2015 Sagarin Says

[MNLonghorn10]

See Sagarin ratings for the two teams which beat the Bison. How can this be explained?

What needs to be explained? NDSU has 2 losses far worse than JSU's and are still ranked higher. Thats what we're trying to tell you. Your wins suck, your conference sucked, every week hurts you while ever week helps NDSU gain distance from JSU despite having 1 more crappy loss.

I mean, if JSU played NDSU's schedule...do you think theyd have the same amount of losses as NDSU?

[td577]

See Sagarin ratings for the two teams which beat the Bison. How can this be explained?

NDSU has a special factor no one else gets. Until the Bison see three or four losses, they will always be ranked ahead of everyone in FCS in Sagarin. That's how it goes. I am not sure even if JSU wins they can score enough to overcome the Bison in the Sagarin ratings.

[tjbison]

See Sagarin ratings for the two teams which beat the Bison. How can this be explained?

You really cant figure this out??

[GreenfieldBison]

See Sagarin ratings for the two teams which beat the Bison. How can this be explained?

Dynamism. Since we are talking about really young people for whom the course of three months and what, eleven or fourteen games, is quite a pile of experience then it might be more useful to compare recent history. Say just the playoffs for example. Not sure what it will tell us but I think it might be a more accurate reflection of the local trend than looking at the muddle of the entire season. Just my $0.02.

[MarkyMark]

Northwest Missouri didn't lose any games.

If you want to overvalue W-L records, then you probably should stick to Massey. Massey has Jacksonville State rated higher than NDSU... of course, they have the Northwest Missouri State rated higher than Jacksonville State.

Massey lost all credibility for me when it rated Harvard as the #1 FCS team at one point this past Fall.

[Vet70]

See Sagarin ratings for the two teams which beat the Bison. How can this be explained?

There are extra factors added in for each of our four FCS championships---that is what keeps us ahead.

[TateMosersneighbor]

Sagarin has this at us by 4. What's the line currently at?

[gumby013]

Sagarin has this at us by 4. What's the line currently at?

5Dimes has us at -3.5

[bisonaudit]

Team.................... Final

Jacksonville State.. 36.8%
North Dakota State 63.2%

NDSU -4.5

Tightened up a fraction on bowl results thru Jan 2.

[tony]

Team.................... Final

Jacksonville State.. 36.8%
North Dakota State 63.2%

NDSU -4.5

Tightened up a fraction on bowl results thru Jan 2.

'Tis likely to be a jim-dandy of a game!