FCS Football Polls

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

14 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Yikes!!!! Just one year ago

The little those pollsters knew, been an awfully long time in our FB world since that poll. 

[bang]

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. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

3 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Is North Carolina A&T the team that doesn't participate in the FCS playoffs?

yes...about 4 conferences and counting, don't

[bang]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

yes...about 4 conferences and counting, don't

What’s the reason for that? 

[SIOUXFAN97]

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

[jdub27]

10 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

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...

The NCAA covers all playoff travel/expenses. 

[nodak651]

They get like a million dollar payout for the celebration bowl, on ABC too I think.

[Sioux>Bison]

3 hours ago, bang said:

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. 

Yet USD chokes and still gets moved up into the top 25.....

but? But? They are MVFC

[SIOUXFAN97]

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?

[bincitysioux]

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.....

[jdub27]

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. 

[Nodak78]

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. 

[Sioux94]

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.

[Cratter]

This is why its important to be constantly good for a few years...where you start the year helps where you end the year.

7-4 Could be 10th or 20th depending on what your historical data says about you.

[Kab]

Interesting tO see the poll this week

what happens to Montana, South Dakota, SHSU.

what ever votes we get UNI will get more

 

[geaux_sioux]

If we hadn’t fallen apart in the fourth quarter against UW we would probably get ranked around 15 after this week. We'll hopefully crack the top 25 this week and continue to prove ourselves.

[Dagger]

I would be shocked if weren’t ranked somewhere. 

[Risky]

Were 2 and 1.  The loss to atop 10 FBS. The win over the number 4 in FCS at their place.   We better be ranked. 

[Longtime fan]

I’m expecting und to be ranked but would not be surprised if they’re left out.   Beating a top 5 team in their house,  losing to a top 10 fbs team in their house and a 2-1 deserves a hard look as far as I’m concerned.  Just win out 

[darell1976]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

Interesting tO see the poll this week

what happens to Montana, South Dakota, SHSU.

what ever votes we get UNI will get more

 

UNI will drop out of the polls when they receive their 7th loss of the season.

[FSSD]

I see UND in the top 30 and Sam Houston nearly out of the top 25.

[BarnWinterSportsEngelstad]

I see Sammy slipping to the middle of the Top 25 and UND just cracking it.

[geaux_sioux]

Just now, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:

I see Sammy slipping to the middle of the Top 25 and UND just cracking it.

Swear to God, if you use the word slip one more time.....

[CMSioux]

UNI has too many quality losses for us to take their spot. Everytime we beat a ranked team turns out they were over rated, happened in 2016 too.

[Dr. Bob]

Check fcs compughter rankings.  UND is 15