. NDSU
2. EWU
3. UNI
4. James Madison
5. Jacksonville St
6. SDSU
7. Youngstown St
8. Chattanooga
9. Central Arkansas
10. Montana
11. Sam Houston
12. Richmond
13. Citadel
14. Samford
15. Villanova
16. Illinois St
17. Coastal Carolina
18. Western Illinois
19. Lehigh
20. Northern Arizona
21. Wofford
22. Cal Poly
23. North Dakota
24. Charleston Southern
25. Princeton
26. Liberty
27. New Hampshire
28. South Dakota
29. North Caronlina A&T
30. Southern Illinois
31. Grambling
32. Southern Utah
33. Tennessee Martin
34. Colgate
35. Harvard
36. Albany
37. Indiana St
38. San Diego
39. Kennesaw St
40. Furman
41. St Francis
42. Stony Brook
43. Penn
44. Weber St.

What a joke

[Dr. Bob]

College sports madness poll for Nov. 6.  UND moves from #12 to #9

[BigGame]

4 hours ago, bincitysioux said:

Sagarin Ratings - 11-6-16

1. NDSU
2. EWU
3. UNI
4. James Madison
5. Jacksonville St
6. SDSU
7. Youngstown St
8. Chattanooga
9. Central Arkansas
10. Montana
11. Sam Houston
12. Richmond
13. Citadel
14. Samford
15. Villanova
16. Illinois St
17. Coastal Carolina
18. Western Illinois
19. Lehigh
20. Northern Arizona
21. Wofford
22. Cal Poly
23. North Dakota
24. Charleston Southern
25. Princeton
26. Liberty
27. New Hampshire
28. South Dakota
29. North Caronlina A&T
30. Southern Illinois
31. Grambling
32. Southern Utah
33. Tennessee Martin
34. Colgate
35. Harvard
36. Albany
37. Indiana St
38. San Diego
39. Kennesaw St
40. Furman
41. St Francis
42. Stony Brook
43. Penn
44. Weber St.

A big reason EWU is so high is because they played both NDSU and UNI.  I can't figure out how Montana is ranked considering the record and the only quality win doesn't seem so quality at this point. 

[petey23]

It would seem that the top 6 seeds are pretty much locked up except for the final order.

The final 2 spots seem to be attainable for Central Arkansas and Chattanooga should they win out or at least beat their FCS opponents as Chattanooga finishes with Alabama.

UND, SDSU, Richmond, Villanova, and possibly NC A&T(would need to lose their season finale to not make their bowl game but then would be eligible for playoffs) would be in line for a seed if they slip up down the stretch.

Games beneficial for UND, assuming we handle our business of Saturday

SDSU plays the Yotes this week and then finishes at UNI.....a loss to either would help

Villanova probably has to defeat JMU this weekend and if they do they would probably have a pretty good claim.

Richmond is not going to lose the rest of the season and will finish 9-2....getting crushed by Stony Brook could work to our advantage.

NC A&T is in a catch 22 situation.

Central Arkansas plays Nichols and SHSU, we need them to lose both or at least lose badly to SHSU

Chattanooga has a tough game with Wofford which we need them to lose and Alabama game should take care of itself.

If UND wins we should be no worse than 9th or 10th in the conversation but we need to be prepared for how rinky dink regionalization of the playoffs can be as we will end up with the equivalency of a 15-18 seed.

[UNDColorado]

We are up to #12 in the STATS Media Poll: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs

[geaux_sioux]

2 minutes ago, UNDColorado said:

We are up to #12 in the STATS Media Poll: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs

That's a healthy jump. They just can't put SDSU behind us though, they just can't do it. I think we should be the top ranked 2 loss team, but that might just be me.

[AJS]

We are starting to see things firm up between four of the polls: We are no lower than 9th, no higher than 12th. I like seeing everything become more consistent (STATS Media had been the outlier).

Athlon: 9th

STATS Media: 12th

Coaches: 11th (last week), I'd expect 10th this week

AGS: 11th

 

 

[Westside]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

UND up to #10 in FCS Coaches Poll