Here is the Sports Network FCS Polls for Week 6
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Dakota State Bison (153) 4-0 4,017 1
2. Eastern Washington Eagles (8) 4-1 3,865 2
3. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 5-0 3,501 3
4. New Hampshire Wildcats 3-1 3,408 4
5. McNeese State Cowboys 2-1 3,274 5
6. Villanova Wildcats 3-1 3,249 6
7. Montana Grizzlies 3-2 3,000 7
8. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 3-1 2,888 8
9. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-1 2,710 9
10. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-2 2,489 10
11. Southeastern Louisiana Lions 3-2 2,308 11
12. William & Mary Tribe 4-1 1,999 12
13. Montana State Bobcats 3-2 1,902 13
14. Chattanooga Mocs 2-2 1,661 14
15. Southern Illinois Salukis 4-1 1,615 17
16. Fordham Rams 4-1 1,614 16
17. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 3-1 1,479 15
18. Youngstown State Penguins 3-1 1,351 18
19. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 4-0 1,222 19
20. Richmond Spiders 2-2 1,066 20
21. Tennessee State Tigers 4-1 858 21
22. Illinois State Redbirds 3-0 600 23
23. Albany Great Danes 4-0 453 24
24. Delaware Blue Hens 3-1 343 25
25. Indiana State Sycamores 3-1 270 NR
Others receiving votes: Missouri State 147, Charleston Southern 146, Northern Arizona 142, Sam Houston State 105, Southeast Missouri State 72, Liberty 62, North Carolina A&T 61, Alabama State 57, Harvard 50, Alcorn State 40, Yale 39, Samford 25, Maine 24, Northwestern State 22, South Dakota 20, Furman 20, Eastern Illinois 19, Towson 17, Bucknell 16, Presbyterian 15, South Carolina State 13, Saint Francis-PA 11, Bryant 10, Abilene Christian 9, Wofford 9, Western Carolina 8, Tennessee Tech 5, James Madison 4, Jacksonville 4, Sacred Heart 3, San Diego 3, Central Arkansas 2, Lafayette 2, Stephen F. Austin 1.
Pretty Impressive to have 7 MVC teams in the top 25. Just proof, it is the most dominant conference.
"If FBS teams are looking for an FCS cupcake, might I suggest North Dakota instead of North Dakota State." - John Taylor NBC College football talk writer
Me thinks that the MVFC will be a real gauntlet this year. I would love to be proven wrong and have the Bison sail through, but we shall see.
Craig Haley has 5 MVFC teams in the playoffs and one more on the bubble. Not really a fan of that road to the championship though.
PLAYOFF FIELD
Looking at where teams may stand in a projected playoff bracket on Nov. 23, and not based on current records or conference standings:
Sacred Heart/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State
Tennessee State/South Dakota State winner at No. 8 seed Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois/McNeese State winner at No. 5 Jacksonville State
Richmond/Chattanooga winner at No. 4 seed New Hampshire
Jacksonville/North Carolina A&T winner at No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina
Fordham/Delaware winner at No. 3 seed Villanova
Bethune-Cookman/Montana winner at No. 7 seed Southeastern Louisiana
Eastern Kentucky/Illinois State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington
On the at-large bubble: Central Arkansas, Liberty, Northern Arizona, Youngstown State and William & Mary
http://sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnfo...9_28_2014a.htm
Yeah It seems like even last year the forecast looked like a tougher road for NDSU too. If they put 3 MVFC teams in that slot to try and make it a MVFC game vs NDSU round two would be ridiculous and almost make me think that the committee would be purposely trying to keep NDSU from making it to the championship game in Frisco. The reward for being top overall seed could penalize them this season? I know it's early but his projections are usually pretty good and close to what the field looks like. But the way NDSU has helped put focus on the FCS it would be hard to see them putting UNI in that position to make that a possible matchup that early in the playoffs.
Two teams on would love to see play the Bizon in the playoffs are Howard Bison and the Bucknell Bison. Howard is out at 1-4, but Bucknell is 4-0.