2022 Sagarin ratings

[THEsocalledfan]

Some already beat me, but was looking early as I knew NDSU was likely to lose top spot. Here is full top 25.

72 Montana AA = 68.88 5 0 43.77( 213) 0 0 | 0 0 | 68.32 76 | 68.05 79 | 68.77 69 BIG SKY
77 North Dakota State AA = 67.75 5 1 49.26( 172) 0 0 | 0 0 | 67.10 81 | 69.67 68 | 66.08 81 MISSOURI VALLEY
82 Sacramento State AA = 67.41 5 0 45.78( 197) 0 0 | 0 0 | 66.19 86 | 64.15 101 | 69.02 68 BIG SKY
85 South Dakota State AA = 67.01 5 1 50.39( 168) 0 0 | 0 0 | 66.04 87 | 67.69 82 | 66.08 82 MISSOURI VALLEY
90 Weber State AA = 65.36 5 0 52.25( 158) 0 0 | 0 0 | 65.44 90 | 64.18 100 | 64.70 89 BIG SKY
106 Mercer AA = 62.68 5 1 43.82( 212) 0 0 | 0 0 | 61.20 112 | 57.80 127 | 64.84 88 SOUTHERN
112 Southern Illinois AA = 61.58 4 2 57.47( 139) 0 0 | 0 0 | 59.61 119 | 60.49 115 | 61.60 103 MISSOURI VALLEY
118 Montana State AA = 60.45 5 1 45.09( 206) 0 0 | 0 0 | 57.64 126 | 59.25 123 | 60.88 108 BIG SKY
120 Incarnate Word AA = 60.04 5 1 47.88( 185) 0 0 | 0 0 | 60.64 115 | 58.35 126 | 58.78 115 SOUTHLAND
125 Holy Cross AA = 58.85 6 0 43.74( 214) 0 0 | 0 0 | 58.90 122 | 55.63 135 | 58.62 117 PATRIOT
126 North Dakota AA = 57.37 4 2 56.98( 142) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.71 144 | 55.95 133 | 58.01 123 MISSOURI VALLEY
127 Chattanooga AA = 57.24 4 1 46.96( 189) 0 0 | 0 0 | 56.92 129 | 56.64 130 | 55.55 128 SOUTHERN
130 UC Davis AA = 56.34 1 4 63.08( 107) 0 0 | 0 0 | 57.15 127 | 55.54 137 | 54.03 131 BIG SKY
132 Idaho AA = 55.94 3 2 50.49( 167) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.23 140 | 52.74 149 | 56.30 127 BIG SKY
133 SE Louisiana AA = 55.92 3 3 47.68( 186) 0 0 | 0 0 | 55.77 131 | 56.02 132 | 53.59 134 SOUTHLAND
135 Delaware AA = 55.57 5 1 44.81( 208) 0 0 | 0 0 | 57.65 125 | 56.77 129 | 51.32 151 COLONIAL
137 Northern Iowa AA = 55.13 2 4 55.99( 147) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.55 135 | 56.89 128 | 52.01 144 MISSOURI VALLEY
139 Samford AA = 54.88 5 1 48.40( 178) 0 1 | 0 1 | 54.30 139 | 53.62 144 | 53.43 136 SOUTHERN
141 Jacksonville State AA = 54.40 5 1 43.62( 215) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.81 142 | 53.61 145 | 52.63 143 ASUN
142 Illinois State AA = 54.33 3 2 52.46( 155) 0 0 | 0 1 | 52.66 151 | 54.12 141 | 52.83 138 MISSOURI VALLEY
143 Missouri State AA = 54.23 2 4 60.25( 124) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.36 138 | 55.58 136 | 50.85 152 MISSOURI VALLEY
144 Richmond AA = 54.10 3 2 44.73( 209) 0 0 | 0 0 | 53.71 143 | 52.39 152 | 52.70 141 COLONIAL
145 Youngstown State AA = 54.05 2 3 53.50( 151) 0 0 | 0 0 | 51.59 157 | 52.01 153 | 53.95 132 MISSOURI VALLEY
147 Princeton AA = 53.97 4 0 33.53( 254) 0 0 | 0 0 | 52.49 152 | 54.44 138 | 51.96 146 IVY LEAGUE
148 William & Mary AA = 53.94 5 1 45.48( 203) 0 0 | 0 0 | 54.45 137 | 52.76 148 | 51.73 147 COLONIAL

[BigHorns]

Big Sky looking strong this year. 4 of the top 8 teams.

[THEsocalledfan]

Big Sky looking strong this year. 4 of the top 8 teams.

Sac St. is the most fascinating; paper tiger or actual title contender? I watched Weber/EWU last night. Weber defense is legit and they have a pretty high octane offense now. Not the Weber I remember. Would not be at all surprised if they win the league.

[southcliffbison]

Sac St. is the most fascinating; paper tiger or actual title contender? I watched Weber/EWU last night. Weber defense is legit and they have a pretty high octane offense now. Not the Weber I remember. Would not be at all surprised if they win the league.

The UM Fizz have had a vanilla schedule so far; the meat of the schedule starts in two weeks. Sac State in Sacramento on the 22nd; Weber State in Ogden on the 29th; then EWU November 12 and finish with the Brawl in Bozeman on the 19th. If the UM wins out, look out......minimum 2 seed or even a possible 1, depending, of course, how our beloved Bison finish. I see 2 losses for the Griz.

[bisonaudit]

So I looked at how the FCS top 25 stacked up in the year end Sagarin Ratings all the way back to 2006 excluding 2020. The last three years 2018, 19 and 21 are the bottom 3 in terms of the average position. 2017 was 6th worst. Only 2011 and 2015 were poorer.

2014 was the best year followed by 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2008.

[BigHorns]

So I looked at how the FCS top 25 stacked up in the year end Sagarin Ratings all the way back to 2006 excluding 2020. The last three years 2018, 19 and 21 are the bottom 3 in terms of the average position. 2017 was 6th worst. Only 2011 and 2015 were poorer.

2014 was the best year followed by 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2008.

If 2010 was great, 2011 was poor, 2014 was best, 2015 was poor this feels a bit like a cyclical thing.
Would love to see this graphed out over a 10 or 20 year period.

[bisonaudit]

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2014 Was the best year for the FCS by this measure of quality. Since then it's a pretty straight line.

[Gopher24]

All hail Sacramento State

[BigHorns]

All hail Sacramento State

Wow, 83 has to be the lowest we've been for a while.

New top 10

73 Sacramento St
77 Weber St
79 SDSU
83 NDSU
89 Montana
96 Mercer
110 Incarnate Word
113 Montana St
116 SIU
120 Holy Cross

[B.Schlossman Fan Club]

Sac State and Weber deserve a top 4 spot in the polls until they lose a game. SDSU at #1 no question. Montana should be at 6.