That sounds right for MVFC, seems high for BS but they do have some surprise teams this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
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That sounds right for MVFC, seems high for BS but they do have some surprise teams this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
Way too high for the Big Sky, surprise teams or not. Look at the conference performance record the last two years for the playoffs and occ games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Meaty
Do remember one of their teams beat the #1 team in the nation.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedRiver
And has since tanked....Quote:
Originally Posted by stevdock
Last and 3rd to last at-large teams are Big Sky. Bubblelicious. Give it a week or two, could be a completely different story.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedRiver
They still got a chance. If they go into that selection Sunday with a 7-4 record, the committee will recognize that win against us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Pep Band
They wouldn't be one of the 5 today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Pep Band
Gains from the SDSU game now erased. Back to 70. ISUr at 72, SDSU at 73. UNI hanging onto the top ten by a whisker.
Sagarin's 2015 Week 9 Predictions
Sagarin FCS Top-25Code:
Rank Team Sagarin Predict Result Diff
70 North Dakota State 68.39
144 Montana 51.45 +14.28 -3.00 -17.28
164 Weber State 46.20 +24.85 +27.00 +2.15
172 North Dakota 44.78 +26.27 +25.00 -1.27
73 South Dakota State 67.59 -1.86 +21.00 +22.86
102 Northern Iowa 59.97 +11.08 +3.00 -8.08
150 South Dakota 50.06 +20.99 -3.00 -23.99
129 Indiana State 53.64 +12.09
117 Southern Illinois 56.88 +8.85
111 Western Illinois 58.23 +12.82
101 Youngstown State 60.72 +5.01
206 Missouri State 36.53 +34.52
72 Illinois State 67.87
Total Diff: -25.61
Home Field 2.66
Sagarin Conference RankingCode:
Rank SagRank RATING Team
1 70 68.39 North Dakota State
2 72 67.87 Illinois State
3 73 67.59 South Dakota State
4 85 64.72 James Madison
5 88 63.80 Jacksonville State
6 94 62.65 Harvard
7 95 62.37 Chattanooga
8 97 61.56 Coastal Carolina
9 101 60.72 Youngstown State
10 102 59.97 Northern Iowa
11 103 59.83 Sam Houston State
12 106 59.27 William & Mary
13 107 58.99 McNeese State
14 108 58.95 Dartmouth
15 109 58.77 Southern Utah
16 110 58.70 Portland State
17 111 58.23 Western Illinois
18 115 57.92 Eastern Washington
19 117 56.88 Southern Illinois
20 120 56.17 Eastern Kentucky
21 127 53.90 Richmond
22 128 53.77 The Citadel
23 129 53.64 Indiana State
24 135 52.92 Samford
25 137 52.69 Villanova
Code:
Rank Conference CntMean NDSU
1 BIG 12 80.00 9
2 SEC 78.93 14
3 PAC-12 76.26 11
4 ACC 75.81 12
5 BIG TEN 75.75 11
6 I-A INDEPENDENTS 74.69 3
7 AMERICAN ATHLETIC 67.07 7
8 MWC 60.54 3
9 MAC 59.25 3
10 MISSOURI VALLEY 58.86 1
11 CONFERENCE USA 55.94 4
12 SUN BELT 54.17 3
13 BIG SKY 47.59 1
14 COLONIAL 46.59 1
15 SOUTHERN 46.20 1
16 OHIO VALLEY 44.86 1
17 IVY LEAGUE 43.84 1
18 SOUTHLAND 41.67 1
19 BIG SOUTH 40.88 1
20 PATRIOT 35.36 1
21 NORTHEAST 34.62 1
22 MID-EASTERN 31.88 1
23 SWAC 27.20 1
24 PIONEER 23.85 1
Projected regular season record based on Sagarin's ratings plus 2.61 pts for a bye-week:
9-2 32.2%. -12.7% from last week
8-3 43.0% +22.4%
7-4 20.4% +16.8%
6-5.. 4.1%. +3.9%
5-6.. 0.3%. +0.3%
4-7.. 0.002%
Opp..... Win%.. Line
@Ind St 81.5% 12.0. -7.6%. -4.5 change from last week
@S Ill.. 74.4%.. 9.0 +3.5% +1.5
v.W Ill. 82.9% 13.0. -6.7%. -4.0
@YSU.. 64.5%.. 5.0 +8.2% +3.0
v.Mo St 99.4% 34.5. -0.4%. -5.5
Games by projected order of difficulty:
Opp..... Win%.. Line
-- @YSU... 64.5%. 5.0
-- @S Ill... 74.4%. 9.0
-- @Ind St 81.5% 12.0
-- v.W Ill.. 82.9% 13.0
-- v.Mo St 99.4% 34.5
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A bunch of 2 score games coming up this week for the top teams.