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Post by wcatradio75 on Oct 21, 2024 15:16:33 GMT -5
A quick look at the NCAA page - Stats has us at 24, Mercer at 14. The coaches poll is less respectful of course. We are out of the top 25 (tied @ 28 w/ETSU & UT-Martin). Mercer down to 17 in that poll. The computer rank polls, KenPom & Congrove both have us around 30. Interestingly enough - looking at Sagarin, we are ranked 151 overall - but 24th of FCS schools. We are currently 3rd in the SoCon with UTC at 118, and Mercer at 139.
By far, the worst conference in the country is Pioneer. They have 5 teams out of the bottom 11 in Sagarin: PC, Morehead, Stetson, Valpo and Marist.
First year FCS school, University of West Georgia is down there - ranked 234 out of 263 - yet one of their two victories is Samford (the other being Shorter).
Last item of interest - Montana, with a 5-2 record is 9th in both of the Stats and Coaches polls.
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Post by The Cats on Oct 21, 2024 15:26:34 GMT -5
 FCS Nation Radio FCS Nation Top 25 Week 8 1. NDSU 2. MSU 3. SDSU 4. USD 5. UC Davis 6. SEMO 7. Idaho 8. UND 9. Montana 10. Tarleton 11. Mercer12. Chattanooga13. Villanova 14. UIW 15. UCA 16. ETSU17. W&M 18. URI 19. Richmond 20. WCU21. ACU 22. UTM 23. NCCU 24. NAU 25. SLU |
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Post by The Cats on Oct 21, 2024 15:29:02 GMT -5
 | Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points |
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| 1 |  North Dakota State (15) | 543 | | 2 |  Montana State (7) | 535 | | 3 |  South Dakota State | 502 | | 4 |  South Dakota | 486 | | 5 |  UC Davis | 461 | | 6 |  Southeast Missouri State | 429 | | 7 |  North Dakota | 394 | | 8 |  Incarnate Word | 369 | | T-9 |  Tarleton State | 348 | | T-9 |  Idaho | 348 | | 11 |  Montana | 310 | | 12 |  Central Arkansas | 286 | | 13 |  Rhode Island | 270 | | 14 |  Mercer | 265 | | 15 |  Villanova | 224 | | 16 |  Chattanooga | 211 | | T-17 |  William & Mary | 198 | | T-17 |  Richmond | 198 | | 19 |  Abilene Christian | 177 | | 20 |  East Tennessee State | 119 | | 21 |  North Carolina Central | 74 | | 22 |  UT Martin | 72 | | 23 |  Western Carolina | 68 | | 24 |  Dartmouth | 53 | | 25 |  Illinois State | 51 |
Others receiving votes: Jackson State 46, Stony Brook 23, Northern Arizona 23, Tennessee State 11, Harvard 11, Duquesne 10, Sacramento State 10, Southeastern Louisiana 8, Monmouth 4, Florida A&M 4, Lamar 3, Holy Cross 2, Samford 2, Maine 1, Columbia 1 |
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Post by The Cats on Oct 21, 2024 15:31:51 GMT -5
AnyGivenSaturday (AGS)  10/21/2024 Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes
1 North Dakota State Bison 1150 24 2 Montana State Bobcats 1143 23 3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1063 4 South Dakota Coyotes 1046 5 UC Davis Aggies 983 6 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 903 7 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 864 8 Incarnate Word Cardinals 780 9 Idaho Vandals 717 10 Tarleton Texans 681 11 Montana Grizzlies 673 12 Mercer Bears 599
13 Central Arkansas Bears 580 14 Chattanooga Mocs 513
15 Villanova Wildcats 508 16 Rhode Island Rams 491 17 Richmond Spiders 449 18 William & Mary Tribe 409 19 Missouri State Bears 274 20 Abilene Christian Wildcats 271 21 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 270 22 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 249
23 Illinois State Redbirds 144 24 Stony Brook Seawolves 81 25 Dartmouth Big Green 76 ORV: 26 Tennessee State Tigers 57 27 North Carolina Central Eagles 56 28 Maine Black Bears 39 29 Western Carolina Catamounts 38
30T Harvard Crimson 31 30T Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 31 32 Duquesne Dukes 25 33 Samford Bulldogs 19
34 Monmouth Hawks 17 35 Sac State Hornets 15 36 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 12 37 New Hampshire Wildcats 8 38 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 5 39 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 3 40T Lamar Cardinals/Southern Illinois Salukis 1 |
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Post by The Cats on Oct 21, 2024 15:33:40 GMT -5
STATS
1. North Dakota State (7-1, 4-0 MVFC), 1,384 points (40 of 56 first-place votes)
2. Montana State (8-0, 4-0 Big Sky), 1,351 (16)
3. South Dakota State (5-2, 2-1 MVFC), 1,286
4. South Dakota (6-1, 4-0 MVFC), 1,237
5. UC Davis (7-1, 4-0 Big Sky), 1,172
6. Southeast Missouri (7-1, 4-0 Big South-OVC), 1,074
7. North Dakota (5-2, 2-1 MVFC), 1,006
8. Tarleton State (6-1, 3-0 UAC), 929
9. Montana (5-2, 2-1 Big Sky), 854
10. UIW (5-2, 2-0 Southland), 826
11. Idaho (5-3, 2-2 Big Sky), 809
12. Central Arkansas (5-2, 2-1 UAC), 785
13. Villanova (5-2, 2-1 CAA), 736
14. Mercer (6-1, 3-1 SoCon), 708
15. Rhode Island (6-1, 3-0 CAA), 637
16. William & Mary (5-2, 3-1 CAA), 558
17. Abilene Christian (5-3, 4-1 UAC), 518
18. Richmond (5-2, 3-0 CAA), 512
19. Chattanooga (4-3, 3-1 SoCon), 395
20. North Carolina Central (5-2, 2-0 MEAC), 237
21. Illinois State (5-3, 2-2 MVFC), 199
22. Dartmouth (5-0, 3-0 Ivy), 184
23. ETSU (4-3, 2-1 SoCon), 142
24. Western Carolina (4-3, 3-0 SoCon), 124
25. Tennessee State (6-2, 3-1 Big South-OVC), 103
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): UT Martin (4-3, 2-1 Big South-OVC), 82; Stony Brook (5-2, 2-1 CAA), 69; Duquesne (4-2, 2-0 NEC), 39; Sacramento State (3-4, 1-2 Big Sky), 36; Harvard (4-1, 1-1 Ivy), 32; Monmouth (4-3, 2-1 CAA), 30; Jackson State (5-2, 3-0 SWAC), 29; Northern Arizona (4-4, 2-2 Big Sky), 28; Southeastern Louisiana (4-4, 3-0 Southland), 18; Drake (5-1, 4-0 Pioneer), 14; New Hampshire (4-3, 2-1 CAA), 12; Florida A&M (3-3, 1-1 SWAC), 6; Dayton (5-1, 3-0 Pioneer), 5; Samford (3-3, 2-1 SoCon), 5; Lamar (4-3, 1-1 Southland), 4; Maine (4-3, 2-2 CAA), 2
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Post by CatDad on Oct 21, 2024 17:15:42 GMT -5
To be fair to Pioneer, they are all non-scholarship programs.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Oct 21, 2024 17:31:23 GMT -5
So to me the big news is the STATS poll. The Coaches poll will eventually simply be records-based, but STATS is supposed to be somewhat better. Both show up on the official NCAA website, so they are at least partially involved in the invites.
STATS now has 4 SOCON teams ranked, and Samford in the ORV. We know things will change, as we still have to play all 3 teams ahead of us, ETSU and Mercer still have to play, and of course Samford could now be a wildcard. But getting in the rankings especially now that we are heading into week 9 is big for the league. It gives me hope that the SOCON might be able to get 3 in like last year vs just 2 that probably lots of people thought only a couple of weeks ago.
Of course I want WCU to be one of the teams. Heck - I want us to win out and have a bye and host a 2nd round game. But I also want there to be at least 3 conference teams in the dance.
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Oct 22, 2024 5:03:17 GMT -5
If we just win out one game at a time, the polls will take care of themselves. Our only focus should be each game each week with our focus on winning out which we can do if we want it bad enough and stay focussed.
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Post by wcualumheath on Oct 22, 2024 9:58:35 GMT -5
This is what I’m saying this year! ONE GAME AT A TIME! Let’s focus on Mercer and get Cole’s and Kerwin’s first W over the bears!
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