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smallcollegefbfan
October 20th, 2008, 01:42 PM
SME NETWORK TOP 25 FOR WEEK 8
Top Teams Hold Serve…Very Little Movement

Melville, NY – Today, the SME Network released their Top 25 Broadcasters’ Poll for the eighth week of the season. Finally, the movement has settled down and all but one of the top 10 remains in tact.

This week, the largest jump in the ranks came from Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks went from being unranked to moving up to the #21 spot. William & Mary, and Weber State moved up four spots each. Due to their loss, Massachusetts fell to #18. Also due to losses, both North Dakota State and South Dakota State fell out of the top 25.

Week eight didn’t see as many unpredictable upsets and movement in the poll. Perhaps the best are near the top. With playoff caliber match-ups next week, we will see which teams can start calling themselves, “Best of the Best”.

Here is the week eight SME Network Top 25 Broadcasters’ Poll:

20-Oct
RK SCHOOL VOTES W-L PREV
1 James Madison (20) 500 6-1 1
2 Appalachian St. 475 5-2 2
3 Elon 443 7-1 3
4 Cal Poly 422 4-1 4
5 Wofford 421 5-1 5
6 Villanova 392 5-1 6
7 Northern Iowa 370 5-2 7
8 Montana 365 6-1 8
9 Richmond 347 5-3 9
10 Southern Illinois 278 4-2 11
11 New Hampshire 274 5-1 12
12 Northern Arizona 267 6-1 15
13 Western Illinois 253 5-2 16
14 Central Arkansas 246 6-1 14
15 Weber St 210 6-2 19
16 Furman 209 6-2 18
17 McNeese St. 208 4-2 17
18 Massachusetts 149 4-3 10
19 Tennessee St 145 6-1 23
20 William & Mary 116 4-2 24
21 Jacksonville St 105 5-2 NR
22 Liberty 94 6-1 13
23 Lafayette 82 5-1 NR
24 Hampton 52 5-1 NR
25 San Diego 42 6-0 22

Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 28, South Carolina St 26, Tennessee-Martin 15, Grambling 14, Georgia Southern 13, Eastern Washington 7, Maine 5, Colgate 5, North Dakota St 4, South Dakota St 4, North Dakota 3, Florida A&M 2

ericsaid
October 20th, 2008, 02:15 PM
So San Diego , Hampton, and Lafayette would beat Georgia Southern?

dbackjon
October 20th, 2008, 02:18 PM
Decent poll. Question San Diego in there. Weber too low.

gsu1moretime
October 20th, 2008, 02:23 PM
I dont think gsu should of moved... stayed in the top 25... they have lost to the number 6 team in the bcs and number 2,3,4 teams in the fcs by a total of 4 points... 4 points is the difference of gsu being 3-4 and 6-1...

ericsaid
October 20th, 2008, 02:26 PM
GSU is a top 15 team with an unranked teams record IMO.

ElonPride
October 20th, 2008, 02:28 PM
GSU is a top 15 team with an unranked teams record IMO.

I thought about starting that exact thread last night......though GSU has a losing record, they really are a top 25 team.

Lost to #2 App by 1
Lost to #3 Elon by 2
Lost to #4 Wofford by 1 in overtime
Played a BCS team pretty well

It's hard to argue against that!

Eaglesrus
October 20th, 2008, 02:54 PM
Wow! Thanks for all the respect for the effort our guys have given this year, seriously. It's been pretty agonizing to get so close but come up short for us fans, let alone how it must be for the players. I'm just hoping they can keep their heads in the remaining games.

mcveyrl
October 20th, 2008, 02:59 PM
I thought about starting that exact thread last night......though GSU has a losing record, they really are a top 25 team.

Lost to #2 App by 1
Lost to #3 Elon by 2
Lost to #4 Wofford by 1 in overtime
Played a BCS team pretty well

It's hard to argue against that!

I wll give a non-SoCon nod to this notion (even though I didn't vote this way :p :o ). They were very impressive on Saturday to go with that resume.

already123
October 20th, 2008, 03:18 PM
good to see some love for the Jacks....I think NAU/Weber should be 12/13th positions respectively

terrierbob
October 20th, 2008, 04:41 PM
GSU would do well in the playoffs.