Is William and Mary a top 25 team?

[TheTribeHasSpoken]

Beat VMI 63-16. I know it's VMI, but it's also 63-16xlolx

Beat Liberty in 2 OTs, shoulda beaten em sooner. Liberty was 2-0 coming into the game though, and misguided or not their fans were hoping for playoffs.

Only loss comes to Delaware, 49-31. UD is now 3-0 after crushing URI.

Is W&M top 25 or at least on the fringe?

[RadMann]

I think we need to wait for one more game for the Tribe to answer that question...

[TheTribeHasSpoken]

Which game is that? Keeping it close vs. VT or beating Towson?

[Peems]

No they are not...yet

[RadMann]

Towson, I would not read much into the VT game....

[TheValleyRaider]

Probably both, actually. W&M is getting on my list of teams to watch in the coming weeks, but at this point I'd be hard-pressed to put them in the Top 25. It's gonna be a tough road to go down, with the CAA looking very strong this year, but we'll get a good idea of the Tribe over their next few. Who knows, they just might sneak in this week.

[TheTribeHasSpoken]

Fair enough. I think we can beat Towson. We can generally stop the pass, the run not so much.

[GannonFan]

Not yet, and not that it matters as unless W&M gives a bigger shock than Appy did, W&M is not going to beat VA Tech. The week after that against Towson will start to tell - maybe after that week, depending on what else happens elsewhere.

[bjtheflamesfan]

They are good...but not quite top 25 material in my book...now solid performances the next two weeks (close with VT and a solid win over Towson) and they will be in my top 25)

[PantherRob82]

Question is...who else is top 25 material?

9 teams in my poll from last week lost today:
5 to FBS
3 to Ranked FCS
1 to unranked FCS

[SuperJon]

Yes.

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[JALMOND]

Huh? 2OT's at home against a team that beat the likes of Tusculum and Shippensburg and you want them in the top 25? Let me quote a line from the Breakfast Club "NOT EVEN CLOSE, BUD!!!"

Ask me again in about a month. In the meantime, if you need better teams, look west. Anywhere west of Williamsburg.

[Tribe4SF]

Tribe moves onto the "maybe" list. Continued defensive improvement will be needed.

[th0m]

I say not yet.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

NO

[SuperJon]

I didn't say Top 20, but they way they're playing and the way their offense is clicking, they're at least 24/25.

[UNHWildCats]

W&M enters my poll this week at #25

[lizrdgizrd]

I think we're going to have to see some good performances over the next couple games for the Tribe to see the top 25. Definitely one to watch. xthumbsupx

[SuperJon]

I've seen their offense. I've seen them pick apart our defense. They're good.

[DB_Atlantic10]

No not yet...have to see more than VMI and a Liberty OT....

[soccerguy315]

if we have a respectable showing at Tech, and beat Towson, I think we move in.

[89Hen]

No. VMI win is basically meaningless... Liberty in OT is not worthy by itself... there's nothing else on which to go. xconfusedx

[UNHWildCats]

No. VMI win is basically meaningless... Liberty in OT is not worthy by itself... there's nothing else on which to go. xconfusedx

Well you can look at it like this W&M beat VMI 63-16 at VMI while JMU won 45-17 against VMI at home... That could suggest the W&M offense is pretty damn good.

[UNHWildCats]

They have scored 142 points in 3 games. Sure the defense is lacking, but that shouldnt keep a team from the top 25 considering UNH has been in the top 10 for the better part of 3 years now without much of a defense.

[Husky Alum]

Tribe moves onto the "maybe" list. Continued defensive improvement will be needed.

As much as I'd like to show some "CAA Love" to our friends from the south, I didn't give 'em a sniff this week.

VMI and Liberty didn't wow me.

I had Villanova as my "last CAA Team in" this week.

[DB_Atlantic10]

Well you can look at it like this W&M beat VMI 63-16 at VMI while JMU won 45-17 against VMI at home... That could suggest the W&M offense is pretty damn good.

Face it, there's no merit right now...... Plus there were really no significant losses in the Top 25 this week.... Only a swap with #17 E.Ill vs #18 Ill St. Other than that, all losses were either to FBS or higher ranked FCS opponents. I think Villanova deserves a crack this week though...But not W&M......

[UNHWildCats]

Face it, there's no merit right now...... Plus there were really no significant losses in the Top 25 this week.... Only a swap with #17 E.Ill vs #18 Ill St. Other than that, all losses were either to FBS or higher ranked FCS opponents. I think Villanova deserves a crack this week though...But not W&M......


Not everyone has the same teams in the top 25 as the overall AGS poll. Some people could have had teams in the bottom 5 that didnt actually make the overall poll and those teams could have lost, such as Princeton, Liberty and Maine.

[th0m]

Well you can look at it like this W&M beat VMI 63-16 at VMI while JMU won 45-17 against VMI at home... That could suggest the W&M offense is pretty damn good.

No, it means Coach Matthews is a nice guy and tried NOT to run up the score. Fourteen of VMI's 17 points came in the fourth quarter.

W&M has played a team with a good offense and lost big, a team with a decent offense and won in a scare, and a team with no offense and won big. You see a pattern here?

[JMU2K_DukeDawg]

To answer the initial question - No.

[ChickenMan]

W&M's offense is very good.. QB playing very well.. excellent WRs and an outstanding TE. W&M will score points on any FCS opponent and there is no doubt in my mind that their offense is playoff quality. Their defense.. is however another matter.

[FCS Go!]

Only if Liberty is a top 25 team.

[TheTribeHasSpoken]

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