AGS Poll

[MiloCat]

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25
9/10/2007
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Appalachian St. (116)
2. Montana
3. Northern Iowa
4. North Dakota St.
5. Massachusetts
6. Youngstown St.
7. James Madison
8. Southern Illinois
9. McNeese St.
10. Wofford
11. Delaware
12. New Hampshire
13. Hampton
14. Furman
15. Sam Houston St.
16. Nicholls St.
17. Eastern Illinois
18. Illinois St.
19. Yale
20. Montana St.
21. Cal Poly
22. Towson
23. Hofstra
24. Delaware St.
25. Lafayette
Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Drake (56), Missouri St. (43), Tennessee-Martin (30), The Citadel (26), UC Davis (26), Western Illinois (26), Portland St. (22), Northwestern St. (20), Richmond (15), Villanova (15), Georgia Southern (13), Princeton (13), Lehigh (12), Liberty (11), Northern Arizona (11), Harvard (10), Alabama A&M (9), South Carolina St. (9), Eastern Kentucky (8), San Diego (7), South Dakota St. (7), Texas St. (6), William & Mary (6), Alabama St. (5), Southern (5)

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: Northern Iowa
MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: Furman

[Mountain Panther]

Lotsa folks think we should be #2, since Montana hasn't played anybody decent, but I'll let them have #2 so Griz Nation doesn't go ballistic.

[UNI Prof]

Honestly, the rating doesn't matter much to me. If we win games, we're going to be fine. I'm hoping we come out of this weekend 3-0.

[JayJ79]

Polls at this point in the season are really only about fans stroking their own
egos. Yeah, when it gets closer to playoff time, it might matter. But I hardly see any point in getting too worked up over 1-2 (or 3-4) spots. But then, I'm applying logic, which doesn't make any sense when talking about the Griz Nation, any more than it does when talking about Hawkeye fans ;op

[Matt Trump]

Montana will be #2 all year long, especially with their conference schedule.

[Matt Trump]

But then, I'm applying logic, which doesn't make any sense when talking about the Griz Nation, any more than it does when talking about Hawkeye fans ;op

Actually, they are WORSE than the bad Hawk fans.

[Newsbreaker]

For the 90th time, there isn't much funnier then the "AGS" poll.

[JCPanthers]

Montana will be #2 all year long, especially with their conference schedule.

I hope not.

[Chitown Panther]

For the 90th time, there isn't much funnier then the "AGS" poll.

I respect your opinion, but for the 91st time I'd like to hear what is soooo wrong with the poll?

[01PantherFan]

my only problem is like I said in another thread Montana hasnt played anyone to deserve that #2 and they moved up one from last week in some polls with a big win over Fort Lewis ?? looking at their games they dont face anyone realy till Eastern Washington in Oct, next for them is Albany just like YSU and the slippery rock style games and being ranked ahead of SIU in some poles even after they beat Northern IL, but as said above who cares about the polls UNI just keep takeing care of buisness and we will be just fine !

[MGLD Panther]

For the 90th time, there isn't much funnier then the "AGS" poll.

Thanks for spreading the sunshine again! When are you going to start taking the "uppers!?"

I have read some books that will pull you from your "I need to be a pain in the a$$, and be negative about EVERYTHING stage", you're going through. We do a lot of charity work, I can expense it, don't worry about it. I have even sent the books to Dubuque for free as long as they are given to Cathloic people. I know a few people from there and have seen the pattern.

Shalom

[speechpanther]

If I had to choose from the media or FCS fans, I would think FCS fans are better qualified to rank FCS teams. That being said, I don't know the complete procedure for the AGS poll, so there could be plenty flaws too.

[JayJ79]

there is always the coaches poll:

FCS Coaches Poll (Sept 10, 2007)
Rank Team Points
1. Appalachian St. (28) 700
2. Massachusetts 632
2. Montana 632
4. North Dakota St. 593
5. Northern Iowa 574
6. Southern Illinois 522
7. James Madison 518
7. Youngstown St. 518
9. McNeese St. 508
10. Wofford 393
11. Delaware 387
12. New Hampshire 346
13. Hampton 290
14. Sam Houston St. 288
15. Illinois St. 253
16. Furman 216
17. Eastern Illinois 205
18. Nicholls St. 195
19. Montana St. 162
20. Hofstra 122
21. Cal Poly 107
21. Western Illinois 107
23. Yale 98
24. Delaware St. 91
25. Alabama A&M 70
Others: UC Davis (51), Northwestern St. (46), Missouri St. (34), Drake (33), Lafayette (33), Liberty (31), South Dakota St. (28), Texas St. (27), Monmouth (24), Richmond (23), Towson (23), South Carolina St. (22), Princeton (18), Eastern Washington (17), Portland St. (17), Villanova (16), Grambling St. (15), Georgia Southern (14), Alabama St. (12), Stephen F. Austin (12), Tennessee-Martin (12), Eastern Kentucky (11), Pennsylvania (8), Rhode Island (8), The Citadel (8), Coastal Carolina (7), San Diego (7), Northern Arizona (6), Harvard (4), Central Arkansas (2), Holy Cross (2), William & Mary (2).

[Newsbreaker]

Thanks for spreading the sunshine again! When are you going to start taking the "uppers!?"

I have read some books that will pull you from your "I need to be a pain in the a$$, and be negative about EVERYTHING stage", you're going through. We do a lot of charity work, I can expense it, don't worry about it. I have even sent the books to Dubuque for free as long as they are given to Cathloic people. I know a few people from there and have seen the pattern.

Shalom

That post, above your signature, is straight comedy.

I have that reputation on here, and the reason is obvious. I'm not the "fanboy" type. I don't want to live in the fantasy world some on here so fiercely protect, and take the opportunity to inject reality back into these discussions. Some thing doing so is being "negative" in their rainbow and unicorn world...others realize it is reality.

Some people don't like that I refuse to pat them on the head and tell them their fantasy world is special. I don't particularly care.

What's wrong with this poll? It's a fan poll. You don't see the bias in that? It is, more then any other poll, a popularity contest. It's a small segment of people with a debatable level of knowledge of the teams, self-appointed and joined not by having been sought for their expertise, but their acceptance in a forum of specific personality, voting on the teams and pretending it means something.

The word "masturbatory" is the most appropriate. It's probably fun to participate in, but it means just slightly less then nothing.

To be fair, the polls at the FBS level are bad, and only meaningful in that they are a factor in the final BCS standings. At the FCS level, they are even less meaningful.

At the FBS level, at least all of the top-25 teams are on TV every week and available for the voters to get a glimpse at. Our level is different...people are going to vote Montana #2, or UNI #3 without ever having seen the color of our uniforms. (The AGS poll is worse, they vote often based only on their own perception, and reports of the game as delivered by partisan fans.)

[EastonWest]

I like this. This board needs more controversy.