Week 2 polls (9/1/14)

[Bisonguy]

Well no one ever said Bisonville was well moderated.

Ain't that the truth. It's either under-moderated or over-moderated.

[StL Bison Fan]

Whoops. Looks like I merged the poll about polls into this thread about polls that already had a duplicate thread about polls merged into it instead of just moving the poll about polls to the proper suggestions and announcements forum.

Guess it's a super poll thread now.

I'm not going to get concerned about this until it's confirmed.

[onbison09]

Bethune-Cookman beat Florida International 14-12.

2nd year in a row. FIU is awful

[westnodak93bison]

2nd year in a row. FIU is awful

Pffft. They are FBS!

[scottietohottie]

NDSU should be at the top of every poll until someone beats them. 3 Time Defending Champs. Also in North Dakota Bison fans should be considered the champs until someone else in North Dakota beats them. The who fans should have to hold doors open for Bison fans and yield the right away.

[Bison 4 Life]

Looks like I got completely outhomered on AGS by our resident UNI fan......

My top 4 didn't change from the preseason

1. UNI
2. EWU
3. NDSU
4. SLU

Though I thought long and hard about swapping EWU and NDSU....and I see my first place UNI vote doesn't count - thanks Ursus...or Obama...either one

I am not completely discounting last season but I'm focusing on going forward. NDSU proved a lot to me over the weekend but while others have said there are other FCS teams that "could" have done the same I 100% UNI and EWU WOULD have done the same. If UNI and NDSU swapped opponents I'd bet the results would have been similar as they turned out. EWU likely scores more points but I'm not sure they hold Iowa State under 35.... I'm long on record as saying Iowa State is a **** program and likely would be lucky to crack the top 20-25 in the FCS.

In my eyes what UNI showed me on Saturday was/is more impressive than what EWU or NDSU has shown me this season, especially based on expectations. I have UNI to win the MVFC and based on what I saw I stand by that. Why would I rank a team higher in a national poll vs another team than I do in the conference poll at this point?


The more I think about it the more I'd put NDSU ahead of EWU. While EWU has the best offense in the FCS they have a bottom 1/3 defense. NDSU and UNI both have top 1/3 offenses and 1/3 defenses. Statistically speaking I like both over EWU.

UNI likely is my #1 next week too unless EWU or NDSU plays ungodly well and some big injury reports come out of Cedar Falls.


Flame away if you want, I don't really give a damn.