Stat: Polls since 2007

[tony]

I've been cleaning up and organizing FCS media and coaches poll ranking from the 2007 season on.

Now I show that:

NDSU has been ranked #1 59 times in the Coaches Poll and 49 times in the Media Poll.
NDSU has been unranked 17 times and 24 times respectively.
NDSU's average rank for the last 11 seasons has been 7.2 and 7.6 respectively (if I assign #26 to represent a non-ranked.)
NDSU's average rank for the last 11 seasons has been 9.8 and 11.3 respectively (if I assign #50 to represent a non-ranked.)

When assigning #26 to unranked teams, the top 10 over the last 11 years are:

Coaches Poll

School	Avg Rank
North Dakota State	7.19
Montana	11.46
James Madison	11.54
Eastern Washington	12.11
Northern Iowa	12.97
New Hampshire	13.29
Jacksonville State	14.4
Richmond	14.64
Sam Houston State	14.82
Villanova	15.47

Media Poll

School	Avg Rank
North Dakota State	7.61
Montana	11.63
Eastern Washington	11.88
James Madison	11.97
Northern Iowa	12.74
New Hampshire	13.05
Jacksonville State	14.21
Richmond	14.37
Sam Houston State	14.45
Villanova	15.14

SHSU is really underrated considering that they've made the semis five times and the championship twice in that time period.
EWU: Semis four time, championship once
Jacksonville State: Semis once, championship once.
Montana: three semis, two championships

[MNLonghorn10]

we suck. need to do better.

[Vet70]

we suck. need to do better.

Chill---next thing you know you will be predicting we are going to lose games 52-10.

[MankatoBison]

Impressed at the spread between us and #2 however I'm actually surprised it's not more. Very cool- thanks for the data, I love this crap

[MankatoBison]

Additionally, I Love seeing Montana, EWU, UNI and JMU in the Top 5. I think the FCS thrives when all of these programs are successful. I actually HOPE that all of those teams have 0-2 losses each year, as long as we aren't one of their victories

[MNLonghorn10]

Additionally, I Love seeing Montana, EWU, UNI and JMU in the Top 5. I think the FCS thrives when all of these programs are successful. I actually HOPE that all of those teams have 0-2 losses each year, as long as we aren't one of their victories

FCS needs some more CAA storied programs to get out of the rut. 2 of Nova/UNH/UD/Richmond all need to be perennial top 10 schools along with JMU. otherwise its just "what team can shape up perfectly to beat NDSU with their 1 shot".

Montana needs to do the opposite of whatever the fuck theyve been trying to do the last 15 years

[thebootfitter]

Impressed at the spread between us and #2 however I'm actually surprised it's not more. Very cool- thanks for the data, I love this crap

I think if it weren't for a couple of rough years in 2008 and 2009, then it would be a lot more significant. Do these same statistics starting in 2010 or 2011 and I think the gap would grow.

[tony]

I think if it weren't for a couple of rough years in 2008 and 2009, then it would be a lot more significant. Do these same statistics starting in 2010 or 2011 and I think the gap would grow.

For the decade starting in 2010, the numbers look like:

Coaches Poll

Descr	Ranking
North Dakota State	4.47
Eastern Washington	9.1
Sam Houston State	11.08
Jacksonville State	11.42
James Madison	12.32
Montana State	14.18
Montana	14.49
New Hampshire	14.76
Northern Iowa	15.69
Villanova	16.06
South Dakota State	16.08

Media Poll

Descr	Ranking
North Dakota State	4.62
Eastern Washington	8.77
Sam Houston State	10.57
Jacksonville State	10.96
James Madison	12.75
Montana State	14.08
New Hampshire	14.32
Montana	14.54
South Dakota State	15.35
Northern Iowa	15.46

Like I've said before, Sam Houston State doesn't get much respect - their average final poll ranking is right around 5 which is a lot better than their average in-season ranking.

NDSU's average final ranking in both polls is a pretty dang good 2.25 (so NDSU has been underrated too.)