AGS Poll Results 2024 Week 6

[AGSPoll]

10/7/2024




Rank
Team:
Total Points
First Place Votes


1
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
1117
39


2
Montana State Bobcats
1071
4


3
North Dakota State Bison
1040
2


4
South Dakota Coyotes
985



5
Villanova Wildcats
896



6
Idaho Vandals
853



7
UC Davis Aggies
845



8
Mercer Bears
825



9
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
735



10
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
658



11
Abilene Christian Wildcats
638



12
Central Arkansas Bears
591



13
Incarnate Word Cardinals
572



14
Tarleton Texans
514



15
Montana Grizzlies
424



16
William & Mary Tribe
365



17
Richmond Spiders
324



18
Illinois State Redbirds
311



19
Sac State Hornets
295



20
Chattanooga Mocs
291



21
Rhode Island Rams
266



22
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
177



23
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
162



24
Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
115



25
Weber State Wildcats
113
















ORV:




26
Towson Tigers
62



27
Missouri State Bears
59



28
New Hampshire Wildcats
45



29
Lamar Cardinals
44



30
Nicholls Colonels
42



31
Florida A&M Rattlers
30



32
North Carolina Central Eagles
25



33T
Dartmouth Big Green
16



33T
Harvard Crimson
16



35
Lafayette Leopards
15



36
Tennessee State Tigers
14



37
Western Carolina Catamounts
12



38
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
11



39T
Southern Illinois Salukis
10



39T
Stony Brook Seawolves
10
















Most Significant Win:
Abilene Christian Wildcats






Most Significant Loss:
Montana Grizzlies

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: Montana State Bobcats
3: North Dakota State Bison
4: South Dakota Coyotes
5: UC Davis Aggies
6: Idaho Vandals
7: Mercer Bears
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
11: Central Arkansas Bears
12: Incarnate Word Cardinals
13: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
14: Chattanooga Mocs
15: Tarleton Texans
16: Montana Grizzlies
17: William & Mary Tribe
18: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
19: Richmond Spiders
20: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
21: Rhode Island Rams
22: Lamar Cardinals
23: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
24: Harvard Crimson
25: North Carolina Central Eagles

The Most Significant Win: Abilene Christian Wildcats
The Most Significant Loss: William & Mary Tribe
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Patriot League

[POD Knows]

10/7/2024




Rank
Team:
Total Points
First Place Votes


1
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
1117
39


2
Montana State Bobcats
1071
4


3
North Dakota State Bison
1040
2


4
South Dakota Coyotes
985



5
Villanova Wildcats
896



6
Idaho Vandals
853



7
UC Davis Aggies
845



8
Mercer Bears
825



9
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
735



10
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
658



11
Abilene Christian Wildcats
638



12
Central Arkansas Bears
591



13
Incarnate Word Cardinals
572



14
Tarleton Texans
514



15
Montana Grizzlies
424



16
William & Mary Tribe
365



17
Richmond Spiders
324



18
Illinois State Redbirds
311



19
Sac State Hornets
295



20
Chattanooga Mocs
291



21
Rhode Island Rams
266



22
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
177



23
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
162



24
Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
115



25
Weber State Wildcats
113
















ORV:




26
Towson Tigers
62



27
Missouri State Bears
59



28
New Hampshire Wildcats
45



29
Lamar Cardinals
44



30
Nicholls Colonels
42



31
Florida A&M Rattlers
30



32
North Carolina Central Eagles
25



33T
Dartmouth Big Green
16



33T
Harvard Crimson
16



35
Lafayette Leopards
15



36
Tennessee State Tigers
14



37
Western Carolina Catamounts
12



38
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
11



39T
Southern Illinois Salukis
10



39T
Stony Brook Seawolves
10
















Most Significant Win:
Abilene Christian Wildcats





Most Significant Loss:
Montana Grizzlies




I didn’t realize we could vote for Missouri State.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I didn’t realize we could vote for Missouri State.

Yeah, it is a real weird situation that a couple of us talked about before the season started and the fact that the MVFC has left the door open for them to win the conference title put me in a strange spot this year.

I wish the MVFC would have just said "no" and been done with it.

[Chalupa Batman]

For your viewing pleasure:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: North Dakota State Bison
3: Montana State Bobcats
4: Mercer Bears
5: South Dakota Coyotes
6: UC Davis Aggies
7: Idaho Vandals
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
11: Chattanooga Mocs
12: Central Arkansas Bears
13: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
14: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
15: Incarnate Word Cardinals
16: Towson Tigers
17: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
18: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
19: Dartmouth Big Green
20: William & Mary Tribe
21: Sac State Hornets
22: Montana Grizzlies
23: Tarleton Texans
24: Illinois State Redbirds
25: Western Carolina Catamounts

The Most Significant Win: North Dakota State Bison
The Most Significant Loss: Montana Grizzlies


Glad to see NAU & ETSU remain in the poll after close losses to ranked teams. A little surprised that Montana and William & Mary didn’t tumble a little more after losses to previously unranked teams. Very surprised to see Southern Illinois garnering a few votes after the way they’ve lost their last couple games.

[Chalupa Batman]

Yeah, it is a real weird situation that a couple of us talked about before the season started and the fact that the MVFC has left the door open for them to win the conference title put me in a strange spot this year.

I wish the MVFC would have just said "no" and been done with it.

I just said "no" about including Missouri State in the survivor pool, that should be good enough right? xthumbsupx

[Professor Chaos]

This week's poll article: https://thefcswedge.com/ags-poll/ags-poll-week-6-top-25-results-6/

A lot of new all-time highs for teams in the AGS Poll this week. I count 5 teams either at or tied with their all-time high ranking including SDSU (#1 - tied obviously), Mercer (#8), SEMO (#9 - tied), Abilene Christian (#11), and Tarleton (#14). 7 of the 12 Big Sky teams are now ranked in the top 25 and the UAC now has 3 in the top 14. It was good to see Idaho's "correction" after I thought they got a little unfairly punished last week although seeing them a spot above UC Davis now in the consensus is still a little odd.

[Professor Chaos]

Glad to see NAU & ETSU remain in the poll after close losses to ranked teams. A little surprised that Montana and William & Mary didn’t tumble a little more after losses to previously unranked teams. Very surprised to see Southern Illinois garnering a few votes after the way they’ve lost their last couple games.
Agreed on Montana and William & Mary. Looks like the consensus had a tough time between #16 and #21, where only about 100 points separated 6 teams, and that helped contribute to some soft landings for them.

[Preferred Walk-On]

Hello Preferred Walk-On,

We have received your AGS Top 25 vote on 10/6/2024 19:15:19

Your vote is listed below.

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: Montana State Bobcats
3: South Dakota Coyotes
4: North Dakota State Bison
5: Mercer Bears
6: UC Davis Aggies
7: Idaho Vandals
8: Chattanooga Mocs
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
11: Central Arkansas Bears
12: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
13: Villanova Wildcats
14: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
15: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
16: Incarnate Word Cardinals
17: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
18: Sac State Hornets
19: Towson Tigers
20: Weber State Wildcats
21: Montana Grizzlies
22: Nicholls Colonels
23: Lamar Cardinals
24: Tarleton Texans
25: William & Mary Tribe

The Most Significant Win: Abilene Christian Wildcats
The Most Significant Loss: William & Mary Tribe
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Missouri Valley Football Conference

[Professor Chaos]

I'm failing to see the allure with Richmond. A 10 point win over Elon and a 3 point win over NC A&T do not impress me whatsoever - NC Central beat Elon by 22 and NC A&T by 42 (which is a big rivalry game as well). Wofford hasn't won a game since they beat Richmond a month ago. I don't see Richmond as a top 25 team right now much less at #17 in the consensus.

This was my ballot this week:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: Montana State Bobcats
3: North Dakota State Bison
4: South Dakota Coyotes
5: UC Davis Aggies
6: Idaho Vandals
7: Mercer Bears
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Central Arkansas Bears
11: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
12: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
13: Incarnate Word Cardinals
14: Tarleton Texans
15: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
16: Montana Grizzlies
17: Rhode Island Rams
18: Chattanooga Mocs
19: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
20: Sac State Hornets
21: Missouri State Bears
22: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
23: Illinois State Redbirds
24: William & Mary Tribe
25: Lamar Cardinals

[ElCid]

I'm failing to see the allure with Richmond. A 10 point win over Elon and a 3 point win over NC A&T do not impress me whatsoever - NC Central beat Elon by 22 and NC A&T by 42 (which is a big rivalry game as well). Wofford hasn't won a game since they beat Richmond a month ago. I don't see Richmond as a top 25 team right now much less at #17 in the consensus.

This was my ballot this week:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: Montana State Bobcats
3: North Dakota State Bison
4: South Dakota Coyotes
5: UC Davis Aggies
6: Idaho Vandals
7: Mercer Bears
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Central Arkansas Bears
11: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
12: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
13: Incarnate Word Cardinals
14: Tarleton Texans
15: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
16: Montana Grizzlies
17: Rhode Island Rams
18: Chattanooga Mocs
19: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
20: Sac State Hornets
21: Missouri State Bears
22: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
23: Illinois State Redbirds
24: William & Mary Tribe
25: Lamar Cardinals

I'm fairly sure it is a lack of suitable teams that keep Richmond there by default. I can see a few more deserving teams, but it's really lean. And arguable of course.

[topher99]

First time sharing my ballot, but man this was one of the toughest ever! I will say that I was ready to drop a few teams who eked out wins out of my rankings, but pretty much every team that I had as close to entering lost games.

1. South Dakota State
2. Montana State
3. North Dakota State
4. South Dakota
5. UC Davis
6. Idaho
7. Mercer
8. North Dakota
9. Villanova
10. Southeast Missouri State
11. Abilene Christian
12. Tarleton
13. Central Arkasas
14. William & Mary
15. Sac State
16. Montana
17. Illinois State
18. Incarnate Word
19. Chattanooga
20. Weber State
21. East Tennessee State
22. Tennessee-Martin
23. Northern Arizona
24. Rhode Island
25. Richmond

[dbackjon]

For your viewing pleasure:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: North Dakota State Bison
3: Montana State Bobcats
4: Mercer Bears
5: South Dakota Coyotes
6: UC Davis Aggies
7: Idaho Vandals
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
11: Chattanooga Mocs
12: Central Arkansas Bears
13: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
14: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
15: Incarnate Word Cardinals
16: Towson Tigers
17: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
18: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
19: Dartmouth Big Green
20: William & Mary Tribe
21: Sac State Hornets
22: Montana Grizzlies
23: Tarleton Texans
24: Illinois State Redbirds
25: Western Carolina Catamounts

The Most Significant Win: North Dakota State Bison
The Most Significant Loss: Montana Grizzlies


Glad to see NAU & ETSU remain in the poll after close losses to ranked teams. A little surprised that Montana and William & Mary didn’t tumble a little more after losses to previously unranked teams. Very surprised to see Southern Illinois garnering a few votes after the way they’ve lost their last couple games.

Am happy with that as well - NAU played on the road against a top 10 team, and the AGS voters are smart enough to recognize that.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I just said "no" about including Missouri State in the survivor pool, that should be good enough right? xthumbsupx

It's probably what I should have done but these are guidelines established back when Texas State was exiting...so maybe ideas have changed with the poll populace at this point too and I should just check in next season and see if we just want to change it altogether so we don't rely on what seems to have been unreliable this year. I've never had that problem in the past.

[WileECoyote06]

I'm failing to see the allure with Richmond. A 10 point win over Elon and a 3 point win over NC A&T do not impress me whatsoever - NC Central beat Elon by 22 and NC A&T by 42 (which is a big rivalry game as well). Wofford hasn't won a game since they beat Richmond a month ago. I don't see Richmond as a top 25 team right now much less at #17 in the consensus.

This was my ballot this week:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: Montana State Bobcats
3: North Dakota State Bison
4: South Dakota Coyotes
5: UC Davis Aggies
6: Idaho Vandals
7: Mercer Bears
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Central Arkansas Bears
11: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
12: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
13: Incarnate Word Cardinals
14: Tarleton Texans
15: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
16: Montana Grizzlies
17: Rhode Island Rams
18: Chattanooga Mocs
19: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
20: Sac State Hornets
21: Missouri State Bears
22: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
23: Illinois State Redbirds
24: William & Mary Tribe
25: Lamar Cardinals

We lost to Elon. It got out of hand. We did dump truck those farmers though.

[Sitting Bull]

For your viewing pleasure:

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: North Dakota State Bison
3: Montana State Bobcats
4: Mercer Bears
5: South Dakota Coyotes
6: UC Davis Aggies
7: Idaho Vandals
8: Villanova Wildcats
9: Abilene Christian Wildcats
10: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
11: Chattanooga Mocs
12: Central Arkansas Bears
13: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
14: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
15: Incarnate Word Cardinals
16: Towson Tigers
17: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
18: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks
19: Dartmouth Big Green
20: William & Mary Tribe
21: Sac State Hornets
22: Montana Grizzlies
23: Tarleton Texans
24: Illinois State Redbirds
25: Western Carolina Catamounts

The Most Significant Win: North Dakota State Bison
The Most Significant Loss: Montana Grizzlies


Glad to see NAU & ETSU remain in the poll after close losses to ranked teams. A little surprised that Montana and William & Mary didn’t tumble a little more after losses to previously unranked teams. Very surprised to see Southern Illinois garnering a few votes after the way they’ve lost their last couple games.

I was a little surprised at the drop for W&M but really doesn’t matter. Towson was 1-3 though all road losses - a single point to Villanova, 24-41 at NDSU and 20-38 at FBS Cincinnati - were competitive. Plus the game was at Towson (as opposed to Montana losing at home).

If W&M has the chops, they could/should sweep their remaining games and possibly tie or win the CAA outright. We will see how it goes. Meanwhile, I won’t be surprised to see Towson finish in the upper tier of the CAA.

[FUBeAR]

I was a little surprised at the drop for W&M but really doesn’t matter. Towson was 1-3 though all road losses - a single point to Villanova, 24-41 at NDSU and 20-38 at FBS Cincinnati - were competitive. Plus the game was at Towson (as opposed to Montana losing at home).

If W&M has the chops, they could/should sweep their remaining games and possibly tie or win the CAA outright. We will see how it goes. Meanwhile, I won’t be surprised to see Towson finish in the upper tier of the CAA.
C’mon … the SocialDivision’s best win is a 1 score win over Wofford that required a TD in the final minutes to take the lead and ended with Woffy throwing 3 incompletions in the W&M end zone from inside the FamilyGroup 40. It was a good, but fortunate win … and Wofford is winless in the SoCon and hasn’t won a game in a month.

FUBeAR doesn’t really see much of a case for W&M to be ranked at all.

But Craig Haley will keep proppin’ y’all up, and, as you note, the schedule ahead is a plate of cream-filled croissants, so you’re good. Prolly a Top 8 seed.

[Chalupa Batman]

It's probably what I should have done but these are guidelines established back when Texas State was exiting...so maybe ideas have changed with the poll populace at this point too and I should just check in next season and see if we just want to change it altogether so we don't rely on what seems to have been unreliable this year. I've never had that problem in the past.

I was joking around, I think you probably did it right since that is what the other polls are doing....including Missouri State and excluding Delaware. It was easy for me to just remove Mo State along with Delaware but it is a tougher proposition for you because we want to include every eligible team so to have the best poll possible. Arguments for and against either way for sure.

[caribbeanhen]

Harvard bias is real

UNH just got beat by Harvard

Monmouth beat FBS FIU and played Delaware close, keep an eye on this team as they have some of the best skill players in FCS and might just outscore everyone left in CAA

[FU_Paladin08]

1: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
2: North Dakota State Bison
3: Montana State Bobcats
4: Villanova Wildcats
5: South Dakota Coyotes
6: Mercer Bears
7: Tarleton Texans
8: UC Davis Aggies
9: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
10: Idaho Vandals
11: Abilene Christian Wildcats
12: William & Mary Tribe
13: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
14: Central Arkansas Bears
15: Montana Grizzlies
16: Illinois State Redbirds
17: Rhode Island Rams
18: Lamar Cardinals
19: Incarnate Word Cardinals
20: Richmond Spiders
21: Tennessee State Tigers
22: Lehigh Mountain Hawks
23: McNeese Cowboys
24: Towson Tigers
25: Sac State Hornets

The Most Significant Win: Towson Tigers
The Most Significant Loss: Central Arkansas Bears
Which Conference Does Your Team Play in?: Southern Conference

[mvemjsunpx]

Previous week in parentheses…


1. South Dakota St. (1)
2. Montana St. (2)
3. North Dakota St. (3)
4. South Dakota (4)
5. UC Davis (7)
6. Southeast Missouri St. (8)
7. Idaho (9)
8. Mercer (10)
9. Villanova (11)
10. Abilene Christian (17)
11. Central Arkansas (5)
12. Incarnate Word (15)
13. Tennessee-Chattanooga (25)
14. Tarleton St. (NR)
15. North Dakota (6)
16. Rhode Island (14)
17. Northern Arizona (18)
18. Sacramento St. (19)
19. Missouri St. (20)
20. Tennessee-Martin (21)
21. Duquesne (22)
22. Florida A&M (24)
23. East Tennessee St. (16)
24. Nicholls St. (NR)
25. Towson (NR)

Dropped - Montana (12), William & Mary (13), New Hampshire (23)


W - Abilene Christian
L - Montana

[smilo]

I have Towson 15th. Presume that has to be the highest. Good FBS showing, should have beaten Villanova on the road, did beat William & Mary handily.

Would be a shame to hold them out of the playoffs if they do go 7-5 because their strength of schedule is pretty rough, but I think they win one of Monmouth or Richmond on the road (currently 40% probability in each match). If they lose, and all three teams are 7-5, that'd be rather unfortunate for the Tigers.

[kdinva]

1: Montana State Bobcats
2: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
3: North Dakota State Bison
4: South Dakota Coyotes
5: Villanova Wildcats
6: Mercer Bears
7: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
8: Montana Grizzlies
9: UC Davis Aggies
10: Idaho Vandals
11: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
12: Rhode Island Rams
13: William & Mary Tribe
14: Central Arkansas Bears
15: Abilene Christian Wildcats
16: Illinois State Redbirds
17: Incarnate Word Cardinals
18: Tarleton Texans
19: Richmond Spiders
20: Weber State Wildcats
21: New Hampshire Wildcats
22: Chattanooga Mocs
23: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
24: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
25: Dartmouth Big Green



The Most Significant Win: Weber State Wildcats
The Most Significant Loss: McNeese Cowboys