TSN Week 7

[danefan]

1. Richmond Spiders (131) 6-0 3,413 1
2. Montana Grizzlies (5) 6-0 3,191 3
3. Southern Illinois Salukis (1) 5-1 3,122 5
4. Villanova Wildcats 6-1 2,930 6
5. William & Mary Tribe 5-1 2,625 7
6. Northern Iowa Panthers 5-2 2,619 2
7. Elon Phoenix 5-1 2,549 8
8. Appalachian State Mountaineers 4-2 2,361 9
9. New Hampshire Wildcats 5-1 2,152 4
10. South Carolina State Bulldogs 5-1 1,949 11
11. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 5-1 1,687 14
12. McNeese State Cowboys 4-2 1,689 13
13. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-2 1,687 12
14. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-2 1,566 18
15. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 5-1 1,541 20
16. Weber State Wildcats 4-3 1,428 15
17. Colgate Raiders 7-0 1,264 17
18. Central Arkansas Bears 4-2 1,225 10
19. Delaware Blue Hens 5-2 977 23
20. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-3 899 19
21. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 4-2 645 24
22. Holy Cross Crusaders 5-1 479 25
23. Liberty Flames 4-2 368 NR
24. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-2 261 NR
25. Eastern Illinois Panthers 5-2 249 NR

Others receiving votes: Eastern Washington 236, James Madison 216, Prairie View A&M 213, Florida A&M 186, Lafayette 120, Furman 98, Montana State 89, Morgan State 76, Chattanooga 51, Albany 38, Youngstown State 36, UC Davis 35, Butler 28, Southeastern Louisiana 28, Gardner-Webb 18, Hofstra 17, Old Dominion 16, Central Connecticut State 15, Missouri State 14, Jacksonville 13, Brown 11, Grambling State 11, Maine 11, Georgia Southern 10, Harvard 5, Tennessee Tech 5, Texas State 5, North Dakota 5, Illinois State 4, Penn 4, Southern 3, Southern Utah 2, Dayton 1, Drake 1, Murray State 1.

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[danefan]

Colgate at 17?

These folks have lost their minds.

Other than that, I give you the comedy for the day:

Others receiving votes: Eastern Washington 236, James Madison 216, Prairie View A&M 213, Florida A&M 186, Lafayette 120, Furman 98, Montana State 89, Morgan State 76, Chattanooga 51, Albany 38, Youngstown State 36, UC Davis 35, Butler 28, Southeastern Louisiana 28, Gardner-Webb 18, Hofstra 17, Old Dominion 16, Central Connecticut State 15, Missouri State 14, Jacksonville 13, Brown 11, Grambling State 11, Maine 11, Georgia Southern 10, Harvard 5, Tennessee Tech 5, Texas State 5, North Dakota 5, Illinois State 4, Penn 4, Southern 3, Southern Utah 2, Dayton 1, Drake 1, Murray State 1.

[AZGrizFan]

Others receiving votes: Eastern Washington 236, James Madison 216, Prairie View A&M 213, Florida A&M 186, Lafayette 120, Furman 98, Montana State 89, Morgan State 76, Chattanooga 51, Albany 38, Youngstown State 36, UC Davis 35, Butler 28, Southeastern Louisiana 28, Gardner-Webb 18, Hofstra 17, Old Dominion 16, Central Connecticut State 15, Missouri State 14, Jacksonville 13, Brown 11, Grambling State 11, Maine 11, Georgia Southern 10, Harvard 5, Tennessee Tech 5, Texas State 5, North Dakota 5, Illinois State 4, Penn 4, Southern 3, Southern Utah 2, Dayton 1, Drake 1, Murray State 1.

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People who look no further than the teams record.

[OL FU]

Well at least Chattanooga isn't above Furman anymore

[93henfan]

More comedy: The #19 team made the #14 team look like a Pop Warner squad last week.

[dbackjon]

At keast morgan st has 5 full scholly d1 wins. Including a win over A CAA team

[bandl]

NAU too low

[ChetSteadman]

This is a pretty lousy poll. Who votes in it anyway? I know it's a media poll, but can we get a list of them? And didn't that retard TT vote in it last year?

[danefan]

At keast morgan st has 5 full scholly d1 wins. Including a win over A CAA team

Sep 19 - W at Winston-Salem St, 16-10 OT
Sep 26 - W vs. Towson, 12-9
Oct 3 - W at Bethune-Cookman, 24-13
Oct 10 - W vs. NC A&T, 7-6
Oct 15 - W vs. Howard, 14-7

Average margin of victory of less than 1 TD over a group that is a combined 9-21 record.

Look beyond the record Jon. They have done absolutely nothing to deserve any sort of consideration for the Top 25.

[bandl]

Where is the Ivy League?

[danefan]

Where is the Ivy League?

Interesting point, because people somehow think Colgate and Holy Cross are top 25 teams. So in doing so they are relying on Ivy League wins as quality wins. Yet no Ivy teams is anywhere close to the Top 25.

[dbackjon]

Danefan. I would not put them in my top 25. Just pointing out that they are at least more worthy than the rest of the highlighted teams. And a win is a win.

[putter]

Umass is certainly getting a lot of love for their win. It was a very good win but, after what happened last week, I didn't think people would shoot them up over UD that quickly. I think SCST should be 11-15, not top 10 at this point and the ORV is just wierd.....

[OL FU]

Where is the Ivy League?

Interesting point, because people somehow think Colgate and Holy Cross are top 25 teams. So in doing so they are relying on Ivy League wins as quality wins. Yet no Ivy teams is anywhere close to the Top 25.

I realize we are in a different year but when I saw a middle of the road SoCon team dominate the eventual PL champion in '08, well my realization about the Patriot League was profound.

[polsongrizz]

How does W&M move up in this poll two spots w/o even playing this weekend? I had them at #7 last week and left them there.

[∞∞∞]

ODU should have 0 votes. Wins over DII Chowan and Virginia Union count for nothing, and losses to Monmouth and Fordham (6-6 combined), and wins against teams with a combined record of 4-14, is not impressive in the grand scheme of things.

[weberwildcat]

So I guess we wait til Wed for the only poll worth looking at.

[mainejeff]

More comedy: The #19 team made the #14 team look like a Pop Warner squad last week.

And #14 just beat a Top 5 team.

I'd be more worried about why JMU is still receiving so many votes if I were a Delaware fan........didn't JMU just get shutout 27-0 by the team (Villanova) that just lost to the team (UNH) that just lost to the team (UMass) that Delaware just made "look like Pop Warner"?????

[mcveyrl]

More comedy: The #19 team made the #14 team look like a Pop Warner squad last week.

And #14 just beat a Top 5 team.

I'd be more worried about why JMU is still receiving so many votes if I were a Delaware fan........didn't JMU just get shutout 27-0 by the team (Villanova) that just lost to the team (UNH) that just lost to the team (UMass) that Delaware just made "look like Pop Warner"?????

So how concerned are you that Liberty is 23???

[mainejeff]

And #14 just beat a Top 5 team.

I'd be more worried about why JMU is still receiving so many votes if I were a Delaware fan........didn't JMU just get shutout 27-0 by the team (Villanova) that just lost to the team (UNH) that just lost to the team (UMass) that Delaware just made "look like Pop Warner"?????

So how concerned are you that Liberty is 23???

Zilch.......they aren't in the CAA.

[mcveyrl]

So how concerned are you that Liberty is 23???

Zilch.......they aren't in the CAA.

So you're really only concerned about the integrity of the poll/voters as it pertains to CAA teams??

[CatMom]

If JMU at 2 - 4 can get 216 votes, we can get 5 at 3 - 3 can't we? (no quality wins aside)

[mcveyrl]

If JMU at 2 - 4 can get 216 votes, we can get 5 at 3 - 3 can't we? (no quality wins aside)

There's where it breaks down (and is kind of my point). The voters, whether we like it or not, have determined that Liberty is a Top 25 win for JMU. That's helping us out quite a bit I think.

[Wildcat Ryan]

Beat Sac St 49-10, and our reward is fall 1 spot in the polls from 15 to 16.

Next week look for Weber to beat UNC, then fall to #17 in the polls.

I would have been satisfied with staying at 15.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

UND with 5 in ORV???? they lost to an NAIA TEAM!

wow... just wow...