2022 Ratings & Polls

[JackJD]

FCS Stats Perform poll after 11-06-22:

1	South Dakota State (48)	9-1	1,344	1
2	Sacramento State (6)	9-0	1,295	2
3	Montana State	8-1	1,232	3
4	North Dakota State	7-2	1,200	4
5	Holy Cross	9-0	1,065	6
6	UIW	9-1	1,061	7
7	Weber State	7-2	985	5
8	William & Mary	8-1	974	8
9	Jackson State	9-0	905	9
10	Samford	8-1	880	10
11	Chattanooga	7-2	724	11
12	Richmond	7-2	677	14
13	Furman	7-2	667	13
14	Mercer	7-2	647	12
15	Idaho	6-3	618	15
16	Montana	6-3	550	16
17	Delaware	7-2	501	18
18	Elon	7-3	425	19
19	North Dakota	6-3	336	21
20	Southeast Missouri State	7-2	303	22
21	New Hampshire	6-3	260	17
22	Rhode Island	6-3	228	23
23	Fordham	7-2	207	24
24	Princeton	8-0	153	25
25	Souheastern Louisiana	6-3	112	NR

Southern Illinois and Youngstown State getting some votes.

[SteelSD]

FCS Coaches Poll as of 11-06-22 -- top 25 listed.

1	South Dakota State (21)	9-1	669	1
2	Sacramento State (6)	9-0	639	3
3	Montana State	8-1	630	2
4	North Dakota State	7-2	589	4
5	Jackson State	9-0	541	5
6	Holy Cross	9-0	520	7
7	UIW	9-1	511	8
8	William & Mary	8-1	481	9
9	Samford	8-1	449	10
10	Weber State	7-2	438	6
11	Mercer	7-2	390	11
12	Chattanooga	7-2	370	12
13	Richmond	7-2	335	14
14	Montana	6-3	320	13
15	Delaware	7-2	277	16
T-16	Furman	7-2	234	19
T-16	Princeton	8-0	234	17
18	Fordham	7-2	221	18
19	Southeast Missouri State	7-2	197	20
20	Idaho	6-3	153	24
21	Elon	7-3	145	23
22	Rhode Island	6-3	140	22
23	St. Thomas (Minn.)	8-1	51	25
24	Eastern Kentucky	6-3	40	NR
25	New Hampshire	6-3	36	21

UND and Youngstown not ranked but got a few votes.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/footba...s-coaches-poll

Boy, just a look at #23 tells me there are all kinds of things wrong with this poll.

[peavy]

Idaho is down 41-26 with 4 minutes left to the UC Davis. Assuming the score holds, Idaho will be 6-4. Idaho's one *good* win was 30-23 over Montana. Montana is 7-3 after today's victory with 0 *good* wins. Their starting quarterback was hurt in the 1st half and ended up on crutches. It will be interesting to see how things play out with the playoff selections assuming Montana loses to Montana State next week. Youngstown state will be another one of those 7 win teams with 0 *good* wins assuming they beat Southern Illinois next week. good win = then ranked or currently ranked victory

[jakejc795]

Idaho is down 41-26 with 4 minutes left to the UC Davis. Assuming the score holds, Idaho will be 6-4. Idaho's one *good* win was 30-23 over Montana. Montana is 7-3 after today's victory with 0 *good* wins. Their starting quarterback was hurt in the 1st half and ended up on crutches. It will be interesting to see how things play out with the playoff selections assuming Montana loses to Montana State next week. Youngstown state will be another one of those 7 win teams with 0 *good* wins assuming they beat Southern Illinois next week. good win = then ranked or currently ranked victory

Debating whether I'd rather have UC-Davis defeat Sac State or concede #1 seed due to pathway that'd establish for Jacks. Conventional wisdom seems to lean toward Bison being #4 seed

[bigticket1]

Debating whether I'd rather have UC-Davis defeat Sac State or concede #1 seed due to pathway that'd establish for Jacks. Conventional wisdom seems to lean toward Bison being #4 seed

Davis should be ranked after their win today against he Fighting Ecks, which would give the Jacks another win against a ranked team.

[jakejc795]

Davis should be ranked after their win today against he Fighting Ecks, which would give the Jacks another win against a ranked team.

How concerned would you be that Bison fans would outnumber Jacks fans for potential semifinal game in Brookings?

[salemjack]

How concerned would you be that Bison fans would outnumber Jacks fans for potential semifinal game in Brookings?

I’m not. If there’s one game people are going to come out for in the cold it’s going to be NDSU.

[jakejc795]

I’m not. If there’s one game people are going to come out for in the cold it’s going to be NDSU.

May your optimism not be misplaced.

First Bank and Larson could team up to "Bank On" anti-Bison DJD winterization

[Southeast]

I’m not. If there’s one game people are going to come out for in the cold it’s going to be NDSU.

A couple of years ago I would have thought we’d get outnumbered, but not anymore. If 8,000+ showed up yesterday you’d have to think there would be 12,000+ Jacks fans (in similar weather) for an NDSU semifinal. Lots more, if it’s one of those sunny and 40 December days.

[JackJD]

Sagarin rankings through 11/12/22 games.
https://sagarin.usatoday.com/2022-2/...-ratings-2022/

There are 261 Division I teams ranked. I've pulled out the top 25 FCS teams plus the remainder of the MVFC.

Going from left to right: FCS rank (last week's rank); D-1 Overall rank; Team & Conference.

1(1) 64 South Dakota State MVFC
2(4) 69 Montana BIG SKY
3(2) 73 Sacramento State BIG SKY
4(3) 77 North Dakota State MVFC
5(5) 86 Weber State BIG SKY
6(8) 89 UC Davis BIG SKY
7(6) 96 Incarnate Word SOUTHLAND
8(10) 103 Montana State BIG SKY
9(7) 113 Idaho BIG SKY
10(11) 116 Northern Iowa MVFC
11(12) 118 Southern Illinois MVFC
12(9) 120 Mercer SOUTHERN
13(15) 121 Samford SOUTHERN
14(13) 122 North Dakota MVFC
15(18) 126 Furman SOUTHERN
16(21) 128 Jacksonville State ASUN
17(NR) 131 Richmond COLONIAL
18(14) 135 Chattanooga SOUTHERN
19(24) 137 SE Missouri State OHIO VALLEY
20(NR) 140 William & Mary COLONIAL
21(16) 141 Jackson State SWAC-EAST
22(22) 143 SE Louisiana SOUTHLAND
23(NR) 144 Missouri State MVFC
24(17) 146 Holy Cross PATRIOT
25(20) 148 Princeton IVY LEAGUE

Here's the rest of the MVFC teams (showing overall D1 rating):
149 Youngstown State -- was ranked last week FCS 23.
154 South Dakota
155 Illinois State
183 Indiana State
223 Western Illinois

Delaware was FCS rank 19 last week; out of the FCS top 25 this week.
Sam Houston was FCS rank 25 last week; out of the FCS top 25 this week.

[filbert]

The Big Sky is admittedly top-heavy...but it's also slightly more bottom-heavy than the Valley:

173 Northern Arizona
179 Portland State
184 Eastern Washington
212 Northern Colorado
218 Idaho State
226 Cal Poly-SLO

[JackJD]

FCS Coaches poll after 11/13/22 weekend:

Rank/School/Record/Points/Previous

1	South Dakota St. (23)	10-1	695	1
2	Sacramento St. (5)	10-0	673	2
3	Montana St.	9-1	642	3
4	North Dakota St.	8-2	602	4
5	Jackson St.	10-0	575	5
6	Holy Cross	10-0	531	6
7	UIW	9-1	527	7
8	William & Mary	9-1	514	8
9	Samford	9-1	496	9
10	Weber St.	8-2	462	10
11	Richmond	8-2	410	13
12	Montana	7-3	375	14
13	Furman	8-2	360	T-16
14	Fordham	8-2	290	18
15	Southeast Missouri St.	8-2	289	19
16	Mercer	7-3	275	11
17	Chattanooga	7-3	262	12
18	Elon	8-3	225	21
19	Delaware	7-3	165	15
20	New Hampshire	7-3	147	25
21	St. Thomas (Minn.)	9-1	114	23
22	Princeton	8-1	86	T-16
23	North Dakota	7-3	75	NR
24	Florida A&M	8-2	67	NR
25	North Carolina Central	8-2	56	NR

[JackJD]

Stats Perform FCS Poll after 11/13/22 weekend.

1	South Dakota State (47)	10-1	1343	1
2	Sacramento State (7)	10-0	1297	2
3	Montana State	9-1	1237	3
4	North Dakota State	8-2	1190	4
5	UIW	9-1	1047	6
6	Holy Cross	10-0	1030	5
7	Weber State	8-2	996	7
8	William & Mary	9-1	989	8
9	Samford	9-1	947	10
10	Jackson State	10-0	873	9
11	Richmond	8-2	786	12
12	Furman	8-2	783	13
13	Montana	7-3	625	16
14	Elon	8-3	566	18
15	Chattanooga	7-3	550	11
16	North Dakota	7-3	458	19
17	Southeast Missouri State	8-2	446	20
18	New Hampshire	7-3	426	21
19	Mercer	7-3	402	14
20	Delaware	7-3	313	17
T-21	Fordham	8-2	275	23
T-21	Idaho	6-4	275	15
23	Souheastern Louisiana	7-3	223	25
24	UC Davis	6-4	217	NR
25	UT Martin	6-4	46	NR

[LetsGoRabbits]

obviously some differences in the two polls but not too far apart

except for the difference for Jackson St and UND

gotta say i feel like the Stats poll is better on Jackson than the coaches but i am not sure they are a deserving top 10 in either poll

i really cannot say which one i think is more accurate on UND. not saying it is impossible for them to beat the bison but i personally will be surprised if they do it at this time of the year. so predicting a loss, i guess that knocks them out of the coaches poll but probably not the Stats poll. it seems like they have a solid chance to be included in the playoffs

it seems hard to imagine montana misses the playoffs but if they lose to MSU do they really have anything that qualifies as a good win? for a conference that once appeared to have a shot for 5 or 6 playoff teams it seems conceivable they only get 3. i will still guess 4 with a shot at 5 depending how things fall

that said, seems like the MVFC has a much more reasonable shot to have 4 teams in than previously believed

interested in you all thoughts? who makes it from MVFC and BS conference? i think these two conferences DEFINITELY should have at least 8 of the 24 teams and probably multiple teams who do not make it could beat half the field that does get in

[WestSideRabbit]

obviously some differences in the two polls but not too far apart

except for the difference for Jackson St and UND

gotta say i feel like the Stats poll is better on Jackson than the coaches but i am not sure they are a deserving top 10 in either poll

i really cannot say which one i think is more accurate on UND. not saying it is impossible for them to beat the bison but i personally will be surprised if they do it at this time of the year. so predicting a loss, i guess that knocks them out of the coaches poll but probably not the Stats poll. it seems like they have a solid chance to be included in the playoffs

it seems hard to imagine montana misses the playoffs but if they lose to MSU do they really have anything that qualifies as a good win? for a conference that once appeared to have a shot for 5 or 6 playoff teams it seems conceivable they only get 3. i will still guess 4 with a shot at 5 depending how things fall

that said, seems like the MVFC has a much more reasonable shot to have 4 teams in than previously believed

interested in you all thoughts? who makes it from MVFC and BS conference? i think these two conferences DEFINITELY should have at least 8 of the 24 teams and probably multiple teams who do not make it could beat half the field that does get in

Yeah, no way MVFC gets 4 teams because YSU lost to MSU last weekend and will only get to 7 wins without a single quality win. No 6 win MVFC team makes it this year. SDSU, NDSU, and maybe UND.

BSC will have Sac State, Montana State, Weber State, and then some combination of Montana, Idaho, and UC Davis... all depending on this weekends outcomes. The two huge matchups to watch are Sac State vs. UC Davis and Montana vs. Montana State.

The CAA will have a bunch of teams too. William and Mary and Richmond play this weekend and the winner will be a seed but both teams will make the field regardless. New Hampshire, Elon, Delaware, and Rhode Island are all in the mix for spots too.