2025 Non-UND FCS News/Scores Thread

[ND11]

1 hour ago, siouxweet said:

2 absolute cupcakes in non conference and overrated/underwhelming teams in conference so yeah who have they played?

You look beyond silly making this post.  So FCS, they played more ranked teams than any other team. Including the #2 team.  Maybe think before posting that.  You could say who have they played for basically every single FCS team based on your post.

[wheelsup]

7 hours ago, ND11 said:

You look beyond silly making this post.  So FCS, they played more ranked teams than any other team. Including the #2 team.  Maybe think before posting that.  You could say who have they played for basically every single FCS team based on your post.

NDSU has an absolute cupcake non conference schedule.. I don’t think you can argue otherwise. Their MVFC schedule is as tough as anybody else’s.. they really caught a break with sdsu qb injured but still destroyed them.  

[Sioux>Bison]

10 hours ago, ND11 said:

Who have they played?  Is this a serious question?   

They haven’t played a team as good as UND…….

[Longtime fan]

10 hours ago, siouxweet said:

2 absolute cupcakes in non conference and overrated/underwhelming teams in conference so yeah who have they played?

Went through the top 10 FCs teams.  I compiled stats that show schedule strength.  
 

Top 10 teams based on current FCS ranking and their resume 

 

1 Ndsu.  8-0. Opponents record 32-33 with wins vs four teams with a winning record 

2. Tarleton 9-0  opponents record 24-47  one team with a winning record 

3. Montana 7-0 (8-0 if D2 included) 26-31 opponent record. Three victories over teams with winning record 

4. Montana st 6-2 . Two losses to Oregon and sdsu .  35-31 opponent records and 21-29 with only their wins.  Three victories with teams with winning record 

5.sdsu  loss to Ndsu. 33-31 opponent records.  25-31 with their wins.  Three   victories over teams with winning records 

6. UC Davis  6-1  loss to Washington .  24-33 opponent records  18-31 on their wins   One win vs a team with a winning record 

7. Lehigh 8-0   29 -32 opponent record and 5 victories against teams with a winning record 

8  Tennessee tech  7-0  18-40 opponent records   One victory over team with winning record 

9 Monmouth  7-1   Loss to Colgate.  26-40 opponent record.  Two victories against teams with winning record. 25-32 only their wins  

10.  Und  6-2  losses to K st and Montana  27-37 opponent record. Two victories against teams with a winning  record   15-33 with their wins only  

 

[siouxweet]

2 hours ago, Longtime fan said:

Went through the top 10 FCs teams.  I compiled stats that show schedule strength.  
 

Top 10 teams based on current FCS ranking and their resume 

 

1 Ndsu.  8-0. Opponents record 32-33 with wins vs four teams with a winning record 

2. Tarleton 9-0  opponents record 24-47  one team with a winning record 

3. Montana 7-0 (8-0 if D2 included) 26-31 opponent record. Three victories over teams with winning record 

4. Montana st 6-2 . Two losses to Oregon and sdsu .  35-31 opponent records and 21-29 with only their wins.  Three victories with teams with winning record 

5.sdsu  loss to Ndsu. 33-31 opponent records.  25-31 with their wins.  Three   victories over teams with winning records 

6. UC Davis  6-1  loss to Washington .  24-33 opponent records  18-31 on their wins   One win vs a team with a winning record 

7. Lehigh 8-0   29 -32 opponent record and 5 victories against teams with a winning record 

8  Tennessee tech  7-0  18-40 opponent records   One victory over team with winning record 

9 Monmouth  7-1   Loss to Colgate.  26-40 opponent record.  Two victories against teams with winning record. 25-32 only their wins  

10.  Und  6-2  losses to K st and Montana  27-37 opponent record. Two victories against teams with a winning  record   15-33 with their wins only  

 

This is an indictment as to how bad the FCS is.  Time to move up.

[geaux_sioux]

28 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

This is an indictment as to how bad the FCS is.  Time to move up.

Might wanna have some consistent success before we say it’s too easy

[Longtime fan]

29 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

This is an indictment as to how bad the FCS is.  Time to move up.

Couldn’t agree more about the quality of teams at this level.  I’ve been saying for a decade how weak the fcs is. Yet ever year it gets weaker as more of the good teams move up.  The fcs is essentially D2.  I also mentioned years ago about the fcs playoff system because of how weak the teams are. Why have a 24 team playoff bracket and why qualifiers ?  The pioneer league is d3/ naia material yet they’re guaranteed a spot in the bracket??  Laughable.  Nowadays ..there will never be a time that a team outside the top 8 seeded  wins the championship.   Make it a 8 team bracket.  That’s about 4 too many but it’s reasonable. 

[siouxweet]

Youngstown running all over the vaunted Fargo boys.

[UNDDOM]

Jacks going down to Indiana state, the team is a total mess. Must be on their 3rd or 4 Qb now. They will Lose to USD next week as well.  We will roll them at the alerus 

[Wilbur]

I had the Jacks losing to NDSU and USD without their QB, but not Indiana State....at home....could end up on a 4 or 5 game losing streak here. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 hours ago, SlowHand said:

Drugs are bad mkay.

he's not wrong....there are about 5 good fcs schools left....and the playoffs are a joke too

[rochsioux]

What a stupid timeout by Youngstown.  Coach is a complete idiot. Called their last timeout with 2:42 left in the game after a first down run by NDSU. Without the timeout NDSU would have been forced to snap the ball prior to the two minute warning. The timeout gained nothing since a running play easily got the clock to two minutes. Just absolutely threw the timeout away. 

[Shawn-O]

The MVFC is still very gettable based on what I’ve seen today 

[SIOUXFAN97]

23 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

"time to move up"?  Lol

1978 is on one line......

[Big Green]

Missed opportunity to move up in polls today.  
 

SDSU, uc davis and Tarleton all losing today.  

[F'n Hawks]

 

[Wildfan]

1 hour ago, F'n Hawks said:

 

Tough day to be a even number ranked team against unranked opponents. I could see USD re-enter polls this week or be just outside them, they are 6-4 with 1 ranked win, and 4 ranked losses (Current ranked NDSU, SIU, and Lamar(how far do they drop?): then-ranked Iowa State). 

 

Also curious to see how the SDSU and UC Davis against teams with terrible records will fall in comparison with a loss to a RV (Receiving votes) USD. I have homer glasses but think SDSU should drop below UND, even with both losing, that is a bad bad loss. SDSU will get injured QB and history from East Coast media/pollsters, and they have the Mont St won to boost them. 

Also SDSU and UCD losses came at home.

[ND11]

17 hours ago, wheelsup said:

NDSU has an absolute cupcake non conference schedule.. I don’t think you can argue otherwise. Their MVFC schedule is as tough as anybody else’s.. they really caught a break with sdsu qb injured but still destroyed them.  

Ok?   Does that change that they have beat more ranked teams than anyone else?  Have you seen their average margin of victory?  Coming into today’s game they had a roughly 32-33 point average win differential.   Who has UND played if we are gonna ask that about their resume?

[wheelsup]

8 hours ago, ND11 said:

Ok?   Does that change that they have beat more ranked teams than anyone else?  Have you seen their average margin of victory?  Coming into today’s game they had a roughly 32-33 point average win differential.   Who has UND played if we are gonna ask that about their resume?

Stay on task.. question was NDSU SOS.. comment was.. “4 cupcake non conference games”  and a tough mvfc schedule like every one else.

UND would be 8-1 with NDSU schedule as apparently we still can’t beat USD on the road.  NDSU might still be 9-0 with UND schedule but there is no question UNDs schedule is much tougher. 

[wheelsup]

10 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

Sagarin SOS

NDSU 158

UND 147

 

NDSU's schedule is slightly easier, but not significantly.

way to use the all teams in D1 SOS.. 
Massey - UND 9th / NDSU 24th

see how fun this is? Are u really trying to argue that the citadel / Tennessee st/ SE Missouri / st Thomas are good teams or that any of those are better than K-state and Montana? 
 

NDSU is a good team this year.. but they also started the season 4-0.  Indiana state beating SDSU at SDSU takes a lot of shine off the NDSU victory at SDSU IMO. 

[wheelsup]

16 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

Yeah I like to benchmark CFB not a subset.

I posted the stats, if you dont like them tough sh@$.

You sound like a we would beat Alabama kind of fan.. good luck to you

[Siouxphan27]

44 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

Yeah I like to benchmark CFB not a subset.

I posted the stats, if you dont like them tough sh@$.

[Siouxphan27]

9 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

Aren't you tired of getting slapped down?  I never mentioned NDSU you moron.

Your entire argument about SOS was touting ndsu’s SOS being close to UND’s by using all of D1 teams.   Why is that stat relevant especially considering ndsu played zero FBS games. 
 But yes, despite mentioning them, you never mentioned ndsu. lol. 

[Siouxphan27]

11 minutes ago, SlowHand said:

As usual you are incorrect in your assumption.

I didn’t assume anything.   You definitely put the slow in slowhand.  

[90siouxfan]

What do monkeys throw when they run out of feces?  Asking for a friend.