FCS Top 25 - 10/29

[Cobblestone]

Good to see four CAA teams in the top 10. xthumbsupx



Rank School Prev Rank
1 James Madison 7-1 1
2 Appalachian State 6-2 2
3 Cal Poly 5-1 3
4 Northern Iowa 6-2 4
5 Wofford 6-1 6
6 Montana 7-1 5
7 Richmond 6-3 8
8 New Hampshire 6-1 10
9 Central Arkansas 7-1 12
10 Villanova 5-2 9
11 Southern Illinois 5-2 13
12 Elon 7-2 7
13 Weber State 7-2 17
14 Western Illinois 5-2 14
15 Massachusetts 5-3 16
16 McNeese State 4-3 11
17 Liberty 7-1 21
18 Northern Arizona 6-2 15
19 William & Mary 5-2 23
20 South Carolina State 6-2 24
21 Furman 6-3 18
22 Lafayette 6-1 NR
23 Tennessee-Martin 7-2 NR
24 Harvard 5-1 NR
24 North Dakota State 4-4 25

[appfan2008]

Good to see four CAA teams in the top 10. xthumbsupx

says who??? i think thats crizazy

[HensRock]

I think CAA should have 3 in the top 5!
4 in top 10 is about right though.

Villanova > New Hampshire

[mlbowl]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!

[appfan2008]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!

xnodx

[South Carolina Duke]

I think CAA should have 3 in the top 5!
4 in top 10 is about right though.

Villanova > New Hampshire

Amen to that!

Where have all the SoCon teams gone? How many SoCon teams will be in the top 10 after Saturday?

[ericsaid]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!


Montana in the top 6 is an F'N joke. xthumbsupx

[mlbowl]

Montana in the top 6 is an F'N joke. xthumbsupx

Did someone forget to wear their helmet today...Montana is 7-1 with a win over Cal Poly and #2 in the GPIhttp://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[NeckPride08]

NDSU staying in the Top 25 with three conference losses is sad.

[Eight Legger]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!

Right, because our two FCS losses are to the #1 team on the last play of the game and to a top-10 team by 6 which also lost to the #1 team on the last play of the game. Clearly we don't deserve our ranking.xconfusedx

[SeattleGriz]

Right, because our two FCS losses are to the #1 team on the last play of the game and to a top-10 team by 6 which also lost to the #1 team on the last play of the game. Clearly we don't deserve our ranking.xconfusedx

You said it, not me. :D

[siuham]

[Insert Team That Is Not Mine] in the top [arbitrary number] is a joke.

[Eight Legger]

I'm not here to make the case for my team most of the time, but when someone makes a comment that we aren't a top-10 team, that's just ignorant. Anyone who watched the games knows that JMU, UR and Villanova are about as evenly matched as three teams come, and all are top-5 caliber. We happened to lose to both of them, and I get that. But you don't hear me arguing that Montana shouldn't be in the top 10 despite getting its rear end handed to it by a team outside the top 10, either.

[IABison]

[Insert Team That Is Not Mine] in the top [arbitrary number] is a joke.

xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Did someone forget to wear their helmet today...Montana is 7-1 with a win over Cal Poly and #2 in the GPIhttp://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

On one hand, you say Richmond being in the Top 10 is a 'F'n Joke' ... on the other hand, you justify your own ranking by using your standing in the GPI.

Did you see Richmond's ranking in the GPI? #3.

Which way do you want it? xrulesx

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Did someone forget to wear their helmet today...Montana is 7-1 with a win over Cal Poly and #2 in the GPIhttp://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

I just read your signature line. Is that your way of getting folks to not waste time responding to your posts?

I should have complied.

[spdram]

The great thing about FCS is we'll come close to picking the best 16 and let them play it out.

[Col Hogan]

[Insert Team That Is Not Mine] in the top [arbitrary number] is a joke.

Now that's funny!!!!!xthumbsupx xthumbsupx

[mlbowl]

I just read your signature line. Is that your way of getting folks to not waste time responding to your posts?

I should have complied.


You have THREE losses....yes.....you should have complied!!!

[mlbowl]

BTW...Richmond fans...I don't care if your 3 losses are to the New England Patriots(which they aren't btw)....you still have 3 losses...their are SEVERAL other teams more deservingxnodx

[mlbowl]

[Insert Team That Is Not Mine] in the top [arbitrary number] is a joke.

You are so clever...please explain why THREE loss Richmond deserves to be in the top ten...come on clever saluki

[mlbowl]

On one hand, you say Richmond being in the Top 10 is a 'F'n Joke' ... on the other hand, you justify your own ranking by using your standing in the GPI.

Did you see Richmond's ranking in the GPI? #3.

Which way do you want it? xrulesx

I also referenced our win over Cal Poly...What's your big victory....Elon???

[mlbowl]

oh...and I also justified our ranking by NOT having 3 losses

[Eight Legger]

oh...and I also justified our ranking by NOT having 3 losses

You're really going to mark us down for an FBS loss? Ok, that's your prerogative. Our other two losses are to teams much better than the one you lost to. And we beat Elon, which has been ranked higher all year than Weber.

If JMU had lost to us and Villanova, as they very easily could have, would you argue that they had no business in the top 10? They would also have 3 losses in that scenario.

[WildPard]

10/29 FCS POLL
17. Liberty
22. Lafayette
24. Harvard

REALITY

At Liberty on 10/18
Lafayette 35
Liberty 21

At Lafayette 10/11
Harvard 27
Lafayette 13

I could see, and it could be justified, the following rankings.
17. Harvard
22. Lafayette
24. Liberty

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Amen to that!

Where have all the SoCon teams gone? How many SoCon teams will be in the top 10 after Saturday?

When you are in a conference where everyone has to play everyone else, it kind of goes down like that. After this week, there will only be one SoCon team in the top 5 and if that team is App. State they could lose to Elon and then there won't be any.

[URMite]

BTW...Richmond fans...I don't care if your 3 losses are to the New England Patriots(which they aren't btw)....you still have 3 losses...their are SEVERAL other teams more deservingxnodx

Several others? Are you saying there are 10 more deserving?

So who are these 10 teams with more wins vs teams still in the playoff race and less losses against the teams who are not?

[mlbowl]

Our other two losses are to teams much better than the one you lost to. And we beat Elon, which has been ranked higher all year than Weber.

.

I wish to God you guys could play Weber St. this Saturday so they could hand you your 4th loss and we could all declare you National Champions!!!xrolleyesx

[mlbowl]

If JMU had lost to us and Villanova, as they very easily could have,

BUT THEY DIDN'T!!!xdizzyx

[mlbowl]

Several others? Are you saying there are 10 more deserving?

So who are these 10 teams with more wins vs teams still in the playoff race and less losses against the teams who are not?

Where did you come up with this magical number 10?....but anyway....I would definitely put Weber in over UR...You guys seem to think FBS losses are good....well, Weber's 2 losses are to Utah & Hawaii...I guess that makes them double good!

[wideright82]

You are so clever...please explain why THREE loss Richmond deserves to be in the top ten...come on clever saluki

and we have a winner for worst sense of humor ever, congratulations your trophey will be mailed to you within 5-10 business days.

[wideright82]

Where did you come up with this magical number 10?....but anyway....I would definitely put Weber in over UR...You guys seem to think FBS losses are good....well, Weber's 2 losses are to Utah & Hawaii...I guess that makes them double good!

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did the richmond being in the top 10 thing get dismissed already?, i thought that was what this argument was about. What did i miss, i feel like i missed something.

[URMite]

Where did you come up with this magical number 10?....but anyway....I would definitely put Weber in over UR...You guys seem to think FBS losses are good....well, Weber's 2 losses are to Utah & Hawaii...I guess that makes them double good!

I thought you did? "Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!". If you had just said these so&so 2 or 3 teams (like Weber) should be ahead of Richmond, I wouldn't be in this discussion.

My point was until a team does reach that "magical" 4th (some years 5th) loss, the number of playoff quality teams on your schedule does matter. So a team that schedules 7 of them would have more losses (and more wins) than one that schedules 4.

As for Richmond being 11th or below it does appear that most human pollsters and computer models disagree with you.

Team...............PC.....Human
James Madison. 1.00... 1.00
Montana......... 2.80... 6.33
Richmond ........ 3.60... 7.00
Appalachian St. 7.00... 2.00
Wofford.......... 6.60... 3.67
Cal Poly SLO.... 7.20... 3.67
Villanova......... 4.80... 8.33
Weber St........ 3.40... 12.33
New Hampshire. 9.60... 9.00
Northern Iowa.. 15.80.. 4.67
Elon............... 12.40.. 11.33
Cent Arkansas. 13.00.. 11.00
William & Mary. 10.00.. 17.00
Massachusetts. 12.40.. 15.00
W Illinois......... 15.80.. 13.33
S Illinois.......... 17.80.. 11.33
N Arizona ........16.00... 19.33
Furman........... 18.60.. 18.67
Maine............. 15.00.. 26.00
Lafayette........ 21.80.. 20.33
Harvard.......... 22.60.. 23.00
Liberty........... 26.20.. 18.00

[Eight Legger]

Must be nice to be in a league that never has more than two legit playoff contenders in it so that you can win 10 games every year, always play home games and try to coast to the title game. Maybe we should join the Big South and we'd know what it was like.

Montana beating Cal Poly and losing to Weber is like us beating Elon, losing to JMU and playing Arkansas Pine-Bluff for our other 10 games. We'd finish 11-1, could brag about how we beat a top-15 team and say our only loss was to the #1 team in the country. Maybe we should try that.

Anyone who thinks there are 10 teams in the country better than Richmond is living in fantasyland.

[mlbowl]

I thought you did? "Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!". If you had just said these so&so 2 or 3 teams (like Weber) should be ahead of Richmond, I wouldn't be in this discussion.

My point was until a team does reach that "magical" 4th (some years 5th) loss, the number of playoff quality teams on your schedule does matter. So a team that schedules 7 of them would have more losses (and more wins) than one that schedules 4.

As for Richmond being 11th or below it does appear that most human pollsters and computer models disagree with you.

Team...............PC.....Human
James Madison. 1.00... 1.00
Montana......... 2.80... 6.33
Richmond ........ 3.60... 7.00
Appalachian St. 7.00... 2.00
Wofford.......... 6.60... 3.67
Cal Poly SLO.... 7.20... 3.67
Villanova......... 4.80... 8.33
Weber St........ 3.40... 12.33
New Hampshire. 9.60... 9.00
Northern Iowa.. 15.80.. 4.67
Elon............... 12.40.. 11.33
Cent Arkansas. 13.00.. 11.00
William & Mary. 10.00.. 17.00
Massachusetts. 12.40.. 15.00
W Illinois......... 15.80.. 13.33
S Illinois.......... 17.80.. 11.33
N Arizona ........16.00... 19.33
Furman........... 18.60.. 18.67
Maine............. 15.00.. 26.00
Lafayette........ 21.80.. 20.33
Harvard.......... 22.60.. 23.00
Liberty........... 26.20.. 18.00

Why do I need to come up with ten teams....is Richmond equal to ten teams? I simply said there were several teams more deserving than RICHMOND(1 team)....I'm fine with the other nine.

[mlbowl]

Must be nice to be in a league that never has more than two legit playoff contenders in it so that you can win 10 games every year, always play home games and try to coast to the title game. Maybe we should join the Big South and we'd know what it was like.

Montana beating Cal Poly and losing to Weber is like us beating Elon, losing to JMU and playing Arkansas Pine-Bluff for our other 10 games. We'd finish 11-1, could brag about how we beat a top-15 team and say our only loss was to the #1 team in the country. Maybe we should try that.

Anyone who thinks there are 10 teams in the country better than Richmond is living in fantasyland.

You must be the mayor of fantasyland. You keep throwing out your opinion as if it was fact...well allow me to do the same. If Richmond was in the Big Sky they would lose to Montana, Weber, Eastern Washington, and Nothern Arizona. There you go...I said it so it must be true.

[wideright82]

Why do I need to come up with ten teams....is Richmond equal to ten teams? I simply said there were several teams more deserving than RICHMOND(1 team)....I'm fine with the other nine.

OHHH I GET IT, nvm you made sense, my bad

[mlbowl]

and we have a winner for worst sense of humor ever, congratulations your trophey will be mailed to you within 5-10 business days.

WHAT....I think it's extremely humorous that Richmond is in the top tenxnodx You can keep my "trophEy" at your house!

[Eight Legger]

You must be the mayor of fantasyland. You keep throwing out your opinion as if it was fact...well allow me to do the same. If Richmond was in the Big Sky they would lose to Montana, Weber, Eastern Washington, and Nothern Arizona. There you go...I said it so it must be true.

Let's see, a much better Montana team last year lost to Wofford in the first round at home, and then we went TO Wofford and beat them at their house by 11. You'll excuse me if I'm not terribly impressed with your conference, or your less-talented team this year.

EWU has laid an egg this year, and Northern Arizona is not going to make the playoffs. Weber may be legit, or maybe beating Montana just sounds good because everyone knows your name.

We've been tested against three top-10 teams already. I hope we come to Montana this year and end your season, assuming you make the playoffs, of course.

[letsgopards04]

If Lafayette wins out and finishes 11-1. How high can they rise and could they even host a first round game?

[mlbowl]

Let's see, a much better Montana team last year lost to Wofford in the first round at home, and then we went TO Wofford and beat them at their house by 11. You'll excuse me if I'm not terribly impressed with your conference, or your less-talented team this year.

EWU has laid an egg this year, and Northern Arizona is not going to make the playoffs. Weber may be legit, or maybe beating Montana just sounds good because everyone knows your name.

We've been tested against three top-10 teams already. I hope we come to Montana this year and end your season, assuming you make the playoffs, of course.


You better start worrying about Richmond making the playoffsxthumbsupx That's right....one more loss should be enough to shoot you straight up to #1xrolleyesx

[skinny_uncle]

Thank heaven for polls to give us something to argue about.

xnodx

[smcwildcat]

no way their legit

[URMite]

Why do I need to come up with ten teams....is Richmond equal to ten teams? I simply said there were several teams more deserving than RICHMOND(1 team)....I'm fine with the other nine.

Yes you do need 10 teams to have a top 10. xrulesx And you are saying you do have 10, the other nine and one of your more deserving teams instead of Richmond. (presumably Weber St)

BTW where would you rank Richmond? and would you give a 9-3 Richmond a playoff spot if it was your decision?

[BigHouseClosedEnd]

Yes you do need 10 teams to have a top 10. xrulesx And you are saying you do have 10, the other nine and one of your more deserving teams instead of Richmond. (presumably Weber St)

BTW where would you rank Richmond? and would you give a 9-3 Richmond a playoff spot if it was your decision?

Mite, its not worth the anxiety. Just read his signature line and walk away. xcoffeex

[URMite]

You better start worrying about Richmond making the playoffsxthumbsupx That's right....one more loss should be enough to shoot you straight up to #1xrolleyesx

I am worried about Richmond making the playoffs, but that's what happens when you play 7 playoff calibre opponents, 5 of them on the road. xoopsx

[wideright82]

WHAT....I think it's extremely humorous that Richmond is in the top tenxnodx You can keep my "trophEy" at your house!

lighten up guy, wow, way to blow two jokes out of context completely in one thread, and i apologize, but your incorrectly spelled award has already been shipped.

[griz&beer]

I hope you guys come too. Last year is last year ,and this year will be the return of the itsy bitsy spiders. You guys are going down.
If we don't draw you I hope Webber or Cal Polly gets to bitch slap you around a little.

And a little FYI Webber State is as REAL as you can get!

[URMite]

Mite, its not worth the anxiety. Just read his signature line and walk away. xcoffeex

I agree this is becoming too much of a pissing match and I don't want to have to drink that much.

[griz&beer]

Yes it is I am sorry and will be nice now. I can get mean sometimes.

[mlbowl]

BTW where would you rank Richmond? and would you give a 9-3 Richmond a playoff spot if it was your decision?

I would rank Richmond 13th...and I would definitely give a 9-3 Richmond a playoff spot

[mlbowl]

and i apologize, but your incorrectly spelled award has already been shipped.

and I apologize for using YOUR spelling of trophyxlolx trust me...I couldn't be lighter about all this stuff:)

[wideright82]

and I apologize for using YOUR spelling of trophyxlolx trust me...I couldn't be lighter about all this stuff:)

no i know i was the one who spelled it wrong i was making fun of myself xthumbsupx , i sat there looking at your post and couldn't figure out why trophy was in quotes, then i realized there was an E in it. THANKS A LOT VILLANOVA, WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED LEARNING HOW TO SPELL xbawlingx xlolx

[mlbowl]

no i know i was the one who spelled it wrong i was making fun of myself xthumbsupx , i sat there looking at your post and couldn't figure out why trophy was in quotes, then i realized there was an E in it. THANKS A LOT VILLANOVA, WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED LEARNING HOW TO SPELL xbawlingx xlolx


lol...Now back to my original point....Richmond sux...Weber St. rules!:p xlolx :D

[URMite]

Man, I sure had to go back awhile to get a UM vs UR thread! xlolx

[MacThor]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!


xnodx

Yeah!!!!! xsmiley_wix What a crock!

[DirtyWater]

Funny, i actually read back through all of these...and the people saying Richmond would not make the playoffs..they don't deserve it...yada yada yada...and the whinners about Montana's over ranking all year...

Well here it is, big game tomorrow night and who is playing...Montana and Richmond!

here's to a great game! and to shut up all the we're better than you nay sayers....there are only two great teams NOW!

[Eight Legger]

Richmond in the top 10 is a F'N JOKE!

Normally, I wouldn't do this...however, in light of last night...would you care to amend this statement and concede that you erred in your assumptions about us??