Hmmm, did you have JMU and YSU being in the title game this time last year? JMU was 12 and YSU just missed the preseason rankings in 2016. More like their are roughly 20 teams that have a shot to win it all, barring a miracle. Usually about 5 will prove themselves ahead of the rest by playoff time.
I would agree with this. I would say there are 10 teams in FCS that are capable of winning the title. But only maybe 4-5 of them show up each and every year. You will have a one year wonder here and there. Then despite their terrible conference SHSU is always around but when playoffs come lately it is a bad bad deal for them. NDSU, SDSU (win a big game once), JMU(I think they are here to stay), Richmond & EWU. The rest of the field will make up the other 5-6 teams. A dark horse could always come from nowhere to get to the title game. Once in the title game anything can happen.
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Coaches Poll:
2017 Preseason FCS Coaches Poll Team (First-Place Votes) W-L Pts Prev 1 James Madison (20) 14-1 642 1 2 North Dakota State (2) 12-2 618 3 3 Sam Houston State (3) 12-1 577 5 4 Eastern Washington 12-2 525 4 5 Jacksonville State 10-2 493 6 6 South Dakota State (1) 9-4 479 7 7 Richmond 10-4 474 8 8 Youngstown State 12-4 450 2 9 Villanova 9-4 413 13 10 North Dakota 9-3 412 12 11 Wofford 10-4 381 11 12 The Citadel 10-2 333 9 13 Chattanooga 9-4 330 10 14 Charleston Southern 7-4 261 14 15 Central Arkansas 10-3 251 16 16 New Hampshire 10-3 244 17 17 Lehigh 9-3 177 18 18 Illinois State 6-6 149 N/R 19 Samford 7-5 144 23 20 Northern Iowa 5-6 136 N/R 21 Grambling State 12-1 133 15 22 Weber State 7-5 102 24 23 Cal Poly 7-5 85 21t 24 North Carolina Central 9-3 83 19 25 North Carolina A&T 9-3 78 20
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lmfao. Sam Houston got more 1st place votes than NDSU?
It's ridiculous how the coaches poll is consistently the worst.
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