Nov 9 poll

[Neighbor]

1 Jacksonville State 4012 (149) 8-1
2 North Dakota State 3739 7-2
3 McNeese State 3613 (12) 9-0
4 Costal Carolina 3344 8-1
5 South Dakota State 3311 7-2
6 Illinois State 3180 7-2
7 William & Mary 2862 7-2
8 Chattanooga 2510 7-2
9 Richmond 2433 7-2
10 Eastern Washington 2349 6-3
11 Charleston Southern 2312 8-1
12 Harvard 2285 8-0
13 Sam Houston State 2111 6-3
14 James Madison 2082 7-2
15 Portland State 1780 7-2
16 Fordham 1602 8-2
17 UNI 1529 5-4
18 Southern Utah 1405 7-2
19 North Carolina A&T 1292 8-1
20 Youngstown State 779 5-4
21 Citadel 690 7-2
22 Montana 621 5-4
23 Dartmouth 518 7-1
24 Eastern Kentucky 352 5-4
25 Grambling State 304 7-2

[vbfan19]

Re: Nov 9 poll

that would be the stats.com (formerly sports network) FCS poll

the coaches poll for this week is as follows:
RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS LAST
1 Jacksonville State (25) 8-1 649 1
2 McNeese State (1) 9-0 617 5
3 North Dakota State 7-2 598 5
4 Coastal Carolina 8-1 556 8
5 South Dakota State 7-2 543 11
6 Illinois State 7-2 499 2
7 William & Mary 7-2 473 12
8 Charleston Southern 8-1 433 13
9 Chattanooga 7-2 401 3
10 Eastern Washington 6-3 373 4
11 James Madison 7-2 352 14
12 Richmond 72 339 7
13 Harvard 8-0 308 15
14 North Carolina A&T 8-1 282 16
15 Southern Utah 7-2 281 18
16 Portland State 7-2 266 9
17 Fordham 8-2 253 17
18 Sam Houston State 6-3 250 9
19 Northern Iowa 5-4 212 20
20 The Citadel 7-2 168 22
21 Youngstown State 5-4 138 21
22 Montana 5-4 83 22
23 Bethune-Cookman 8-2 80 25
24 Dartmouth 7-1 49 NR
25 Northern Arizona 6-3 44 NR

Others receiving votes: Towson 43, Central Arkansas 41, Grambling State 35, UT Martin 33, Eastern Kentucky 18, Dayton, 11, Western Carolina 6, North Dakota 5, South Dakota 4, Montana State 2, Villanova 2, Indiana State 1, Eastern Illinois 1, Bryant 1

[jegbomb52]

Re: Nov 9 poll

This poll and season are going to wrap up very frustrating. If we beat Western Illinois at home we are in the top ten and have a seed. This would mean we could avoid the "play in" round and have a home game in the first round...

Every freaking year there is one stupid loss

[PantherChic]

Not to mention narrowly losing to NDSU.

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[claw]

Re: Nov 9 poll

This poll and season are going to wrap up very frustrating. If we beat Western Illinois at home we are in the top ten and have a seed. This would mean we could avoid the "play in" round and have a home game in the first round...

Every freaking year there is one stupid loss

I feel better about being routed through Illinois State this year than I did last year. Overall though, you are correct. Don't lay that egg vs WIU and UNI is tied for third with SDSU, has the head to head over SDSU and would be the third MVFC seed.

[vbfan19]

Re: Nov 9 poll

I feel better about being routed through Illinois State this year than I did last year. Overall though, you are correct. Don't lay that egg vs WIU and UNI is tied for third with SDSU, has the head to head over SDSU and would be the third MVFC seed.

possibly. but UNI would be at 8-3 overall (assuming wins at MSU and against SIU) while SDSU would be at 9-2 (assuming wins at USD and at WIU) with an FBS win. The committee might give them the seed instead of UNI (considering the MVFC representative on the committee is Dannen, who cannot take part in discussions or votes involving UNI)

[UNIdad]

Re: Nov 9 poll

What are the odds of a playoff game at home?

[run&blade]

Re: Nov 9 poll

What are the odds of a playoff game at home?

I would think very good for one of those mock play-in games. After that it will all be on the road facing high end teams.

I think the first game will be against some sort of Drake type school.

[claw]

Re: Nov 9 poll

First round? 100%
Second round? 0%
After that? Depends. If we get a shot at a home game it will happen, let's put it that way

[vbfan19]

Re: Nov 9 poll

I find it dumb how so many people consider the first round (in which 2/3 of the playoff field participates) to not be truly part of the playoffs.

[UNIdad]

Re: Nov 9 poll

I find it dumb how so many people consider the first round (in which 2/3 of the playoff field participates) to not be truly part of the playoffs.

Agreed. It didn't even cross my mind until until someone called it a play-in game. Isn't even MBB going back to calling the First Four the "first round?"

[vbfan19]

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Agreed. It didn't even cross my mind until until someone called it a play-in game. Isn't even MBB going back to calling the First Four the "first round?"

with the ncaa basketball tournament, I can see calling it the play-in round, as it used to be just 2 teams out of 65 (3%) that played in that round, and even now it is 8 teams out of 68 (11.7%). But with the FCS playoffs, the first round involves 16 out of 24 (66.7%)

[Gocats15]

Re: Nov 9 poll

First round? 100%
Second round? 0%
After that? Depends. If we get a shot at a home game it will happen, let's put it that way

Based on the past, we must bid more than most FCS teams. I know Montana also puts in large bids, and I'm assuming NDSU and a few other schools do as well. Does anyone know of which schools put in the largest bids in the past? I know the first, third, and fourth rounds are based on bidding, with top 4? being guaranteed to be at home.

[vbfan19]

Re: Nov 9 poll

Based on the past, we must bid more than most FCS teams. I know Montana also puts in large bids, and I'm assuming NDSU and a few other schools do as well. Does anyone know of which schools put in the largest bids in the past? I know the first, third, and fourth rounds are based on bidding, with top 4? being guaranteed to be at home.

The team with the better seed gets to host, but only as long as they submitted enough to cover the minimum bid for that particular round.

Since the field was increased to 24 teams, and the number of seeded teams increased to 8, that means that the only round where bidding makes a large difference is the first round, since none of those teams are seeded. Otherwise, the only time the bids come into account (again, as long as the minimum bid amount was met by the better seeded team) is if two unseeded teams advance past the second round.

[jegbomb52]

Re: Nov 9 poll

What are the odds of a playoff game at home?

Zero.

We will get to host a play-in game, but the playoffs will be hosted by schools seeded 1-8.