FCS Polls

[JackJD]

Here's the Stats Perform top 25 ranking (from NCAA,com) with games through 9/22/24:

1	South Dakota State (40)	3-1	1379	1
2	North Dakota State (5)	3-1	1308	2
3	Montana State (6)	4-0	1295	3
4	Idaho (5)	3-1	1272	4
5	South Dakota	2-1	1137	6
6	Villanova	3-1	1070	5
7	Central Arkansas	3-1	1008	8
8	Montana	3-1	993	9
9	North Dakota	3-1	959	10
10	Sacramento State	2-2	912	11
11	William & Mary	3-1	798	12
12	Mercer	4-0	699	14
13	Southeast Missouri	3-1	691	21
14	UC Davis	3-1	681	13
15	UIW	2-2	574	15
16	Tarleton State	3-1	568	16
17	Southern Illinois	2-2	549	7
18	Illinois State	3-1	524	17
19	Lamar	3-1	284	22
20	Abilene Christian	2-2	276	19
21	UAlbany	1-2	198	20
22	Rhode Island	3-1	128	NR
23	Wofford	2-1	103	NR
24	New Hampshire	3-1	101	NR
25	Weber State	2-2	94	20

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Chattanooga (0-3, 0-1 SoCon) 80; ETSU (2-2, 0-0 SoCon) 75; Northern Iowa (2-2, 0-0 MVFC) 73; Richmond (2-2, 0-0 CAA) 72; Lafayette (2-2, 0-0 Patriot) 51; Western Carolina (1-3, 0-0 SoCon) 47; Florida A&M (2-2, 0-0 SWAC) 43; North Carolina Central (2-2, 0-0 MEAC) 28; Columbia (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) 21; Harvard (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) 19; McNeese (3-2, 1-0 Southland) 18; Duquesne (2-2, 0-0 NEC) 12; Nicholls (1-3, 0-0 Southland) 12; Lehigh (3-1, 0-0 Patriot) 10; Stony Brook (3-1, 1-0 CAA) 9; Monmouth (2-2, 1-0 CAA) 4; Yale (1-0, 0-0 Ivy)

[Prairiehaas]

Here's the Coach's poll with games through 9/22/24 (from NCAA.com

Left to right columns: Rank; School (votes for 1st); record; voting points; prior-week rank.

1	South Dakota State (22)	3-1	644	1
2	North Dakota State (1)	3-1	612	2
3	Montana State (2)	4-0	598	3
4	Idaho (1)	3-1	578	4
5	South Dakota	2-1	515	6
6	Villanova	3-1	475	5
7	Central Arkansas	3-1	467	8
8	North Dakota	3-1	457	9
9	Montana	3-1	453	10
10	Sacramento State	2-2	408	11
11	UC Davis	3-1	366	12
12	William & Mary	3-1	355	13
13	Mercer	4-0	286	16
14	Southeast Missouri State	3-1	277	21
15	Illinois State	3-1	276	15
16	Tarleton State	3-1	263	17
17	Southern Illinois	2-2	248	7
18	UIW	2-2	194	18
19	Northern Iowa	2-2	105	19
20	New Hampshire	3-1	98	NR
21	Florida A&M	2-2	85	20
22	ACU	2-2	78	23
T23	UAlbany	1-2	73	22
T23	Richmond	2-2	73	NR
25	Lamar	3-1	68	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Rhode Island, 54; Lafayette, 49; Chattanooga, 46; Weber St., 28; McNeese, 23; Eastern Illinois, 20; Missouri St., 20; Harvard, 19; Lehigh, 19; Stony Brook, 16; Wofford, 14; Monmouth (N.J.), 10; Youngstown St., 10; Duquesne, 9; North Carolina Central, 9; Stephen F. Austin, 9; Nicholls, 7; Butler, 6; East Tennessee St., 6; Indiana St., 5; Northern Arizona, 4; Southern, 4; Dartmouth, 3; Yale, 3; Central Connecticut St., 2; Jackson St., 1; Murray St., 1; Western Carolina, 1.

UNI is ranked #19? Wow, just wow.

[ringthebells]

UNI is ranked #19? Wow, just wow.

We'll find out about UNI soon enough. Their schedule coming up is SDSU, USD, UND, Mo State, NDSU, Ill St. Talk about a gauntlet.

[jakejc795]

We'll find out about UNI soon enough. Their schedule coming up is SDSU, USD, UND, Mo State, NDSU, Ill St. Talk about a gauntlet.

The Jacks are already fighting Skeletor on 10/5; we don't need to be tempting jinxery, especially so close to Halloween

Seriously though, your point is valid; their two losses are to #23 Nebraska and another FBS school Hawaii.

Speaking of Hawaii, what do you think would happen w/Fargo mediaites if the Pac-? and MWC came to their litigious senses and agreed to waive any punitive fees/drop court cases if the Pac agreed to take Hawaii, thereby saving MWC thousands (and perhaps millions) in travel costs.

[ringthebells]

The Jacks are already fighting Skeletor on 10/5; we don't need to be tempting jinxery, especially so close to Halloween

Seriously though, your point is valid; their two losses are to #23 Nebraska and another FBS school Hawaii.

Speaking of Hawaii, what do you think would happen w/Fargo mediaites if the Pac-? and MWC came to their litigious senses and agreed to waive any punitive fees/drop court cases if the Pac agreed to take Hawaii, thereby saving MWC thousands (and perhaps millions) in travel costs.

That's an interesting take. What if they give Hawaii to PAC, then Air Force heads to the AAC and UNLV leaves. Will the MW wish they still had the expensive member in Hawaii? Is the MW ok with taking in FCS teams? If they are ok with adding SDSU, NDSU, the Montanas and Idaho or some combo of those then maybe they aren't too concerned with Hawaii. If they balk at allowing FCS in, then they may want to hold Hawaii tight to keep their numbers up. Who knows? It has made for great fan board discussions though.