SportsNetwork poll: 10/4/10

[kdinva]

1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (101) 4-0 3,509 2
2. Delaware Blue Hens (29) 5-0 3,353 5
3. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (12) 5-0 3,222 4
4. William & Mary Tribe 4-1 3,034 7
5. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 3-1 2,930 6
6. Villanova Wildcats 3-2 2,718 1
7. James Madison Dukes 3-1 2,626 3
8. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-1 2,603 8
9. South Carolina State Bulldogs 3-1 2,323 9
10. Montana State Bobcats 4-1 2,314 10
11. Richmond Spiders 2-2 1,970 11
12. Montana Grizzlies 3-2 1,826 12
13. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-2 1,660 13
14. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-2 1,362 15
15. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-2 1,330 17
16. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-1 1,280 19
17. Texas State Bobcats 3-1 1,149 20
18. North Dakota State Bison 3-2 814 13
19. Elon Phoenix 2-3 756 21
20. Western Illinois Leathernecks 4-1 734 NR
21. Wofford Terriers 3-1 653 NR
22. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-3 567 14
23. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-3 565 24
24. Liberty Flames 3-2 486 25
25. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 4-1 479 24
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 373, Central Arkansas 286, McNeese State 240, Furman 222, South Dakota 174, Penn 158, Bethune-Cookman 98, Chattanooga 93, Illinois State 76, Youngstown State 73, Grambling State 61, Jacksonville 49, Missouri State 43, Hampton 36, Jackson State 29, Delaware State 23, UT Martin 22, Old Dominion 17, Tennessee State 16, South Dakota State 16, Alcorn State 15, Robert Morris 15, Harvard 12, Rhode Island 12, Brown 11, Colgate 9, Weber State 9, Dayton 8, Sacramento State 6, Gardner-Webb 5, Maine 4, Georgetown 2, VMI 1.

[Knucklehead]

KD, do you vote in the poll? VMI 1 vote????

[kdinva]

KD, do you vote in the poll? VMI 1 vote????

They messed up...........I voted us #65,

I just posted it because it hadn't been..........

[93henfan]

Why is Elon at #19?

Why does Delaware State have 23 votes.?

OK, I'll stop now. Jeez this poll is bizarre.

[89Hen]

South Dakota State 16

The first 0-4 team to ever receive votes?

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Montana (3-2) is No. 12 for a second straight week, and, coincidentally, is right above the two teams which handed it losses, Eastern Washington (3-2) at No. 13 and Cal Poly (3-2) at No. 14.

I seriously don't get it. All three teams with identical records, 2 FCS wins, 1 D-II win, and two D-I losses (Cal Poly and EWU both played an FBS team). CP and EWU beat Montana head to head. Is an eked-out win over an unranked Sac State team really that impressive? Or Northern Colorado? TSN can't even get their previous week's rankings right... EWU was 16th, not 13th.

[DBlue]

South Dakota State 16

The first 0-4 team to ever receive votes?

Delaware State is also 0 - 4, and they have more points than SDSU.

[AZGrizFan]

Montana (3-2) is No. 12 for a second straight week, and, coincidentally, is right above the two teams which handed it losses, Eastern Washington (3-2) at No. 13 and Cal Poly (3-2) at No. 14.

I seriously don't get it. All three teams with identical records, 2 FCS wins, 1 D-II win, and two D-I losses (Cal Poly and EWU both played an FBS team). CP and EWU beat Montana head to head. Is an eked-out win over an unranked Sac State team really that impressive? Or Northern Colorado? TSN can't even get their previous week's rankings right... EWU was 16th, not 13th.

Again, sometimes it has to do no with losing, or to whom you lose, but WHEN you lose.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

I seriously don't get it. All three teams with identical records, 2 FCS wins, 1 D-II win, and two D-I losses (Cal Poly and EWU both played an FBS team). CP and EWU beat Montana head to head. Is an eked-out win over an unranked Sac State team really that impressive? Or Northern Colorado? TSN can't even get their previous week's rankings right... EWU was 16th, not 13th.

Again, sometimes it has to do no with losing, or to whom you lose, but WHEN you lose.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Again, sometimes it has to do no with losing, or to whom you lose, but WHEN you lose.

SE, you either haven't been watching these things develop for very long or just haven't paid attention to it. It happens ALL the time. The head to head is a good argument in that particular weeks poll but it becomes less meaningful as the weeks roll on.

I do think that those three should be reversed but acting like it's a travesty at this point is just silly bidness.

[AZGrizFan]

SE, you either haven't been watching these things develop for very long or just haven't paid attention to it. It happens ALL the time. The head to head is a good argument in that particular weeks poll but it becomes less meaningful as the weeks roll on.

I do think that those three should be reversed but acting like it's a travesty at this point is just silly bidness.

Agreed, especially when the games were as close as they were and the rankings are 12, 13, 14. It's not like they ahve the Griz at #5, EWU @ #13 and Cal Poly @ #18.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

SE, you either haven't been watching these things develop for very long or just haven't paid attention to it. It happens ALL the time. The head to head is a good argument in that particular weeks poll but it becomes less meaningful as the weeks roll on.

I do think that those three should be reversed but acting like it's a travesty at this point is just silly bidness.

Not saying it's a travesty, I'm just saying that TSN's poll ain't straight. Okay, maybe I am saying it's a Travisty.

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[tampajag]

Delaware St has more points than all 4 teams that beat them

[93henfan]

Delaware St has more points than all 4 teams that beat them

There just has to be some idiot meaning to select Delaware, doesn't there? Tell me that's what's going on, because if not, how can this be the so-called official FCS poll?

If it's a straight 1-25 point system and one guy meaning to vote Delaware #3 is accidentally selecting Del State that would explain it.

[JConnolly]

Why is Elon at #19?

Apparently a DII win and one FCS win (This week we beat Samford by 5) are good enough to be ranked in the top 20.

[LastMinuteman]

It happens every friggin' week with this poll. The only thing to do is refuse to acknowledge the poll's existence until they clean up their voting.