TSN Top 25 Week 6

[El Gato]

The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (101) 4-0 3,531 2
2. Delaware Blue Hens (29) 5-0 3,377 5
3. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (13) 5-0 3,247 4
4. William & Mary Tribe 4-1 3,057 7
5. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 3-1 2,951 6
6. Villanova Wildcats 3-2 2,738 1
7. James Madison Dukes 3-1 2,645 3
8. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-1 2,621 8
9. South Carolina State Bulldogs 3-1 2,340 9
10. Montana State Bobcats 4-1 2,330 10
11. Richmond Spiders 2-2 1,982 11
12. Montana Grizzlies 3-2 1,841 12
13. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-2 1,671 13
14. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-2 1,375 15
15. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-2 1,340 17
16. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-1 1,288 19
17. Texas State Bobcats 3-1 1,158 20
18. North Dakota State Bison 3-2 820 13
19. Elon Phoenix 2-3 760 21
20. Western Illinois Leathernecks 4-1 737 NR
21. Wofford Terriers 3-1 660 NR
22. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-3 567 14
23. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-3 565 24
24. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 4-1 493 NR
25. Liberty Flames 3-2 486 25
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 373, Central Arkansas 291, McNeese State 240, Furman 222, South Dakota 174, Penn 158, Bethune-Cookman 98, Chattanooga 94, Illinois State 76, Youngstown State 73, Grambling State 61, Jacksonville 49, Missouri State 43, Hampton 36, Jackson State 29, Delaware State 23, UT Martin 22, Old Dominion 17, Tennessee State 16, South Dakota State 16, Alcorn State 15, Robert Morris 15, Harvard 12, Rhode Island 12, Brown 11, Colgate 9, Weber State 9, Dayton 8, Sacramento State 6, Gardner-Webb 5, Maine 4, Georgetown 2, Virginia Military 1.

[danefan]

RMU is getting a serious shaft in this poll. As is YSU, imo. How many votes for Jacksonville are supposed to be for Jacksonville State? How many for Delaware State?

Terrible.

TSN - AUDIT YOUR BALLOTS! Please!

[slycat]

And why are UNH and SIU ranked? Elon too for that matter.

[jmufan999]

i really don't care THAT much about polls, but not sure why Nova would be higher than JMU. we have a better record, we BEAT our FBS team, and our only loss is to the now-#1 team. there's is to the now-#4 team. i don't care what their injury situation is, injuries are a part of football and we're all dealing with them.

[aceinthehole]

RMU is getting a serious shaft in this poll. As is YSU, imo. How many votes for Jacksonville are supposed to be for Jacksonville State? How many for Delaware State?

Terrible.

TSN - AUDIT YOUR BALLOTS! Please!

Agreed! Even if RMU isn't in the top-25, how can they be that far down in the ORV list?

DELAWARE STATE (23) ?!?!?!?!?! Stop the insanity!

[SpeedkingATL]

RMU is getting a serious shaft in this poll. As is YSU, imo. How many votes for Jacksonville are supposed to be for Jacksonville State? How many for Delaware State?

Terrible.

TSN - AUDIT YOUR BALLOTS! Please!

Jacksonville's only loss is to App State so their votes could be legit. Still wonder about some of the 3 loss teams in the rankings.

[JMUNJ08]

RMU is getting a serious shaft in this poll. As is YSU, imo. How many votes for Jacksonville are supposed to be for Jacksonville State? How many for Delaware State?

Terrible.

TSN - AUDIT YOUR BALLOTS! Please!

I actually put a legit vote in for AGS for Jacksonville @ 23...It is possible...

[JMUNJ08]

I think that by week 5 TSN has settled on their top 20-24 teams and just play around with them based on W's and L's. Only way to explain some of the teams on the poll...xcoffeex

[Ud1Hens]

Agreed! Even if RMU isn't in the top-25, how can they be that far down in the ORV list?

DELAWARE STATE (23) ?!?!?!?!?! Stop the insanity!

I would venture a guess that those votes were intended for Delaware, not Delaware State.

[OL FU]

Not a knock against ASU ( I realize they were next in line) but at this point, as much as it pains me to say it, I think I would have a hard time not putting UD at number 1.

[theasushow]

i have never understood media polls verse fan polls, Delaware edged out ASU for #1 on AGS, and then in the TSN poll Appalachian was the clear cut favorite, wasn't even close. I'm not complaining as cases can be made by both teams for #1, I just can't figure out the huge gap in polls.

[MacThor]

Sorry, three 2-3 teams ranked while more deserving teams sit outside = FAIL.

I also agree that JMU fell too far. An FBS win and 1 loss to UD is > 2 losses with no Q-Wins.

[aceinthehole]

I would venture a guess that those votes were intended for Delaware, not Delaware State.

Maybe, but if after 5 weeks the voters still don't know the difference between Delaware and Delaware State, what does that say about the poll?

[NHwildEcat]

And why are UNH and SIU ranked? Elon too for that matter.

I agree...not sure why UNH would be in any poll...we lost two games to teams we should have beat...its not like UNH lost to 'Nova and W&M at this point...geez.

[IaaScribe]

I'm a voter, and here's a possible explanation for some of these faulty votes. In last year's system, you'd click submit and it would give you a confirmation screen where you'd get to look at the ballot before it actually went into the system. That screen doesn't exist any more, so when you hit submit, there's no going back. Could explain some of the weird votes.

[Fear the Bird]

I'm a voter, and here's a possible explanation for some of these faulty votes. In last year's system, you'd click submit and it would give you a confirmation screen where you'd get to look at the ballot before it actually went into the system. That screen doesn't exist any more, so when you hit submit, there's no going back. Could explain some of the weird votes.

I still get the confirmation screen

[URMite]

I still get the confirmation screen

For TSN not AGS? (I'm not in TSN)

[GeauxLions94]

The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (101) 4-0 3,531 2
2. Delaware Blue Hens (29) 5-0 3,377 5
3. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (13) 5-0 3,247 4
4. William & Mary Tribe 4-1 3,057 7
5. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 3-1 2,951 6
6. Villanova Wildcats 3-2 2,738 1
7. James Madison Dukes 3-1 2,645 3
8. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-1 2,621 8
9. South Carolina State Bulldogs 3-1 2,340 9
10. Montana State Bobcats 4-1 2,330 10
11. Richmond Spiders 2-2 1,982 11
12. Montana Grizzlies 3-2 1,841 12
13. Eastern Washington Eagles 3-2 1,671 13
14. Cal Poly Mustangs 3-2 1,375 15
15. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-2 1,340 17
16. Georgia Southern Eagles 3-1 1,288 19
17. Texas State Bobcats 3-1 1,158 20
18. North Dakota State Bison 3-2 820 13
19. Elon Phoenix 2-3 760 21
20. Western Illinois Leathernecks 4-1 737 NR
21. Wofford Terriers 3-1 660 NR
22. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-3 567 14
23. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-3 565 24
24. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 4-1 493 NR
25. Liberty Flames 3-2 486 25
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 373, Central Arkansas 291, McNeese State 240, Furman 222, South Dakota 174, Penn 158, Bethune-Cookman 98, Chattanooga 94, Illinois State 76, Youngstown State 73, Grambling State 61, Jacksonville 49, Missouri State 43, Hampton 36, Jackson State 29, Delaware State 23, UT Martin 22, Old Dominion 17, Tennessee State 16, South Dakota State 16, Alcorn State 15, Robert Morris 15, Harvard 12, Rhode Island 12, Brown 11, Colgate 9, Weber State 9, Dayton 8, Sacramento State 6, Gardner-Webb 5, Maine 4, Georgetown 2, Virginia Military 1.

Not that I'm lobbying for us to get votes since we're 1-3 with all three losses (two to FBS programs) have been by combined eight points, but we're better than the majority of ORV's this week ... our win came against UT Martin, an ORV ... we got a vote after our game at UL-Monroe on Sept. 25, but are out after the bye week ... hopefully, we can get in the winning column and get our name back on the list and hopefully in the top 25 by the end of the year.

[UNIFanSince1983]

How is North Dakota State ranked ahead of WIU? And at this point SIU has no reason to still be in the poll. WIU beat NDSU head to head, and their only loss is an FBS loss. I almost think WIU should be higher than us at this point, but of course they wouldn't be due to starting so much further down in the polls. There are some things that are confusing, but overall it isn't too bad. I do agree Delaware should be ranked #1 even though it is hard to leapfrog a team that hasn't lost, but look at Oregon and Boise State in FBS and you can realize it isn't out of realm of possibility.