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[NoVaJack]

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Interesting tidbit from AGS. A Coastal Carolina fan put together a chart that showed the record for each team in the top 25 of the AGS poll vs current top 25 teams (Traditionally those numbers are based off of how the team was ranked at the time played). SDSU had the most games and wins vs current top 25 teams, with a 3-1 record. The amazing part of that is what that means is every game we have had outside of RMU has been against a team CURRENTLY in the top 25 or FBS. That's pretty amazing to be sitting where we are sitting facing a schedule with that many top teams after losing Sumner and ZZ.

Excellent post

[Southeast]

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It is very early yet, but the playoff bracketology predictions have begun to get dialed in a little better. I thought this one was interesting.

Dom Izzo (Fargo) currently has SDSU getting a bye and then hosting the winner of NDSU/Montana St. That would be quite a change.

http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/201...y-version-3-0/

[CappinHard]

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It is very early yet, but the playoff bracketology predictions have begun to get dialed in a little better. I thought this one was interesting.

Dom Izzo (Fargo) currently has SDSU getting a bye and then hosting the winner of NDSU/Montana St. That would be quite a change.

http://bisonmedia.areavoices.com/201...y-version-3-0/

While I would love a seed, I would hate to see ISUr, ISUb, NDSU, and us all on the same side of the bracket.

[JackJD]

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Always interesting to see the reshuffle after a weekend loss. We sit as the third highest ranked FCS team according to Jeff Sagarin's computers.

Here's where Sagarin places FCS teams (I stopped looking at 120)
67 Illinois State
70 NDSU
83 SDSU
85 Harvard
90 Jacksonville State
94 Northern Iowa
95 Chattanooga
97 James Madison
99 Coastal Carolina
103 Billy & Mary
104 So Utah
106 Portland State
108 Youngstown
109 Sam Houston State
110 McNeese
114 Southern Illinois
115 Richmond
117 Western Illinois
118 Eastern Washington
120 Dartmouth

[JackJD]

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Current Coaches' FCS poll on the NCAA site:
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

Jacksonville State is ranked #1
Our of the MVFC, ISU-R is ranked 3, NDSU is ranked 7 and SDSU is ranked 14.

[JackJD]

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The current Massey composite is: http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

Top 10 FCS per Massey:
1 Illinois State
2 Harvard
3 James Madison
4 Dartmouth
5 Coastal Carolina
6 Jacksonville State
7 Richmond
8 NDSU
9 SDSU
10 Portland State

Poor old Missouri State comes in at 102 out of 125 listed.

[Jackedforlife]

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Per Massey there are 9 MVFC teams in the top 33. That's pretty incredible. Ill St at #2 down to USD at #33.

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

Sagarin has NDSU, Ill St & SDSU as the top FCS teams too. Reiterating what we already know, the MVFC is the toughest conference in the FCS.

[sdsu2000]

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Looks like win out is going to about the only way to get a seed IMO.

[westernjack]

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Looks like win out is going to about the only way to get a seed IMO.

I agree unless some crazy things happen in the rest of the FCS world, which certainly is possible. I do think that if we win out we are likely a top 4 seed though, which would mean 2 games in Sioux Falls if we put the bids in for them

[JACKGUYII]

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I agree unless some crazy things happen in the rest of the FCS world, which certainly is possible. I do think that if we win out we are likely a top 4 seed though, which would mean 2 games in Sioux Falls if we put the bids in for them

10,000 seat stadium for playoffs might be about right.

[bigticket1]

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Jacks should make a big jump in the polls. 6 of the 10 teams ranked above them all lost today, plus the Jacks beat the highest ranked team of those six.

[Jackedforlife]

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Yeah but MT winning in overtime will probably move them up to 3rd now.😜

[tjbison]

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I agree unless some crazy things happen in the rest of the FCS world, which certainly is possible. I do think that if we win out we are likely a top 4 seed though, which would mean 2 games in Sioux Falls if we put the bids in for them

If a team is seeded you don't bid for playoff games, highest seed gets the home game, bidding is for non seeded teams

[sfjacksfan99]

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The Big Sky is just a flat out joke. And they're probably going to get four teams in. EWU and Portland St losing yesterday is not about strength and balance such as in the Valley. It's about the lack of strength their "big boy" teams are. The comment about Montana jumping can be said in jest, but there's a lot of truth to it. EWU and Montana get more love in the coaches poll than anyone outside of the Bison. Seriously, 6-2 EWU was #4 before yesterday? Look at their scores. We'd kick them and everybody else in the Sky's back side this year.

[Jacks#1Fan]

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The latest Massey Ratings, after yesterday's games, has 1) Harvard 2) Jacksonville State 3) NDSU 4) SDSU 5) Illinois State in the top 8. Southern Utah is 10th, and Portland State 14th from the Big Sky. IMO bottom line now is: win out and we will be in the top 8 seeds.