How good is Stephen F Austin?

[dbackjon]

Just beat McNeese (you remember McNeese, the team that won in Boone)

SFA is 4-1, with only loss a close one to SMU. And before you laugh at SMU, they just beat East Carolina (the "good" FBS team App lost too as well)

Wins at WIU, and home against North Dakota, McNeese and a d2 (92-0).

And, if you want to laugh at win over UND, UND also beat one of UMass' "signature" wins, Stony Brook, and played Texas Tech far tougher than K-State, UMass' "good FBS loss"

SFA is top 15 for now, IMHO.

[JMU DJ]

I got em at 17, right ahead of UMass

[guinzone]

I have them at 18, up from not even in the top 25 last week I do not think.

[slycat]

They are good. Moses is clicking at QB. They should have beat SMU and lost at the end.

Top 15 for sure.

[Cleets Part 2]

They belong above Umass - that's for sure...
I would agree - top 15 is probably corrrect

[dgreco]

2 weeks in a row in my top 25, and they cracked the top 20 this week.

[Griz03]

They're 25. They have to get one more quality win to get high in my poll.

[AZGrizFan]

They entered my poll @ #16 this week.

[native]

...and they get to play Central Arkansas this week.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

They entered my poll @ #16 this week.

me too

[TwinTownBisonFan]

...and they get to play Central Arkansas this week.

GOTW nominee - that's for sure

[AZGrizFan]

They entered my poll @ #16 this week.

me too

[GoApps70]

"

Just beat McNeese

SFA is 4-1, with only loss a close one to SMU. And before you laugh at SMU, they just beat East Carolina

Wins at WIU, and home against North Dakota, McNeese and a d2 (92-0).

And, if you want to laugh at win over UND, UND also beat one of UMass' "signature" wins, Stony Brook, and played Texas Tech far tougher than K-State, UMass' "good FBS loss"

SFA is top 15 for now, IMHO.

"

You had me when you said they just beat McNeese. It's about time Stephen F Austin came back up....they have certainly been down for awhile.

[clenz]

Just beat McNeese (you remember McNeese, the team that won in Boone)

SFA is 4-1, with only loss a close one to SMU. And before you laugh at SMU, they just beat East Carolina (the "good" FBS team App lost too as well)

Wins at WIU, and home against North Dakota, McNeese and a d2 (92-0).

And, if you want to laugh at win over UND, UND also beat one of UMass' "signature" wins, Stony Brook, and played Texas Tech far tougher than K-State, UMass' "good FBS loss"

SFA is top 15 for now, IMHO.

Good analysis. I'm going to have them top 15 as well

[GONECKS]

Seem to have a pretty tough defense. I like the D-Ends, quick with good hands.

[Mvemjsunpx]

SFA is definitely in the driver's seat for the auto-bid, but they still seem a bit marginal. UCA still looks to be the class of the conference.

I'm not surprised they beat an overrated McNeese team, but I am a bit shocked the game only had 29 total points.

[CatMom]

McNeese has a good D as well and shut down SFA's running game (#59), which seems to be their only weak spot. (MSU rushing O is #*) Then again, they both shut down each other's passing games. Yards but nothing much coming from them. (SFA # 1, MSU #25) I was waiting for both of these QB's to face good D's and it happened in this one. (SFA #32, MSU #60). Oerhaps not the best, but fairly equal in ability on teh D.

The SLC has great offenses this year. It's the defenses that we always have a problem with. If the best D in your conference is ranked 32, that's pretty telling. Sometimes your O can sustain you but as we learned all too well, yesterday, it doesn't always happen.

I can see SFA taking UCA though and if that happens they can probably run the table. I just see issues with their running game and if that one weak spot will hurt them or not. If it doesn't they'll get the autobid and McNeese may be a qualifier. If they don't beat UCA and no one else does either, but win the rest, they have the edge over MSU. Gee, will they get the "you're not the real champion" label too, if that happens?

(UCA's D would be ranked #24 if they were included in the main chart)

[putter]

Interesting... I was trolling over at AGS and posters over there think it is crazy to be thinking that SFA should be ranked....

[CatMom]

Interesting... I was trolling over at AGS and posters over there think it is crazy to be thinking that SFA should be ranked....

SFA O #1, D # 32
MSU O #6, D # 60
UCA if ranked wb # 24 in both

SFA 4-1
MSU 3-2
UCA 4-1

SFA beats MSU
What's their issue, stupidity?

[JBB]

They put up 60+ on UND, a team that has 1 vote in the TSN top 25 and sports a moral victory against Texas Tech.

[CatMom]

Neither of those teams played Tech.
MSU just got by Henderson State
SFA led most of the game against SMU

SFA beat MSU.... nuff said

SLC
SFA 1 - 0
MSU 0 - 1

[AZGrizFan]

SFA is ahead of McNeese and behind UCA in my poll right now.

[GoApps70]

I just watched most of that game between Stephen F Austin -and- McNeese. Too many fumbles by McNeese, especially at end of game with them driving toward the SFA end zone at about the 35. SFA took away the deep pass pretty well.
Wasn't McNeese undefeated year before last in regular season play?
SFA only won four games last year but had 20 seniors coming back. 16 to 13 is a good win for the LumberJacks. They are 4-1 now.
The problem that many people seem to have with their SLC is the way it fades late in the season and in the playoffs. Really hard to hold that against the teams in the conference though.