They had no chance to host. Seeded teams don't have to bid. They just get to host until they meet a higher seeded team.
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Sadly, NDSU did not pick up anymore AP votes; not sure what will happen next week as the national folks will not be paying any attention to and NDSU/Furry Man game.
Jacksonville State would easily outbid SDSU if they tried. Could even outbid us if the filled the place. They averaged around 16k with a high of 19k in a 24k stadium. BTW, we're 0-2 against JSU, both DII playoff games.
Might as well. Don't even care today but it was something to do while Bohl was talking. EIU continues to close the gap. MVFC takes a hit thanks to SDSU's fabulous performance. Winners are the teams that upset the seeds, Losers are the three seeds that lost plus SDSU & Tenn St.
Sagarin's Playoffs Round 3 Predictions
Sagarin FCS Predictor Top-25Code:Sagarin Predict Result Diff
27 North Dakota State 80.30
25 Kansas State 80.87 -4.01 3.00 7.01
NA Ferris State NA NA 46.00 NA
225 Delaware State 34.16 49.58 51.00 1.42
93 South Dakota State 62.99 13.87 20.00 6.13
87 Northern Iowa 63.80 19.94 1.00 -18.94
103 Missouri State 62.01 21.73 15.00 -6.73
98 Southern Illinois 62.48 14.38 21.00 6.62
200 Indiana State 39.58 37.28 46.00 8.72
124 Illinois State 57.72 26.02 18.00 -8.02
116 Youngstown State 59.06 17.80 18.00 0.20
167 South Dakota 48.14 35.60 42.00 6.40
151 Furman 52.65 31.09 31.00 0.09
102 Coastal Carolina 62.05 21.69
159 Western Illinois 50.55
Total Diff: 2.90
Home 3.44
Sagarin Predictor Top-7 FCS ConferencesCode:1 27 North Dakota State
2 31 Eastern Illinois
3 72 SE Louisiana
4 73 Towson
5 78 Eastern Washington
6 80 Villanova
7 85 Jacksonville State
8 87 Northern Iowa
9 88 William & Mary
10 92 New Hampshire
11 93 South Dakota State
12 98 Southern Illinois
13 100 Montana
14 101 Sam Houston State
15 103 Missouri State
16 102 Coastal Carolina
17 111 Liberty
18 112 Harvard
19 114 Princeton
20 116 Youngstown State
21 118 Maine
22 119 Cal Poly
23 120 Tennessee State
24 123 McNeese State
25 124 Illinois State
Code:1. MVFC 59.02
2. Colonial 56.14
3. Ohio Valley 53.94
4. Southland 51.51
5. Southern 48.48
6. Ivy League 48.20
7. Big Sky 47.04
Sagarin got 5 of 8 correct this round.
Code:1 NDSU/Furman 8 Montana/Coastal
Sagarin: NDSU by 32 Sagarin: Montana by 6
Actual: NDSU by 31 Actual: Coastal by 7
4 SELA/SHSU 5 Maine/UNH
Sagarin: SELA by 11 Sagarin: Maine by 1
Actual: SELA by 1 Actual: UNH by 14
3 EWU/SDSU 6 McNeese/Jax St
Sagarin: EWU by 1 Sagarin: McNeese by 3
Actual: EWU by 24 Actual: Jax St by 21
2 EIU/Tenn St 7 Towson/Fordham
Sagarin: EIU by 22 Sagarin: Towson by 15
Actual: EIU by 41 Actual: Towson by 20
Code:1 NDSU 80.30 (21.69)
Coastal C 62.05
4 SELA 67.33 (7.27)
UNH 63.50
3 EWU 65.51 (4.58)
Jax St 64.37
2 EIU 79.31 (15.70)
7 Towson 67.05