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Professor Chaos

July 20th, 2022, 01:46 PM

Forgot to put this up yesterday but preseason polls are starting to pop up across the FCS with media days kicking off this week. I'll add to this as the conferences release them since it usually helps me with my preseason AGS Poll which is also going to be opening up later this week and releasing on August 1st.

ASUN (https://asunsports.org/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20220719hjy33c)
1. Kennesaw State (4) 34
T2. Central Arkansas (1) 25
T2. Eastern Kentucky 25
4. Jacksonville State 19
5. Austin Peay (1) 15
6. North Alabama 8

Big Sky (https://bigskyconf.com/news/2022/7/25/football-montana-tabbed-big-sky-preseason-favorites-by-coaches-media.aspx)
Coaches Poll
1. Montana (3) 111
2. Sacramento State (4) 110
3. Montana State (5) 109
4. Weber State 84
5. UC Davis 82
6. Eastern Washington 76
7. Northern Arizona 62
8. Idaho 45
9. Portland State 42
10. Cal Poly 33
T11. Idaho State 19
T11. Northern Colorado 19

Media Poll
1. Montana (14) 356
2. Montana State (13) 352
3. Sacramento State (4) 335
4. Weber State 261
5. UC Davis (1) 255
6. Eastern Washington 236
7. Northern Arizona 191
8. Portland State 146
9. Idaho 142
10. Cal Poly 85
11. Northern Colorado 71
12. Idaho State 66

Big South (https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2022/7/25/north-carolina-a-t-voted-2022-preseason-football-favorite.aspx)
1. North Carolina A&T (6) 60
2. Campbell (2) 50
T3. Charleston Southern (2) 44
T3. Gardner-Webb (1) 44
5. Bryant (1) 33
6. Robert Morris 21

CAA (https://caasports.com/news/2022/7/27/villanova-picked-to-win-caa-football-championship-in-2022.aspx)
1. Villanova (16) 270
2. Delaware (7) 235
3. Rhode Island 224
4. Richmond 219
5. William & Mary (2) 206
6. Elon (1) 191
7. Stony Brook 151
8. Maine 134
9. New Hampshire 117
10. Monmouth 105
11. Towson 81
12. UAlbany 64
13. Hampton 31

Ivy League (https://ivyleague.com/news/2022/8/8/harvard-and-dartmouth-voted-football-preseason-favorites.aspx)
1T. Harvard (8) 108
1T. Dartmouth(4) 108
3. Princeton (4) 105
4. Yale 83
5. Columbia 67
6. Penn 49
7. Brown 29
8. Cornell 27

MEAC (https://meacsports.com/news/2022/7/28/meac-announces-2022-football-predicted-order-of-finish-presented-by-the-home-depot.aspx)
1. South Carolina State (8) 124
2. North Carolina Central (1) 92
3. Norfolk State 80
4. Delaware State (1) 58
5. Howard (1) 52
6. Morgan State (1) 26

MVFC (https://valley-football.org/news/2022/7/31/2022-missouri-valley-football-preseason-team-poll.aspx)
1. North Dakota State (39) 446
2. South Dakota State (2) 407
3. Missouri State 355
4. Southern Illinois 306
5. UNI 304
6. South Dakota 235
7. North Dakota 190
8. Illinois State 178
9. Youngstown State 132
10. Indiana State 109
11. Western Illinois 44

NEC (https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/8/3/football-sacred-heart-projected-for-three-peat-in-necfb-preseason-poll-all-nec-team-revealed.aspx)
1. Sacred Heart (5)
2. Duquesne (3)
3. Saint Francis U
4. Central Connecticut
5. Merrimack
6T. Long Island
6T. Wagner
8. Stonehill

Patriot League (https://patriotleague.org/news/2022/7/26/patriot-league-announces-preseason-football-major-awards-all-league-team-and-poll.aspx)
1. Holy Cross (11) 71
2. Fordham (2) 61
3. Colgate (1) 50
4. Lafayette 42
5. Lehigh 35
6. Georgetown 21
7. Bucknell 14

Pioneer League (https://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2022/1725/pfl-coaches-tap-davidson-to-win-2022-crown/)
1. Davidson (8) 98
2. San Diego (3) 91
3. St. Thomas 78
4. Dayton 72
5. Morehead State 58
6. Marist 52
7. Drake 42
8. Valparaiso 34
9. Stetson 33
10. Butler 30
11. Presbyterian 17

OVC (http://ovcsports.com/news/2022/7/12/ut-martin-picked-as-2022-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx)
1. UT Martin (10) 70
2. Southeast Missouri (3) 59
3. Murray State 51
4. Tennessee State (1) 46
5. Tennessee Tech 29
6. Eastern Illinois 20
7. Lindenwood 19

SOCON (https://soconsports.com/news/2022/7/28/football-preseason-all-conference-teams-polls-announced.aspx)
1. Chattanooga (5) 60
2. ETSU (2) 54
3. Mercer (1) 53
4. Furman (1) 43
5. Western Carolina 38
6. Samford 26
7. VMI 23
8. The Citadel 14
9. Wofford 13

Southland (https://www.southland.org/news/2022/7/20/southeastern-voted-to-top-spot-in-southland-football-preseason-poll.aspx)
1. Southeastern (7) 90
2. UIW (7) 86
3. Nicholls (2) 79
4. McNeese 61
5. Northwestern State 44
6. Texas A&M-Commerce 39
7. Lamar 25
8. HBU 24

SWAC (https://swac.org/news/2022/7/21/football.aspx)
East
1. Jackson State (12) 116
2. Florida A&M (7) 108
3. Alabama A&M (2) 87
4. Alabama State (1) 60
5. Bethune-Cookman 56
6. Mississippi Valley State 35

West
1. Southern (11) 111
2. Alcorn State (5) 110
3. Prairie View A&M (5) 82
4. Grambling State (1) 77
5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 42
6. Texas Southern 40

WAC (https://wacsports.com/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/22wacfootballpreseason)
1. Stephen F. Austin (4) 16
2. Abilene Christian 12
3. Tarleton (1) 10
4. Southern Utah 7
5. Utah Tech 5

Professor Chaos

July 20th, 2022, 01:49 PM

Here are the ones already released so far:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FX6VBupUYAEyfzQ?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FX4TLlNWAAAulGL?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYHS-dRWAAAh9SS?format=jpg&name=900x900

Professor Chaos

July 21st, 2022, 03:41 PM

The SWAC preseason poll released today: https://swac.org/news/2022/7/21/football.aspx

East
1. Jackson State (12) 116
2. Florida A&M (7) 108
3. Alabama A&M (2) 87
4. Alabama State (1) 60
5. Bethune-Cookman 56
6. Mississippi Valley State 35

West
1. Southern (11) 111
2. Alcorn State (5) 110
3. Prairie View A&M (5) 82
4. Grambling State (1) 77
5. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 42
6. Texas Southern 40

Professor Chaos

July 22nd, 2022, 01:02 PM

The ASUN poll released today: https://asunsports.org/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20220719hjy33c

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYR2NTDWIAEvpUh?format=jpg&name=small

Professor Chaos

July 25th, 2022, 11:14 AM

FUBeAR

July 25th, 2022, 11:55 AM

Big Sky preseason poll: https://bigskyconf.com/news/2022/7/25/football-montana-tabbed-big-sky-preseason-favorites-by-coaches-media.aspx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYhOO-VUsAEoVOm?format=jpg&name=900x900

Bulletin board material in Bozeman???Welp, looks like the BSC middle of the pack (4-7) is pretty well locked in.

Top 3 each get a Top 8 Playoff Seed & next 4 get At-Large bids?

crusader11

July 26th, 2022, 11:51 AM

2022 Patriot League Football Preseason Poll
1. Holy Cross, 71 points (11 first-place votes)
2. Fordham, 61 points (2)
3. Colgate, 50 (1)
4. Lafayette, 42
5. Lehigh, 35
6. Georgetown, 21
7. Bucknell, 14

https://patriotleague.org/news/2022/7/26/patriot-league-announces-preseason-football-major-awards-all-league-team-and-poll.aspx

Professor Chaos

July 26th, 2022, 03:11 PM

The Big South preseason poll was released earlier today:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYm3m76XoAA-HGp?format=jpg&name=small

https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2022/7/25/north-carolina-a-t-voted-2022-preseason-football-favorite.aspx

Professor Chaos

July 28th, 2022, 09:21 AM

caribbeanhen

July 28th, 2022, 09:34 AM

Tribe4SF

July 28th, 2022, 09:41 AM

With all the changes in the CAA this year this is the preseason poll I was most interested to see: https://caasports.com/news/2022/7/27/villanova-picked-to-win-caa-football-championship-in-2022.aspx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYwSOk0XwAAM2Hj?format=jpg&name=900x900

Surprised to see Monmouth that low... looks like folks in the CAA expect them to struggle with the step up in leagues.

Monmouth just unknown to most in the league. Nova gets the nod based on last year but they lost a lot and we'll have to see how their QB play looks. Too many unknowns with new QBs and portal changes to accurately predict the strength in the CAA right now. I see the top six in this poll as a pretty good guess on the better teams.

Professor Chaos

July 28th, 2022, 09:56 AM

Monmouth is a total wildcard here, they just need to prove themselves

But besides, who has Monmouth ever beat?
Well, Kennesaw St but we all know how polarizing the hooters are. You could say the same thing about URI and they're picked 3rd. Something tells me that if the Rams do finish 3rd or better it'll be another down year for the CAA.

caribbeanhen

July 28th, 2022, 10:02 AM

Well, Kennesaw St but we all know how polarizing the hooters are. You could say the same thing about URI and they're picked 3rd. Something tells me that if the Rams do finish 3rd or better it'll be another down year for the CAA.

Totally agree on Rhode Island when you say if they finish third it means down year for CAA

They did beat Nova in spring ball but would need to be hitting on all cylinders to finish third, I would say no higher than 5th

crusader11

July 28th, 2022, 10:02 AM

Monmouth is a total wildcard here, they just need to prove themselves

But besides, who has Monmouth ever beat?

Blowing out Kennesaw in 2019 and then the fake 2020 season was impressive and caused a lot of people to pay attention to them. They followed that up with a good showing against Sam Houston.

Long gone are the days when the CAA was one of the top two conferences.

caribbeanhen

July 28th, 2022, 10:09 AM

ElCid

July 28th, 2022, 10:40 AM

Totally agree on Rhode Island when you say if they finish third it means down year for CAA

They did beat Nova in spring ball but would need to be hitting on all cylinders to finish third, I would say no higher than 5th

Looks like a lot of lazy voting. As is usual with most of these preseason polls for every conference. Default is to look backwards. Safe bet for most.

MR. CHICKEN

July 28th, 2022, 10:59 AM

caribbeanhen

July 28th, 2022, 11:22 AM

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well they lost 4 out of their last 5 CAA games including a 44-0 beating at Villanova. Didn’t look like a playoff team on Electric Avenue to me

Kevin Brown is a good one as you noted, and if he comes back strong they could problematical

HootyHoo

July 28th, 2022, 11:31 AM

Blowing out Kennesaw in 2019 and then the fake 2020 season was impressive and caused a lot of people to pay attention to them. They followed that up with a good showing against Sam Houston.

Long gone are the days when the CAA was one of the top two conferences.

I think we all know how fluky the spring season was. Hooty does not recognize it as Legitimate football competition.

It’s obvious that the FCS respects the KSU brand significantly more than Monmouth. Just look at the polls, KSU is at the top of our preseason poll, yet Monmouth was ranked 10th in the CAA. How embarrassing…

FUBeAR

July 28th, 2022, 11:35 AM

I think we all know how fluky the spring season was. Hooty does not recognize it as Legitimate football competition.

It’s obvious that the FCS respects the KSU brand significantly more than Monmouth. Just look at the polls, KSU is at the top of our preseason poll, yet Monmouth was ranked 10th in the CAA. How embarrassing…
Kennesaw still in FCS? Who knew? Thought the owlets had gone NAIA to get their hoops team competitively aligned. Guess not…oh well…are they in the WAC now or is it the OVC?

MR. CHICKEN

July 28th, 2022, 11:46 AM

HootyHoo

July 28th, 2022, 11:54 AM

Kennesaw still in FCS? Who knew? Thought the owlets had gone NAIA to get their hoops team competitively aligned. Guess not…oh well…are they in the WAC now or is it the OVC?

Ha! Hooty wonders at the omission of the Owls baseball team that won the ASUN tournament this spring.

Hooty will admit the Owls adventure into the ASUN has not gone as expected. However, the ASUN media days were 15 minutes away from campus at the Braves complex. It’s a convenient fit for the program. But it would be nice if the ASUN stabilized soon.

Professor Chaos

July 28th, 2022, 01:47 PM

RHODEY HAS TWO ALL-CAA....ROLY POLY'S...AN' TIGHTEND....TA ROAD GRADE FO' BROWN....KASIM'S UH PLAYER.....AH'M JES SAYIN'.....AFTERAH FURTHER INSPECTION......AN' FAITH IN COACHES PICKS.....RHODEY HAS COME TA LIFE....AWK!
They may surprise but seems like there's been a few times over the last few years when it looked like URI was going to make some noise and they faded back into obscurity just as quickly.

Professor Chaos

July 28th, 2022, 01:49 PM

The SOCON just released their preseason poll: https://soconsports.com/news/2022/7/28/football-preseason-all-conference-teams-polls-announced.aspx

1. Chattanooga (5) 60
2. ETSU (2) 54
3. Mercer (1) 53
4. Furman (1) 43
5. Western Carolina 38
6. Samford 26
7. VMI 23
8. The Citadel 14
9. Wofford 13

crusader11

July 28th, 2022, 02:05 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?

OhioHen

July 28th, 2022, 02:17 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?
Regression to the norm.

caribbeanhen

July 28th, 2022, 02:20 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?

They tried to get cute and bring Wofford football into the 21st-century...

HootyHoo

July 28th, 2022, 02:21 PM

They tried to get cute and bring Wofford football into the 21st-century...

Indeed, they were unfaithful to the sacred Triple Option. The Football Gods are unforgiving.

FUBeAR

July 28th, 2022, 02:26 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?
Yep - bottom of the SoCon barrel. Didn’t win a SoCon game last year….BUT…

Still good enough to beat the 2nd best (remaining) Team in the CAA though.

Mocs123

July 28th, 2022, 02:41 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?

Long time coach Mike Ayers retired and the new coach Josh Conklin tried to install a new offense, that didn't work well, then I think he sort of lost the team after he has applied on every DC position that's opened up in the past two years.

FUBeAR

July 28th, 2022, 03:33 PM

Long time coach Mike Ayers retired and the new coach Josh Conklin tried to install a new offense, that didn't work well, then I think he sort of lost the team after he has applied on every DC position that's opened up in the past two years.Adequate words, but watching it has been more like this…
https://i.imgflip.com/4uohir.gif

JALMOND

July 28th, 2022, 05:38 PM

Yeesh, what's happened to Wofford?

Looks like they got woofed.

Professor Chaos

July 29th, 2022, 11:15 AM

The MEAC preseason poll just released: https://meacsports.com/news/2022/7/28/meac-announces-2022-football-predicted-order-of-finish-presented-by-the-home-depot.aspx

1. South Carolina State (8) 124
2. North Carolina Central (1) 92
3. Norfolk State 80
4. Delaware State (1) 58
5. Howard (1) 52
6. Morgan State (1) 26

ElCid

July 30th, 2022, 10:54 AM

Yep - bottom of the SoCon barrel. Didn’t win a SoCon game last year….BUT…

Still good enough to beat the 2nd best (remaining) Team in the CAA though.

This never gets old.

FUBeAR

July 30th, 2022, 11:49 AM

This never gets old.
I know, right!

The data points we have are the data points we have and until we get more, newer data points that inform us directly, FUBeAR just doesn’t understand why anyone tries to deny this direct information or tries to find less direct data to support a narrative contrary to the info that our direct data provides.

Another example would be SoCon vs. Big Sky.

Welp, we have Chattanooga, the 3rd place SoCon Team and they played Weber a few years back and we can, see in this thread, that Weber is the 4th best Team in the Big Sky. We all know the outcome of their most recent matchup - Chatt was up a bunch to nothing at halftime and coasted to an easy win by 4 scores. So, by this most recent SoCon vs. Big Sky matchup result, we can conclude, accurately, that the Top 3 or 4 Teams in the SoCon are about 3 or 4 scores better than the Top 3 or 4 Teams in the Big Sky.

Any other claim is just conjecture and not driven by empirical results. Right?

caribbeanhen

July 30th, 2022, 11:28 PM

I know, right!

The data points we have are the data points we have and until we get more, newer data points that inform us directly, FUBeAR just doesn’t understand why anyone tries to deny this direct information or tries to find less direct data to support a narrative contrary to the info that our direct data provides.

Another example would be SoCon vs. Big Sky.

Welp, we have Chattanooga, the 3rd place SoCon Team and they played Weber a few years back and we can, see in this thread, that Weber is the 4th best Team in the Big Sky. We all know the outcome of their most recent matchup - Chatt was up a bunch to nothing at halftime and coasted to an easy win by 4 scores. So, by this most recent SoCon vs. Big Sky matchup result, we can conclude, accurately, that the Top 3 or 4 Teams in the SoCon are about 3 or 4 scores better than the Top 3 or 4 Teams in the Big Sky.

Any other claim is just conjecture and not driven by empirical results. Right?

quote from unnamed Big Sky coach... must be the altitude

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2022-anonymous-big-sky-head-coaches-bzbz/

But we’ve firmly planted ourselves along with the Missouri Valley as the top two conferences. I think we are the SEC and the Big Ten of FCS football

FUBeAR

July 31st, 2022, 12:24 AM

quote from unnamed Big Sky coach... must be the altitude

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2022-anonymous-big-sky-head-coaches-bzbz/

But we’ve firmly planted ourselves along with the Missouri Valley as the top two conferences. I think we are the SEC and the Big Ten of FCS football

It’s not the altitude…

https://s.abcnews.com/images/Health/GTY_crack_smoker_jef_131107_4x3_992.jpg

caribbeanhen

July 31st, 2022, 07:37 AM

This never gets old.

Well I did happen to watch some of the VMI at Cornell (you saw that right the Ivy League medical school) game last year and VMI was getting their vitals handed to em. Granted they were able to pull it out 31-21.

And then VMI whips Mercer ... are you ready for this... 45-7

based on FuBeAR logic, one can only assume that Mercer would be the worst team in the Ivy League. No Ivies or Mercer in the playoffs

MR. CHICKEN

July 31st, 2022, 09:29 AM

Well I did happen to watch some of the VMI at Cornell (you saw that right the Ivy League medical school) game last year and VMI was getting their vitals handed to em. Granted they were able to pull it out 31-21.

And then VMI whips Mercer ... are you ready for this... 45-7

based on FuBeAR logic, one can only assume that Mercer would be the worst team in the Ivy League. No Ivies or Mercer in the playoffs

......xlolxxsmashxxnodxxsmashxxlolx..........I.O.U . .................REPPIES xnodx....................BRRR-HA-HA-HA-AWK!

FUBeAR

July 31st, 2022, 09:36 AM

Well I did happen to watch some of the VMI at Cornell (you saw that right the Ivy League medical school) game last year and VMI was getting their vitals handed to em. Granted they were able to pull it out 31-21.

And then VMI whips Mercer ... are you ready for this... 45-7

based on FuBeAR logic, one can only assume that Mercer would be the worst team in the Ivy League. No Ivies or Mercer in the playoffs
1) Applying transitive properties / score differentials instead of direct data - weak correlation

2) VMI drugged Mercer’s Players that day*

*drugged ‘em up & down the field :-)

caribbeanhen

July 31st, 2022, 11:07 AM

1) Applying transitive properties / score differentials instead of direct data - weak correlation

2) VMI drugged Mercer’s Players that day*

*drugged ‘em up & down the field :-)

VMI drugged Mercer’s players? Ahhh Well that explains the trip up to Cornell

grizband

August 1st, 2022, 12:47 AM

Big Sky preseason poll: https://bigskyconf.com/news/2022/7/25/football-montana-tabbed-big-sky-preseason-favorites-by-coaches-media.aspx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYhOO-VUsAEoVOm?format=jpg&name=900x900

Bulletin board material in Bozeman???
Interesting that the top 3 teams in the coaches poll finished in reverse order of first place votes received. In all honesty, the Big Sky title most likely goes through one of those three teams.

caribbeanhen

August 1st, 2022, 09:55 AM

Interesting that the top 3 teams in the coaches poll finished in reverse order of first place votes received. In all honesty, the Big Sky title most likely goes through one of those three teams.

That’s an interesting point, especially on Montana state receiving 5 1st Pl. votes but third in the poll. It tells me there is definitely more than one coach that thinks Montana St is gonna flop this year.

Professor Chaos

August 1st, 2022, 02:24 PM

Baron Sardonicus

August 1st, 2022, 05:15 PM

Pioneer League preseason poll: https://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2022/1725/pfl-coaches-tap-davidson-to-win-2022-crown/

1. Davidson (8) 98
2. San Diego (3) 91
3. St. Thomas 78
4. Dayton 72
5. Morehead State 58
6. Marist 52
7. Drake 42
8. Valparaiso 34
9. Stetson 33
10. Butler 30
11. Presbyterian 17

No surprise that Davidson got the nod, but USD has the best athletes, and Dayton has a favorable schedule.

FUBeAR

August 1st, 2022, 05:44 PM

Pioneer League preseason poll: https://www.pioneer-football.org/news/archives/2022/1725/pfl-coaches-tap-davidson-to-win-2022-crown/

1. Davidson (8) 98
2. San Diego (3) 91
3. St. Thomas 78
4. Dayton 72
5. Morehead State 58
6. Marist 52
7. Drake 42
8. Valparaiso 34
9. Stetson 33
10. Butler 30
11. Presbyterian 17Keep an eye on Morehead State.

One they open their season facing top-ranked Teams like Mercer & Montana State, the Eagles will be battle-hardened and ready to breeze thru the PFL.

MR. CHICKEN

August 1st, 2022, 05:51 PM

No surprise that Davidson got the nod, but USD has the best athletes, and Dayton has a favorable schedule.

....AN' DAVIDSON.....TRAVELS....TA SAN DIEGO.......AWK!

The Cats

August 2nd, 2022, 08:29 AM

Adequate words, but watching it has been more like this…
https://i.imgflip.com/4uohir.gif

This more likely describes the current ETSU athletic program....

Professor Chaos

August 2nd, 2022, 02:19 PM

Finally the MVFC joins the fray: https://valley-football.org/news/2022/7/31/2022-missouri-valley-football-preseason-team-poll.aspx

https://valley-football.org/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2022/7/31/MVFC_Preseason_Poll_2022_2.jpg

Paladin1aa

August 2nd, 2022, 02:45 PM

That’s a fair outlook for the MVFC, top to bottom. As usual, looks to be another tough league slugfest.

Redbird 4th & short

August 2nd, 2022, 05:30 PM

That’s a fair outlook for the MVFC, top to bottom. As usual, looks to be another tough league slugfest.
With MoST and SIU now competing at much higher level, and little or no drop off elsewhere .. except maybe my Redbirds ... wow, the top 6 or 7 are loaded. And I happen to think my Redbirds will e competing win middle tier again this year after 2 down years. I can see 6th or 7th for my Redbirds given what I know is coming back on defense, and RB group, plus a credible new OC and FBS transfer QB. There are going to be 7 to 8 very tough MVFC team this fall .. a war of attrition is going to unfold. It looks as tough but deeper than 2014-15.

caribbeanhen

August 2nd, 2022, 05:32 PM

With MoST and SIU now competing at much higher level, and little or no drop off elsewhere .. except maybe my Redbirds ... wow, the top 6 or 7 are loaded. And I happen to think my Redbirds will e competing win middle tier again this year after 2 down years. I can see 6th or 7th for my Redbirds given what I know is coming back on defense, and RB group, plus a credible new OC and FBS transfer QB. There are going to be 7 to 8 very tough MVFC team this fall .. a war of attrition is going to unfold. It looks as tough but deeper than 2014-15.

still a one man band

Professor Chaos

August 3rd, 2022, 06:34 PM

NEC preseason poll: https://northeastconference.org/news/2022/8/3/football-sacred-heart-projected-for-three-peat-in-necfb-preseason-poll-all-nec-team-revealed.aspx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZPqY0IWQAIvwiA?format=png&name=small

Only the Ivy League left who is supposed to release their preseason poll next Monday.

The Yo Show

August 4th, 2022, 01:01 AM

FUBeAR

August 4th, 2022, 01:55 AM

Is Jacksonville State even eligible to win the ASUN? Considering their move to FBS? I know they are ineligible for postseason being a transition year, so they probably can win their conference, but it is interesting that the team transitioning to FBS isn't even picked to win their respective conference.

ASUN (https://asunsports.org/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20220719hjy33c)
1. Kennesaw State (4) 34
T2. Central Arkansas (1) 25
T2. Eastern Kentucky 25
4. Jacksonville State 19
5. Austin Peay (1) 15
6. North Alabama 8Not overly surprising. Below are the SoCon Final Standings the year that Appy & GaSou were transitioning to FBS…

2013 SoCon Football Standings

SCHOOL
CONF
CPCT.
OVERALL
PCT.

Chattanooga (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=utc)
6-2
.750
8-4
.667

Samford (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=samford)
6-2
.750
8-5
.615

Furman (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=furman)
6-2
.750
8-6
.571

Wofford (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=wofford)
5-3
.625
6-5
.545

Georgia Southern (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=gsouth)
4-4
.500
7-4
.636

Appalachian State (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=as)
4-4
.500
4-8
.333

The Citadel (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=citadel)
3-5
.375
4-8
.333

Elon (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=elon)
1-7
.125
2-10
.167

Western Carolina (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=wcu)
1-7
.125
2-10
.167

Tried to claim they redshirted everyone, but the fact is they just weren’t as good as Furman, Chatt, Samford, and Wofford…even with the 22 more scholarships they had to use that season.

JaxState was 5-6 last year. Changing a letter in their subdivision designation is not going to win any Football games for them this season.

MR. CHICKEN

August 4th, 2022, 09:20 AM

Not overly surprising. Below are the SoCon Final Standings the year that Appy & GaSou were transitioning to FBS…

2013 SoCon Football Standings

SCHOOL
CONF
CPCT.
OVERALL
PCT.

Chattanooga (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=utc)
6-2
.750
8-4
.667

Samford (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=samford)
6-2
.750
8-5
.615

Furman (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=furman)
6-2
.750
8-6
.571

Wofford (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=wofford)
5-3
.625
6-5
.545

Georgia Southern (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=gsouth)
4-4
.500
7-4
.636

Appalachian State (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=as)
4-4
.500
4-8
.333

The Citadel (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=citadel)
3-5
.375
4-8
.333

Elon (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=elon)
1-7
.125
2-10
.167

Western Carolina (http://soconsports.com/index.aspx?path=wcu)
1-7
.125
2-10
.167

Tried to claim they redshirted everyone, but the fact is they just weren’t as good as Furman, Chatt, Samford, and Wofford even with the 22 more scholarships they had to use that season.…

JaxState was 5-6 last year. Changing a letter in their subdivision designation is not going to win any Football games for them this season.

32505

IN 2014 SUNBELT GA. SOUFFERN....WENT 8-0......9-3 OVERALL...........WEREN'T ELIGIBLE FO' BOWLIN'...SO MUSTAH LAID DOWN...FO' 2013......BRAWK!

Professor Chaos

August 4th, 2022, 09:22 AM

Is Jacksonville State even eligible to win the ASUN? Considering their move to FBS? I know they are ineligible for postseason being a transition year, so they probably can win their conference, but it is interesting that the team transitioning to FBS isn't even picked to win their respective conference.

ASUN (https://asunsports.org/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20220719hjy33c)
1. Kennesaw State (4) 34
T2. Central Arkansas (1) 25
T2. Eastern Kentucky 25
4. Jacksonville State 19
5. Austin Peay (1) 15
6. North Alabama 8
That's a real confusing situation. I'm not sure if the ASUN will even declare a champion this year since they're doing the partnership with the WAC again this year for one autobid between the two leagues. I'm sure JSU isn't eligible for that autobid (neither is SHSU). I would assume, like last year, they'll just have the standings combined between the two leagues so not sure why they didn't put out a preseason poll that included teams for both leagues like they did last year... whatever floats your boat I guess. Maybe they are declaring an ASUN (and WAC) champ separately this year based on records only amongst ASUN teams but that wouldn't necessarily translate to the autobid anyway since that could be taken by a WAC team and those standings would include games against WAC opponents.

The Cats

August 4th, 2022, 09:44 AM

32505

IN 2014 SUNBELT GA. SOUFFERN....WENT 8-0......9-3 OVERALL...........WEREN'T ELIGIBLE FO' BOWLIN'...SO MUSTAH LAID DOWN...FO' 2013......BRAWK!

That just shows how weak the Sun Belch was back then.

MR. CHICKEN

August 4th, 2022, 09:47 AM

That just shows how weak the Sun Belch was back then.

...HAD TO HAVE BEEN UH FEW TEAMS......TOUGHER....DAN YER CATS.........IN DUH SUNNY........BRAWK!

The Cats

August 4th, 2022, 09:58 AM

...HAD TO HAVE BEEN UH FEW TEAMS......TOUGHER....DAN YER CATS.........IN DUH SUNNY........BRAWK!

That doesn't change the fact of what I said about the weakness of the Sun Belt back then.

FUBeAR

August 4th, 2022, 10:38 AM

That just shows how weak the Sun Belch was back then.
Nope - just another overlooked example of the overall strength of the SoCon, which has been ‘punished’ by polls and computer rankings ever since these 2 “pretty good” (by SoCon standards) Teams moved to FBS.

OhioHen

August 4th, 2022, 10:53 AM

32505

IN 2014 SUNBELT GA. SOUFFERN....WENT 8-0......9-3 OVERALL...........WEREN'T ELIGIBLE FO' BOWLIN'...SO MUSTAH LAID DOWN...FO' 2013......BRAWK!
2013 SoCon was clearly stronger than 2014 Sun Belt.

Professor Chaos

August 8th, 2022, 01:16 PM

The Ivy League poll is out: https://ivyleague.com/news/2022/8/8/harvard-and-dartmouth-voted-football-preseason-favorites.aspx

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1556671619749249024/PtwzYL4S?format=png&name=small

And that's all of them... bring on the season so we can see how wrong everyone is!