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Article from Terry in the Argus today about our playoff chances. Remember to hit the "recommend" button when you get to the Argus site!
Article from Terry in the Argus today about our playoff chances. Remember to hit the "recommend" button when you get to the Argus site!
Playoff hopes alive for Jacks
Loss to Gophers not halting SDSU goals
Terry Vandrovec - November 16, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS - There's no question that a win at Minnesota on Saturday would have helped South Dakota State in its playoff pursuit. But what will a 16-13 defeat do for - or to - the Jackrabbits in the penultimate Football Championship Subdivision rankings?
Heading into the contest, SDSU was ranked 12th in the media and coaches polls and No. 9 in Gridiron Power Index, the three ratings that the playoff selection committee takes into account. The updated standings will come out today.
The Jacks (7-3) dropped five spots to No. 90 in the Sagarin Ratings, a system that incorporates all 245 Division I programs.
"I hope it helps, but I don't know," SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. The details of the game "don't go on the ticker. It's a 16-13 loss to Minnesota. We need to take care of business next week and if we do that, it'll clear up."
SDSU closes the regular-season this week at Western Illinois (1-9). A win would be the eighth of the season over NCAA Division I foes, and no Missouri Valley Football Conference team to reach that threshold has ever been left out of the postseason.
Still, things could get interesting on Selection Sunday as both SDSU and UNI could finish with eight wins, while top-ranked Southern Illinois has an automatic berth. UNI is one spot ahead of the Jacks in the coaches poll, media poll and GPI despite losing the head-to-head meeting 24-14.
Only twice in its 25-year history has the Valley gotten more than two teams into the playoffs
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Loss to Gophers not halting SDSU goals
Terry Vandrovec - November 16, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS - There's no question that a win at Minnesota on Saturday would have helped South Dakota State in its playoff pursuit. But what will a 16-13 defeat do for - or to - the Jackrabbits in the penultimate Football Championship Subdivision rankings?
Heading into the contest, SDSU was ranked 12th in the media and coaches polls and No. 9 in Gridiron Power Index, the three ratings that the playoff selection committee takes into account. The updated standings will come out today.
The Jacks (7-3) dropped five spots to No. 90 in the Sagarin Ratings, a system that incorporates all 245 Division I programs.
"I hope it helps, but I don't know," SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. The details of the game "don't go on the ticker. It's a 16-13 loss to Minnesota. We need to take care of business next week and if we do that, it'll clear up."
SDSU closes the regular-season this week at Western Illinois (1-9). A win would be the eighth of the season over NCAA Division I foes, and no Missouri Valley Football Conference team to reach that threshold has ever been left out of the postseason.
Still, things could get interesting on Selection Sunday as both SDSU and UNI could finish with eight wins, while top-ranked Southern Illinois has an automatic berth. UNI is one spot ahead of the Jacks in the coaches poll, media poll and GPI despite losing the head-to-head meeting 24-14.
Only twice in its 25-year history has the Valley gotten more than two teams into the playoffs
(read more)
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