For those who like polls:

[JackJD]

For those who like polls:
College Sports Madness 9/6/15 poll has the Jacks at 11 and NDSU at 4.
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/...op-25-rankings

[SanDakotaState]

Re: For those who like polls:

UND at 16? Seems a little high imo. Wyoming isn't the best team just like Kansas. 2 weeks from now will tell how actually good the no names (UND) are. I also think SDSU at 11 is a little high. I would put the Jacks 14 or 15 for right now.

[jack power]

Re: For those who like polls:

Coaches poll:http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

1	Coastal Carolina (4)	1-0	517	5
2	North Dakota State (6)	0-1	490	1
	Villanova	0-1	490	3
4	Sam Houston State (2)	0-1	487	4
5	Illinois State (6)	0-1	481	2
6	Jacksonville State (1)	1-0	453	9
7	Eastern Washington	0-1	437	6
8	Montana (3)	1-1	393	12
9	Montana State	1-0	384	11
10	South Dakota State (1)	1-0	363	15
11	James Madison	1-0	312	13
12	Chattanooga	0-1	301	8
13	Liberty	1-0	280	14
14	Northern Iowa	0-1	274	10
15	New Hampshire	0-1	257	7
16	Fordham	1-0	233	21
17	Youngstown State	0-1	219	16
18	Southeastern Louisiana	1-0	175	19
19	Eastern Kentucky	1-0	174	17
20	Cal Poly	1-0	130	NR
21	Indiana State	1-0	128	20
22	Richmond	0-1	77	18
23	McNeese State	0-0	75	23
24	Idaho State	1-0	68	24
25	Harvard	0-1	44	22
	William & Mary	1-0	44	NR

Dropped from rankings: Eastern Illinois
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona (36), Portland State (22), Jackson State (19), South Carolina State (18), Samford (17), North Dakota (17), Towson (12), Western Illinois (12), Western Carolina (11), South Dakota (10), Charleston Southern (8), Alcorn State (4), Furman (2), Jacksonville (1), Southern Illinois

[WestSideRabbit]

Re: For those who like polls:

Notice USD STILL sucking 10 votes from us. Yikes!



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Dropped from rankings: Eastern Illinois
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona (36), Portland State (22), Jackson State (19), South Carolina State (18), Samford (17), North Dakota (17), Towson (12), Western Illinois (12), Western Carolina (11), South Dakota (10), Charleston Southern (8), Alcorn State (4), Furman (2), Jacksonville (1), Southern Illinois[/QUOTE]

[RowdyRabbit]

Re: For those who like polls:

And we were unranked going in? Wha?

[JackJD]

Re: For those who like polls:

Early season, one can search the internet long enough to find a poll they like. Here's one -- "Hero Sports" which ranks SDSU #1 in FCS. What's Hero Sports?
http://herosports.com/college-rankin...ball-rankings/

I wouldn't want us to be ranked #1 at any time until just after a national championship season is concluded.

College Sports Madness has us ranked 11 last week...so we kick the stuffing out of SUU and get ranked 12 today!
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/...op-25-rankings

Then there's the site, ComputerRankings.com which has NDSU #1 and SDSU #2.
http://www.compughterratings.com/FCS/ratings
ComputerRankings has 6 MoValley teams and 6 Big Sky teams in their top 25.

The NCAA Coaches Poll which has us at 10 last week, hasn't come out as of this writing.

[Rabbit74]

Re: For those who like polls:

http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

I like the Massey Composite ratings. They average all the polls. By the end of the week there will probably be around 15 polls avearged. Right now there are 7 in and the composite has NDSU #1, Illinois State # 2 and SDSU # 3. UNI is # 6, giving th eMVFC 4 of the top 6 teams. This a composite of polls and computer ratings.

[JackJD]

Re: For those who like polls:

I like Massey as the season unfolds...I also like the Sagarin ratings -- as the season unfolds.

I looked through the Massey Composite and in case anyone is being lazy and doesn't want to look up the info, as noted by Rabbit74, MVFC has 4 of the top 6. Here's the rankings of the entire conference:
1 NDSU
2 Illinois State
3 SDSU
6 UNI
18 YSU
22 WIU
26 Indiana State
33 SIU
37 USD
41 MSU

There are 125 FCS teams listed and all of the MVFC teams are listed in the top third. That's impressive.

[NoVaJack]

Re: For those who like polls:

I like Massey as the season unfolds...I also like the Sagarin ratings -- as the season unfolds.

I looked through the Massey Composite and in case anyone is being lazy and doesn't want to look up the info, as noted by Rabbit74, MVFC has 4 of the top 6. Here's the rankings of the entire conference:
1 NDSU
2 Illinois State
3 SDSU
6 UNI
18 YSU
22 WIU
26 Indiana State
33 SIU
37 USD
41 MSU

There are 125 FCS teams listed and all of the MVFC teams are listed in the top third. That's impressive.

this weekend's results, with the Jacks blowing out SUU and UNI beating Eastern Washington, certainly help that

[SanDakotaState]

Re: For those who like polls:

Jeff Kolpack has the Jacks #2
http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/top-twenty-fiving-it/

[JackJD]

Re: For those who like polls:

Jeff Kolpack has the Jacks #2
http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/top-twenty-fiving-it/

...behind Coastal Carolina. Kolpack has NDSU in 6th.

[Nidaros]

Re: For those who like polls:

...behind Coastal Carolina. Kolpack has NDSU in 6th.

It is a poll, and it does make us wonder is SDSU that good, or was SUU that poor. Weinke had double coverage the entire game and still managed to get his receptions. NDSU no 6? Really Jeff you are being too modest.

[WestSideRabbit]

Re: For those who like polls:

It is a poll, and it does make us wonder is SDSU that good, or was SUU that poor. Weinke had double coverage the entire game and still managed to get his receptions. NDSU no 6? Really Jeff you are being too modest.

Not to nitpick, but Weineke was single covered pretty much the whole game. In only a few rare instances did they slide a safety to his side.

[Nidaros]

Re: For those who like polls:

Not to nitpick, but Weineke was single covered pretty much the whole game. In only a few rare instances did they slide a safety to his side.

Oh I am not so sure about the single coverage. I often saw two white jerseys, but I not going to argue. I think we got a very able player in Weineke. That we can agree on.

[jacksfan29]

Re: For those who like polls:

Jeff Kolpack has the Jacks #2
http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/top-twenty-fiving-it/

Kolpack's poll seems to be designed to create controversy. Portland State ahead of NDSU in the top 5? And UND in the top 20?

NDSU is still a top 5, possibly #1 once the newcomers get more experience. SDSU, UNI and Ill State are all currently top 10. We will see who is for real as the season progresses. But one thing that is again obvious. The MVFC is still the best conference in FCS. The Big Sky has four decent teams. Poly, MSU, UM and EWU. After those four the quality drops considerably. Watched a bit of the UND game against Drake, I would not expect UND to contend against NDSU this week. I expect it to look a lot like the SDSU v UND games we have seen since they moved up. Ugly.