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Looks like apaladin was right on it? 15th.

Wofford trash talkers 17th, looks about right.

Coaches know this past Saturday was a fluke

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

1 North Dakota State (26) 11-0 650 1
2 James Madison 10-1 624 2
3 Montana 9-2 598 4
4 Sacramento State 8-3 562 6
5 South Dakota State 8-3 523 9
6 Illinois State 8-3 510 8
7 Weber State 8-3 496 3
8 Montana State 8-3 441 10
9 Kennesaw State 9-2 385 11
10 Northern Iowa 7-4 379 5
11 Central Arkansas 8-3 373 13
12 Monmouth (N.J.) 9-2 347 15
13 Florida A&M 9-1 336 14
14 Villanova 8-3 322 16
15 Furman 7-4 277 7
16 Southeast Missouri State 8-3 265 17
17 Wofford 7-3 259 20
18 Central Connecticut State 10-1 234 18
19 Austin Peay 8-3 183 22
20 Towson 7-4 151 21
21 Dartmouth 8-1 144 12
22 Southeastern Louisiana 7-3 126 23
23 Nicholls 7-4 80 24
24 North Carolina A&T 7-3 48 25
T-25 Southern Illinois 7-4 35 NR
T-25 Yale 8-1 35 NR

We just need to take care of business Saturday. Our bunch is tough and will use it to get better. They are class acts as well as the entire staff.

I can see us playing Kennesaw State in the playoffs.

I have a hard time believing that 7 of the top 8 teams are in 2 conferences:

Missouri Valley:
# 1-NDSU
# 5-SDSU
# 6-Illinois State

Big Sky:
# 3-Montana
# 4-Sacramento State
# 7-Weber State
# 8-Montana State

I guess like the old days of the Southern Conference. I remember one year 3 of the 4 semi-finalist teams were Southern Conference teams. Still not sure I believe the above. Time will tell.

Only 8 of the top 25 teams are from the deep South. Times sure have changed in FCS football. Woffy kicked our butts, have a better record and still is ranked below us? Makes no sense. Proves these polls are a joke.

Furman and Wofford can play with anyone in the top 10. The "uber" elites at the top would be difficult but from 5 on back down both teams can compete. If they dont get paired in the second round I think both FU and Woffy can win multiple playoff games.

Wow - hard to believe we are ranked ahead of Wofford after Saturday's showing. Not complaining; for years we have been on the other side of the Coaches Poll trying to move up while lesser teams have hung around ahead of us. (Pleasantly) surprised.

furmandad wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:30 pm

Wow - hard to believe we are ranked ahead of Wofford after Saturday's showing. Not complaining; for years we have been on the other side of the Coaches Poll trying to move up while lesser teams have hung around ahead of us. (Pleasantly) surprised.

You have to remember it’s body of work. . Not just head to head. If a 1-7 team beat an 8-0 team no way shoukd the 1-7 team surpass the now 8-1 team in poll. Granted in Fuman v Woff the records are close in many spots so head to might shoulda moved the needle a little more. Still

It’s always hard to get in poll. And it’s hard to fall out. Name recognition is a big thing to poll guys. They leave the current teams in the poll for a loss or two. Right or wrong they just do.

Again I want Austin Peay or whomever. Not KSU now. Not until these coaches prove we can stop a running team and complete passes vs a tough D

Yep, this essentially proves the name recognition argument. Furman has been ranked all year and made appearances in the Top 10. Wofford lost the pollsters when they dropped out of the Top 25 and are on the long climb back. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them ahead of us if we both win this week The body of work will be better once Wofford plays Citadel.

FUpaladin08 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:31 pm

Yep, this essentially proves the name recognition argument. Furman has been ranked all year and made appearances in the Top 10. Wofford lost the pollsters when they dropped out of the Top 25 and are on the long climb back. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them ahead of us if we both win this week The body of work will be better once Wofford plays Citadel.

Go Citadel!

tim wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:13 am

Looks like apaladin was right on it? 15th.

Yep and I think IF we had punched in another score or 2 I think we are prolly up another couple of spots. Can't believe WC moved up only 3 spots. I suspect we will see a similar drop in the STATS poll when it comes out later today and I wouldn't be surprised if WC is ahead of us in that one.

gofurman wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:45 pm

furmandad wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:30 pm

Wow - hard to believe we are ranked ahead of Wofford after Saturday's showing. Not complaining; for years we have been on the other side of the Coaches Poll trying to move up while lesser teams have hung around ahead of us. (Pleasantly) surprised.

You have to remember it’s body of work. . Not just head to head. If a 1-7 team beat an 8-0 team no way shoukd the 1-7 team surpass the now 8-1 team in poll. Granted in Fuman v Woff the records are close in many spots so head to might shoulda moved the needle a little more. Still

It’s always hard to get in poll. And it’s hard to fall out. Name recognition is a big thing to poll guys. They leave the current teams in the poll for a loss or two. Right or wrong they just do.

Again I want Austin Peay or whomever. Not KSU now. Not until these coaches prove we can stop a running team and complete passes vs a tough D

If it's body of work, then Woffy should be ahead of our Paladins. I have a feeling that even if we beat Point by 50 and Woffy beats The Citadel by 1 point, Woffy will move ahead of us in the last poll, if there is one. Is the playoff field the final regular season poll?

Keep in mind that we are actually #14 as #13 Florida A&M would win the MEAC and go to the Heritage Bowl but they are ineligible due to NCAA violations. How does one conference(Big Sky) have 4 teams in the top 8 and 3 of them have 3 losses?