AGS Poll Results - WEEK 4 POLL - 2021 SPRING SEASON

[AGSPoll]

3/9/2021



Rank
Team:
Total Points
First Place Votes


1
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
1217
29


2
Weber State Wildcats
1171
3


3
James Madison Dukes
1149
18


4
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
1037



5
Nicholls State Colonels
1004



6
Southern Illinois Salukis
936



7
Northern Iowa Panthers
932



8
North Dakota State Bison
875



9
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
795



10
Sam Houston State Bearkats
789



11
Villanova Wildcats
774



12
Kennesaw State Owls
767



13
Albany Great Danes
624



14
Chattanooga Mocs
509



15
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
374



16
Eastern Washington Eagles
371



17
Incarnate Word Cardinals
363



18
South Dakota Coyotes
362



19
Southeastern Louisiana Lions
353



20
UC Davis Aggies
271



21
Furman Paladins
202



22
Virginia Military Institute Keydets
181



23
Wofford Terriers
160



24
New Hampshire Wildcats
152



25
Monmouth Hawks
151
















ORV:




26
Murray State Racers
144



27
Idaho Vandals
133



28
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
132



29
Illinois State Redbirds
98



30
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
76



31
Richmond Spiders
31



32
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
23



33
Austin Peay Governors
18



34
Jackson State Tigers
17



35
Elon Phoenix
11



36T
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
10



36T
Cal Poly Mustangs
10



38
Holy Cross Crusaders
9



39
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
4



40
Idaho State Bengals
4
















Most Significant Win:
North Dakota Fighting Hawks





Most Significant Loss:
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

[POD Knows]

My poll could almost be the key for this poll, I have a big deviation with NDSU and I got JSU quite a bit higher than the AGS poll and VMI should be ahead of Furman, prove me wrong


Hello POD Knows,

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 3/8/2021 7:48:22

Your vote is listed below.


1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: James Madison Dukes
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
6: Northern Iowa Panthers
7: Nicholls State Colonels
8: Southern Illinois Salukis
9: Villanova Wildcats
10: Sam Houston State Bearkats
11: Kennesaw State Owls
12: Chattanooga Mocs
13: Albany Great Danes
14: North Dakota State Bison
15: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
16: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
17: UC Davis Aggies
18: Eastern Washington Eagles
19: Incarnate Word Cardinals
20: South Dakota Coyotes
21: New Hampshire Wildcats
22: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
23: Furman Paladins
24: Monmouth Hawks
25: Murray State Racers

POD Knows

The Most Significant Win: Murray State Racers
The Most Significant Loss: Maine Black Bears
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Missouri Valley Football Conference

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: James Madison Dukes
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: Villanova Wildcats
5: Sam Houston State Bearkats
6: Nicholls State Colonels
7: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
8: Southern Illinois Salukis
9: Albany Great Danes
10: Northern Iowa Panthers
11: North Dakota State Bison
12: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
13: New Hampshire Wildcats
14: Eastern Washington Eagles
15: South Dakota Coyotes
16: Kennesaw State Owls
17: Monmouth Hawks
18: Chattanooga Mocs
19: Holy Cross Crusaders
20: Wofford Terriers
21: Incarnate Word Cardinals
22: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
23: Colgate Raiders
24: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
25: San Diego Toreros

Go Lehigh TU owl

The Most Significant Win: Albany Great Danes
The Most Significant Loss: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Patriot League

[Professor Chaos]

I see somebody(s) took coover's advice and gave undefeated and unscored upon Cal Poly some votes this round. xlolx


Here's my mess this week... probably need to re-evaluate my last 5-8 teams included but was pretty much still just throwing darts with those teams playing so few games so far.

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: James Madison Dukes
4: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
5: Nicholls State Colonels
6: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
7: Villanova Wildcats
8: Southern Illinois Salukis
9: Northern Iowa Panthers
10: Albany Great Danes
11: Chattanooga Mocs
12: Monmouth Hawks
13: Kennesaw State Owls
14: North Dakota State Bison
15: Sam Houston State Bearkats
16: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
17: New Hampshire Wildcats
18: Wofford Terriers
19: South Dakota Coyotes
20: Incarnate Word Cardinals
21: Murray State Racers
22: UC Davis Aggies
23: Idaho Vandals
24: Eastern Washington Eagles
25: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

[Daytripper]

He ya go:

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Southern Illinois Salukis
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: Northern Iowa Panthers
5: James Madison Dukes
6: Nicholls State Colonels
7: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
8: Sam Houston State Bearkats
9: Albany Great Danes
10: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
11: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
12: North Dakota State Bison
13: Kennesaw State Owls
14: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
15: Chattanooga Mocs
16: Villanova Wildcats
17: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
18: South Dakota Coyotes
19: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
20: Jackson State Tigers
21: Illinois State Redbirds
22: Murray State Racers
23: Wofford Terriers
24: Furman Paladins
25: Incarnate Word Cardinals

[TheKingpin28]

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: James Madison Dukes
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: Nicholls State Colonels
5: Southern Illinois Salukis
6: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
7: North Dakota State Bison
8: Northern Iowa Panthers
9: Kennesaw State Owls
10: Sam Houston State Bearkats
11: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
12: Villanova Wildcats
13: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
14: Chattanooga Mocs
15: Albany Great Danes
16: South Dakota Coyotes
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: Eastern Washington Eagles
19: UC Davis Aggies
20: Idaho Vandals
21: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
22: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
23: Monmouth Hawks
24: Wofford Terriers




25: Furman Paladins

Only 7 of my 25 were off by more than 2 spots. I can live with that.

Fire away

[KPSUL]

Based only on what I saw from watching all 5 CAA games last weekend, I think the CAA teams should be ranked in this descending order:
Delaware, Albany, JMU, Villanova, UNH. Of course that could change significantly over the next 2-3 weeks. How to rank them compared to all other FCS teams is guess-work, but here's my Top-25:

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Kennesaw State Owls
6: North Dakota State Bison
7: Albany Great Danes
8: James Madison Dukes
9: Southern Illinois Salukis
10: Chattanooga Mocs
11: Northern Iowa Panthers
12: Villanova Wildcats
13: Sam Houston State Bearkats
14: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
15: Nicholls State Colonels
16: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: UC Davis Aggies
19: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
20: Eastern Washington Eagles
21: Murray State Racers
22: New Hampshire Wildcats
23: Monmouth Hawks
24: Holy Cross Crusaders
25: Duquesne Dukes

KPSUL

The Most Significant Win: Albany Great Danes
The Most Significant Loss: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Colonial Athletic Association

[Hambone]

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: James Madison Dukes
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Nicholls State Colonels
6: Southern Illinois Salukis
7: Villanova Wildcats
8: Northern Iowa Panthers
9: Kennesaw State Owls
10: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
11: Sam Houston State Bearkats
12: Albany Great Danes
13: North Dakota State Bison
14: Incarnate Word Cardinals
15: UC Davis Aggies
16: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
17: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
18: South Dakota Coyotes
19: Murray State Racers
20: Idaho Vandals
21: Eastern Washington Eagles
22: Chattanooga Mocs
23: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
24: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
25: Furman Paladins

The Most Significant Win: Murray State Racers
The Most Significant Loss: Illinois State Redbirds
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Missouri Valley Football Conference

[caribbeanhen]

3/9/2021



Rank
Team:
Total Points
First Place Votes


1
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
1217
29


2
Weber State Wildcats
1171
3


3
James Madison Dukes
1149
18


4
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
1037



5
Nicholls State Colonels
1004



6
Southern Illinois Salukis
936



7
Northern Iowa Panthers
932



8
North Dakota State Bison
875



9
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
795



10
Sam Houston State Bearkats
789



11
Villanova Wildcats
774



12
Kennesaw State Owls
767



13
Albany Great Danes
624



14
Chattanooga Mocs
509



15
Eastern Washington Eagles
371



16
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
369



17
Incarnate Word Cardinals
363



18
South Dakota Coyotes
362



19
Southeastern Louisiana Lions
353



20
UC Davis Aggies
271



21
Furman Paladins
202



22
Virginia Military Institute Keydets
181



23
Wofford Terriers
160



24
New Hampshire Wildcats
152



25
Monmouth Hawks
151
















ORV:




26
Murray State Racers
144



27
Idaho Vandals
133



28
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
132



29
Illinois State Redbirds
98



30
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
76



31
Richmond Spiders
31



32
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
23



33
Austin Peay Governors
18



34
Jackson State Tigers
17



35
Elon Phoenix
11



36T
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
10



36T
Cal Poly Mustangs
10



38
Holy Cross Crusaders
9



39
Delaware State Hornets
5



40
NAU Lumberjacks/ISU Bengals
4




Oh no, I hope I’m not the one who Accidentally voted for Delaware State instead of Delaware....

[Preferred Walk-On]

Quick notes (no lengthy comments today)

- I am one of the Weber State 1st place voters. I just did not think UND's performance over USD warranted a jump. The UC Davis @ Weber State game this upcoming weekend should help sort this out a bit.

- In fact, my top 10 did not change much, as I was not willing to move teams simply because they were IDLE, and I am not sure who jumps over them anyway. This is because none of the top 10 teams in my poll (outside of UNI and UND) played AGS ranked teams, and their ranked opponents were USD and ISUr. It is debatable if those games were really any different than the rest of the IDLE or top 10 teams playing unranked opponents.

- My only real qualms with the current AGS poll is the ranking of SoCon teams. Watched parts of the Furman game and the Chattanooga game, and saw the entire overtime for each. Those are games that could have easily gone the other way, and those teams would be out of the top 25, or dropped significantly (at least by most sane accounts). That said, we're really quibbling about the 3 of the bottom 5 teams and a fourth that is perhaps just a bit too high in my opinion, but who knows?

- CAA appears a bit unclear to this outsider at this point...too bad JMU is playing a double round-robin season with what appear to be middle-at-best CAA teams. Perhaps someone can help me out with this.

Have a great week everybody, and looking forward to everybody's perspective on the poll.

-----

Hello Preferred Walk-On,

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 3/7/2021 18:38:32

Your vote is listed below.

1: Weber State Wildcats
2: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
3: James Madison Dukes
4: Nicholls State Colonels
5: Sam Houston State Bearkats
6: Kennesaw State Owls
7: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
8: Southern Illinois Salukis
9: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
10: North Dakota State Bison
11: Northern Iowa Panthers
12: Albany Great Danes
13: Villanova Wildcats
14: UC Davis Aggies
15: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
16: Incarnate Word Cardinals
17: Eastern Washington Eagles
18: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
19: South Dakota Coyotes
20: Murray State Racers
21: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
22: Illinois State Redbirds
23: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
24: Chattanooga Mocs
25: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs

Preferred Walk-On

The Most Significant Win: UC Davis Aggies
The Most Significant Loss: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Missouri Valley Football Conference

- - - Updated - - -


Oh no, I hope I’m not the one who Accidentally voted for Delaware State instead of Delaware....

Color me confused about the ISU Bengals as well.

[Preferred Walk-On]

Based only on what I saw from watching all 5 CAA games last weekend, I think the CAA teams should be ranked in this descending order:
Delaware, Albany, JMU, Villanova, UNH. Of course that could change significantly over the next 2-3 weeks. How to rank them compared to all other FCS teams is guess-work, but here's my Top-25:

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Kennesaw State Owls
6: North Dakota State Bison
7: Albany Great Danes
8: James Madison Dukes
9: Southern Illinois Salukis
10: Chattanooga Mocs
11: Northern Iowa Panthers
12: Villanova Wildcats
13: Sam Houston State Bearkats
14: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
15: Nicholls State Colonels
16: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: UC Davis Aggies
19: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
20: Eastern Washington Eagles
21: Murray State Racers
22: New Hampshire Wildcats
23: Monmouth Hawks
24: Holy Cross Crusaders
25: Duquesne Dukes

KPSUL

The Most Significant Win: Albany Great Danes
The Most Significant Loss: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Colonial Athletic Association

I have no real frame of reference, but Delaware @ 3? Is Maine really that good and/or was the performance just that dominant? Just did not know how they made that placement, but open to hearing the reasoning and considering it going forward with my poll.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Oh no, I hope I’m not the one who Accidentally voted for Delaware State instead of Delaware....

You were not. When I looked at it this morning it was a CAA voter that I looked at and they had The Hens up higher. That is what I thought I saw when looking at it closer this morning anyway. I just went back and wanted to verify the positions and the Blue Hens were on another voters line, not the one I thought.

I'm gonna check on this and see if it was a mistake (very likely) and if so I will amend the 1st post.

[Chalupa Batman]

Hello Chalupa Batman,

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 3/8/2021 18:40:34

Your vote is listed below.

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: James Madison Dukes
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: Nicholls State Colonels
5: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
6: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
7: Villanova Wildcats
8: Southern Illinois Salukis
9: Northern Iowa Panthers
10: Sam Houston State Bearkats
11: Kennesaw State Owls
12: North Dakota State Bison
13: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
14: Eastern Washington Eagles
15: Albany Great Danes
16: Chattanooga Mocs
17: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
18: Austin Peay Governors
19: Wofford Terriers
20: Incarnate Word Cardinals
21: Murray State Racers
22: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
23: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
24: UC Davis Aggies
25: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

Chalupa Batman

The Most Significant Win:
The Most Significant Loss:
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Missouri Valley Football Conference

[caribbeanhen]

Based only on what I saw from watching all 5 CAA games last weekend, I think the CAA teams should be ranked in this descending order:
Delaware, Albany, JMU, Villanova, UNH. Of course that could change significantly over the next 2-3 weeks. How to rank them compared to all other FCS teams is guess-work, but here's my Top-25:

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Kennesaw State Owls
6: North Dakota State Bison
7: Albany Great Danes
8: James Madison Dukes
9: Southern Illinois Salukis
10: Chattanooga Mocs
11: Northern Iowa Panthers
12: Villanova Wildcats
13: Sam Houston State Bearkats
14: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
15: Nicholls State Colonels
16: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: UC Davis Aggies
19: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
20: Eastern Washington Eagles
21: Murray State Racers
22: New Hampshire Wildcats
23: Monmouth Hawks
24: Holy Cross Crusaders
25: Duquesne Dukes

KPSUL

The Most Significant Win: Albany Great Danes
The Most Significant Loss: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Colonial Athletic Association

In the end, you might be on to something here with Delaware at #3

I hope so, but not sure if you're right just yet... Maine was just not ready to play that game so I'm taking a more cautious week by week approach instead of your ballsy approach ...

[caribbeanhen]

1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Sam Houston State Bearkats
3: Weber State Wildcats
4: Nicholls State Colonels
5: James Madison Dukes
6: Villanova Wildcats
7: Kennesaw State Owls
8: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
9: Northern Iowa Panthers
10: Southern Illinois Salukis
11: North Dakota State Bison
12: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
13: Incarnate Word Cardinals
14: Chattanooga Mocs
15: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
16: Eastern Washington Eagles
17: Virginia Military Institute Keydets
18: Illinois State Redbirds
19: Albany Great Danes
20: UC Davis Aggies
21: Monmouth Hawks
22: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
23: Wofford Terriers
24: Furman Paladins
25: South Dakota Coyotes


I'm higher on the Southland than the Southlanders...... great game this week will tell us about Sam Houstion State when they host Nicholls State

[Gangtackle11]

I have no real frame of reference, but Delaware @ 3? Is Maine really that good and/or was the performance just that dominant? Just did not know how they made that placement, but open to hearing the reasoning and considering it going forward with my poll.

Spring hopes eternal in New-ark. I just threw up in mouth reading this Carrib. xpeacex

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Oh no, I hope I’m not the one who Accidentally voted for Delaware State instead of Delaware....

This was is an incorrect choice and is now fixed. Man, if you could have had those points in 2010 the Blue Hens could have jumped EWU when it mattered so much more.:D





Color me confused about the ISU Bengals as well.

That one is correct as per the voter.

[caribbeanhen]

Spring hopes eternal in New-ark. I just threw up in mouth reading this Carrib. xpeacex

Good to see you’re getting back to midseason form gangtackle.....

[KPSUL]

I have no real frame of reference, but Delaware @ 3? Is Maine really that good and/or was the performance just that dominant? Just did not know how they made that placement, but open to hearing the reasoning and considering it going forward with my poll.

Fair question! I think we should expect a lot of movement throughout the Top 25 the next 3 weeks. During this early part of this short season, I'm basing my vote on three major criteria: 1. What a team has accomplished this Spring Season. 2. A teams strength relative to the the rest of their conference. 3. The strength of a conference compared to the rest of FCS football (minus teams who have opted out of Spring play) over the past decade - weighing the most recent years heavier. As I indicated, I watched all of the CAA games this past weekend and in my judgment Delaware had the best performance of the teams that played. (All played except for URI. Towson opted out). I gave JMU zero credit for their 1st 2 wins over Robert Morris and Morehead State. Morehead clearly showed up only for a pay check and Bobby Morris went into the half tied 16-16 with JMU. This past weekend Elon out played JMU in all phases of the game for 3 quarters; and Elon's first two games were dismal and disappointing against the same level of of opponent the Dukes faced in games 1 and 2. Elon barely beat Davidson in game 1, and were blown out in the second half by Gardner-Webb in game 2. (G-W had to go to OT to beat non-scholarship Presbyterian this past Saturday) I've watched all, or the better part of all, of the games I'm referencing here. The question you should be asking of the many of people voting here to justify is: Why do you have JMU ranked #1 or 2.

To answer your second question, yes, without a doubt Delaware dominated the Black Bears. However, while that does say something positive about Delaware, it might say even more about Maine. But most things about Maine are always hard to predict. They may come back and win next Saturday vs Albany, or wait a couple weeks and upset Villanova. The Northern Division of the CAA may contain the best 4-5 teams in the conference this year and don't count anyone out. Anything might happen any weekend this short season.

[Gangtackle11]

Good to see you’re getting back to midseason form gangtackle.....

Just have to level set expectations down under in the 302. xpeacex

[dewey]

Here is my top 25. Provide feedback as warranted.

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 3/8/2021 22:24:35

Your vote is listed below.


1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: James Madison Dukes
4: Southern Illinois Salukis
5: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
6: Villanova Wildcats
7: Northern Iowa Panthers
8: North Dakota State Bison
9: Kennesaw State Owls
10: Sam Houston State Bearkats
11: Nicholls State Colonels
12: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
13: Albany Great Danes
14: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
15: South Dakota Coyotes
16: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: Illinois State Redbirds
19: Eastern Washington Eagles
20: Chattanooga Mocs
21: New Hampshire Wildcats
22: UC Davis Aggies
23: Monmouth Hawks
24: Furman Paladins
25: Idaho Vandals

Dewey

[SpreadTheWord]

Hello SpreadTheWord,

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 3/8/2021 9:49:38

Your vote is listed below.


1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
2: Weber State Wildcats
3: Nicholls State Colonels
4: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
5: Northern Iowa Panthers
6: Southern Illinois Salukis
7: Kennesaw State Owls
8: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
9: Sam Houston State Bearkats
10: South Dakota Coyotes
11: Albany Great Danes
12: North Dakota State Bison
13: Illinois State Redbirds
14: James Madison Dukes
15: Villanova Wildcats
16: Incarnate Word Cardinals
17: Chattanooga Mocs
18: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
19: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
20: New Hampshire Wildcats
21: UC Davis Aggies
22: Murray State Racers
23: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
24: Idaho Vandals
25: Eastern Washington Eagles

SpreadTheWord

The Most Significant Win: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
The Most Significant Loss: Idaho Vandals
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Southland Conference

[OhioHen]

Color me confused about the ISU Bengals as well.

Especially since Idaho doesn't move the needle for me after their loss to UC-Davis

[70MilesFromCanada]

I’m glad to see the AGS voters for UND. I’m not sure they are #1 but voters are recognizing that they have played well so far. Hoping they can win a few more.

[atthewbon]

I'm new here so I'm not a voter but this is my poll.



Weber st
North Dakota
JMU
SDSU
UNI
Villanova
Southern Illinois
Kennesaw st
NDSU
Nicholls
JSU
Sam Houston
Delaware
Albany
UC Davis
Chattanooga
Idaho
Eastern Washington
Southeastern Louisiana
Monmouth
East Tennessee
South Dakota
VMI
Furman
New Hampshire

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I'm new here so I'm not a voter but this is my poll.



Weber st
North Dakota
JMU
SDSU
UNI
Villanova
Southern Illinois
Kennesaw st
NDSU
Nicholls
JSU
Sam Houston
Delaware
Albany
UC Davis
Chattanooga
Idaho
Eastern Washington
Southeastern Louisiana
Monmouth
East Tennessee
South Dakota
VMI
Furman
New Hampshire



Well you should jump in and register and even though you will have to wait I will add you in to vote and see if your vote can be counted in on a probationary level with a couple of other poll members.

You may get some criticism by a few in these threads but I respect your work you are putting in to do this. Nicely done.xthumbsupx

[melloware13]

Especially since Idaho doesn't move the needle for me after their loss to UC-Davis
Would Illinois State be the next alphabetically below? That could make more sense

[smilo]

I really don't get JMU so high. They've looked awful the last two weeks against subpar competition. #13 in my ballot. Their baseline expectation against this schedule should be to go undefeated. Sadly if they are still so high here, I assume they get a bid on name recognition alone even if they split with Richmond.

I have them 4th in the CAA right now.
8 Villanova9 Albany
12 Delaware
13 JMU
19 UNH

[SpreadTheWord]

I really don't get JMU so high. They've looked awful the last two weeks against subpar competition. #13 in my ballot. Their baseline expectation against this schedule should be to go undefeated. Sadly if they are still so high here, I assume they get a bid on name recognition alone even if they split with Richmond.

I have them 4th in the CAA right now.
8 Villanova9 Albany
12 Delaware
13 JMU
19 UNH

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about JMU. I have them #14 in my poll. Wasn't sure if I was a little harsh on them or not. Also, I don't get how some polls have Eastern Washington over UC Davis & Idaho.

[caribbeanhen]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about JMU. I have them #14 in my poll. Wasn't sure if I was a little harsh on them or not. Also, I don't get how some polls have Eastern Washington over UC Davis & Idaho.

https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?265546-AGS-Poll-Results-WEEK-3-POLL-2021-SPRING-SEASON-1ST-VOTE&p=2949773#post2949773

I'm with you guys on this

[FUBeAR]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about JMU. I have them #14 in my poll. Wasn't sure if I was a little harsh on them or not. Also, I don't get how some polls have Eastern Washington over UC Davis & Idaho.
As I had the Dukes ranked #1 the week before, I cited their win over the Formerly Fightin’ Former Christians as my Most Significant win - but certainly not for the usual reasons. Slow start against Bobby Morris? OK - long layoff - we can overlook that. Trailing E*Loan 17-3 @ half, 17-6 in the 4th quarter, and winning by a FG. Nah, the Dukes gotta drop. Felt kinda dirty only dropping them to #8.

Because...let’s remember who Elon is now...2 weeks prior, CAA Elon trailed PFL non-schollie Davidson 20-12 @ half & had to score a TD with 32 seconds left to pull out a win. The next week, Elon traveled to BigSouth perennial also-ran Gardner-Webb and got boat-raced 42-20. OK...Gardner-Webb has a new Coach, maybe the Runnin’ Bulldogs are just awesome now. But, let’s see - 1 week after curb-stomping Elon, G-W took on new PFL-member that has been non-schollie since 2017, Presbyterian, and had to go to 2 OT’s to pull out a win.

So...to summarize, it seems that JMU is at about the same level as a middle-of-the-pack PFL or also-ran Big South Team and Elon is just a hair below that. We’ll know more soon, but don’t we have to wonder if the whole CAA has descended to PFL level...”in the midst of a pandemic” (my favorite phrase to qualify almost any statement or rhetorical question)?

Edit - just saw that JMU is, perhaps, pulling a Conklin, and has cancelled/postponed their game with Bill & Mary. Perhaps, they need a week to regroup before facing a 1-0 Richmond Team...in the midst of a pandemic?

[Professor Chaos]

I really don't get JMU so high. They've looked awful the last two weeks against subpar competition. #13 in my ballot. Their baseline expectation against this schedule should be to go undefeated. Sadly if they are still so high here, I assume they get a bid on name recognition alone even if they split with Richmond.

I have them 4th in the CAA right now.
8 Villanova9 Albany
12 Delaware
13 JMU
19 UNH
It seems to me that the recurring theme this spring is those who watch games of the highly ranked teams have a lot of "they don't look like a top X team to me" comments. I think that's a nationwide phenomenon not just limited to JMU in this highly irregular spring season where most teams are coming off of very long breaks with many teams losing their senior class AND a good chunk of their junior class from the last time they played meaningful football.

[caribbeanhen]

It seems to me that the recurring theme this spring is those who watch games of the highly ranked teams have a lot of "they don't look like a top X team to me" comments. I think that's a nationwide phenomenon not just limited to JMU in this highly irregular spring season where most teams are coming off of very long breaks with many teams losing their senior class AND a good chunk of their junior class from the last time they played meaningful football.

Professor, consider watching the Sam Houston Nicholls game this Saturday, you will not be disappointed!

[smilo]

It seems to me that the recurring theme this spring is those who watch games of the highly ranked teams have a lot of "they don't look like a top X team to me" comments. I think that's a nationwide phenomenon not just limited to JMU in this highly irregular spring season where most teams are coming off of very long breaks with many teams losing their senior class AND a good chunk of their junior class from the last time they played meaningful football.

I think I may be underrating Villanova given that I don't want to be a homer (and Albany might actually be better). The defense looked as good as ever, certainly its usual top 10 status. And the offense has even more depth than expected, only the best of the four HB was not back at his usual form just yet. The yardage told more than the score against Stony Brook. I did not expect to look like a top 5ish team but they very nearly are. It's just the same old story of special teams disasters as it has been for a solid decade.

Overall point taken, but I don't think most of my top 10 has looked that bad. NDSU may not be their normal selves but no reason to suspect they don't look like a top 10 team.

[gofurman]

Well if Furman was 21st last week and we just won today at ETSU (30th in receiving votes) maybe my Paladins get pushed up the polls a little. Plus we beat Samford who just beat Wofford. I don’t come here pushing my team much - and we could get beat easily by Chatt this week!! But maybe we are too 15/20. I do realize Chatt could kill us. Would be crazy if Chatt AND VMI went undefeated missing only the game where they were to play each other but Chatt had COVID