The Sicatoka Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Looking at that bracket, some impressions: UNI (I can't believe I'm going to say this) got robbed. They're better than Central Arkansas (by far per Massey) and should've been the 8 seed. You can see the "500 mile" games (SEMO/ISU; SUNYA/CCon; AP/Fur; Wof/KenSU; Mon/HC) that they had to make by rule. That said --> Grand Forks to Cedar Falls: 527 miles --> no UND at UNI. When they had six teams left after doing "500 mile" games they had UND, UNI, 'nova, Nicholls, San Diego, SE LA, and they couldn't put SE LA and Nicholls together because they played last week. UNI got the weakest of the six (San Diego, per Massey), UND and 'nova travel (I'm guessing due to massive bids by Southland teams looking for relevance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 I like our matchup. Would have really been something to have these guys at home, but I think the Weber St. game proves that we are capable of beating a playoff team on the road. Weather should NOT be a factor in the game. (Gametime temperature in the 70s). I expect a win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux27 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said: Looking at that bracket, some impressions: UNI (I can't believe I'm going to say this) got robbed. They're better than Central Arkansas (by far per Massey) and should've been the 8 seed. You can see the "500 mile" games (SEMO/ISU; SUNYA/CCon; AP/Fur; Wof/KenSU; Mon/HC) that they had to make by rule. That said --> Grand Forks to Cedar Falls: 527 miles --> no UND at UNI. When they had six teams left after doing "500 mile" games they had UND, UNI, 'nova, Nicholls, San Diego, SE LA, and they couldn't put SE LA and Nicholls together because they played last week. UNI got the weakest of the six (San Diego, per Massey), UND and 'nova travel (I'm guessing due to massive bids by Southland teams looking for relevance). I am fairly certain the head of the selection committee yesterday said 400 miles is the limit between driving and flying. Ticky Tacky I know, but probably doesn't matter much either way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Sioux27 said: I am fairly certain the head of the selection committee yesterday said 400 miles is the limit between driving and flying. Ticky Tacky I know, but probably doesn't matter much either way. That (400, not 500) just affirms my observations. Can someone toss together a map of where the 24 schools are? I think it'll drive the point home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux27 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 49 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said: That (400, not 500) just affirms my observations. Can someone toss together a map of where the 24 schools are? I think it'll drive the point home. 100% agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 I know I recently posted a FCS playoff bracket, but this one just seems to look better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Should of brought this Thread back from last season earlier, quite a few posts already about Polls. This NCAA STATS Top 25 Poll usually come out Monday. There are other polls that come out earlier. The FCS STATS Top 25 Poll before our season started had UND at ~36th place by 11 places behind 25th with 66 votes. Preseason http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=19&div=1aa 2-22-21, we make the STATS Top 25 at 14th place with 401 votes. after Week 21 http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=21&div=1aa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 3-1-21, we make the STATS Top 25 to 4th place with 846 votes. after Week 22 http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=22&div=1aa 3-8-21, we make the STATS Top 25 to 3rd place with 919 votes. after Week 23 http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?week=23&div=1aa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 UND moves up here: FCS Spring Rankings: Top 25 Power Poll Following Week 5 By Craig Haley, 3/15/21 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-spring-rankings-top-25-power-poll-following-week-5-2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 3-15-21, after week 24. We move up 1 spot. http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs 1 James Madison (3-0) 975 (28) 1 2 North Dakota (4-0) 944 (10) 3 3 Weber State (2-0) 943 (2) 2 4 North Dakota State (4-1) 829 5 5 Southern Illinois (4-1) 815 10 6 South Dakota State (3-1) 811 8 7 Sam Houston (2-0) 743 12 8 Jacksonville State (6-1) 716 10 9 Kennesaw State (2-0) 707 9 10 UNI (2-2) 639 4 11 Chattanooga (2-1) 483 14 12 Delaware (2-0) 464 19 13 Furman (3-1) 443 15 14 Villanova (1-1) 438 6 15 Eastern Washington (2-1) 425 16 16 Southeastern Louisiana (2-1) 394 18 17 Nicholls (3-1) 357 7 18 Albany (1-1) 255 13 19 VMI (3-0) 253 NR 20 New Hampshire (0-1) 228 17 21 UC Davis (1-1) 182 23 22 UIW (2-0) 179 25 23 Richmond (2-0) 150 NR 24 Jackson State (3-0) 141 NR 25 Murray State (3-0) 90 NR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 UNI is not numer 1. but they are still top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Dagger said: UNI is not numer 1. but they are still top 10. That's staying power, glad we don't play them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux94 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 The only thing we are missing right now is a quality loss. Maybe we should lose this weekend so we can get a quality loss under our belts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: 3-15-21, after week 24 http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs 1 James Madison (3-0) 975 (28) 1 2 North Dakota (4-0) 944 (10) 3 3 Weber State (2-0) 943 (2) 2 4 North Dakota State (4-1) 829 5 5 Southern Illinois (4-1) 815 10 6 South Dakota State (3-1) 811 8 7 Sam Houston (2-0) 743 12 8 Jacksonville State (6-1) 716 10 9 Kennesaw State (2-0) 707 9 10 UNI (2-2) 639 4 11 Chattanooga (2-1) 483 14 12 Delaware (2-0) 464 19 13 Furman (3-1) 443 15 14 Villanova (1-1) 438 6 15 Eastern Washington (2-1) 425 16 16 Southeastern Louisiana (2-1) 394 18 17 Nicholls (3-1) 357 7 18 Albany (1-1) 255 13 19 VMI (3-0) 253 NR 20 New Hampshire (0-1) 228 17 21 UC Davis (1-1) 182 23 22 UIW (2-0) 179 25 23 Richmond (2-0) 150 NR 24 Jackson State (3-0) 141 NR 25 Murray State (3-0) 90 NR UNI???? Just....How??? Seriously!! Wins against 0-3 Illinois St, and 0-4 Youngstown. #QualityLoses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said: UNI???? Just....How??? Seriously!! Wins against 0-3 Illinois St, and 0-4 Youngstown. UNI is really gooood on paper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 The problem with figuring out the placement of UNI is the fact that they lost to the number 5 and 6 teams by the slimmest of margins in the last minute. I know, I know, quality losses, but those are two very good teams that they are comparable to. I don't believe them to be a top 10 team at the moment, but I have them in my top 15 - mainly looking at who is/isn't playing in the Spring, and the fact that some of those teams have only played 1 or 2 games. After the top 10 it's a pretty big crapshoot..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 27 minutes ago, Dagger said: UNI is not numer 1. but they are still top 10. 21 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said: UNI???? Just....How??? Seriously!! Wins against 0-3 Illinois St, and 0-4 Youngstown. #QualityLoses I bag on them as much as the next person, especially because they literally are the kings of the quality losses, but so far this year they have a 4 point loss to the #6 team (who scored the go ahead TD with 19 seconds left) and a 1 point loss on the road to the #5 team (where their all-conference kicker shanked a 30 yard field goal with a few seconds left). They are likely going to be 5-2 headed into the season finale against NDSU, who hopefully is sitting on at least 2 losses as well to create what would effectively be a play-in game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvdebbies Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Just now, Hambone said: The problem with figuring out the placement of UNI is the fact that they lost to the number 5 and 6 teams by the slimmest of margins in the last minute. I know, I know, quality losses, but those are two very good teams that they are comparable to. I don't believe them to be a top 10 team at the moment, but I have them in my top 15 - mainly looking at who is/isn't playing in the Spring, and the fact that some of those teams have only played 1 or 2 games. After the top 10 it's a pretty big crapshoot..... That .....and when we were fighting to get in the poll, worrying about where UNI was ranked was ok.....now when we're in the top two who gives a !@#$ if they're ranked 10th. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Southern Illinois behind NDSU. Interesting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundy1124 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 10 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: UNI is really gooood on paper! Paper Tigers!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 Bison at home are 3 point favorites https://www.betnow.eu/sportsbook-info/football/ncaa-fb-fcs Be a toss up on a neutral field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Athlon Poll We drop 3 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-spring-rankings-top-25-power-poll-following-week-6-2021 edited, sorry, originally put in 2-22-21 poll in stead of 3-22-21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said: Athlon Poll We drop 11 https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-spring-rankings-top-25-power-poll-following-week-2-2021 You linked a poll from after week 1. We're number 5. FCS Spring Rankings: Top 25 Power Poll Following Week 6 (athlonsports.com) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 In the actual Stats poll, UND fell to 6. Football Championship Subdivision News Story - Bearkats climb to No. 5 in Stats Perform FCS Top 25 | STATS | FCS Football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, Hambone said: You linked a poll from after week 1. We're number 5. Sorry, I'll correct Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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