Sagarin says

[perthbison]

A perfect example is UNI. They are ranked highly despite being 0-4 (central state doesn't count).

Just had to mention that I beleive UNI is a talanted team, despite their unlikable coach, and probably among the 10 best in the FCS. Please don't neg rep me for saying that cause it does hurt a little to say it.

[Tatanka]

Just had to mention that I beleive UNI is a talanted team, despite their unlikable coach, and probably among the 10 best in the FCS. Please don't neg rep me for saying that cause it does hurt a little to say it.

hard to disagree with that. Having said that, I smile a little more each day knowing they are 1-4 with 0 division I wins.

[Gully]

Just had to mention that I beleive UNI is a talanted team, despite their unlikable coach, and probably among the 10 best in the FCS. Please don't neg rep me for saying that cause it does hurt a little to say it.

It shouldn't hurt. If true, it should feel good because we had a 19 point 4th quarter lead on said team before giving up a garbage touchdown.

[bisonaudit]

Sagarin projects NDSU to defeat YSU 72.3% (Note: this includes an adjustment for YSU coming off a bye week equal to the home field advantage. 78.5% if you don't believe in the bye week thing.)

Regular season record projection based on Sagarin's ratings:
11-0 36.8%
10-1 42.1%
9-2 17.5%
8-3 3.3%
7-4 0.3%
6-5 0.01%
5-6 0.0003%
4-7 0.000002%

[THEsocalledfan]

Sagarin projects NDSU to defeat YSU 72.3% (Note: this includes an adjustment for YSU coming off a bye week equal to the home field advantage. 78.5% if you don't believe in the bye week thing.)

Regular season record projection based on Sagarin's ratings:
11-0 36.8%
10-1 42.1%
9-2 17.5%
8-3 3.3%
7-4 0.3%
6-5 0.01%
5-6 0.0003%
4-7 0.000002%

No doubt, there are a lot of smart people on this board......you should edit this each week.....pretty cool stuff.

[No_Skill]

No doubt, there are a lot of smart people on this board......you should edit this each week.....pretty cool stuff.

He did last year. I love this sort of analysis.

If we beat YSU the percentage for 11-0 will jump quite a bit.

[Rynomite]

Sagarin projects NDSU to defeat YSU 72.3% (Note: this includes an adjustment for YSU coming off a bye week equal to the home field advantage. 78.5% if you don't believe in the bye week thing.)

Regular season record projection based on Sagarin's ratings:
11-0 36.8%
10-1 42.1%
9-2 17.5%
8-3 3.3%
7-4 0.3%
6-5 0.01%
5-6 0.0003%
4-7 0.000002%

We don't need guesses. We need more TD's and less injuries. I bet those YSU boys can't sleep right now.. like me!

[riceweb]

Sagarin rankings are now WELL CONNECTED, and Sagarin says #37! And #33 in the Predictor ranking! Amazing how 6-0 Ohio is ranked 69th...

Should be a good year for computer rankings.

[TQ16]

holy schnikes #37!!!! GO BISON!!!

[Hammersmith]

Well, a bunch of jumping around now that things are well-connected, and not much of it great for the MVFC. Obviously NDSU stays head, shoulders, knees and toes over the rest of the FCS, and UNI(#6) manages to stay in the top-10 with their tough schedule, but YSU(#11) drops just out after their piss-pounding. Laughingly, it appears the Bison under-performed at Colorado State and over-performed just a bit on Sat. With the lousy way some of the Valley performed this weekend, our conference lead over the Colonial has almost evaporated. The top of the Big Sky looks good with three teams in the top-10, but the rest of the conference lets them down and puts them as the weakest of the big four. As for the rest of the schedule, it looks like three TD wins at least on paper from here on out, with Illinois State being the only exception to close the season. Wild.

Sagarin's predictions for week 7:

			       Sagarin	  Predict    Result	 Diff
 33	North Dakota State	78.51			
224	Robert Morris		32.58     +48.44     +52.00     + 3.56
146	Colorado State		54.11	  +21.89     +15.00	- 6.89
235	Prairie View A&M	29.73	  +51.29     +59.00	+ 7.71
 90	Northern Iowa		64.47	  +11.53     +12.00	+ 0.47
109	Youngstown State	61.21	  +19.81     +41.00	+21.19
128	Indiana State		57.18	  +23.84		
168	South Dakota		49.65	  +28.86		
149	Southern Illinois	53.33	  +27.69		
187	Missouri State		44.90	  +31.10		
118	South Dakota State	59.41	  +21.61		
126	Illinois State		57.56	  +18.44		
					
189	Western Illinois	44.37			
					
	Home	2.51

Sagarin FCS Predictor Top-10

 33  North Dakota State
 78  Eastern Washington
 81  Georgia Southern
 83  Harvard
 89  Cal Poly
 90  Northern Iowa
 93  Wofford
 95  James Madison
 98  Old Dominion
105  Montana

Sagarin Predictor Top-4 FCS Conferences

1.  MVFC	56.63
2.  Colonial	56.32
3.  Southern	55.17
4.  Big Sky	54.11