2015 Playoff Outlook

[missingnumber7]

Me too. Checked 4-5 times the last couple days.

Sorry has been a busy day at work, hopefully I will get it updated during Monday Night football.

[BisonNation11]

NDSU moved into 6th in the Stats poll and 5th in the coaches poll. It will be an interesting last few weeks.

Posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd put it here. Am I the only one missing the reasoning behind EWU being ranked ahead of NDSU? Same record and their wins are much less impressive with one W being of the double digit variety (to be more precise they have one win of more than a TD and 2-point conversion).

[OatmealWicket92]

How is a 4-4 team ranked but USD doesn't have any top 25 votes?

[Mayville Bison]

Posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd put it here. Am I the only one missing the reasoning behind EWU being ranked ahead of NDSU? Same record and their wins are much less impressive with one W being of the double digit variety (to be more precise they have one win of more than a TD and 2-point conversion).

I'm guessing the thought process is one of their losses is to Oregon, so in a lot of pollster's minds, they are 6-1 and they don't have a loss to USD. I have EWU in the teens in my poll because they simply don't look like a good team. We will find out soon with 3 decent teams left on their schedule.

[SDSUAlum08]

Sorry has been a busy day at work, hopefully I will get it updated during Monday Night football.

No worries at all. I just wanted to point out that I really appreciate you doing it. Thanks again.

[BisonTru]

Posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd put it here. Am I the only one missing the reasoning behind EWU being ranked ahead of NDSU? Same record and their wins are much less impressive with one W being of the double digit variety (to be more precise they have one win of more than a TD and 2-point conversion).

And they're doing it against the bottom of their conference. I'm selling EWU hard. Portland St is going to blow them up. Montana is a shell of itself and NAU is mediocre, but I could see EWU dropping both of these contests.

Unfortunately, most voters won't notice till the L's start rolling in.

[missingnumber7]

Updated today...please let me know if there are any glaring errors or omissions...this has been a trying week.

[SDSUAlum08]

Which conferences only get one team in? (Because they suck)

And the SWAC doesn't send a team to the playoffs right?

[taper]

Which conferences only get one team in? (Because they suck)

And the SWAC doesn't send a team to the playoffs right?

Patriot League sucks and should only get one.....but Fordham lost to Colgate and probably won't get the AQ. Fordham has a decent shot for an at large because of their good record against bad teams. This conference sent an AQ team with a losing record a few years ago.

Pioneer and NEC suck, shouldn't even be in the playoffs but get one.

SWAC and MEAC send their champs to their own bowl, remainder eligible for at large. Some chance of a MEAC bid due to good record against bad teams, none for SWAC. And they all suck.

Big South used to suck but are rapidly improving. Probably get an at large.

Southern used to be great but now sucks. Risk of just the AQ, which would have seemed absurd 5 years ago.

[BisonTru]

Which conferences only get one team in? (Because they suck)

And the SWAC doesn't send a team to the playoffs right?

The SWAC and MEAC sends their champs to the celebration bowl. The rest of the league is available for at large bids.

The NEC and pioneer are 1 bid leagues at least this year. Pioneer will most likely always be.

Fordham will get an at large as of now. If they lose or they end up winning the AQ on a tie breaker that should make the PL a one bid league as well.