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Some interesting losses in the Top 25 this week. Based on the STATS Poll (largely because that has been giving the best results for my Hornets, hee hee), here's my predictions, again as homeristic as can be....

1. NDSU
2. JMU
3. BBQ
4. SD State
5. Sac State
6. Kennesaw State
7. Villanova
8. IL State
9. Montana
10. UNI
11. UCA
12. Princeton
13. Furman
14. MSU
15. Dartmouth
16. NC A&T
17. FL A&M
18. Wofford
19. Central CT State
20. Stony Brook
21. SEMO
22. Yale
23. Bethune-Cookman
24. Austin Peay
25. E. Kentucky

I'd like to drop the Kitties farther, but SOS is an issue with some of those coming farther down. I did bring in some others (how can one ignore Stony Brook after their defeat of a Top Ten?), but others have record issues. I think some of you have said that this is a crazy season, and it seems that you're right. FTR, I thought that for FCS SOS purposes, I didn't think a loss to the #1 team in the country warranted a drop of more than one for SD State, despite the fact that Sac has two close FBS losses. I think it would take more than that to get Sac to the Top Four, particularly given Sac only playing Cow Poly (despite triple option issues) this week....

UND is missing.

*homoerotic

And what is this “hee hee “ shyt, Pat?

This is the first time I've ever seen three schools from the MEAC(A&T,A&M,BCU) are in the top 25

dal4018 wrote:This is the first time I've ever seen three schools from the MEAC(A&T,A&M,BCU) are in the top 25

That's because is a Casey "poll". This is not a real poll Dal. This is the STATS poll...

Rank School Votes Prev
1 North Dakota State (8-0) 3874 (154) 1
2 James Madison (8-1) 3711 (1) 2
3 Weber State (6-2) 3458 4
4 South Dakota State (6-2) 3381 3
5 Kennesaw State (7-1) 3117 6
6 Sacramento State (6-2) 3110 7
7 Illinois State (6-2) 2869 8
8 Montana (6-2) 2689 10
9 UNI (5-3) 2488 11
10 Central Arkansas (6-2) 2425 12
11 Villanova (6-2) 2301 5
12 Princeton (6-0) 1965 13
13 Furman (5-3) 1930 14
14 Montana State (5-3) 1579 9
15 Dartmouth (6-0) 1522 17
16 North Carolina A&T (5-2) 1345 18
17 Florida A&M (7-1) 1174 20
18 Southeast Missouri State (5-3) 932 24
19 Central Connecticut State (7-1) 917 23
20 Stony Brook (5-3) 823 NR
21 Towson (4-4) 686 16
22 Jacksonville State (6-3) 568 25
23 Wofford (5-2) 557 NR
24 North Dakota (5-3) 539 NR
25 Nicholls (4-4) 508 15
Others: Sam Houston State (303) , Austin Peay (212) , Alcorn State (208) , UC Davis (131) , New Hampshire (128) , Albany (125) , Citadel (108) , Monmouth (107) , Delaware (96) , Elon (94) , UT Martin (77) , Youngstown State (70) , Southeastern Louisiana (57) , Yale (49) , Southern Illinois (33) , Richmond (31) , Northern Arizona (21) , South Carolina State (21) , Campbell (15) , UIW (6) , Eastern Kentucky (5) , Portland State (5) , Abilene Christian (3) , McNeese (2)

89Hen wrote:

dal4018 wrote:This is the first time I've ever seen three schools from the MEAC(A&T,A&M,BCU) are in the top 25

That's because is a Casey "poll". This is not a real poll Dal. This is the STATS poll...

Rank School Votes Prev
1 North Dakota State (8-0) 3874 (154) 1
2 James Madison (8-1) 3711 (1) 2
3 Weber State (6-2) 3458 4
4 South Dakota State (6-2) 3381 3
5 Kennesaw State (7-1) 3117 6
6 Sacramento State (6-2) 3110 7
7 Illinois State (6-2) 2869 8
8 Montana (6-2) 2689 10
9 UNI (5-3) 2488 11
10 Central Arkansas (6-2) 2425 12
11 Villanova (6-2) 2301 5
12 Princeton (6-0) 1965 13
13 Furman (5-3) 1930 14
14 Montana State (5-3) 1579 9
15 Dartmouth (6-0) 1522 17
16 North Carolina A&T (5-2) 1345 18
17 Florida A&M (7-1) 1174 20
18 Southeast Missouri State (5-3) 932 24
19 Central Connecticut State (7-1) 917 23
20 Stony Brook (5-3) 823 NR
21 Towson (4-4) 686 16
22 Jacksonville State (6-3) 568 25
23 Wofford (5-2) 557 NR
24 North Dakota (5-3) 539 NR
25 Nicholls (4-4) 508 15
Others: Sam Houston State (303) , Austin Peay (212) , Alcorn State (208) , UC Davis (131) , New Hampshire (128) , Albany (125) , Citadel (108) , Monmouth (107) , Delaware (96) , Elon (94) , UT Martin (77) , Youngstown State (70) , Southeastern Louisiana (57) , Yale (49) , Southern Illinois (33) , Richmond (31) , Northern Arizona (21) , South Carolina State (21) , Campbell (15) , UIW (6) , Eastern Kentucky (5) , Portland State (5) , Abilene Christian (3) , McNeese (2)

Okay thanks.

It was based on the previous STATS poll. Those I moved into the "poll" were in the STATS ORV....

FWIW, one of my compatriots at SacBuzz mentioned Kennesaw's lack of SOS (two NAIAs on the schedule), and therefore wondered why they're STILL ranked higher than Sac. That IS confusing, given that they're ALSO in the Big South, which is a nothing league now that Liberty and Coastal Carolina have defected.

SMH....

SuperHornet wrote:FWIW, one of my compatriots at SacBuzz mentioned Kennesaw's lack of SOS (two NAIAs on the schedule), and therefore wondered why they're STILL ranked higher than Sac. That IS confusing, given that they're ALSO in the Big South, which is a nothing league now that Liberty and Coastal Carolina have defected.

SMH....

I just checked Kennesaw's schedule. It's even worse than I thought. Their one FBS game is a close loss to 3-5 Kent State, hardly comparable to Sac's performances against Fresneck and Danny White University. They have the aforementioned two NAIAs, which will surely count against them in the committee room. And their two FCS OOC games? Alabama State and SW Missouri State, both of which have losing records. All Kennesaw really has is some blowout wins over in-conference flunkies. How in the heck does THAT warrant a #4/5 ranking?!? Particularly in light of Sac's three wins over ranked opponents (OK, so one of them is no longer ranked), two of which were in the Top Ten at the time of their thrashing at the hands of the Hornets.

SuperHornet wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:FWIW, one of my compatriots at SacBuzz mentioned Kennesaw's lack of SOS (two NAIAs on the schedule), and therefore wondered why they're STILL ranked higher than Sac. That IS confusing, given that they're ALSO in the Big South, which is a nothing league now that Liberty and Coastal Carolina have defected.

SMH....

I just checked Kennesaw's schedule. It's even worse than I thought. Their one FBS game is a close loss to 3-5 Kent State, hardly comparable to Sac's performances against Fresneck and Danny White University. They have the aforementioned two NAIAs, which will surely count against them in the committee room. And their two FCS OOC games? Alabama State and SW Missouri State, both of which have losing records. All Kennesaw really has is some blowout wins over in-conference flunkies. How in the heck does THAT warrant a #4/5 ranking?!? Particularly in light of Sac's three wins over ranked opponents (OK, so one of them is no longer ranked), two of which were in the Top Ten at the time of their thrashing at the hands of the Hornets.

This is why we have a playoffs


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I would say Kennesaw should be viewed like SHSU. Take Em with a grain of salt.