2015 Playoff Outlook

[missingnumber7]

The questions have come up about the possibility of 6 win teams, while more than likely not going to happen let me lay out the opportunities:
Teams Eligible for at large at least 7 D1 wins:
Coastal Carolina
James Madison 1 FBS win
William & Mary
NC A&T-Celebration bowl (unless loses to NCCU)
NDSU
SDSU 1 FBS win
ISUR
Portland St 2 FBS wins, 1 D2 win
Richmond
Bethune-Cookman 1 D2 Win
San Diego 1 D2 Win
The Citadel

6 D1 Wins:
Southern Utah 1 D2 win
Northern Arizona 1 D2 win
Eastern Washington
Montana
North Dakota 1 FBS win
Liberty 1 FBS win (already played this week)
New Hampshire
Villanova
Towson
North Carolina Central 1 D2 win
South Carolina St
Northern Iowa
Saint Francis 1 win vs COF non counter
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Kentucky
Sam Houston St 1 D2 Win
Central Arkansas

5 D1 Wins:
Weber St
Youngstown St
South Dakota
Western Illinois
Duquesne 2 D2 Wins
TN-Martin 1 D2 Win
Bucknell
Marist
Morehead St
Mercer

12 Teams currently at 7+ D1 wins:
1 will win MVFC
NO Pioneer will make at large
No MEAC will get at large

That leaves 8 of 14 at large:
Of the 6 win teams the following issues exist:
NAU plays SUU, EIU plays EKU, and SHSU plays UCA so 1 of them will be a 7 win team but there will also be the Big Sky Autobid, and the CAA Autobid
So we are back to 8 of 14 at large.
If the following things happen we could get really interesting or at least 4 or 5 of them:
EWU loss to PSU
UM loss to MSU
UND loss to Poly
UNH loss to Maine
Nova loss to JMU
Towson loss to URI
UNI loss to SIU

None of those teams have a D2 win to give them 7 total wins

5 win teams getting to 6 wins:
Weber St
Youngstown St
South Dakota
Western Illinois
Duquesne 2 D2 wins
Tn-Martin 1 D2 win
Bucknell
Marist
Morehead St
Mercer

Of those teams these teams could make it interesting (all arguments have been considered with them winning Sat):
Weber plays Id St-they have played a decent schedule, and have a win @ UM
Youngstown plays ISUB-no key wins (would have win over USD in comparing head to head)
South Dakota plays ISUR-wins @ NDSU and ISUR would be huge argument for
Western Ill plays SDSU- wins over USD and SDSU
TN Martin-win over EKU, has 7 wins with D2 win.

[taper]

I wouldn't rule out a MEAC team. That 9-2 Bethune-Cookman starts to look pretty good when you're otherwise considering the 3-5th team from other conferences with a 7-4 record. Just shows how weak a 24 team field is.

[bisonaudit]

I wouldn't rule out a MEAC team. That 9-2 Bethune-Cookman starts to look pretty good when you're otherwise considering the 3-5th team from other conferences with a 7-4 record. Just shows how weak a 24 team field is.

What it shows is how little regard they have for the true quality of the best leagues.

[taper]

Don't get me wrong, a MEAC at large is a travesty, even Missouri State might be better than them. Strong records against weak teams seems to be enough though, despite a 10-1 Lehigh being left out in 2012.

[missingnumber7]

I wouldn't rule out a MEAC team. That 9-2 Bethune-Cookman starts to look pretty good when you're otherwise considering the 3-5th team from other conferences with a 7-4 record. Just shows how weak a 24 team field is.

I think this year a MEAC at large may only happen if the apocalypse happens tomorrow. I think there may be a message...whats funny is PV A&M had an article floating around about how they would be a good at large team. I think the world would explode if a MEAC and SWAC team made the field.

[SDSUAlum08]

MIssingNumber...doing a 2016 version? You should actually do it on AGS.