Up 4 sports to #53 - still #2 in the FCS behind SDSU (who stayed unchanged at #46 overall): http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm
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Up 4 sports to #53 - still #2 in the FCS behind SDSU (who stayed unchanged at #46 overall): http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm
Top 25 FCS teams after week 1:
Code:46 South Dakota State AA 74.65 MISSOURI VALLEY
53 North Dakota State AA 73.40 MISSOURI VALLEY
73 Montana State AA 68.42 BIG SKY
94 Montana AA 63.41 BIG SKY
106 South Dakota AA 60.89 MISSOURI VALLEY
110 UC Davis AA 60.25 BIG SKY
113 Idaho AA 59.67 BIG SKY
114 North Dakota AA 59.65 MISSOURI VALLEY
118 Tarleton State AA 58.77 WESTERN ATHLETIC
122 Incarnate Word AA 57.98 SOUTHLAND
125 Southern Illinois AA 56.79 MISSOURI VALLEY
126 Villanova AA 56.45 COASTAL
127 Sacramento State AA 56.42 BIG SKY
128 Illinois State AA 56.04 MEAC
129 Delaware AA 56.03 CONF-USA
131 Northern Arizona AA 55.82 BIG SKY
132 Northern Iowa AA 55.67 MISSOURI VALLEY
135 Tennessee-Martin AA 55.14 BIG SOUTH/OVC
137 Austin Peay AA 55.09 WESTERN ATHLETIC
138 Southern Utah AA 55.04 WESTERN ATHLETIC
139 Holy Cross AA 54.96 PATRIOT
140 New Hampshire AA 54.90 COASTAL
144 Stephen F. Austin AA 54.59 SOUTHLAND
145 Jackson State AA 54.42 SWAC-EAST
146 Harvard AA 54.25 IVY LEAGUE
What, wait, no Mercer? Sarcasm......Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
The top 10 would be make a decent G7 conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Sagarin needs to fix that "AA" behind Delaware's name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
The strong_recent column is new to sagarin and looks like it is specific to the most recent game.
Maybe I'll filter it out next time. I think he has Delaware and Missouri state as Aa or something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Chaos
Also need to fix that he has Illinois state in the MEACQuote:
Originally Posted by Professor Chaos
down to 1.25 from 3.24Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Up to 41. Rabbits at 47.
Back on top of the FCS. We would be atop every G6 conference as well.
The top 25 in the FCS. Bison are favored by 25 points at home vs SEMO.
Code:41 North Dakota State AA 75.65 MISSOURI VALLEY
47 South Dakota State AA 74.53 MISSOURI VALLEY
80 Montana State AA 68.41 BIG SKY
94 Tarleton State AA 64.83 WESTERN ATHLETIC
95 Montana AA 64.70 BIG SKY
109 North Dakota AA 62.23 MISSOURI VALLEY
115 Idaho AA 60.53 BIG SKY
122 Austin Peay AA 59.62 WESTERN ATHLETIC
123 South Dakota AA 59.11 MISSOURI VALLEY
124 Illinois State AA 59.06 MEAC
127 Incarnate Word AA 58.84 SOUTHLAND
129 Sacramento State AA 58.56 BIG SKY
131 UC Davis AA 58.15 BIG SKY
133 Villanova AA 57.63 COASTAL
136 Youngstown State AA 57.51 MISSOURI VALLEY
137 Holy Cross AA 57.39 PATRIOT
138 Elon AA 56.89 COASTAL
139 Northern Arizona AA 56.80 BIG SKY
140 New Hampshire AA 56.73 COASTAL
141 Monmouth-NJ AA 56.20 COASTAL
142 Tennessee Tech AA 56.13 BIG SOUTH/OVC
143 Southern Illinois AA 56.12 MISSOURI VALLEY
144 Harvard AA 56.03 IVY LEAGUE
146 Northern Iowa AA 55.62 MISSOURI VALLEY
149 Towson AA 55.28 COASTAL
Nice to see the right team back on top.
Love that the Bison rose 12 spots with a big win over nobody, while Bunnies dropped one spot after beating the #3 team in FCS. That's gotta burn in Brookings.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtoutfitter
NDSU crushed their prediction while SDSU was closer, however SDSU grads probably don't get math there! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalBison
It doesn't get mad, it doesn't get sad, it just runs programs.
Sagarin code doesn't care about bunnies feelings winning a close game. Bunnies won't understand the context either.
I saw a post from Bill Connelly about NDSU in the CFP (not literally).
https://x.com/ESPN_BillC/status/1965074165809234199Quote:
Originally Posted by reformedUNDfan
I just need to ask...how is South Florida #60 right now after beating two ranked teams? I get that Sagarin needs some more data points probably, but this is quite an anomaly.
Citadel stomping Samford might have helped a bitQuote:
Originally Posted by SoCalBison
May be a case where the old data from last year is messing with the model. When he dumps the old data, the rankings improve.Quote:
Originally Posted by DePereBisonFan
Must be. Both teams they've beaten are still ranked ahead of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by THEsocalledfan
It will be until like week 6 before prior year data is removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DePereBisonFan
NDSU 42, 41 last week
SDSU 59, 47
MSU 81, 80
TSU 84, 94
UM 88, 95
If sac didn't pull away in the final minutes last night, sdsu would be way lower imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by BisManBison
Mercyhurst had a real shot to win that game vs sac st, and turned a chance to win into multiple ints.
Sac st is very bad, it looks like their strategy will require several years to implement. Which is fairly normal in football.
Mercyhurst has a better offense than SDSU, lol I dont know how I can type that with a straight face. It was 35-28 in the 4th qtr(then mercyhurst threw 2 picks). Mercyhursts qb looks like hes 5'7.
Sdsu only managed 20 points vs sac st.
Imo, from what Ive seen this year, sdsu and msu are almost identical and suffer from the same offensive problems.
The sagarin gap between the two doesn't pass the eye test.
As for is ndsu worthy of a ranking of 42? Who knows. We've only played garbage the entire year. We look good, and our weakness is clearly run blocking at this point.
My guess at this point in the season is that tarelton is probably #1 or 2, ndsu is the other, and sdsu and msu are 3 and 4.
I don't think the griz can challenge ndsu with the state of their defensive backfield. So it looks to be a solidly 4 team race, and possibly tarelton is the best. Hard to say.
P.s. I do think tarelton coming out of no where is a great sign for the fcs. Though I sort of doubt tarelton is still fcs in 2030.
Top 25 this week.
Code:42 North Dakota State AA 75.25 MISSOURI VALLEY
59 South Dakota State AA 72.63 MISSOURI VALLEY
81 Montana State AA 68.21 BIG SKY
84 Tarleton State AA 66.79 WESTERN ATHLETIC
88 Montana AA 65.23 BIG SKY
103 North Dakota AA 62.54 MISSOURI VALLEY
111 Austin Peay AA 61.48 WESTERN ATHLETIC
118 Southern Illinois AA 59.72 MISSOURI VALLEY
121 Idaho AA 59.01 BIG SKY
125 Sacramento State AA 58.23 BIG SKY
127 Illinois State AA 57.96 MEAC
128 UC Davis AA 57.96 BIG SKY
130 Youngstown State AA 57.57 MISSOURI VALLEY
132 SE Louisiana AA 57.43 SOUTHLAND
133 South Dakota AA 57.36 MISSOURI VALLEY
134 Northern Arizona AA 56.91 BIG SKY
135 Incarnate Word AA 56.47 SOUTHLAND
136 Villanova AA 56.36 COASTAL
138 Tennessee Tech AA 56.19 BIG SOUTH/OVC
140 Elon AA 55.75 COASTAL
141 Chattanooga AA 55.75 SOUTHERN
143 Harvard AA 55.29 IVY LEAGUE
145 Holy Cross AA 55.06 PATRIOT
146 Rhode Island AA 55.04 COASTAL
149 Stephen F. Austin AA 54.71 SOUTHLAND
Sagarin has an interesting webpage, he has a link to this article, which is interesting and a bit ahead of its time.
http://sagarin.com/sports/wham_bam.pdf