Coaches/Sports Network Polls

[NDSUstudent]

11/12/07 FCS Coaches Poll by Points
Rank Team (1st Votes) Points
1. North Dakota St. (17) 684
2. Northern Iowa (7) 671
3. Montana (4) 622
4. McNeese St. 611
5. Southern Illinois 573
6. Appalachian St. 533
7. Massachusetts 516
8. Richmond 508
9. Delaware 444
10. Delaware St. 403
11. Yale 399
12. Eastern Kentucky 392
13. James Madison 386
14. Wofford 349
15T. Eastern Washington 226
15T. Youngstown St. 226
17. Georgia Southern 206
18. Grambling St. 185
19. New Hampshire 165
20. Eastern Illinois 161
21. Fordham 159
22. Hofstra 97
23. Alabama A&M 77
24. Dayton 66
25. Harvard 48
Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): San Diego (47), Elon (44), Norfolk St. (37), Montana St. (30), Villanova (29), The Citadel (26), Liberty (23), South Dakota St. (23), Western Illinois (22), Cal Poly (18), Central Arkansas (18), Colgate (16), Furman (13), South Carolina St. (13), Missouri St. (7), Southern (6), Albany (5), Nicholls St. (5), Northeastern (4), Hampton (3), Northern Arizona (3), Jacksonville St. (1).


Sports Network 11-12-2007
1. Northern Iowa Panthers (70) 10-0 2,474 1
2. North Dakota State Bison (23) 10-0 2,291 2
3. Montana Grizzlies (10) 10-0 2,269 3
4. McNeese State Cowboys (3) 10-0 2,260 4
5. Southern Illinois Salukis 9-1 2,084 5
6. Appalachian State Mountaineers 8-2 1,982 7
7. Richmond Spiders 8-2 1,845 9
8. Massachusetts Minutemen 8-2 1,841 8
9. Delaware Blue Hens 8-2 1,591 6
10. Delaware State Hornets 9-1 1,538 10
11. Yale Bulldogs 9-0 1,417 12
12. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 8-2 1,408 13
13. Wofford Terriers 8-3 1,366 15
14. James Madison Dukes 7-3 1,253 16
15. Eastern Washington Eagles 7-3 942 20
16. Georgia Southern Eagles 7-3 892 11
17. Youngstown State Penguins 7-4 742 21
18. Fordham Rams 8-2 672 22
19. Grambling State Tigers 8-2 653 17
20. New Hampshire Wildcats 6-4 568 14
21. Eastern Illinois Panthers 7-3 539 25
22. Hofstra Pride 7-3 380 18
23. Alabama A&M Bulldogs 8-2 307 NR
24. Elon Phoenix 6-4 223 19
25. Cal Poly Mustangs 6-4 188 24
Others receiving votes: Harvard 158, South Dakota State 140, Norfolk State 138, Dayton 124, The Citadel 97, Villanova 68, San Diego 63, Western Illinois 59, Liberty 53, Nicholls State 42, Colgate 36, Central Arkansas 30, Furman 23, Hampton 12, South Carolina State 11, Southern 9, Montana State 6, Sam Houston State 5, Albany 4, Prairie View 4, Miss

[stpaulbison]

We lost quite a few #1 votes in the Sports Network poll after Saturday's game. Coming into this past weekend, we had 42 votes and UNI only had 61. They gained 9, we lost 19.

[silkamilkamonico]

We lost quite a few #1 votes in the Sports Network poll after Saturday's game. Coming into this past weekend, we had 42 votes and UNI only had 61. They gained 9, we lost 19.

Seems right.

Montana dropped in the poles after winning close games, seems about right that NDSU will lose votes in close games too.

[BisonNeil]

Seems right.

Montana dropped in the poles after winning close games, seems about right that NDSU will lose votes in close games too.

Seems about right, why?

Montana dropped because they played nobody, DII or non-scholie DI or a DI team with few wins, at HOME and barely won. NDSU plays a ranked team on the ROAD and barely wins. This seems "about right" by what delusional, irrational thinking process?

All I can say is what I said in an earlier thread about the AGS poll, UNI must have played one hell of a tough football team last weekend and drubbed them for them to gain that much distance. So, I am impressed with their prowess.

[silkamilkamonico]

Seems about right, why?

Montana dropped because they played nobody, DII or non-scholie DI or a DI team with few wins, at HOME and barely won. NDSU plays a ranked team on the ROAD and barely wins. This seems "about right" by what delusional, irrational thinking process?

All I can say is what I said in an earlier thread about the AGS poll, UNI must have played one hell of a tough football team last weekend and drubbed them for them to gain that much distance. So, I am impressed with their prowess.


We barely beat a team that now isn't even going to be a playoff team while UNI completely massacred another win.

What, you want to actually "gain" votes for that? Of course we're going to lose some votes.

[Bison bison]

c'mon silk. uni beat indiana state aka gateway's version of morningside.


montana barely beat wber. big difference from poly.

[CaBisonFan]

Seems right.

Montana dropped in the poles after winning close games, seems about right that NDSU will lose votes in close games too.

Did UNI drop after their close call against Youngstown? Not sure.

[CaBisonFan]

We barely beat a team that now isn't even going to be a playoff team while UNI completely massacred another win.

What, you want to actually "gain" votes for that? Of course we're going to lose some votes.

Who did they massacre?

[CaBisonFan]

Seems about right, why?

Montana dropped because they played nobody, DII or non-scholie DI or a DI team with few wins, at HOME and barely won. NDSU plays a ranked team on the ROAD and barely wins. This seems "about right" by what delusional, irrational thinking process?

All I can say is what I said in an earlier thread about the AGS poll, UNI must have played one hell of a tough football team last weekend and drubbed them for them to gain that much distance. So, I am impressed with their prowess.

I'm with you Neil. If we had played Indiana State, we would have drubbed them. Do you know if UNI lost a lot of ground when Youngstown nearly got them? That was their Cal Poly type of game. Last Saturday night...Cal Poly played like a very tough playoff team. They were certainly the equal of many of our top opponents over the past two years. We shouldn't lose a lot of votes over a game like that.

[silkamilkamonico]

c'mon silk. uni beat indiana state aka gateway's version of morningside.


montana barely beat wber. big difference from poly.

It works just like it does in D1A.

Who's playing the best at the end of the season.


NDSU pulled the win out like great teams do. They found a way to win.

But even I cannot expect to actually gain votes on UNI the same week we barely beat a non playoff team and the #2 team is cruising to a 68-14 win regardless of who they play. They should have won handily , and they did. NDSU should have won more comfortably then we did.

The same thing can happen next week. We can blow out SDSU, UNI can somewhat struggle, and we'll gain more votes than them. It's how the polls work. You see it happening at the D1 polls all the time.

I'm just a little confused that some people are actually surprised that we lost some votes. They have fluctuated on a week by week basis throughout the entire season.