Professor Chaos
November 20th, 2023, 08:26 AM
STATS used to release their poll before the selection show but haven't for the last couple years - here's what they released this morning: https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/11/fcs-top-25-no-2-montana-enters-playoffs-with-highest-ranking-since-2010/
1. South Dakota State 1,400 points (56 of 56 first-place votes)
2. Montana 1,344
3. South Dakota 1,280
4. Idaho 1,191
5. Montana State 1,088
6. Villanova 1,052
7. Furman 1,000
8. North Dakota State 995
9. UAlbany 963
10. Florida A&M 828
11. Delaware 802
12. North Dakota 754
13. Austin Peay 751
14. Southern Illinois 588
15. Sacramento State 574
16. North Carolina Central 547
17. Mercer 427
18. Chattanooga 410
19. UIW 396
20. Lafayette 268
21. Youngstown State 266
22. Richmond 263
23. Western Carolina 230
24. UT Martin 194
25. UC Davis 179
Dropped Out: Northern Iowa (22), Harvard (23)
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Tarleton 83; Northern Iowa 73; Nicholls 59; Gardner-Webb 47; Drake 38; Holy Cross 38; Central Arkansas 29; Eastern Illinois 16; Duquesne 11; Harvard 11; Yale 5
Waiting for the Coaches Poll to release to post the breakdown of how the polls did compared to the selection committee but, like the AGS Poll, the STATS poll got 7 of the 8 seeds right and was 7 total seed lines off (Albany being 4 seed lines off as the worst miss). They got 13 of the 14 at large as they had UIW as the 2nd to last team in and Richmond as the first team out. AGS got all 14 at-large.
1. South Dakota State 1,400 points (56 of 56 first-place votes)
2. Montana 1,344
3. South Dakota 1,280
4. Idaho 1,191
5. Montana State 1,088
6. Villanova 1,052
7. Furman 1,000
8. North Dakota State 995
9. UAlbany 963
10. Florida A&M 828
11. Delaware 802
12. North Dakota 754
13. Austin Peay 751
14. Southern Illinois 588
15. Sacramento State 574
16. North Carolina Central 547
17. Mercer 427
18. Chattanooga 410
19. UIW 396
20. Lafayette 268
21. Youngstown State 266
22. Richmond 263
23. Western Carolina 230
24. UT Martin 194
25. UC Davis 179
Dropped Out: Northern Iowa (22), Harvard (23)
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Tarleton 83; Northern Iowa 73; Nicholls 59; Gardner-Webb 47; Drake 38; Holy Cross 38; Central Arkansas 29; Eastern Illinois 16; Duquesne 11; Harvard 11; Yale 5
Waiting for the Coaches Poll to release to post the breakdown of how the polls did compared to the selection committee but, like the AGS Poll, the STATS poll got 7 of the 8 seeds right and was 7 total seed lines off (Albany being 4 seed lines off as the worst miss). They got 13 of the 14 at large as they had UIW as the 2nd to last team in and Richmond as the first team out. AGS got all 14 at-large.