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smallcollegefbfan

October 25th, 2010, 01:13 PM

The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (136) 7-0 3,873 1
2. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (17) 8-0 3,675 3
3. William & Mary Tribe (2) 6-1 3,599 4
4. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 6-1 3,338 5
5. Villanova Wildcats 5-2 3,189 6
6. Delaware Blue Hens 7-1 3,139 2
7. Montana Grizzlies 6-2 2,863 7
8. Eastern Washington Eagles 6-2 2,712 8
9. Wofford Terriers 6-1 2,584 9
10. New Hampshire Wildcats 5-3 2,408 10
11. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 7-1 2,189 13
12. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 7-0 2,064 14
13. Montana State Bobcats 6-2 1,801 15
14. Richmond Spiders 4-3 1,616 16
15. James Madison Dukes 4-3 1,534 11
16. Liberty Flames 5-2 1,453 17
17. South Carolina State Bulldogs 5-2 1,389 18
18. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-3 1,247 12
19. Northern Iowa Panthers 4-3 1,048 19
20. Chattanooga Mocs 5-2 930 24
21. Penn Quakers 5-1 909 20
22. Cal Poly Mustangs 5-3 706 23
23. Grambling State Tigers 6-1 453 NR
24. Jacksonville Dolphins 7-1 357 NR
25. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-3 341 22

Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 339, Western Illinois 187, Robert Morris 186, Georgia Southern 106, Furman 84, Hampton 63, Lehigh 39, Dayton 37, South Dakota State 35, Elon 34, Southern Utah 33, Jackson State 23, Brown 18, Harvard 16, Southern Illinois 15, Praire View A&M 12, Texas Southern 10, Weber State 9, Sam Houston State 8, McNeese State 8, Sacramento State 4, Florida A&M 4, UT Martin 3, UC Davis 2, Old Dominion 2, Tennessee Tech 2, Illinois State 1, Yale 1, South Dakota 1, Missouri State 1.

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asucrutch23

October 25th, 2010, 01:14 PM

1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (136) 7-0 3,873 1
2. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (17) 8-0 3,675 3
3. William & Mary Tribe (2) 6-1 3,599 4
4. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 6-1 3,338 5
5. Villanova Wildcats 5-2 3,189 6
6. Delaware Blue Hens 7-1 3,139 2
7. Montana Grizzlies 6-2 2,863 7
8. Eastern Washington Eagles 6-2 2,712 8
9. Wofford Terriers 6-1 2,584 9
10. New Hampshire Wildcats 5-3 2,408 10
11. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 7-1 2,189 13
12. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 7-0 2,064 14
13. Montana State Bobcats 6-2 1,801 15
14. Richmond Spiders 4-3 1,616 16
15. James Madison Dukes 4-3 1,534 11
16. Liberty Flames 5-2 1,453 17
17. South Carolina State Bulldogs 5-2 1,389 18
18. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-3 1,247 12
19. Northern Iowa Panthers 4-3 1,048 19
20. Chattanooga Mocs 5-2 930 24
21. Penn Quakers 5-1 909 20
22. Cal Poly Mustangs 5-3 706 23
23. Grambling State Tigers 6-1 453 NR
24. Jacksonville Dolphins 7-1 357 NR
25. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-3 341 22
Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 339, Western Illinois 187, Robert Morris 186, Georgia Southern 106, Furman 84, Hampton 63, Lehigh 39, Dayton 37, South Dakota State 35, Elon 34, Southern Utah 33, Jackson State 23, Brown 18, Harvard 16, Southern Illinois 15, Praire View A&M 12, Texas Southern 10, Weber State 9, Sam Houston State 8, McNeese State 8, Sacramento State 4, Florida A&M 4, UT Martin 3, UC Davis 2, Old Dominion 2, Tennessee Tech 2, Illinois State 1, Yale 1, South Dakota 1, Missouri State 1.

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asucrutch23

October 25th, 2010, 01:15 PM

oops SCFBFan beat me to it.

TexasTerror

October 25th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 339, Western Illinois 187, Robert Morris 186, Georgia Southern 106, Furman 84, Hampton 63, Lehigh 39, Dayton 37, South Dakota State 35, Elon 34, Southern Utah 33, Jackson State 23, Brown 18, Harvard 16, Southern Illinois 15, Praire View A&M 12, Texas Southern 10, Weber State 9, Sam Houston State 8, McNeese State 8, Sacramento State 4, Florida A&M 4, UT Martin 3, UC Davis 2, Old Dominion 2, Tennessee Tech 2, Illinois State 1, Yale 1, South Dakota 1, Missouri State 1.

3-4 McNeese State?
4-3 Texas Southern?
3-5 South Dakota?
4-4 Tennessee Tech?
2-5 Elon?

Unbelievable that teams continue to get votes while deserving programs do not...

WestCoastAggie

October 25th, 2010, 01:23 PM

I can hear the [very understandable] gripes about Robert Morris not cracking the top 25 in this poll this week coming VERY shortly.

Lehigh Football Nation

October 25th, 2010, 01:29 PM

Those who put UMass in their Top 25 this week obviously didn't see the same game I saw this weekend.

On the plus side, 5-2 Lehigh passed 2-5 Elon in the "Others Receiving Votes" section.

Lehigh Football Nation

October 25th, 2010, 01:29 PM

Oh, yeah, if Penn were playing UMass this weekend, I'd take the Quakers. No question.

WestCoastAggie

October 25th, 2010, 01:43 PM

This Weeks Voters

The Sports Network: Aaron Corrill, Andrew Gaddess, Craig Haley, Phil Sokol, Kevin Spiegel;

Big Sky: Brian Berger, Brad Bugger, Roy Burton, Dave Cook, Mick Holien, Jon Kasper, Heather Kennedy, Bill Lamberty, Brad Larsen, Jeff Lasky, Scott Marsh, Fritz Neighbor, Steve Schaack, Steve Shaff, Mitch Strohman;

Big South: John Avery, Wade Branner, Blake Freeland, Adam Gutes, Brent Hager, Matt Hogue, Chris Lang, Marc Rabb, Mark Simpson, Todd Wetmore;

CAA Football: Mike Barber, Pete Clawson, Mike DeGeorge, Glenn Frazer, Dean Kenefick, Allen Lessels, Andrew Mahoney, John Martin, Scott Meyer, Mike Murphy, Dan O?Connell, Keith Pompey, Scott Selheimer, Kevin Tresolini, Matt Vautour, Melinda Waldrop, Jason Yellin;

Great West: Amil Anderson, Eric Burdick, Jacque Cottrell, Neil Gardner, Jeremy Hoeck, Doug Kelly, Mike Robles, Randy Scovil;

Independent Schools: Ted Alexander, Chris Hooks, Opio Mashariki, Rich Radford, Kimberly Zivkovich;

Ivy League: Rick Bender, Ed Benkin, Eric Dolan, Michael Gold, Chris Humm, Craig Larson, Craig Sachson, Kurt Svoboda, Bruce Wood;

MEAC: Chris Carlson, Thomas Grant, Bill Hamilton, Leonard Hayes IV, Ed Hill Jr., Ronnie Johnson, Dennis Jones, Matt Michalec, Eric Moore, Patricia Porter, Dan Ryan, Maurice Williams, Brent Woronoff;

Missouri Valley Football Conference: John Bohnenkamp, Jason Clay, Todd Hefferman, Jason Hove, Ace Hunt, Mike Kern, Rick Kindhart, Kara Moran, Patrick Osterman, Trevor Parks, Randy Reinhardt, Jeff Schwartz, Lyndal Scranton, Terry Vandrovec, Mike Williams, Brock Wissmiller;

Northeast Conference: Brian DePasquale, Jim Duzyk, Andrew Santillo, Chris Shovlin, Jason Sullivan, Ralph Ventre, Greg Viscomi;

Ohio Valley Conference: Neal Bradley, John Brush, Michael Clark, Wallace Dooley, Barry Gresham, Jeff Honza, James Horne, Brad Kirtley, Joe Lofaro, Rich Moser, Brian Nielsen, Mike Parris, Kyle Schwartz, Greg Seitz;

Patriot League: Charles Bare, Bill Bowman, Joe DiBari, Matt Dougherty, Keith Groller, Jeremiah Hergott, Steve Lomangino, Eric Malanowski, Matt Markus, Ryan Sakamoto;

Pioneer Football League: Cody Bush, Jack Cronin, Drew Dickerson, Jeff Elliott, Mike Ferraro, Marc Gignac, Ted Gosen, Joel Lamp, Mike Mahon, Barry Milligan, Chuck Mraz, Joe Prisco, Ryan Wronkowicz;

Southern Conference: Jay Blackman, Tommy Bowman, Rose Carter, Mike Flynn, Don Heath, David Jackson, Joey Mullins, Noelle Orr-Blaney, Chris Rash, Hunter Reid, Mandrallius "Many" Robinson, Adam Smith, Brent Williamson, Jason Yaman;

Southland: Jason Barfield , Louis Bonnette, James Dixon, Kevin Gore, Alex Hickey, Doug Ireland, Todd Lamb, Tyler Mayforth, Rick Poulter, Brent St. Germain, Matt Sullivan;

Southwestern Athletic Conference: Rodney Bush, Tom Galbraith, Ley Jean, Leonard Moon, Roderick Mosley, Wesley Peterson, Brandon Willis;

Other Representatives: Brian Brennan, Josh Buchanan, LeCounte Conaway.

smallcollegefbfan

October 25th, 2010, 01:52 PM

I can hear the [very understandable] gripes about Robert Morris not cracking the top 25 in this poll this week coming VERY shortly.

South Dakota State would beat the teams 23-25 in the poll so I am not sure why they aren't ranked. I consider resume such as who you lost to and who you beat more important than overall record. Look at the losses and wins by SDSU and the losses and wins by Robert Morris and Jacksonville. It doesn't even compare.

South Dakota State (3-4,3-2)
09-11-10 at #6 Delaware L 3-26
09-18-10 * #52 ILLINOIS STATE L 14-24
09-25-10 at FBS #14 Nebraska L 3-17
10-02-10 * at #19 Northern Iowa L 14-24
10-09-10 * #27 W. ILLINOIS W 33-29
10-16-10 * at #40 S. Illinois W 31-10
10-23-10 * YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 30-20

Illinois State and YSU are both better than many teams receiving votes and are only so low because they have played a lot of ranked teams.

Here is a look at the resume of RM, JU, and LU.

Robert Morris (6-1,5-0)
09/04/10 #33 at Dayton.............. 14-28 L
09/11/10*at Sacred Heart........ 35-31 W
09/18/10 #16 LIBERTY................ 30-23 W
09/25/10*at Wagner.............. 30-9 W
10/02/10*at St. Francis (PA).... 35-14 W
10/09/10*MONMOUTH............... 17-16 W
10/16/10*ALBANY................. 38-0 W

Jacksonville (7-1,5-0)
Sep 04, 2010 at #50 Old Dominion W 35-25
Sep 11, 2010 at #1 Appalachian State L 14-45
Sep 18, 2010 WEBBER INT'L W 41-0
Sep 25, 2010 * at Davidson W 42-15
Oct 02, 2010 * SAN DIEGO W 35-28
Oct 09, 2010 * DRAKE W 39-34
Oct 16, 2010 * at Valparaiso W 86-7
Oct 23, 2010 * MARIST W 56-14

Liberty (5-2,2-0)
09-04-10 ST. FRANCIS, PA. W 52-7
09-11-10 at FBS Ball State W 27-23
09-18-10 at #28 Robert Morris L 23-30
09-25-10 at #15 James Madison L 3-10
10-02-10 SAVANNAH STATE W 52-14
10-09-10 * CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 44-20
Oct 16, 2010 * at VMI W 41-7

RM has 1 win against a top 50 team while SDSU has 2. JU is 1-1 against top 50 teams. I do think Liberty is a bit overrated. I have seen them 4 times this year and they are solid but they would be the 8th best team in the CAA and 4th best team in the SoCon. I have SDSU 24th, Robert Morris 25th, Liberty 26th, and Jacksonville 27th.

I'm not saying Robert Morris and Jacksonville don't belong at all but I am saying they have not played the teams that SDSU has and we have a much better gauge on them than those other two teams because of strength of schedule. One thing I will say on Liberty is that I believe RM only won because LU had a hangover after the high of beating a FBS team. Still, I go by what you do on the field.

Screamin_Eagle174

October 25th, 2010, 01:53 PM

3-4 McNeese State?
4-3 Texas Southern?
4-3 Sam Houston?
3-5 South Dakota?
4-4 Tennessee Tech?
2-5 Elon?

Unbelievable that teams continue to get votes while deserving programs do not...

FIFY.

FargoBison

October 25th, 2010, 01:56 PM

South Dakota State would beat the teams 23-25 in the poll so I am not sure why they aren't ranked. I consider resume such as who you lost to and who you beat more important than overall record. Look at the losses and wins by SDSU and the losses and wins by Robert Morris and Jacksonville. It doesn't even compare.

South Dakota State (3-4,3-2)
09-11-10 at #6 Delaware L 3-26
09-18-10 * #52 ILLINOIS STATE L 14-24
09-25-10 at FBS #14 Nebraska L 3-17
10-02-10 * at #19 Northern Iowa L 14-24
10-09-10 * #27 W. ILLINOIS W 33-29
10-16-10 * at #40 S. Illinois W 31-10
10-23-10 * YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 30-20

Illinois State and YSU are both better than many teams receiving votes and are only so low because they have played a lot of ranked teams.

Here is a look at the resume of RM, JU, and LU.

Robert Morris (6-1,5-0)
09/04/10 #33 at Dayton.............. 14-28 L
09/11/10*at Sacred Heart........ 35-31 W
09/18/10 #16 LIBERTY................ 30-23 W
09/25/10*at Wagner.............. 30-9 W
10/02/10*at St. Francis (PA).... 35-14 W
10/09/10*MONMOUTH............... 17-16 W
10/16/10*ALBANY................. 38-0 W

Jacksonville (7-1,5-0)
Sep 04, 2010 at #50 Old Dominion W 35-25
Sep 11, 2010 at #1 Appalachian State L 14-45
Sep 18, 2010 WEBBER INT'L W 41-0
Sep 25, 2010 * at Davidson W 42-15
Oct 02, 2010 * SAN DIEGO W 35-28
Oct 09, 2010 * DRAKE W 39-34
Oct 16, 2010 * at Valparaiso W 86-7
Oct 23, 2010 * MARIST W 56-14

Liberty (5-2,2-0)
09-04-10 ST. FRANCIS, PA. W 52-7
09-11-10 at FBS Ball State W 27-23
09-18-10 at #28 Robert Morris L 23-30
09-25-10 at #15 James Madison L 3-10
10-02-10 SAVANNAH STATE W 52-14
10-09-10 * CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 44-20
Oct 16, 2010 * at VMI W 41-7

RM has 1 win against a top 50 team while SDSU has 2. JU is 1-1 against top 50 teams. I do think Liberty is a bit overrated. I have seen them 4 times this year and they are solid but they would be the 8th best team in the CAA and 4th best team in the SoCon. I have SDSU 24th, Robert Morris 25th, Liberty 26th, and Jacksonville 27th.

I'm not saying Robert Morris and Jacksonville don't belong at all but I am saying they have not played the teams that SDSU has and we have a much better gauge on them than those other two teams because of strength of schedule. One thing I will say on Liberty is that I believe RM only won because LU had a hangover after the high of beating a FBS team. Still, I go by what you do on the field.

NDSU can't even get over them with a win over Kansas and a 5-3 record. Is this poll a best record beauty contest or what? Hard to take a poll as being credible when one MVFC team is ranked and teams like RMU and Jacksonville are.

WestCoastAggie

October 25th, 2010, 01:59 PM

Credible or not, this poll is used in the GPI.

FargoBison

October 25th, 2010, 02:02 PM

Credible or not, this poll is used in the GPI.

Well, I believe the committee views the coaches poll as being the most credible and gives it the most weight.

danefan

October 25th, 2010, 02:10 PM

Well, I believe the committee views the coaches poll as being the most credible and gives it the most weight.

My understanding from past-interviews with Committee members is that the Committee has a weekly conference call during the season during which the members create their own ranking system. Now what they each rely on to determine that ranking system is unknown, but I highly doubt its the Coaches' poll which is pretty bad.

As for the GPI, the committee has never said it uses the GPI for anything other than the AQ Bridge and that GPI is a modified computer-only version which isn't made public. Now whether or not committee members use the GPI for anyhting unoffciailly is unknown.

FargoBison

October 25th, 2010, 02:15 PM

smallcollegefbfan

October 25th, 2010, 02:20 PM

NDSU can't even get over them with a win over Kansas and a 5-3 record. Is this poll a best record beauty contest or what? Hard to take a poll as being credible when one MVFC team is ranked and teams like RMU and Jacksonville are.

I have NDSU #21 in my vote.

WestCoastAggie

October 25th, 2010, 02:20 PM

My understanding from past-interviews with Committee members is that the Committee has a weekly conference call during the season during which the members create their own ranking system. Now what they each rely on to determine that ranking system is unknown, but I highly doubt its the Coaches' poll which is pretty bad.

As for the GPI, the committee has never said it uses the GPI for anything other than the AQ Bridge and that GPI is a modified computer-only version which isn't made public. Now whether or not committee members use the GPI for anyhting unoffciailly is unknown.

Well looking at the final reg. season GPI ranking for 2005, the top 15 were in post-season play.

11/23/2009 GPI Top 25

1. Villanova (1.38)
2. Richmond (2.75)
3T. Montana (3.38)
3T. S Illinois (3.38)
5. William & Mary (4.50)
6. Appalachian St (6.00)
7. Elon (7.63)
8. New Hampshire (9.63)
9. S Dakota St (10.13)
10. E Washington (10.38)
11. S Carolina St (13.13)
12. Weber St (13.25)
13. Jacksonville St (14.13)
14T. Northern Iowa (14.25)
14T. McNeese St (14.25)
16. SF Austin (15.88)
17. James Madison (17.63)
18. Delaware (18.13)
19. Montana St (20.63)
20. Penn (21.38)
21. Liberty (22.25)
22. N Arizona (23.25)
23. Furman (24.00)
24. Massachusetts (24.75)
25. E Illinois (24.88)

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/content.php?145-11-23-2009-Final-Regular-Season-Gridiron-Power-Index-%28GPI%29-Villanova-No-1

The teams in bold made the playoffs.

It's VERY plausable that the Committee looks at the GPI in selecting At-Large teams.

danefan

October 25th, 2010, 02:28 PM

Well looking at the final reg. season GPI ranking for 2005, the top 15 were in post-season play.

11/23/2009 GPI Top 25

1. Villanova (1.38)
2. Richmond (2.75)
3T. Montana (3.38)
3T. S Illinois (3.38)
5. William & Mary (4.50)
6. Appalachian St (6.00)
7. Elon (7.63)
8. New Hampshire (9.63)
9. S Dakota St (10.13)
10. E Washington (10.38)
11. S Carolina St (13.13)
12. Weber St (13.25)
13. Jacksonville St (14.13)
14T. Northern Iowa (14.25)
14T. McNeese St (14.25)
16. SF Austin (15.88)
17. James Madison (17.63)
18. Delaware (18.13)
19. Montana St (20.63)
20. Penn (21.38)
21. Liberty (22.25)
22. N Arizona (23.25)
23. Furman (24.00)
24. Massachusetts (24.75)
25. E Illinois (24.88)

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/content.php?145-11-23-2009-Final-Regular-Season-Gridiron-Power-Index-%28GPI%29-Villanova-No-1

It's VERY plausable that the Committee does look at the GPI in selecting At-Large teams.

You've got a little mistake above (JSU was not eligible last year and SFA was in). But yes, its definitely plausible. But there were other rankings and polls that had all 16 teams correct last year. I'm just pointing out that the Committee does not officially use the full GPI for anything.

McNeese75

October 25th, 2010, 02:30 PM

3-4 McNeese State?
4-3 Texas Southern?
3-5 South Dakota?
4-4 Tennessee Tech?
2-5 Elon?

Unbelievable that teams continue to get votes while deserving programs do not...

I was thinking the same thing about SHSU

WestCoastAggie

October 25th, 2010, 02:35 PM

You've got a little mistake above (JSU was not eligible last year and SFA was in). But yes, its definitely plausible. But there were other rankings and polls that had all 16 teams correct last year. I'm just pointing out that the Committee does not officially use the full GPI for anything.

I fixed my post. Thanks!

WileECoyote06

October 25th, 2010, 02:40 PM

South Dakota State would beat the teams 23-25 in the poll so I am not sure why they aren't ranked. I consider resume such as who you lost to and who you beat more important than overall record. Look at the losses and wins by SDSU and the losses and wins by Robert Morris and Jacksonville. It doesn't even compare.

South Dakota State (3-4,3-2)
09-11-10 at #6 Delaware L 3-26
09-18-10 * #52 ILLINOIS STATE L 14-24
09-25-10 at FBS #14 Nebraska L 3-17
10-02-10 * at #19 Northern Iowa L 14-24
10-09-10 * #27 W. ILLINOIS W 33-29
10-16-10 * at #40 S. Illinois W 31-10
10-23-10 * YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 30-20

Illinois State and YSU are both better than many teams receiving votes and are only so low because they have played a lot of ranked teams.

Here is a look at the resume of RM, JU, and LU.

Robert Morris (6-1,5-0)
09/04/10 #33 at Dayton.............. 14-28 L
09/11/10*at Sacred Heart........ 35-31 W
09/18/10 #16 LIBERTY................ 30-23 W
09/25/10*at Wagner.............. 30-9 W
10/02/10*at St. Francis (PA).... 35-14 W
10/09/10*MONMOUTH............... 17-16 W
10/16/10*ALBANY................. 38-0 W

Jacksonville (7-1,5-0)
Sep 04, 2010 at #50 Old Dominion W 35-25
Sep 11, 2010 at #1 Appalachian State L 14-45
Sep 18, 2010 WEBBER INT'L W 41-0
Sep 25, 2010 * at Davidson W 42-15
Oct 02, 2010 * SAN DIEGO W 35-28
Oct 09, 2010 * DRAKE W 39-34
Oct 16, 2010 * at Valparaiso W 86-7
Oct 23, 2010 * MARIST W 56-14

Liberty (5-2,2-0)
09-04-10 ST. FRANCIS, PA. W 52-7
09-11-10 at FBS Ball State W 27-23
09-18-10 at #28 Robert Morris L 23-30
09-25-10 at #15 James Madison L 3-10
10-02-10 SAVANNAH STATE W 52-14
10-09-10 * CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 44-20
Oct 16, 2010 * at VMI W 41-7

RM has 1 win against a top 50 team while SDSU has 2. JU is 1-1 against top 50 teams. I do think Liberty is a bit overrated. I have seen them 4 times this year and they are solid but they would be the 8th best team in the CAA and 4th best team in the SoCon. I have SDSU 24th, Robert Morris 25th, Liberty 26th, and Jacksonville 27th.

I'm not saying Robert Morris and Jacksonville don't belong at all but I am saying they have not played the teams that SDSU has and we have a much better gauge on them than those other two teams because of strength of schedule. One thing I will say on Liberty is that I believe RM only won because LU had a hangover after the high of beating a FBS team. Still, I go by what you do on the field.

If that's the case, then RMU, and Jacksonville are right where they are supposed to be .xscanx xeyebrowx

xlolx

Screamin_Eagle174

October 25th, 2010, 02:52 PM

Well looking at the final reg. season GPI ranking for 2005, the top 15 were in post-season play.

11/23/2009 GPI Top 25

1. Villanova (1.38)
2. Richmond (2.75)
3T. Montana (3.38)
3T. S Illinois (3.38)
5. William & Mary (4.50)
6. Appalachian St (6.00)
7. Elon (7.63)
8. New Hampshire (9.63)
9. S Dakota St (10.13)
10. E Washington (10.38)
11. S Carolina St (13.13)
12. Weber St (13.25)
13. Jacksonville St (14.13)
14T. Northern Iowa (14.25)
14T. McNeese St (14.25)
16. SF Austin (15.88)
17. James Madison (17.63)
18. Delaware (18.13)
19. Montana St (20.63)
20. Penn (21.38)
21. Liberty (22.25)
22. N Arizona (23.25)
23. Furman (24.00)
24. Massachusetts (24.75)
25. E Illinois (24.88)

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/content.php?145-11-23-2009-Final-Regular-Season-Gridiron-Power-Index-%28GPI%29-Villanova-No-1

The teams in bold made the playoffs.

It's VERY plausable that the Committee looks at the GPI in selecting At-Large teams.

UNI didn't make the playoffs last year either.

GeauxLions94

October 25th, 2010, 02:55 PM

3-4 McNeese State?
4-3 Texas Southern?
3-5 South Dakota?
4-4 Tennessee Tech?
2-5 Elon?

Unbelievable that teams continue to get votes while deserving programs do not...

Given that McNeese State's losses have come to Missouri (ranked FBS), Cal Poly (ranked FCS), Stephen F. Austin (ranked FCS) and LSU (ranked FBS), I can let the Cowboys slide. I don't have them in my top 25, but they are in position to make a run with their remaining schedule and get back into the poll.