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10 hours ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:

Stats Top 25
1 North Dakota State (1-0) 3997 (157) 1
2 James Madison (0-1) 3700 (1) 2
3 South Dakota State (0-0) 3619 3
4 Sam Houston State (0-0) 3410 4
5 North Carolina A&T (2-0) 3103 (2) 14
6 Eastern Washington (1-0) 2930 9
7 Kennesaw State (0-1) 2807 5
8 Wofford (1-0) 2637 10
9 Samford (1-0) 2398 11
10 Weber State (0-1) 2388 8

11 Nicholls (1-0) 2297 18
12 Villanova (1-0) 2169 19
13 Jacksonville State (0-1) 2116 6
14 Montana (1-0) 1716 24
15 Elon (0-1) 1586 12
16 McNeese (1-0) 1493 17
17 Central Arkansas (0-1) 1253 16
18 Northern Arizona (1-0) 1142 NR
19 Illinois State (1-0) 974 21
20 New Hampshire (0-1) 964 7
21 UNI (0-1) 921 13
22 Maine (1-0) 568 NR
23 South Dakota (0-1) 538 NR
24 Stony Brook (0-1) 433 20
25 Furman (0-1) 432 23

Others: UC Davis (417) , Delaware (361) , Austin Peay (343) , Rhode Island (178) , Montana State (169) , Yale (141) , Sacramento State (136) , San Diego (117) , Grambling State (94) , Southern Utah (67) , Colgate (50) , Richmond (44) , Western Illinois (42) , Butler (42) , North Alabama (33) , North Dakota (28) , Tennessee State (22) , Lehigh (21) , Youngstown State (21) , Western Carolina (16) , Prairie View A&M (16) , Southeastern Louisiana (10) , Chattanooga (9) , Monmouth (8) , Southern Illinois (5) , Howard (5) , Idaho (4) , Alabama State (3) , Central Connecticut State (3) , Fordham (2) , Harvard (1) , Duquesne (1)

 

UC Davis doesn’t get a lot of love for an FBS win. Northern Arizona at least got ranked but had to blew out their FBS foe. 

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28 minutes ago, bang said:

What’s the reason for that? 

costs...imagine if alcorn state had to play in fargo one week and somehow won and then had to play in grand forks the next....the would be bankrupt...plus the "bowl" games they can play in around the holidays draw tens of thousands

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1 hour ago, jdub27 said:

The NCAA covers all playoff travel/expenses. 

u cut off the last part saying that they make a boatload off their phony "bowl" games...without their "bowl" games those two conferences would be d2 (which is where they belong)

and are you sure it's all the rounds? i thought it was only for the two teams that make it to the title game in frisco?

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8 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

u cut off the last part saying that they make a boatload off their phony "bowl" games...without their "bowl" games those two conferences would be d2 (which is where they belong)

and are you sure it's all the rounds? i thought it was only for the two teams that make it to the title game in frisco?

I could be wrong, bit I believe it is bidding process for the first round.  After that, the NCAA helps out with costs.....

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NCAA covers all rounds of travel for the playoffs, which is part of the reason they regionalize and try to save themselves money. Each round has a minimum bid, which the host is responsible for if ticket sales fall short. 

The MEAC/SWAC conferences each get $1 million to split however among their 11/10 teams and at least one gives over half to the participant so the schools aren't exactly killing it unless they make the game. Those conferences participating in the playoffs is a net positive overall but "costs" because they were "losing" money participating in the playoffs isn't why they don't participate. It's been years since the SWAC participated (ever maybe?) and the MEAC dropped out when the Celebration Bowl started in 2015, likely since their teams weren't doing anything anyway and this was a better look. 

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23 minutes ago, Nodak78 said:

Before any Hawk fans get excited, we will not be in the top 25 in any polls.  More like 25-30 range.  We just need to take care of business one game at a time. Daybyday. 

I disagree, I think we get in somewhere....even if it's 24 or 25.  Although if we don't...we don't.  Our next two games are winnable and hope we will be 4-1 going into the Montana game.

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