Big Sky Power Rankings 9-5

[JALMOND]

Football has always been a nice distraction from the problems of everyday life. Therefore, after a one week hiatus, I am pleased to bring back the Big Sky Power Rankings, however with some changes, mainly due to the personal issues I'm going through. The explanations will be short, the writeup will be the same on both AGS and CS, I'm sure there will be much more discussion as my analysis will be limited, and the days may fluctuate as well. The weeks have been crazy, but the weekends have been fine so here are the first rankings this year. The numbers in parenthesis represent the ranking in the preseason that never did get posted. Have at it!!!

1. Eastern Washington (6)---Last week beat Pac-12 Washington State 45-42, this week at Missouri Valley North Dakota State---Kupp is the real deal, but the Eagles found someone to throw the ball to him.

2. Northern Arizona (1)---Last week lost to Pac-12 Arizona State 44-13, this week at Missouri Valley Western Illinois---Close but not quite as the Lumberjacks could not stay with the bigger Sun Devils.

3. Montana (3)---Last week, beat Northeast St. Francis, 41-31, this week at Missouri Valley Northern Iowa---Grizzlies struggled at home at first, but recovered enough to get the win at home. Tough times coming, though.

4. Portland State (4)---Last week beat DII Central Washington 43-26, this week at Mountain West San Jose State---Vikings struggled early against the lower division foe, but came on late to secure the win. Now they are the hunter this weekend.

5. Cal Poly (8)---Last week lost at Mountain West Nevada 30-27 in OT, this week at home against Pioneer San Diego---The Mustangs looked great as they stayed with Nevada throughout the whole game and on to overtime.

6. North Dakota (2)---Last week lost at CAA Stony Brook 13-9, this week at MAC Bowling Green---The Fighting Hawks, even with quality returnees on offense, still look like they will need to rely on defense again in an offensively charged conference.

7. Northern Colorado (7)---Last week beat NAIA Rocky Mountain 56-27, this week at Southland Abilene Christian---Big Bears had little trouble with the little Bears but things will start to get tough.

8. Weber State (5)---Last week lost to Mountain West Utah State 45-6, this week at Missouri Valley South Dakota---The Wildcats knew they were playing up a level, but they were hoping for a better showing.

9. Montana State (10)---Last week lost to Sun Belt Idaho 20-17, this week at home against Northeast Bryant---The Bobcats fought back from a early deficit against the future Big Sky opponent but could not get the win.

10. Idaho State (12)---Last week beat DII Simon Fraser 47-3, this week at Pac-12 Colorado---The Bengals may not have much but they did what they were supposed to against their lower division foe. Now on to the Pac-12.

11. Southern Utah (9)---Last week lost to Pac-12 Utah 24-0, this week at home against Southland Southeastern Louisiana---Thunderbirds defense shown but the offense could not get going against their bigger Pac-12 brother.

12. UC-Davis (11)---Last week lost to Pac-12 Oregon 53-28, this week at home against NAIA Southern Oregon---The Aggies did about as well as anyone expected, but the Ducks are quite the opponent.

13. Sacramento State (13)---Last week lost to DII Western Oregon 38-30, this week at Mountain West Fresno State---The Hornets struggled from the start with the lower division foe. Think anything will change moving up a level?

RECAP: 1-6 together, 7-9 just off the pace, 10-12 holding tight, 13 falling fast.

[SUUTbird]

I really don't see how SUU ends up being ranked 11th based on the results of last week. PSU, UNC and Idaho state beat up on D2 competition while we held Utah to only 10 1st half points and our defense played lights out all game giving up only one big play. Our offensive woes I contribute to how good Utah's defense is as they are routinely one of if not the top in the Pac 12, I see us bouncing back in a big way against SELU this week.

[JALMOND]

I really don't see how SUU ends up being ranked 11th based on the results of last week. PSU, UNC and Idaho state beat up on D2 competition while we held Utah to only 10 1st half points and our defense played lights out all game giving up only one big play. Our offensive woes I contribute to how good Utah's defense is as they are routinely one of if not the top in the Pac 12, I see us bouncing back in a big way against SELU this week.

Throughout the history of the conference, the explosive offenses have routinely come out on top of the good defenses. I, too, hope the T-Birds can bounce back against the FCS competition, but right now I still have questions about the offense. Last year, I had them pretty low to start, but of course they were near the top at the end of the year.

[SDHornet]

You can omit Sac State from the ranking from here on out. I never thought we would suck more than we did during the Moosh era...then Sears happened...wow....

[Gil Dobie]

Top Big Sky going against #3 MVFC this weekend. Should be a great game.

[Bisonfanatical]

Top Big Sky going against #3 MVFC this weekend. Should be a great game.

This looks better than number 15 nationally ranked Montana going against number 3 nationally ranked UNI.

It will be a good game to really finish evaluating both teams. . E Wash vs the Bison will provide the same opportunity

Can't wait

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[kalm]

Top Big Sky going against #3 MVFC this weekend. Should be a great game.

NAU @ Western Illinois?

[BDKJMU]

Montana @ UNI & EWU @ NDSU. 2 huge, biggest games nationally with a lot of posters from all 4 schools on here. Find it very strange no game threads..

[AZGrizFan]

You can omit Sac State from the ranking from here on out. I never thought we would suck more than we did during the Moosh era...then Sears happened...wow....

Did you not see how he did at Weebs?

[EWURanger]

Top Big Sky going against #3 MVFC this weekend. Should be a great game.

NAU @ Western Illinois?

This. Who says that we are the top ranked Big Sky team all of a sudden...or that NDSU is #3 in the MVFC?

[kalm]

NAU @ Western Illinois?

This. Who says that we are the top ranked Big Sky team all of a sudden...or that NDSU is #3 in the MVFC?

[Gil Dobie]

NAU @ Western Illinois?

This. Who says that we are the top ranked Big Sky team all of a sudden...or that NDSU is #3 in the MVFC?

Jalmond has EWU ranked #1 in the power poll and I agree. After watching the first game for each team, UNI and SDSU might be ahead of the Bison right now.

[AZGrizFan]

NAU @ Western Illinois?

This. Who says that we are the top ranked Big Sky team all of a sudden...or that NDSU is #3 in the MVFC?

Montana @ UNI. That's the game he was talking about.

[SACCAT]

This. Who says that we are the top ranked Big Sky team all of a sudden...or that NDSU is #3 in the MVFC?

Montana @ UNI. That's the game he was talking about.

Who ever said you were the Top Big Sky team

[AZGrizFan]

Montana @ UNI. That's the game he was talking about.

Who ever said you were the Top Big Sky team

Me. We currently own 1 game winning streaks over both EWU and NAU, thus making us #1.

[kalm]

Who ever said you were the Top Big Sky team

Me. We currently own 1 game winning streaks over both EWU and NAU, thus making us #1.

Montana fans...want to live in the past...well...not the not-so-recent past...but the more recent past..... plus the old past.

[Grizalltheway]

Me. We currently own 1 game winning streaks over both EWU and NAU, thus making us #1.

Montana fans...want to live in the past...well...not the not-so-recent past...but the more recent past..... plus the old past.

We're undefeated last time I checked...

[kalm]

Montana fans...want to live in the past...well...not the not-so-recent past...but the more recent past..... plus the old past.

We're undefeated last time I checked...

So is UNC.

[AZGrizFan]

We're undefeated last time I checked...

So is UNC.

But not against NAU and EWU in the last year.

[kalm]

So is UNC.

But not against NAU and EWU in the last year.

Griz aren't undefeated either.

[Grizalltheway]

But not against NAU and EWU in the last year.

Griz aren't undefeated either.

Against EWU and NAU in the last year? Yeppers.

[kalm]

Griz aren't undefeated either.

Against EWU and NAU in the last year? Yeppers.

Your not following the discussion.

[Grizalltheway]

No you aren't

[AZGrizFan]

No you aren't

You are. He's not.

[kalm]

No you aren't

You are. He's not.