If it flies it dies.
Long for the days of freezing in the south stands of Dacotah Field.
Top 25 per Sagarin:
64 North Dakota State AA = 71.19 4 1 51.06( 172) 0 0 | 0 0 | 71.04 69 | 72.24 61 | 70.15 67 MISSOURI VALLEY
77 Montana AA = 68.75 5 0 43.97( 219) 0 0 | 0 0 | 68.01 83 | 67.83 81 | 68.87 73 BIG SKY
91 South Dakota State AA = 65.16 4 1 50.54( 176) 0 0 | 0 0 | 64.75 96 | 66.98 84 | 63.23 95 MISSOURI VALLEY
97 Sacramento State AA = 64.64 4 0 47.99( 190) 0 0 | 0 0 | 63.52 103 | 62.35 109 | 65.35 86 BIG SKY
99 Weber State AA = 64.20 4 0 53.49( 161) 0 0 | 0 0 | 64.88 94 | 63.31 104 | 63.05 98 BIG SKY
117 Montana State AA = 59.35 4 1 48.45( 186) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.35 131 | 58.61 122 | 59.65 115 BIG SKY
119 SE Louisiana AA = 59.13 3 2 51.60( 171) 0 0 | 0 0 | 58.65 119 | 58.09 124 | 58.17 120 SOUTHLAND
120 Southern Illinois AA = 58.95 3 2 57.39( 141) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.73 128 | 58.64 121 | 58.54 117 MISSOURI VALLEY
121 Mercer AA = 58.89 4 1 42.19( 227) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.88 126 | 54.57 139 | 60.62 110 SOUTHERN
123 Incarnate Word AA = 58.76 4 1 52.54( 166) 0 0 | 0 0 | 59.88 115 | 57.55 128 | 56.98 122 SOUTHLAND
127 Chattanooga AA = 57.21 4 1 45.96( 198) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.94 125 | 56.54 132 | 55.73 128 SOUTHERN
128 Missouri State AA = 56.80 2 3 60.39( 119) 0 0 | 0 1 | 57.09 124 | 57.53 129 | 54.19 134 MISSOURI VALLEY
129 Delaware AA = 56.60 5 0 40.66( 239) 0 0 | 0 0 | 58.27 121 | 57.17 131 | 53.30 139 COLONIAL
130 Idaho AA = 56.53 3 2 51.89( 169) 0 0 | 0 0 | 55.87 134 | 53.68 144 | 56.39 126 BIG SKY
131 Youngstown State AA = 56.39 2 2 54.96( 156) 0 0 | 0 1 | 55.49 135 | 54.64 138 | 55.77 127 MISSOURI VALLEY
132 North Dakota AA = 56.35 3 2 57.76( 138) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.05 147 | 55.54 135 | 56.52 123 MISSOURI VALLEY
133 Samford AA = 56.25 4 1 51.75( 170) 0 1 | 0 1 | 55.95 133 | 54.35 141 | 55.37 130 SOUTHERN
135 UC Davis AA = 56.10 1 4 61.95( 106) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.72 129 | 55.19 136 | 54.14 135 BIG SKY
136 Northern Iowa AA = 56.01 2 3 55.96( 150) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.58 139 | 57.38 130 | 53.91 137 MISSOURI VALLEY
139 South Dakota AA = 55.38 1 3 68.14( 62) 0 0 | 0 1 | 54.71 138 | 55.74 133 | 53.35 138 MISSOURI VALLEY
140 Holy Cross AA = 55.35 5 0 46.59( 194) 0 0 | 0 0 | 55.08 136 | 52.96 146 | 54.62 132 PATRIOT
145 Richmond AA = 53.62 3 2 44.39( 210) 0 0 | 0 0 | 52.57 148 | 51.66 153 | 52.88 140 COLONIAL
146 Austin Peay AA = 53.40 4 2 40.90( 238) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.61 144 | 51.13 157 | 52.11 143 ASUN
148 Princeton AA = 52.81 3 0 32.28( 258) 0 0 | 0 0 | 51.19 154 | 53.78 142 | 50.70 154 IVY LEAGUE
149 Furman AA = 52.58 3 2 55.27( 152) 0 1 | 0 1 | 53.74 143 | 52.55 151 | 49.46 159 SOUTHERN
Editorial note: Don't believe the bullshit that FCS is as good as ever. The top teams are down significantly in rank than in other years.
For comparison, these are the final ratings for the 2012 season for the top 25 FCS teams. The average drop is 22 places this year compared to then.
35 North Dakota State AA 77.94
63 Sam Houston State AA 70.81
72 Georgia Southern AA 68.44
79 South Dakota State AA 66.59
88 Eastern Washington AA 64.51
90 Montana State AA 64.28
92 Northern Iowa AA 64.05
94 Central Arkansas AA 63.96
95 Indiana State AA 63.70
96 Wofford AA 63.70
97 Youngstown State AA 63.57
99 Cal Poly-SLO AA 63.44
102 Southern Illinois AA 63.04
105 Illinois State AA 62.38
106 Eastern Kentucky AA 61.29
112 Tennessee-Martin AA 60.74
114 McNeese State AA 60.37
115 Appalachian State AA 60.31
117 Old Dominion AA 59.46
119 Eastern Illinois AA 58.93
120 Northern Arizona AA 58.83
122 Chattanooga AA 58.73
128 Towson AA 57.88
129 Stony Brook AA 57.88
132 Samford AA 57.26
It's OK to not be OK.
I think it is probably true that relative quality of FCS is down. It only makes sense every time a team moves up that’s an extra 85 scholarships sucking talent up with them.
Curious to see the final rankings from last season compared to 2012. Not sure how heavily regressed the preseason rankings are and how long and strongly they play in the rankings so perhaps more robust to compare from the same time of each year.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
So 2012 season end to 2021 season end top 25: average rank down 8.5 slots, median down 12 slots (which is really just the 13th ranked team now that I think about it so not sure how valuable that is in this context). Perhaps I’ll go deeper this weekend if I have an opportunity.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
Kind of apples to oranges to compare week 5 to end of season. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't FCS typically trend down as the season goes along while FBS trend upward? Based mainly on SOS from here on out? Playoffs give FCS a chance for a bit of and end of season bounce because the SOS increases?
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Sagarin confirming today what we've been seeing. Montana is the better team as of today.
Top 10:
72 Montana AA = 68.88
77 North Dakota State AA = 67.75
82 Sacramento State AA = 67.41
85 South Dakota State AA = 67.01
90 Weber State AA = 65.36
106 Mercer AA = 62.68
112 Southern Illinois AA = 61.58
118 Montana State AA = 60.45
120 Incarnate Word AA = 60.04
125 Holy Cross AA = 58.85