FCS Polls (10/14) MSU #12

[cats2506]

STATS FCS Top 25 (Oct. 14)

1. North Dakota State (6-0), 3,923 points (155 first-place votes)

Previous Ranking: 1; Last Week's Result: 46-14 win over Northern Iowa

2. James Madison (6-1), 3,740 (2 first-place votes)

Previous Ranking: 2; Last Week's Result: 38-24 win over Villanova

3. South Dakota State (5-1), 3,612

Previous Ranking: 3; Last Week's Result: 38-28 win over Youngstown State

4. Weber State (4-2), 3,363

Previous Ranking: 4; Last Week's Result: 29-14 win over Southern Utah

5. Montana (5-1), 3,107

Previous Ranking: 8; Last Week's Result: Bye

6. Kennesaw State (5-1), 3,022

Previous Ranking: 7; Last Week's Result: 45-23 win over Charleston Southern

7. Villanova (6-1), 2,968

Previous Ranking: 5; Last Week's Result: 38-24 loss to James Madison

8. Furman (4-2), 2,703

Previous Ranking: 11; Last Week's Result: Bye

9. Nicholls (4-2), 2,653

Previous Ranking: 12; Last Week's Result: 45-35 win over Northwestern State

10. North Carolina A&T (4-1), 2,292

Previous Ranking: 13; Last Week's Result: Bye

11. Illinois State (4-2), 2,218

Previous Ranking: 14; Last Week's Result: 21-7 win over Southern Illinois

12. Montana State (5-2), 2,125

Previous Ranking: 6; Last Week's Result: 34-21 loss to Sacramento State

13. Central Arkansas (4-2), 1,849

Previous Ranking: 16; Last Week's Result: 40-31 win over McNeese

14. Northern Iowa (3-3), 1,814

Previous Ranking: 10; Last Week's Result: 46-14 loss to North Dakota State

15. Sacramento State (4-2), 1,677

Previous Ranking: N/R Last Week's Result: 34-21 win over Montana State

16. Jacksonville State (5-2), 1,585

Previous Ranking: 17; Last Week's Result: 28-20 win over Eastern Illinois

17. Princeton (4-0), 1,301

Previous Ranking: 21; Last Week's Result: 28-3 win over Lafayette

18. Towson (3-3), 1,077

Previous Ranking: 9; Last Week's Result: 38-21 loss to Albany

19. Youngstown State (4-2), 1,012

Previous Ranking: 19; Last Week's Result: 38-28 loss to South Dakota State

20. Austin Peay (4-2), 869

Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 28-24 win over Southeast Missouri

21. Dartmouth (4-0), 717

Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 42-10 win over Yale

22. New Hampshire (4-2), 713

Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 20-14 win over Stony Brook

23. UC Davis (3-4), 509

Previous Ranking: 24; Last Week's Result: 48-24 win over Cal Poly

24. Delaware (3-3), 403

Previous Ranking: 15; Last Week's Result: 42-7 loss to Elon

25. Central Connecticut State (5-1), 274

Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 24-14 win over Columbia

Dropped Out: Maine (18), Southeast Missouri (20), Stony Brook (22), Southeastern Louisiana (23), Sam Houston State (25)

Others Receiving Votes: UT Martin 199, Stony Brook 193, Southeast Missouri 184, Alcorn State 119, UIW 92, Maine 87, Wofford 83, Elon 80, Eastern Washington 74, Florida A&M 71, Southeastern Louisiana 54, Sam Houston State 51, Albany 42, South Carolina State 40, Yale 37, Idaho State 19, Lamar 15, Richmond 13, Harvard 12, Monmouth 8, Bethune-Cookman 6, North Dakota 5, VMI 4, Campbell 3, Portland State 3, Dayton 2, Duquesne 1, Murray State 1, South Dakota 1

[cats2506]

Coaches Poll

1 North Dakota State (26) 6-0 650 1
2 James Madison 6-1 622 2
3 South Dakota State 5-1 600 3
4 Kennesaw State 5-1 555 4
5 Weber State 4-2 532 5
6 Montana 5-1 516 8
7 Villanova 6-1 480 7
8 Furman 4-2 467 11
9 Nicholls 4-2 448 12
10 Illinois State 4-2 380 13
11 North Carolina A&T 4-1 369 14
12 Montana State 5-2 367 6
13 Central Arkansas 4-2 336 16
14 Jacksonville State 5-2 269 18
15 Northern Iowa 3-3 264 10
16 Princeton 4-0 224 19
17 Sacramento State 4-2 221 NR
18 Youngstown State 4-2 197 17
19 Austin Peay 4-2 170 NR
20 Towson 3-3 152 9
21 Dartmouth 4-0 133 NR
22 UC Davis 3-4 108 21
23 New Hampshire 4-2 96 NR
24 Delaware 3-3 63 15
25 UIW 4-2 39 NR
Dropped Out: Maine (20), Southeast Missouri St. (22), Stony Brook (23), Sam Houston St. (24), Southeastern Louisiana (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Central Connecticut St., 30; UT Martin, 23; Southeast Missouri St., 20; Sam Houston St., 18; Wofford, 17; Campbell, 15; Stony Brook, 15; Florida A&M, 10; Eastern Washington, 9; Alcorn St., 6; Houston Baptist, 6; Idaho St., 6; Murray St., 5; VMI, 5; Portland St., 4; Lamar, 2; Elon, 1.

[catgrad05]

I’ve felt we belong in the 10-15 range based on our play all year with the chance to improve and become a top ten team. Right now this is where we belong until we prove we can put a full 4 quarters together over multiple games

[mslacatfan]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

[PapaG]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

Sac State is legitimately a contender to win the conference. They are good and are better than MSU. Are voters watching them?

[cats2506]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

Sac State is legitimately a contender to win the conference. They are good and are better than MSU. Are voters watching them?

Obviously they are, since they took a pretty good jump after beating MSU.

[TomCat88]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

Sac State is legitimately a contender to win the conference. They are good and are better than MSU. Are voters watching them?

Obviously they are, since they took a pretty good jump after beating MSU.

No. Many of the voters in these polls do not follow all the teams closely. If they did SAC would be ranked ahead of MSU. That example isn’t a first. I knew before it came out that MSU would still be ahead. It’s just another example of how utterly meaningless these polls are.

[cats2506]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

Sac State is legitimately a contender to win the conference. They are good and are better than MSU. Are voters watching them?

Obviously they are, since they took a pretty good jump after beating MSU.

No. Many of the voters in these polls do not follow all the teams closely. If they did SAC would be ranked ahead of MSU. That example isn’t a first. I knew before it came out that MSU would still be ahead. It’s just another example of how utterly meaningless these polls are.

You are thinking of a power poll, which resets each week, most polls whether coaches or sports writers don't reset each week, each week builds on previous weeks results. I think another example that follows your line is SELA was ranked below JSU for several weeks, however SELA has now dropped 2 games in a row and has dropped out of the poll, meanwhile JSU has won more games and is still on the poll. I think these types of polls give a better consensus of a whole body of a teams work, while a power poll gives a snapshot of where things are currently.

Sac has plenty of opportunity to move up, all they have to do is keep winning.

[catbooster]

looks pretty accurate to me. The only thing I would change is that I would put Sac State in the top 10. They are a very good team, top to bottom.

Really curious to see what happens with their game against the griz, that's a big game.

Agree Sac should be higher. AGS poll has them there:

[Montanabob]

Depending on which poll you look at, BSC has between 5-7 teams in top 25. Now start beating other conferences consistently.