Sports Network Poll - Sept. 13, 2010

[GeauxLions94]

Villanova back to No. 1 ... JMU moves from 12 to 3 ... South Dakota enters at 25

Sports Network FCS Top 25 Poll (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/TSN-DIV-1AA-POLL.htm)

1. Villanova Wildcats (74) 1-1 3,338 2
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (25) 2-0 3,269 3
3. James Madison Dukes (30) 2-0 3,100 12
4. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9) 2-0 2,948 5
5. Southern Illinois Salukis 1-1 2,510 4
6. Montana Grizzlies 1-1 2,415 1
7. Elon Phoenix 1-1 2,382 8
8. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-1 2,151 6
9. Richmond Spiders 0-1 2,086 7
10. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-1 2,050 10
11. Delaware Blue Hens 2-0 1,991 16
12. William & Mary Tribe 1-1 1,968 11
13. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-0 1,769 14
14. South Carolina State Bulldogs 1-1 1,508 15
15. Liberty Flames 2-0 1,419 19
16. Massachusetts Minutemen 2-0 1,418 18
17. Cal Poly Mustangs 2-0 1,210 NR
18. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-1 1,149 17
19. McNeese State Cowboys 1-1 1,077 13
20. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 0-1 1,052 9
21. Weber State Wildcats 1-1 788 20
22. Montana State Bobcats 1-1 532 24
23. North Dakota State Bison 1-1 497 21
24. Furman Paladins 1-0 407 NR
25. South Dakota Coyotes 1-1 324 NR
Others receiving votes: Prairie View A&M 281, Penn 235, Central Arkansas 177, Wofford 158, Gardner-Webb 156, Northern Arizona 140, Eastern Illinois 89, Chattanooga 76, Harvard 59, Jackson State 58, Florida A&M 50, Colgate 38, Georgia Southern 34, Illinois State 33, Southeastern Louisiana 23, Western Illinois 22, Holy Cross 19, Southern Utah 19, Missouri State 17, Delaware State 16, Hampton 16, Youngstown State 14, Alabama State 13, Howard 9, Norfolk State 8, Brown 8, Jacksonville 8, Northern Colorado 6, Georgetown 6, Samford 5, North Dakota 5, Morehead State 5, Texas State 4, UC Davis 3, Morgan State 2, Austin Peay 1, Dayton 1, Eastern Kentucky 1, Maine 1, Old Dominion 1.

[OL FU]

Based on this, Chattanooga should be feeling really good for an 0-2 team.

[Appattk]

Based on this, Chattanooga should be feeling really good for an 0-2 team.

Not to mention they got a few points themselves!

[andy7171]

I must say, Morgan State was impressive in their loss to Maryland, 62-3. Maybe those two voters are still flying high over the 14-7 win over D.II Bowie State in week 1. xeyebrowx

[alexale23]

So can anyone tell me how a team who only beat Chattanooga by 1 point and a team who lost to temple are rated ahead of jmu. I guess pollsters dont like admitting they where way off and jump a team that much for 1 win.Guess thats why montana still ahead of cal poly. Good thing everything will be settled on the field and we dont have to worry bout dumb polls that are wrong 100 percent of the time to crown our national champ.

[UNH Fanboi]

So can anyone tell me how a team who only beat Chattanooga by 1 point and a team who lost to temple are rated ahead of jmu. I guess pollsters dont like admitting they where way off and jump a team that much for 1 win.Guess thats why montana still ahead of cal poly. Good thing everything will be settled on the field and we dont have to worry bout dumb polls that are wrong 100 percent of the time to crown our national champ.

There's a lot more to ranking teams than looking purely at wins and losses. Nova returns a ton of players from the team that beat JMU 27-0 last year. Is JMU that much better than last year? Maybe, but 1 game only proves so much and needs to be put into context. JMU's offense was pretty bad last year. Against VT they completed 5 passes all game, averaged 2.8 yards per rush, and benefited from a +3 turnover differential. JMU still has some question marks that cannot be erased by a single game.

[alexale23]

yeh good points but i do believe dudzik was hurt for that game

[jaxstatealum]

Glad to see us at #4; remains to be seen if it's truely deserved...

IMO - Chatty is the best 0-2 team in the entire country. If they learn to finish they are gonna hurt some folks before the year is out!

[WMTribe90]

UMass should be higher.

[biggie]

Wow who knew alexi would show up now...

[Go...gate]

Georgetown received six votes. Glad they got some recognition.

[Dukie95]

Have no problem with Nova being ahead of JMU. Besides, Temple might actually be better than VT for all we know. Long season ahead of us...

[longtimemocfan]

Glad to see us at #4; remains to be seen if it's truely deserved...

IMO - Chatty is the best 0-2 team in the entire country. If they learn to finish they are gonna hurt some folks before the year is out!


Key word for sure FINISH...Have played 2 very good teams.

[alexale23]

Madison JAMES MADISON WE ARE THE DUKES OF JMU

[JSU02]

I'm gonna claim that lone 1st place vote for Jackson State as being intended for Jacksonville State :)

[asknoquarter21]

Madison JAMES MADISON WE ARE THE DUKES OF JMU


So are you holding a UR fan card or a JMU fan card this season? both?

[KiddBrewer]

So are you holding a UR fan card or a JMU fan card this season? both?

....which ever team is in a conversation concerning appalachian, or happens to play appalachianxcoffeex

[OL FU]

Glad to see us at #4; remains to be seen if it's truely deserved...

IMO - Chatty is the best 0-2 team in the entire country. If they learn to finish they are gonna hurt some folks before the year is out!

Here's to them being slow learners.xnodx

[darell1976]

Been a long time since the Coyotes have been ranked in a football poll, also thanks for giving us 5 votes!!!!!

[TexasTerror]

I'm gonna claim that lone 1st place vote for Jackson State as being intended for Jacksonville State :)

There was a first-place vote for Jackson State? Did I overlook something in the article?

[JSU02]

There was a first-place vote for Jackson State? Did I overlook something in the article?

If you click the link and look at the others receiving votes, jackson state has a (1) beside them.

[Col Hogan]

So I read that the polls are really nothing because "we'll take care of it on the field"...

So...UMass took care of it "on the field" yet W&M is ranked higher...

xconfusedxxconfusedxxconfusedx

[jmufan999]

There's a lot more to ranking teams than looking purely at wins and losses. Nova returns a ton of players from the team that beat JMU 27-0 last year. Is JMU that much better than last year?

depends on which PART of last year you're talking about.

for the nova game, our defense did its job. held nova under its point average for the regular season (27 and i believe they averaged around 32). the problem was that we had a true freshman QB starting his 2nd career game (i believe) who had absolutely no idea where he was the whole game. NOW we have our starter back who is a senior. QB is the most important position in all of sports, so i would not expect Nova to win by 27 this year.

regardless, this is a new year. we're 2-0, they're 1-1. wherever we are, we should be ahead of them. they can leapfrog us if they beat us. it's not a huge deal or anything but it would be nice to be #1 right now.

[jmufan999]

one more thing.... if you consider how inept our offense was last year against nova, holding them to only 27 points when our D was on the field the entire game is pretty impressive.

also, the stats you mentioned about Dudzik's passing #'s... how many passing yards did Rodney Landers have? that's the offense we run. Dudzik also has four rushing TD's on the year already.

[jmufan999]

Against VT they completed 5 passes all game, averaged 2.8 yards per rush, and benefited from a +3 turnover differential.

also, we were 7 of 12 on 3rd down. ok NOW i'm done.

[Keenan]

You guys are going to love this!
http://smdrcatscradle.blogspot.com/2010/09/college-football-how-mayforth-voted-in.html

Dude from San Marcos,TX newspaper.

1. Villanova
2. Appalachian State
3. Montana
4. Southern Illinois
5. Jacksonville State
6. New Hampshire
7. Richmond
8. Elon
9. James Madison
10. Stephen F. Austin
11. Delaware
12. William & Mary
13. McNeese State
14. South Dakota State
15. Northern Iowa
16. South Carolina State
17. Eastern Washington
18. Massachusetts
19. Liberty
20. Weber State
21. North Dakota State
22. Prairie View A&M
23. Cal Poly
24. Montana State
25. Central Arkansas

[danefan]

You guys are going to love this!
http://smdrcatscradle.blogspot.com/2010/09/college-football-how-mayforth-voted-in.html

Dude from San Marcos,TX newspaper.

1. Villanova
2. Appalachian State
3. Montana
4. Southern Illinois
5. Jacksonville State
6. New Hampshire
7. Richmond
8. Elon
9. James Madison
10. Stephen F. Austin
11. Delaware
12. William & Mary
13. McNeese State
14. South Dakota State
15. Northern Iowa
16. South Carolina State
17. Eastern Washington
18. Massachusetts
19. Liberty
20. Weber State
21. North Dakota State
22. Prairie View A&M
23. Cal Poly
24. Montana State
25. Central Arkansas

I'm glad to see that someone in the media business has the stones to release his poll votes. I wish TSN would require this like the AP poll does for FBS.

[Yote 53]

Been a long time since the Coyotes have been ranked in a football poll, also thanks for giving us 5 votes!!!!!

Not that long ago. We were ranked in D2 polls before we moved. Just our first time since moving to FCS.

[SideLine Shooter]

Glad to see us at #4; remains to be seen if it's truely deserved...

IMO - Chatty is the best 0-2 team in the entire country. If they learn to finish they are gonna hurt some folks before the year is out!

So does anybody believe that UTC is a good team yet. They do it all, but close it out.

[Grizo406]

The Griz in the #6 position?

That's a bit closer to reality if you ask me!!

[JMUNJ08]

You guys are going to love this!
http://smdrcatscradle.blogspot.com/2010/09/college-football-how-mayforth-voted-in.html

Dude from San Marcos,TX newspaper.

1. Villanova
2. Appalachian State
3. Montana
4. Southern Illinois
5. Jacksonville State
6. New Hampshire
7. Richmond
8. Elon
9. James Madison
10. Stephen F. Austin
11. Delaware
12. William & Mary
13. McNeese State
14. South Dakota State
15. Northern Iowa
16. South Carolina State
17. Eastern Washington
18. Massachusetts
19. Liberty
20. Weber State
21. North Dakota State
22. Prairie View A&M
23. Cal Poly
24. Montana State
25. Central Arkansas

I actually don't have a problem with us at 9 with his explanation but to have J St. at 4 and us at 9 is a little odd. Did JSt. validate something we couldn't with big FBS wins???? If they are back to back its cool...

Plus UVA CANNOT EVER beat Tech @ Tech. UR loss to UVA but is still higher than us with all their question marks??? I think there is alot to see there yet too.

[ToTheLeft]

You guys are going to love this!
http://smdrcatscradle.blogspot.com/2010/09/college-football-how-mayforth-voted-in.html

Dude from San Marcos,TX newspaper.

1. Villanova
2. Appalachian State
3. Montana
4. Southern Illinois
5. Jacksonville State
6. New Hampshire
7. Richmond
8. Elon
9. James Madison
10. Stephen F. Austin
11. Delaware
12. William & Mary
13. McNeese State
14. South Dakota State
15. Northern Iowa
16. South Carolina State
17. Eastern Washington
18. Massachusetts
19. Liberty
20. Weber State
21. North Dakota State
22. Prairie View A&M
23. Cal Poly
24. Montana State
25. Central Arkansas

Did he even look at Box Scores? No way Griz should be up there, or Cal Poly down there, or McNeese that high!

That's just a shame. And his reasoning in the comments section was so poor... "I'm not sold on them just yet" in reference to JMU. Oh, so the loss to Cal Poly sold you on Montana?

What a load of crap.

[Fighting Cock]

I believe UTC is very good. We were lucky to win.xnodx

[darell1976]

Not that long ago. We were ranked in D2 polls before we moved. Just our first time since moving to FCS.

I guess 2007 wasn't that long seems like forever since we were in D2. Great job beating us to the polls. I hope we can make it one day, or better yet we can make the playoffs before you.xprayx