Top 25 Sports Network Poll

[elcid96]

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/TSN-DIV-1AA-POLL.htm

[elcid96]

Surprised to see Del in the top 25 still at 2-3

[ToTheLeft]

#15. Darn right. Movin' on up. :)

[danefan]

1. James Madison Dukes (104) 5-12,7931
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (4) 3-22,5582
3. McNeese State Cowboys (1) 3-12,4614
4. New Hampshire Wildcats (2) 4-02,2185
5. Richmond Spiders 4-22,1606
6. Elon Phoenix 5-11,9717
7. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-11,9438
8. Wofford Terriers 3-11,7859
9. Villanova Wildcats 4-11,75214
10. Northern Iowa Panthers 3-21,67110
11. North Dakota State Bison 3-21,59917
12. Montana Grizzlies 4-11,5533
13. Massachusetts Minutemen 3-21,40518
14. Central Arkansas Bears 4-11,03819
15. Liberty Flames 5-097520
16. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-288113
17. Western Illinois Leathernecks 3-275121
18. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-168824
19. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-166822
20. Furman Paladins 4-261515
21. The Citadel Bulldogs 3-253112
22. Weber State Wildcats 4-2501NR
23. Eastern Washington Eagles 2-345811
24. Delaware Blue Hens 2-340616
25. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-328623


Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

[bluehenbillk]

Surprised to see Del in the top 25 still at 2-3

Me too.

[drpnut]

EWU,Dela, and SDSU should ave fallen out the top 25

[elcid96]

3 of the top 10 in the SOCON and still 5 of the top 25. This conference is way too tough.

[AshevilleApp2]

3 of the top 10 in the SOCON and still 5 of the top 25. This conference is way too tough.

CAA fans in 3-2-1...

[alexale23]

3 of the top 10 in the SOCON and still 5 of the top 25. This conference is way too tough.

CAA
1 out of top 1
3 out of top 5
4 out of top 10
6 out of top 25

You do the math hot sauce

[elcid96]

CAA
1 out of top 1
3 out of top 5
4 out of top 10
6 out of top 25

You do the math hot sauce

Math says "your conference it tough." Did anyone say that it wasn't?

Everyone knows that the CAA and SOCON are the two premier conferences in FCS football.

[DOME]

Neat to see UNI is the top valley team in both polls...wonder if they'll back it up in the next few weeks. We do the those cows from the north at home...

[WrenFGun]

This is a solid poll.

[JmuSkinsfan]

Now if only we can combine the top 6 Socon and top 6 CAA and create a super-conference to move up en masse to FBS.

Oh, wait, xwhistlex

[gophoenix]

Now if only we can combine the top 6 Socon and top 6 CAA and create a super-conference to move up en masse to FBS.

Oh, wait, xwhistlex

Whoa, that would include Elon and I think that would cause the universe to crumble for some fans.

[elonpuckhog]

Elon is ranked right where I thought they would be. I think we're ranked right where we should be in this poll.

[elcid96]

Now if only we can combine the top 6 Socon and top 6 CAA and create a super-conference to move up en masse to FBS.

Oh, wait, xwhistlex

Not all of the teams meet the attendance req. Great idea, just can't happen.

[ToTheLeft]

Well, if you go by average ranking per conference, the Big South's average ranking is 15....and the SoCon would be about 11... we're catching up! :)

[I Bleed Purple]

Now if only we can combine the top 6 Socon and top 6 CAA and create a super-conference to move up en masse to FBS.

Oh, wait, xwhistlex

I'm sure FBS would love to see another Sun Belt Conference in their midst.

[footballdude]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

Both Youngstown state and Texas State recieved votes today after Southern Utah stomped Texas State and beat Youngstown State to improve to a better record than Youngstown. I am so damn pissed off its bull****!xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx

[Grizzaholic]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

Both Youngstown state and Texas State recieved votes today after Southern Utah stomped Texas State and beat Youngstown State to improve to a better record than Youngstown. I am so damn pissed off its bull****!xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx


No love for SUU in the polls.

[montanafan]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

Both Youngstown state and Texas State recieved votes today after Southern Utah stomped Texas State and beat Youngstown State to improve to a better record than Youngstown. I am so damn pissed off its bull****!xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx



Shhhh, Danefan will hear you. No love for most schools that do not belong to a known conference. Sorry.

[DOME]

I'll aggree, the penguins are garbage this year and have no business getting votes. Nice to see SUU looking tough!

[BisonBacker]

Neat to see UNI is the top valley team in both polls...wonder if they'll back it up in the next few weeks. We do the those cows from the north at home...


Must be a UNI grad xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

[GeeWiz]

More CAA love ...

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

[phoenix3]

Elon is ranked right where I thought they would be. I think we're ranked right where we should be in this poll.

This feels kind of like free climbing for the first time: You have confidence you can do it but d@mn it's scary the closer you get to the top. I do have a lot of confidence in our team though, so, I'll agree.

[crossfire07]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.


just keep winning. it will work out. its just a poll.

[I Bleed Purple]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

Both Youngstown state and Texas State recieved votes today after Southern Utah stomped Texas State and beat Youngstown State to improve to a better record than Youngstown. I am so damn pissed off its bull****!xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx

Here's a more important question, does SUU have a stadium yet or still just a field with bleachers. Highlights on KUTV didn't tell me.

[Jackman]

What's the argument for 4 people putting App State ahead of James Madison? Games don't count?

[danefan]

What's the argument for 4 people putting App State ahead of James Madison? Games don't count?

is there one?

Who is making that argument?

[Edge316007]

Aren't the polls supposed to be who would win the game at a neutral site? Maybe, just maybe they felt that App would beat JMU at a neutral site?

[MaximumBobcat]

Biggest bunch of bull**** I have ever seen.

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

Both Youngstown state and Texas State recieved votes today after Southern Utah stomped Texas State and beat Youngstown State to improve to a better record than Youngstown. I am so damn pissed off its bull****!xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx xmadx

Yeah, it's pretty dumb we're included in this poll. The SUU game showed me we aren't that great of a team. I guarantee you the only reason was because we scored 63 points on Saturday night. Also, don't get too mad, it's just a dumb poll. xlolx xlolx

[Jerbearasu]

how is app getting first place votes?

[Jerbearasu]

CAA
1 out of top 1
3 out of top 5
4 out of top 10
6 out of top 25

You do the math hot sauce

50% of caa is ranked.
56% of socon teams ranked.
How's that for math?

[HensRock]

EWU,Dela, and SDSU should ave fallen out the top 25

UD and EWU absolutely. I guess I'm having trouble understanding why (at least it seems that) so many people are dropping SDSU in their polls.

OK, yes they lost, but Did they, or did they not, just take the #3 team to triple OT?

I moved them up to #9 with my vote this week.

[HensRock]

CAA fans in 3-2-1...

Sweet!!!! And Alexale, predictibly obliges!

This was like Babe Ruth calling his shot before knocking it out of the park!

[JackTwice]

EWU,Dela, and SDSU should ave fallen out the top 25

Maybe its being a complete homer but I can't see how the #23 team loses to the #4 team in 3OT and then drops? Its one thing that has always completely annoyed me about the FBS level polls.

[Hellgate60]

50% of caa is ranked.
56% of socon teams ranked.
How's that for math?

Though this argument has to do with the CAA and the Socon I would just like to point that 44% of Big Sky teams are ranked and 67% of the Big Sky teams are receiving votes

[DSUrocks07]

1. James Madison Dukes (104) 5-12,7931
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (4) 3-22,5582
3. McNeese State Cowboys (1) 3-12,4614
4. New Hampshire Wildcats (2) 4-02,2185
5. Richmond Spiders 4-22,1606
6. Elon Phoenix 5-11,9717
7. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-11,9438
8. Wofford Terriers 3-11,7859
9. Villanova Wildcats 4-11,75214
10. Northern Iowa Panthers 3-21,67110
11. North Dakota State Bison 3-21,59917
12. Montana Grizzlies 4-11,5533
13. Massachusetts Minutemen 3-21,40518
14. Central Arkansas Bears 4-11,03819
15. Liberty Flames 5-097520
16. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-288113
17. Western Illinois Leathernecks 3-275121
18. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-168824
19. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-166822
20. Furman Paladins 4-261515
21. The Citadel Bulldogs 3-253112
22. Weber State Wildcats 4-2501NR
23. Eastern Washington Eagles 2-345811
24. Delaware Blue Hens 2-340616
25. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-328623


Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 164, Hampton 147, Sam Houston State 126, Montana State 85, Eastern Illinois 57, South Carolina State 55, Harvard 51, Georgia Southern 50, San Diego 34, Cornell 28, Bethune-Cookman 26, Youngstown State 17, Yale 10, Lafayette 9, North Dakota 8, Northeastern 8, Prairie View 8, Sacred Heart 6, Southern 5, Florida A&M 5, Central Connecticut State 4, Eastern Kentucky 4, Grambling 4, Princeton 4, Colgate 4, William & Mary 3, Brown 2, Delaware State 1, Illinois State 1, Northwestern State 1, Portland State 1, Texas State 1.

xoopsx

I think one of the Sports Network writers misread Delaware State as Delaware and voted us #25 xwhistlex

xlolx xlolx xlolx

[crossfire07]

Maybe its being a complete homer but I can't see how the #23 team loses to the #4 team in 3OT and then drops? Its one thing that has always completely annoyed me about the FBS level polls.

if you think thats crazy, wait until you get ahold of the ncaa playoff committee.

[Hansel]

50% of caa is ranked.
56% of socon teams ranked.
How's that for math?

56% of MVFC too ;)

[JohnStOnge]

Maybe its being a complete homer but I can't see how the #23 team loses to the #4 team in 3OT and then drops? Its one thing that has always completely annoyed me about the FBS level polls.

That's one of the reasons I think the better power rating systems are better than human polls. In a power rating system that looks at margin of victory, all other things being equal, you gain ground if you come closer to beating a higher rated team than expected...even if you lose. Of course all other things are never equal because the system is looking at all of the other games too and adjusting.

But, the point is, you don't get screwed for losing to a team that was higher rated than you to start with.

[Maroons]

Am I the only one surprised to see EKU receiving votes?

[Chi Panther]

EWU,Dela, and SDSU should ave fallen out the top 25

The #3 team is alot better than the #25 team right????xrolleyesx

[Chi Panther]

if you think thats crazy, wait until you get ahold of the ncaa playoff committee.

Agree....UNI has been in the top 16 and wiffs on an at large bid....good times....xbawlingx

[BULLDOG8180]

CAA
1 out of top 1
3 out of top 5
4 out of top 10
6 out of top 25

You do the math hot sauce

The weakness in the CAA is the fact that teams don't have to play everyone else.

[jsugamecocks1]

I am glad to see the JSU Gamecocks getting some respect at number 19.
GO COCKS

[gophoenix]

This feels kind of like free climbing for the first time: You have confidence you can do it but d@mn it's scary the closer you get to the top. I do have a lot of confidence in our team though, so, I'll agree.

I agree with that.

[rutlandbison]

CAA fans in 3-2-1...

O man that was funny.

[appfan2008]

i dont have time to read all the way through this thing so it may have been mentioned but why in the world would asu get any 1st place votes over jmu???

[elcid96]

i dont have time to read all the way through this thing so it may have been mentioned but why in the world would asu get any 1st place votes over jmu???

Easy. JMU lost to Duke.

[IaaScribe]

And Duke killed Virginia, who killed Maryland, who killed Clemson, who killed .......... The Citadel.

:)

[jmu007]

Easy. JMU lost to Duke.

right.... and that why Duke has blown out I-A opponents.... oh wait I almost forgot, 3-2 > 5-1 down in Boonetown.


get a clue xnonono2x