Showing posts with label FCS Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FCS Football. Show all posts

Monday, August 08, 2016

UND 19th in FCS Poll

The University of North Dakota football teams starts the preseason ranked 19th in FCS Football.

Rankings as of 8/8/2016
Rank
School
Votes
Prev
1
3941 (152)
NR
2
3636 (2)
NR
3
3569 (4)
NR
4
Richmond (0-0)
3418
NR
5
UNI (0-0)
3413
NR
6
2758
NR
7
2734
NR
8
2554
NR
9
2517
NR
10
2303
NR
11
2151
NR
12
2037
NR
13
Montana (0-0)
1921
NR
14
1879
NR
15
Citadel (0-0)
1535
NR
16
1397
NR
17
1262
NR
18
1189
NR
19
977
NR
20
876
NR
21
Colgate (0-0)
767
NR
22
657
NR
23
Villanova (0-0)
652
NR
24
Towson (0-0)
428
NR
25
395
NR


Others: Youngstown State (393) , Fordham (385) , Harvard (294) , Eastern Kentucky (189) , Southern Utah (162) , Eastern Illinois (151) , Central Arkansas (136) , Duquesne (75) , Alcorn State (62) , Grambling State (59) , Weber State (49) , Penn (46) , Bethune-Cookman (43) , Wofford (43) , Dartmouth (37) , Western Carolina (36) , Liberty (36) , Lamar (28) , Montana State (26) , Delaware (25) , South Dakota (17) , Maine (14) , Dayton (10) , North Carolina Central (10) , Mercer (10) , Prairie View A&M (9) , UT Martin (7) , Samford (7) , South Carolina State (5) , Bryant (4) , Indiana State (3) , Kennesaw State (3) , Southeast Missouri State (2) , Tennessee State (2) , Stony Brook (2) , Southern Illinois (1) , San Diego (1) , Northwestern State (1) , Saint Francis U (1)

Thursday, August 06, 2015

FCS Poll





RANKSCHOOL2014 RECORDPOINTS2014 FINAL
1North Dakota State (24)15-16001
2Illinois State13-25512
3Villanova11-35127
4Sam Houston State11-55116
5Coastal Carolina12-25025
6Eastern Washington11-34814
7New Hampshire12-24453
8Chattanooga10-44098
9Jacksonville State10-23969
10Northern Iowa9-538110
11Montana State8-529620
12Montana9-527811
13James Madison9-327219
14Liberty9-525617
15South Dakota State9-521513
16Youngstown State7-520525
17Eastern Kentucky9-417121
18Richmond9-517016
19Southeastern Louisiana9-416412
20Indiana State8-610618
21Fordham11-310314
22Harvard10-09915
23McNeese State6-591NR
24Idaho State8-482NR
25Eastern Illinois5-773NR


There are four Big Sky Football teams in the FCS Coaches Poll. The question that everyone is asking, will the NDSU Bison win their fifth FCS Championship in a row? The chances are very good. UND fans are wondering if their favorite team will finally make the NCAA FCS playoffs.

Monday, August 03, 2015

Big Ten Will No Longer Be Playing FCS Schools

I guess the Big Ten Football Conference is tired of losing to FCS schools. For instance, our brother to the south have won five straight games against FBS opponents and has a 2-1 record against Minnesota of the Big Ten.

Per Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press:
Fellow Big Ten West title competitors have somewhat lighter crossover schedules. Wisconsin will play Rutgers and Maryland; Nebraska gets Rutgers and resurgent Michigan State.

The FCS schools, which now supplement their budgets with high-paying games against FBS schools, now won't have that revenue.

"That is going to put some real burden on schools of that size and how they are going to go forward with their football programs," said Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. 
So, is it good policy for the FBS schools to not schedule the FCS Schools? I don't think so, unless your team has a good shot of making the playoff game. Right now, only four schools make the FBS playoffs.

I suppose the Kansas schools will think twice about scheduling FCS schools. Especially, after NDSU beat both of them recently (2010, 2013).
 

Thursday, August 07, 2014

ESPN, Many Power Coaches Want Exclusive Sked

So it begins. Basically, the Big Ten, Pac-12, Big-12, ACC, SEC, and the Fighting Irish don't want to play any more football games against the FCS schools or the smaller Division I FBS schools.

What's this means, you're not going to see anymore FCS teams like Appalachian State beating Michigan in football. I also realize that APP State is not a FBS school, but they're not going to be playing the big five schools anymore, either. Frankly, this smacks of elitism. It's not like Minnesota or Indiana are very good in football. One has to wonder if this is going to filter down to College Hockey and Basketball as well?
Brett McMurphy, ESPN.com - Many of the Power Five conference coaches in college football told ESPN that they favor a schedule consisting of only Power Five opponents.

Of the 65 Power Five coaches from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Notre Dame, 46 percent (30 coaches) favored playing exclusively Power Five opponents while 35 percent (23 coaches) were opposed. About 18.5 percent (12 coaches) were undecided.

The Pac-12, Big 12 and SEC coaches favored playing all Power Five opponents, while the ACC coaches were against it by a 6-4 margin with four coaches undecided. Big Ten coaches were divided: Six each were for and against it, with two undecided.

The coaches, who were in Bristol, Connecticut, last month, were asked whether they would favor all Power Five conferences playing their respective conference schedules and then scheduling all non-conference games against other Power Five teams. Because of the tougher schedules under this hypothetical scenario, teams would not be required to reach six wins to play in a bowl.

The Pac-12, Big 12 and SEC coaches favored playing all Power Five opponents, while the ACC coaches were against it by a 6-4 margin with four coaches undecided. Big Ten coaches were divided: Six each were for and against it, with two undecided.

Alabama coach Nick Saban said "fans want" Power Five teams playing exclusively Power Five opponents.



Tuesday, August 05, 2014

NDSU Tops the 2014 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll


Team (No. 1 Votes)
W-L
Points
Final Rank
1. North Dakota State (18)
15-0
636
1
2. Eastern Washington (6)
12-3
615
3
3. Southeast Louisiana (1)
11-3
542
6
4. New Hampshire
10-5
510
5
5. Montana
10-3
505
8
6. Coastal Carolina
12-3
447
7
7. Towson (1)
13-3
438
2
8. Jacksonville State
12-2
425
12
9. McNeese State
10-3
424
9
10. South Dakota State
9-5
332
14
11. Eastern Illinois
12-2
314
4
12. Fordham
12-2
305
10
13. Villanova
6-5
287
NR
14. Sam Houston State
9-5
277
13
15. Northern Iowa
7-5
263
NR
16. Chattanooga
8-4
238
25
17. Tennessee State
10-4
237
17
18. Furman
8-6
188
21
19. Montana State
7-5
170
20
20. Maine
10-3
169
11
21. Youngtown State
8-4
162
19
22. William & Mary
7-5
159
NR
23. Bethune-Cookman
10-3
136
16
24. Richmond
6-6
118
NR
25. Northern Arizona
9-3
116
15