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[Nodak78]

54 minutes ago, dmksioux said:

I wouldn't mind seeing this bracket.  Would love to see us get a seed.

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/fcs-football/bracketology

That would be good matched with Sam Houston in the semi's. 

[Dustin]

A potential home game against sdsu for the right to potentially play at ndsu. Sounds like the perfect scenario for a great playoff atmosphere. 

[BigGame]

1 hour ago, dmksioux said:

I wouldn't mind seeing this bracket.  Would love to see us get a seed.

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/fcs-football/bracketology

This bracket will not likely happen, either Sam Houston State or Central Arkansas gets seeded but I do not think both.  The team that wins this upcoming weekend will get it. 

[bincitysioux]

Sagarin Ratings - 11/13/2016

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

 

[geaux_sioux]

Montana and UNI are resilient statistical anomalies.

[nodak651]

This is why we need to run up the score when given the chance.  Margin of victory matters.

[bincitysioux]

Athlon Power Poll

North Dakota in at #7

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7. North Dakota (9-2, 8-0 Big Sky) Previous Ranking: 9 Last Week’s Result: 38-31 over Northern Arizona With a Big Sky title and nine-game winning streak to end their regular season, head coach Bubba Schwiegert’s club figures to have a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The problem with that is the Fighting Hawks will go three weeks between games. Next Opponent: FCS Playoffs, TBA

 

[gundy1124]

1 hour ago, bincitysioux said:

Athlon Power Poll

North Dakota in at #7

 

Are we becoming a 'darling' to the pollsters??  The momentum seems to be building and peaked at 7 or 8?  I think we can represent that spot well but need to get healthy to do so.  AJ on the line, Stanley at WR, our QB, Seibel (hurt ego), Taj, even Santiago is a bit banged up as I chatted with him after the game.

[AJS]

UND up to #10 in the FCS Stats Poll.

This weekend, UND fans will have to cheer for UNI over SDSU and SHSU over Central Arkansas.

 

[AJS]

#8 in the Coaches Poll

 

[Siouxperfan7]

4 minutes ago, AJS said:

#8 in the Coaches Poll

 

Hey Bison nation....

[The Sicatoka]

21 hours ago, bincitysioux said:

Sagarin Ratings - 11/13/2016

1. NDSU
2. EWU
3. UNI  <---- !!!!!!!!

[UNDBIZ]

Playoff committee has UND at #9. UCA and Richmond and 7 and 8. SDSU at 10.

[Cratter]

Bison back to #1.

[Longtime fan]

3 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Playoff committee has UND at #9. UCA and Richmond and 7 and 8. SDSU at 10.

Sam Houston needs to beat central Arkansas.  Looks like the only way in

[gfhockey]

Or would that be a quality loss?

[UNDBIZ]

Just now, Cratter said:

Bison back to #1.

They whined enough to get it done. SDSU worries me. I think the committee jumps them over UND with a win against a team with a losing record. Mvfc bias. 

[Cratter]

Iowa beat #3 michigan, making there win vs Iowa look even better. Probably why they jumped two spots.

[Cratter]

21 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

SDSU worries me. I think the committee jumps them over UND with a win against a team with a losing record. Mvfc bias. 

That's how I see it too.

[F'n Hawks]

Ideal situation: Sam Houston over UCA and UNI over SDSU

[Longtime fan]

1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

They whined enough to get it done. SDSU worries me. I think the committee jumps them over UND with a win against a team with a losing record. Mvfc bias. 

True

feel we should be ranked above Richmond....they have two fcs loses including blow out to stony.  Our lone  fcs loss is a close game to stony, first game of the season. Und is undefeated and conference champs in the 3rd strongest conference in the fcs compared to non conference champs in the fourth best conference  Caa.  Add to that, nine game win steak.

They have the better win....Virginia.....guess that's the difference.  

[Longtime fan]

2 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

Ideal situation: Sam Houston over UCA and UNI over SDSU

Doubt the committee would drop Sam Houston out of the top 8 with a 10-1.  

[SWSiouxMN]

1 minute ago, Longtime fan said:

True

feel we should be ranked above Richmond....they have two fcs loses including blow out to stony.  Our lone  fcs loss is a close game to stony, first game of the season. Und is undefeated and conference champs in the 3rd strongest conference in the fcs compared to non conference champs in the fourth best conference  Caa.  Add to that, nine game win steak.

They have the better win....Virginia.....guess that's the difference.  

Perhaps William and Mary can give us a hand this weekend.  Open up another spot that way

[darell1976]

8 minutes ago, F'n Hawks said:

Ideal situation: Sam Houston over UCA and UNI over SDSU

But then the committee will replace SDSU with UNI as they are one of the greats.

[UNDBIZ]

10 minutes ago, Cratter said:

I could see them jumping SDSU two spots and leaving UND at 9.

At this point I'm starting to expect it. Also, UND will be sent on the road to Montana in first round (don't care how terrible they are on road, WaGriz is a tough place to win). It'll be quite the screw job.