'STATS' Poll, 10/18/2021

[kdinva]

https://theanalyst.com/na/2021/10/ten-conferences-represented-in-stats-perform-fcs-top-25-rankings/

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 (Oct. 18)

1. Sam Houston (5-0, 3-0 AQ7), 1,223 points (35 first-place votes)
Previous Ranking: 1; Week 7 Result: Open week
2. Eastern Washington (7-0, 4-0 Big Sky), 1,178 (14)
Previous Ranking: 2; Week 7 Result: 71-21 win over Idaho
3. North Dakota State (6-0, 3-0 Missouri Valley), 1,169 (1)
Previous Ranking: 3; Week 7 Result: 20-0 win at Illinois State
4. Southern Illinois (6-1, 4-0 Missouri Valley), 1,097
Previous Ranking: 4; Week 7 Result: 31-28 win over then-No. 22 North Dakota
5. Villanova (5-1, 3-0 CAA), 1,022
Previous Ranking: 6; Week 7 Result: 17-10 win at Albany
6. South Dakota State (5-1, 2-1 Missouri Valley), 980
Previous Ranking: 7; Week 7 Result: 41-17 win at Western Illinois
7. James Madison (5-1, 3-1 CAA), 951
Previous Ranking: 8; Week 7 Result: 19-3 win at Richmond
8. Montana State (6-1, 4-0 Big Sky), 919
Previous Ranking: 9; Week 7 Result: 13-7 win at then-No. 19 Weber State
9. Southeastern Louisiana (5-1, 3-0 Southland), 842
Previous Ranking: 11; Week 7 Result: 61-24 win over Houston Baptist
10. UC Davis (6-1, 3-1 Big Sky), 750
Previous Ranking: 13; Week 7 Result: 32-3 win over Northern Colorado
11. Montana (4-2, 1-2 Big Sky), 694
Previous Ranking: 5; Week 7 Result: 28-21 loss to Sacramento State
12. Kennesaw State (5-1, 2-0 Big South), 658
Previous Ranking: 15; Week 7 Result: 14-0 win over North Carolina A&T
13. UT Martin (5-1, 2-0 Ohio Valley), 583
Previous Ranking: 17; Week 7 Result: 28-17 win at Eastern Illinois
14. ETSU (6-1, 3-1 Southern), 556
Previous Ranking: 10; Week 7 Result: 21-16 loss at Chattanooga
15. South Dakota (5-2, 3-1 Missouri Valley), 521
Previous Ranking: 21; Week 7 Result: 34-21 win at then-No. 16 Northern Iowa
16. UIW (5-1, 3-0 Southland), 518
Previous Ranking: 18; Week 7 Result: 38-21 win over Nicholls
17. Missouri State (4-2, 3-1 Missouri Valley), 486
Previous Ranking: 20; Week 7 Result: 37-7 win over Indiana State
18. Rhode Island (5-1, 3-1 CAA), 405
Previous Ranking: 12; Week 7 Result: 28-7 loss at Towson
19. Sacramento State (4-2, 3-0 Big Sky), 251
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 28-21 win at then-No. 5 Montana
20. Northern Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Missouri Valley), 190
Previous Ranking: 16; Week 7 Result: 34-21 loss to then-No. 21 South Dakota
21. VMI (5-2, 3-1 Southern), 173
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 45-7 win at Mercer
22. Princeton (5-0, 2-0 Ivy), 166
Previous Ranking: 25; Week 7 Result: 56-42 win at Brown
23. Delaware (3-3, 2-2 CAA), 152
Previous Ranking: 14; Week 7 Result: 34-17 loss at Stony Brook
24. Jackson State (5-1, 3-0 SWAC), 148
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 28-7 win over Jackson State
25. Dartmouth (5-0, 2-0 Ivy), 120
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 38-21 win at then-No. 23 New Hampshire

Dropped Out: Weber State (19), North Dakota (22), New Hampshire (23), Jacksonville State (24)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Jacksonville State 104, Harvard 101, Eastern Kentucky 85, Weber State 73, Duquesne 44, North Dakota 27, Prairie View A&M 16, Youngstown State 11, Chattanooga 8, William & Mary 7, Stephen F. Austin 5, Mercer 4

[Professor Chaos]

Honestly that's a pretty good looking set of rankings IMO. Delaware shouldn't be ranked but if them at #23 is the biggest gripe I can find that's not too shabby.

EDIT: Sac State being one spot above UNI is pretty xeyebrowx-ish too I guess.

[acbearkat]

Jackson State beat Jackson State 28-7?


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[Catatonic]

Jackson State beat Jackson State 28-7?


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‘coach prime hyping intrasquad scrimmages . 1’s beat the 2’s.

[HensRock]

If UD and URI are ranked, so should Stony Brook and Towson
Point is: None of the above should be ranked.

[Daytripper]

If UD and URI are ranked, so should Stony Brook and Towson
Point is: None of the above should be ranked.

So what you are saying is that the CAA is top heavy and generally sucks after those first two of Nova and JMU?

[OhioHen]

So what you are saying is that the CAA is top heavy and generally sucks after those first two of Nova and JMU?
That would be a fair assessment of what most of us have been saying.

[POD Knows]

So what you are saying is that the CAA is top heavy and generally sucks after those first two of Nova and JMU?
Yep. I am down to two CAA teams in my poll.

[katss07]

Wow! A rare good week for the fine people over at STATS led by Craig. Didn’t think they’d have the balls to drop Jacksonville State out of the poll. Good for them!

Rhode Island took a serious hit. The voters valuing a one loss Southland, OVC and SoCon team over a one loss CAA team is… interesting. Maybe it is a two-bid league this year?

[Schism55]

Honestly that's a pretty good looking set of rankings IMO. Delaware shouldn't be ranked but if them at #23 is the biggest gripe I can find that's not too shabby.

EDIT: Sac State being one spot above UNI is pretty xeyebrowx-ish too I guess.

Have you seen their schedule? They do not play Weber St., Montana St AND Eastern Washington...holy crap.
I will be backing up the Brinks truck to bet against the Hornets in the first round of the playoffs.

[acbearkat]

Have you seen their schedule? They do not play Weber St., Montana St AND Eastern Washington...holy crap.
I will be backing up the Brinks truck to bet against the Hornets in the first round of the playoffs.

I’m not sure how good Montana State is after watching them Friday night.


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[POD Knows]

Honestly that's a pretty good looking set of rankings IMO. Delaware shouldn't be ranked but if them at #23 is the biggest gripe I can find that's not too shabby.

EDIT: Sac State being one spot above UNI is pretty xeyebrowx-ish too I guess.No it isn’t. UNI is in free fall and Sac State has a shot at winning out. Doesn’t necessarily mean that they are that good but wins are wins, isn’t that what we say about SHSU’s dog**** schedule. You can’t help what your schedule is.

[Professor Chaos]

No it isn’t. UNI is in free fall and Sac State has a shot at winning out. Doesn’t necessarily mean that they are that good but wins are wins, isn’t that what we say about SHSU’s dog**** schedule. You can’t help what your schedule is.
I wouldn't say UNI is in a free-fall yet. They can't help that they've played two 15 teams the past two weeks either (with another on tap this Saturday). But they did roll Sacramento St on the road just a little over a month ago.

[POD Knows]

I wouldn't say UNI is in a free-fall yet. They can't help that they've played two 15 teams the past two weeks either (with another on tap this Saturday). But they did roll Sacramento St on the road just a little over a month ago.
Yea. I hear you but effort by UNI, at home in a must win game was pretty freaking sad. They just looked “finished”. I don’t know. Just a sense I have but I am mostly wrong in these areas. 😎

[ElCid]

You can’t help what your schedule is.

Really? I keep hearing the contrary over and over again. Not picking on you, but lots of hrumphing about schedules from some folks.

[Mocs123]

Good to see VMI and ETSU ranked out of the SoCon, both are good football teams - (it really pains me to say that about ETSU). Not much love for the Mocs after a top 10 win, but we had our chance and blew it against Austin Peay (and VMI too). At the time I thought Peay was a decent FB team and would probably win the OVC, but I'm not sure what happened.

[POD Knows]

Really? I keep hearing the contrary over and over again. Not picking on you, but lots of hrumphing about schedules from some folks.
I was kind of being sarcastic. I put a fair amount of stock in SOS but you still need to win at some point in time

[Lumberjackfanbefore2012]

No it isn’t. UNI is in free fall and Sac State has a shot at winning out. Doesn’t necessarily mean that they are that good but wins are wins, isn’t that what we say about SHSU’s dog**** schedule. You can’t help what your schedule is.

Call me biased, but I have a real good feeling after our last two games that Northern Arizona is going to upset Sac St next week. The offense is finally rolling with Freshman RJ Martinez who came in the 2nd half of the upset over Arizona. He hasn't looked back since.

[POD Knows]

Call me biased, but I have a real good feeling after our last two games that Northern Arizona is going to upset Sac St next week. The offense is finally rolling with Freshman RJ Martinez who came in the 2nd half of the upset over Arizona. He hasn't looked back since.
Honestly. That wouldn’t surprise me at all. You guys are a little bit different on the road it seems but have looked pretty good the last couple weeks. The NoCo game was a head scratcher.

[caribbeanhen]

So what you are saying is that the CAA is top heavy and generally sucks after those first two of Nova and JMU?

Yes

Rhode Island ? Just not seeing it