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Montana?
Villanova?
SIU?

I'm gonna go with SIU, a team I didn't think would even sniff #1 before the season started.

Regardless of how shitty they played today, the Griz are still the only team in FCS (I think) with a zero in the loss column.

I'll go with 'Nova, they beat the higher ranked opponent. My preseason pick was SIU/Nova for the NC.

SIU will be #1 on my ballot...they were #2 last week, so they've earned the #1 vote...

Grizalltheway wrote:Regardless of how shitty they played today, the Griz are still the only team in FCS (I think) with a zero in the loss column.

Doesn't mean they're the best team in the country. The best team doesn't struggle against a winless ISU.


I'll be voting SIU... for a team that lost their starting QB to go to #8 SDSU and wipe the turf with them... yeah, enough said.

SIU for me.

Central Washington University.

kalm wrote:Central Washington University.

SIU should be #1. They have earned it a this point.

My top 5 will probably look like this (with last weeks position in parentheses):

1) Villanova (5)
2) SIU (3)
3) Elon (4)
4) Montana (1)
5) William & Mary (7)

Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:I'll be voting SIU... for a team that lost their starting QB to go to #8 SDSU and wipe the turf with them... yeah, enough said.

This.
Damn you nova!

AZGrizFan wrote:My top 5 will probably look like this (with last weeks position in parentheses):

1) Villanova (5)
2) SIU (3)
3) Elon (4)
4) Montana (1)
5) William & Mary (7)

1) SIU (3)
2) Villanova (4)
3) Richmond (1)
4) Montana (2)
5) Elon (5)

AZGrizFan wrote:My top 5 will probably look like this (with last weeks position in parentheses):

1) Villanova (5)
2) SIU (3)
3) Elon (4)
4) Montana (1)
5) William & Mary (7)

You're going to move Richmond all the way out of the top five for losing by one point to Villanova? I'd think moving Montana all the way out of the top 5 for barely beating the little sisters of the poor would be more logical.

How do you move a team down for winning? Mine will go as follows:
1. Nova (3)
2. Montana (2)
3. SIU (4)
4. William and Mary (5)
5. Richmond (1)

DJH wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:My top 5 will probably look like this (with last weeks position in parentheses):

1) Villanova (5)
2) SIU (3)
3) Elon (4)
4) Montana (1)
5) William & Mary (7)

You're going to move Richmond all the way out of the top five for losing by one point to Villanova? I'd think moving Montana all the way out of the top 5 for barely beating the little sisters of the poor would be more logical.

Think whatever you want. They won their game. Richmond didn't. Richmond lost and fell from #2 to #6. Deal with it.

MrTitleist wrote:How do you move a team down for winning? Mine will go as follows:
1. Nova (3)
2. Montana (2)
3. SIU (4)
4. William and Mary (5)
5. Richmond (1)

Did you watch the same game I did?

Unfortunately. But regardless, it's dumb to move a team down after a win. Bad win or not, it's still another tally in the W column.

DJH wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:My top 5 will probably look like this (with last weeks position in parentheses):

1) Villanova (5)
2) SIU (3)
3) Elon (4)
4) Montana (1)
5) William & Mary (7)

You're going to move Richmond all the way out of the top five for losing by one point to Villanova? I'd think moving Montana all the way out of the top 5 for barely beating the little sisters of the poor would be more logical.

Richmond barely beat VMI (38-28) and Nova barely beat Penn (14-3) earlier this season. Did you move them out of the top five at that time?

At least one of Montana's sister of the poor fully funds scholarships.

MrTitleist wrote:Unfortunately. But regardless, it's dumb to move a team down after a win. Bad win or not, it's still another tally in the W column.

Its not dumb. This is supposed to be a ranking of which teams are the best teams. Not which teams have the longest winning streaks.

If you squeak by a team that you should roll by 30, then you don't deserve to stay at the same spot or move up in the poll IMO.

kalm wrote:

DJH wrote:
You're going to move Richmond all the way out of the top five for losing by one point to Villanova? I'd think moving Montana all the way out of the top 5 for barely beating the little sisters of the poor would be more logical.

Richmond barely beat VMI (38-28) and Nova barely beat Penn (14-3) earlier this season. Did you move them out of the top five at that time?

At least one of Montana's sister of the poor fully funds scholarships.

The games you mentioned were both double digit victories. Not last second FG wins, against winless teams.

Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:Regardless of how shitty they played today, the Griz are still the only team in FCS (I think) with a zero in the loss column.

Doesn't mean they're the best team in the country. The best team doesn't struggle against a winless ISU.


I'll be voting SIU... for a team that lost their starting QB to go to #8 SDSU and wipe the turf with them... yeah, enough said.

I like the way you think.

SIU
Montana
Villanova
Richmond

DJH wrote:

kalm wrote:
Richmond barely beat VMI (38-28) and Nova barely beat Penn (14-3) earlier this season. Did you move them out of the top five at that time?

At least one of Montana's sister of the poor fully funds scholarships.

The games you mentioned were both double digit victories. Not last second FG wins, against winless teams.

14-3 and 38-28 against an Ivy and Big South are hardly better than 12-10 against a down ISU. At least Idaho State has a National Championship banner hanging in its stadium and comes from a conference that fully funds scholarships.

Illogical would be describing a team from a power conference (no matter how bad) as sister's of the poor.

1. Montana
2. Southern Illinois
3. Villanova