TSN poll week 6

[JayJ79]

UNI stays at #4. No change in the top 6.
SDSU drops 6 spots to #13, McNeese rebounds back to #9, and YSU enters the rankings at #18

Team (First-place votes) 2013 Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Dakota State Bison (157) 5-0 3925 1
2. Sam Houston State Bearkats 4-1 3665 2
3. Towson Tigers 6-0 3657 3
4. Northern Iowa Panthers 4-1 3283 4
5. Eastern Illinois Panthers 4-1 3272 5
6. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-2 3124 6
7. Montana State Bobcats 4-2 2902 8
8. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 5-0 2653 9
9. McNeese State Cowboys 5-1 2475 11
10. Fordham Rams 6-0 2451 12
11. Montana Grizzlies 4-1 2433 10
12. Wofford Terriers 3-2 1738 17
13. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-3 1660 7
14. Maine Black Bears 5-1 1533 23
15. Villanova Wildcats 3-2 1490 20
16. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 4-1 1391 21
17. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 4-1 1255 13
18. Youngstown State Penguins 5-1 1178 NR
19. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 3-2 1111 15
20. Central Arkansas Bears 2-3 870 14
21. James Madison Dukes 4-2 646 NR
22. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-2 636 16
23. Samford Bulldogs 4-2 592 NR
24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 5-1 508 NR
25. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-3 424 19

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 372, Cal Poly 234, Charleston Southern 223, Delaware 220, Yale 201, Gardner-Webb 157, UT Martin 101, South Carolina State 90, William & Mary 88, Harvard 87, Southern Illinois 78, Richmond 66, Southeastern Louisiana 64, Southern Utah 48, Murray State 31, Chattanooga 30, North Dakota 20, Illinois State 14, North Carolina A&T 10, Jackson State 7, Stony Brook 5, Western Illinois 4, Portland State 1, Alcorn State 1, Eastern Kentucky 1.

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[BCPanther]

Re: TSN poll week 6

Win out. Get no worse than the 3 seed.

I just don't believe in Towson...

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: TSN poll week 6

I'm very pleased we didn't drop. We shouldn't have... but you never know what they're gonna do.

[B1s0n]

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Glad to see UNI stays put. A game like that was a pretty strong statement that they deserve at least #4.

[achrist70]

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Towson is not very good (at least not the 3rd best team in the country), but the CAA is also very week, not nearly the CAA of 5 years ago. If they win out they get the 2 seed. There still is an east coast bias.

TSN put out their 1st playoff prediction and has UNI as the 7 seed. Most posters think that is absurd

[JayJ79]

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UNI still has some tough games left. Tougher than anything that Towson has. It's possible that they could lose one, especially with the injury situation. And that would land them in about the 7-seed spot.

[JayJ79]

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that projection has Montana coming to the UNI-Dome for the second-round game. Which would be an interesting situation, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening.

[Trapped in California]

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that projection has Montana coming to the UNI-Dome for the second-round game. Which would be an interesting situation, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening.

If that happens, I'm there with a box full of VHS tapes.

[BCPanther]

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If that happens, I'm there with a box full of VHS tapes.

Don't forget the 'D' batteries...

[justintyem]

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If NDSU runs the table,and the panthers too,the Bison will be seeded #1 and lowest for the Panthers would #3. I cant see the ncaa screwing this up again!!!!

[Trapped in California]

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If NDSU runs the table,and the panthers too,the Bison will be seeded #1 and lowest for the Panthers would #3. I cant see the ncaa screwing this up again!!!!

[Panther-at-Arms]

Re: TSN poll week 6

If NDSU runs the table,and the panthers too,the Bison will be seeded #1 and lowest for the Panthers would #3. I cant see the ncaa screwing this up again!!!!

As a Bison fan you are still relatively new to this whole playoff selection thing. You will learn. You will learn.

[justintyem]

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Does the Ncaa screw up every year???

[JayJ79]

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Does the Ncaa screw up every year???

people label under the misconception that the NCAA sets up the bracket with only team merit in mind.

That is not the case. Team merit is only one factor, but they also try to minimize travel costs, maximize ticket sales, and politics come into play as well.

[BCPanther]

Re: TSN poll week 6

Dannen is on the committee for the next 3 years...