I'm surprised about our big jump. That and a couple other things makes me wonder about last week's ratings. I wish I would have looked at them yesterday to see if they had changed since last Sunday. But the MVFC continues its dominance. Less than a point separates the AAC, MWC & MVC. Half the FCS top-10 is from the Valley. Our game vs. UNI is opening up, and SDSU is now a 2-TD prediction. I noticed today that there were a couple small errors in the MAC portion of my spreadsheet. I think it means I had the MAC just a tiny bit higher than they should have been. But not enough to shift their position in relation to other conferences. Oh, and the Big Sky dropped out of the FCS top-5; Tatanka will be pleased.
But you won't believe which team is sitting at 26th.
Sagarin's Week 8 Predictions
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Sagarin Predict Result Diff
39 North Dakota State 76.99
62 Iowa State 70.61 +3.09 +20.00 +16.91
210 Weber State 41.76 +31.94 +17.00 -14.94
240 Incarnate Word 26.44 +53.84 +58.00 +4.16
115 Montana 59.35 +20.93 +12.00 -8.93
145 Western Illinois 54.01 +19.69 +7.00 -12.69
88 Southern Illinois 64.66 +15.62 +28.00 +12.38
109 Indiana State 60.78 +19.50
162 South Dakota 50.41 +23.29
82 South Dakota State 65.82 +14.46
80 Northern Iowa 66.77 +6.93
104 Missouri State 61.47 +12.23
116 Youngstown State 59.22 +21.06
61 Illinois State 71.30
Total Diff: -3.11
Home Field 3.29
Sagarin FCS Top-25
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1 39 North Dakota State
2 61 Illinois State
3 71 New Hampshire
4 76 Villanova
5 78 Eastern Washington
6 80 Northern Iowa
7 81 Jacksonville State
8 82 South Dakota State
9 85 McNeese State
10 88 Southern Illinois
11 90 Sam Houston State
12 91 Coastal Carolina
13 101 Harvard
14 102 SE Louisiana
15 104 Missouri State
16 105 Chattanooga
17 107 Richmond
18 109 Indiana State
19 110 Eastern Kentucky
20 115 Montana
21 116 Youngstown State
22 118 Montana State
23 121 Fordham
24 129 Samford
25 130 Bethune-Cookman
Sagarin Top-5 FCS Conferences
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1. MVFC 63.09
2. Colonial 50.24
3. Southern 50.05
4. Southland 49.85
5. Ohio Valley 49.06
FBS Comparisons
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#1 in the AAC, MAC, MWC, & Sun Belt
#2 in C-USA
#5 in the Big Ten
#6 in the ACC
#7 in the Big 12
#9 in the PAC-12
#13 in the SEC
Non-P5 Top 10 Conferences
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1. AAC 63.82
2. MWC 63.19
3. MVFC 63.09
4. C-USA 60.67
5. MAC 56.42
6. SBC 54.43
7. CAA 50.24
8. Socon 50.05
9. SLC 49.85
10. OVC 49.06
I'm surprised about our big jump. That and a couple other things makes me wonder about last week's ratings. I wish I would have looked at them yesterday to see if they had changed since last Sunday. But the MVFC continues its dominance. Less than a point separates the AAC, MWC & MVC. Half the FCS top-10 is from the Valley. Our game vs. UNI is opening up, and SDSU is now a 2-TD prediction. I noticed today that there were a couple small errors in the MAC portion of my spreadsheet. I think it means I had the MAC just a tiny bit higher than they should have been. But not enough to shift their position in relation to other conferences. Oh, and the Big Sky dropped out of the FCS top-5; Tatanka will be pleased. But you won't believe which team is sitting at 26th.