Sagarin says

[Hammersmith]

Honestly, I've got to take these numbers with a grain of salt. (USD in the top-25?? There is some weird s--t in here.) First, NDSU cracks the top-30. That gives everyone who played/s us a boost. That could be a reason the MVFC actually increased its lead over the other conferences. Also, UNI & SIU just shot up the rankings this week. SDSU fell big-time, but that was more about other teams moving up past them, than their rating going down. Iowa State plummeted. Incarnate Word is the twelfth-worst in DI according to the ratings.

Looking at conferences, the MVFC has extended the gap between the next closest FCS conference to over eight and a half points. As I mentioned before, the MVFC now only trails the P5 conferences; passing the MWC and AAC. The Southland drops two spots out of the top-five and the Southern reclaims its traditional spot as one of the five. Looks like OVC is here to stay for awhile(having said that, I've probably jinxed them to drop out next week).

By these ratings, NDSU would be:

#1 in the MVFC, MWC, C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt, and all the FCS
#3 in the AAC
#4 in the Big Ten
#5 in the Big 12
#6 in the ACC
#7 in the PAC-12
#8 in the SEC

So on to the show.

Sagarin's Week 3 Predictions

			       Sagarin	  Predict    Result	 Diff  
 30	North Dakota State	78.98			
100	Iowa State		63.53     +11.93     +20.00      +8.07
205	Weber State		44.23	  +31.23     +17.00	-14.23
241	Incarnate Word		33.51	  +48.99		
 74	Montana			67.09	  +15.41		
172	Western Illinois	50.82	  +24.64		
 62	Southern Illinois	70.41	  +12.09		
175	Indiana State		50.01	  +32.49		
121	South Dakota		59.19	  +16.27		
 73	South Dakota State	67.34	  +15.16		
 58	Northern Iowa		71.53	   +3.93		
143	Missouri State		55.61	  +19.85		
105	Youngstown State	62.88	  +19.62		
					
 72	Illinois State		67.74			
						Total Diff:	 -6.16
	Home Field		 3.52

Sagarin FCS Top-25

 1   30  North Dakota State
 2   58  Northern Iowa
 3   62  Southern Illinois
 4   70  Villanova
 5   72  Illinois State
 6   73  South Dakota State
 7   74  Montana
 8   78  McNeese State
 9   81  William & Mary
10   84  Eastern Washington
11   87  New Hampshire
12   89  Bethune-Cookman
13   94  SE Louisiana
14   97  Jacksonville State
15  101  Coastal Carolina
16  104  Montana State
17  105  Youngstown State
18  113  Eastern Kentucky
19  119  Tennessee State
20  121  South Dakota
21  122  Princeton
22  123  Chattanooga
23  128  Liberty
24  129  Portland State
25  130  Northern Arizona

Sagarin Top-5 FCS Conferences

1.  MVFC	63.69
2.  Colonial	55.01
3.  Ohio Valley 54.64
4.  Big Sky	53.50
5.  Southern	51.42

[Hammersmith]

Three. Technically BYU is in the G5 as an independent (just as Notre Dame is in the P5 as an independent)

Quite right. I was looking at the conference page and carelessly skipped over the independents.

[MNLonghorn10]

dropped a spot in the predictor tho

[Bison bison]

I thought we played for championships.

If everyone enjoys this bizarre d#ck measuring contest maybe we should go FBS.

[semobison]

I thought we played for championships.

If everyone enjoys this bizarre d#ck measuring contest maybe we should go FBS.

Good one!!

[NDSUBowler]

I thought we played for championships.

If everyone enjoys this bizarre d#ck measuring contest maybe we should go FBS.

[SDbison]

I thought we played for championships.

If everyone enjoys this bizarre d#ck measuring contest maybe we should go FBS.

Yes, we currently play for championships. Yes, we enjoy looking at Sagarin ratings to see where we rank. And yes, NDSU should go FBS. The only dick here is you.

[tjbison]

Yes, we currently play for championships. Yes, we enjoy looking at Sagarin ratings to see where we rank. And yes, NDSU should go FBS. The only dick here is you.

good one!!

[Bison bison]

Yes, we currently play for championships. Yes, we enjoy looking at Sagarin ratings to see where we rank. And yes, NDSU should go FBS. The only dick here is you.

Sorry to hear about your small penis.

How was Sioux Falls Gay Day?

[NDSU1980]

Quite right. I was looking at the conference page and carelessly skipped over the independents.

How is UNI gaining on us? We were almost 7 points better then them last week, now less than 4. Take off 3 points for being at home and it's now dead even with them.