From the "What's the Point?" Department...

[MidlandsPaladin]

https://soconsports.com/news/2020/8/25/ ... op-25.aspx

Poll was "selected as if the fall season were moving forward without schedules being postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the only poll conducted by Stats Perform this fall."

Stats Perform 2020 FCS Preseason Top 25 (Aug. 25)
1. North Dakota State (16-0, 8-0 Missouri Valley), 3,675 points (147 first-place votes)
2. James Madison (14-2, 8-0 CAA), 3,411
3. Northern Iowa (10-5, 6-2 Missouri Valley), 3,269
4. Weber State (11-4, 7-1 Big Sky), 3,198
5. South Dakota State (8-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 2,911
6. Montana State (11-4, 6-2 Big Sky), 2,884
7. Montana (10-4, 6-2 Big Sky), 2,753
8. Villanova (9-4, 5-3 CAA), 2,499
9. Illinois State (10-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 2,471
10. Kennesaw State (11-3, 5-1 Big South), 2,178
11 Central Arkansas (9-4, 7-2 Southland), 2,093
12. Sacramento State (9-4, 7-1 Big Sky), 2,085
13. Austin Peay (11-4, 7-1 Ohio Valley), 2,030
14. Nicholls (9-5, 7-2 Southland), 1,392
15. Furman (8-5, 6-2 Southern), 1,239
16. Wofford (8-4, 7-1 Southern), 1,089
17. Albany (9-5, 6-2 CAA), 825
18. Eastern Washington (7-5, 6-2 Big Sky), 817
19. North Carolina A&T (9-3, 6-2 MEAC), 809
20. New Hampshire (6-5, 5-3 CAA), 759
21. Southeastern Louisiana (8-5, 6-3 Southland), 652
22. Sam Houston State (7-5, 6-3 Southland), 597
23. Monmouth (11-3, 6-0 Big South), 577
24. Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley), 568
25. Southeast Missouri (9-4, 7-1 Ohio Valley), 499

[Flagman]

Amen!

[apaladin]

Just like the big boys poll that came out with teams not playing ranked. What’s the point?

[Davemeister]

It's like arranging deck chairs on board the Titanic.

[DungeonRealm]

Its nice to see we at least 'would have' been starting the season off ranked in the top 15