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I'm not thrilled with this. Posted today, the current FCS Coaches Poll understandably drops previous #21 EWU out, but only raises Sac to #2 among ORV. I'm EXTREMELY disgruntled about this.

STATS has not posted an updated poll yet. I suspect that they will do so later today.

1 North Dakota State (26) 5-0 650 1
2 James Madison 5-1 621 2
3 South Dakota State 4-1 598 3
4 Kennesaw State 4-1 548 4
5 Weber State 3-2 536 5
6 Montana State 5-1 508 7
7 Villanova 6-0 506 8
8 Montana 5-1 480 9
9 Towson 3-2 406 T-10
10 Northern Iowa 3-2 392 13
11 Furman 4-2 380 14
12 Nicholls 3-2 345 15
13 Illinois State 3-2 340 6
14 North Carolina A&T 4-1 329 16
15 Delaware 3-2 243 18
16 Central Arkansas 2-3 231 T-10
17 Youngstown State 4-1 210 17
18 Jacksonville State 4-2 191 20
19 Princeton 3-0 146 23
20 Maine 2-3 130 22
21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12
22 Southeast Missouri State 3-2 103 T-25
23 Stony Brook 4-2 93 24
24 Sam Houston State 4-2 57 NR
25 Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 55 19

Dropped Out: Eastern Washington (21), Houston Baptist (25t)

Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota, 50; Sacramento St., 42; Yale, 30; Dartmouth, 26; South Carolina St., 22; Austin Peay, 18; Houston Baptist, 16; Tennessee Tech, 14; Eastern Washington, 5; Wofford, 4; Cal Poly, 3; New Hampshire, 3; Campbell, 2; Central Connecticut St., 1; Idaho, 1; UIW 1

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12

How in God's green Earth can folks rank a 2-4 team that's only beaten Lehigh and San Diego? I get that they lost to good teams, but you should have to at least beat somebody by this point in the season to be ranked, or have not lost 4 times.

Not a bad poll. About the same as the definitive AGS poll. Villanova is out of the top 5. When you get down to the lower rankings they can all be a little squirrelly. Once the UND game was over the difference between the 2 teams wasn’t that much. UND wins the first half, UCD the second. The difference is the bounce of the ball. Enough coaches felt UCD was still better coached with superior athletes, they may be right.

The GAM saw the upset, UND by 6. It was 2.

Coaches do look at it a little differently than fans, if they look at it much at all.

JBB wrote:Coaches do look at it a little differently than fans, if they look at it much at all.

89Hen wrote:

21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12

How in God's green Earth can folks rank a 2-4 team that's only beaten Lehigh and San Diego? I get that they lost to good teams, but you should have to at least beat somebody by this point in the season to be ranked, or have not lost 4 times.

While I agree with you here, it probably has something to do with their initial bogus placement in the Top 5 based on last year's over-the-top performance. One more loss, or even a crappy win, next week, and they'll be back amongst the ORVs, and one more after that and they won't even have that....

STATS Poll is now out. Same problem applies. The Manure Pile is #24, and Sac is #1 among ORV. That should right itself after Sac takes out the #6 Kitties next week....

1 North Dakota State (155) 3,899 5-0 1
2 James Madison (1) 3,704 5-1 2
3 South Dakota State 3,611 4-1 3
4 Weber State 3,286 3-2 4
5 Villanova 3,221 6-0 5
6 Montana State 3,043 5-1 6
7 Kennesaw State 2,820 4-1 7
8 Montana 2,815 5-1 8
9 Towson 2,497 3-2 9
10 Northern Iowa 2,357 3-2 13
11 Furman 2,271 4-2 14
12 Nicholls 2,173 3-2 16
13 North Carolina A&T 1,993 4-1 15
14 Illinois State 1,810 3-2 10
15 Delaware 1,437 3-2 19
16 Central Arkansas 1,391 3-2 11
17 Jacksonville State 1,118 4-2 21
18 Maine 1,071 2-3 20
19 Youngstown State 985 4-1 18
20 Southeast Missouri 959 3-2 23
21 Princeton 775 3-0 25
22 Stony Brook 680 4-2 24
23 Southeastern Louisiana 525 3-2 17
24 UC Davis 414 2-4 12
25 Sam Houston State 351 4-2 NR

Dropped out: Eastern Washington (22)

Others receiving votes: Sacramento State 350; Dartmouth 281; South Carolina State 198; North Dakota 195; Austin Peay 114; Yale 88; Central Connecticut State 70; Wofford 39; Alcorn State 28; Eastern Washington 26; New Hampshire 24; Tennessee Tech 23; McNeese 20; Houston Baptist 17; Samford 8; UT Martin 7; Elon 3; Georgetown 2; Cal Poly 1

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... fcs-top-25

15 Delaware 1,437 3-2 19

Proof that I-AA overall is down. That team is no way a top 15 team of years gone by.

Any poll that has 2 teams ranked in Week 7 with losing records isn’t worth the paper its written on.
Why in God’s name would someone rank a 2-4 team?

89Hen wrote:15 Delaware 1,437 3-2 19

Proof that I-AA overall is down. That team is no way a top 15 team of years gone by.

Or ECB, just saying

89Hen wrote:

21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12

How in God's green Earth can folks rank a 2-4 team that's only beaten Lehigh and San Diego? I get that they lost to good teams, but you should have to at least beat somebody by this point in the season to be ranked, or have not lost 4 times.

Ditto. I should have read ahead before posting. There should be a simple rule for polls. Teams with losing records can’t be ranked once Oct hits. I don’t care who they played.

89Hen wrote:

21 UC Davis 2-4 114 12

How in God's green Earth can folks rank a 2-4 team that's only beaten Lehigh and San Diego? I get that they lost to good teams, but you should have to at least beat somebody by this point in the season to be ranked, or have not lost 4 times.

It’s the UNI/MFVC model: a season full of quality losses to tough teams!

Gil Dobie wrote:

89Hen wrote:15 Delaware 1,437 3-2 19

Proof that I-AA overall is down. That team is no way a top 15 team of years gone by.

Or ECB, just saying

Could be. Have to try to offset the over representation of non ECB teams.

1 North Dakota State (155) 3,899 5-0 1
3 South Dakota State 3,611 4-1 3
4 Weber State 3,286 3-2 4
6 Montana State 3,043 5-1 6
8 Montana 2,815 5-1 8
10 Northern Iowa 2,357 3-2 13
12 Nicholls 2,173 3-2 16
14 Illinois State 1,810 3-2 10
16 Central Arkansas 1,391 3-2 11
20 Southeast Missouri 959 3-2 23
23 Southeastern Louisiana 525 3-2 17
24 UC Davis 414 2-4 12
25 Sam Houston State 351 4-2 NR

A&T is creeping up on the list.