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The Sports Network/Fathead.com Final FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Eastern Washington Eagles (121) 13-2 3,049 1
2. Delaware Blue Hens (1) 12-3 2,928 5
3. Villanova Wildcats 9-5 2,765 10
4. Appalachian State Mountaineers 10-3 2,453 2
5. Georgia Southern Eagles 10-5 2,440 20
6. Wofford Terriers 10-3 2,297 7
7. New Hampshire Wildcats 8-5 2,063 11
8. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 9-3 1,962 3
9. North Dakota State Bison 9-5 1,923 25
10. William & Mary Tribe 8-4 1,901 4
11. Montana State Bobcats 9-3 1,789 6
12. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 9-3 1,721 8
13. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 9-3 1,702 9
14. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 10-3 1,369 19
15. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 10-2 1,209 13
16. South Carolina State Bulldogs 9-3 1,139 12
17. Western Illinois Leathernecks 8-5 1,076 21
18. Penn Quakers 9-1 1,003 14
19. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-5 910 16
20. Montana Grizzlies 7-4 751 15
21. Liberty Flames 8-3 565 17
22. Jacksonville Dolphins 10-1 515 18
23. Grambling State Tigers 9-2 377 24
24. Cal Poly Mustangs 7-4 315 22
25. Dayton Flyers 10-1 245 23

Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 230, Coastal Carolina 152, Texas Southern 138, Richmond 133, James Madison 92, Southern Utah 82, Massachusetts 77, Florida A&M 74, Jackson State 27, Central Arkansas 27, Old Dominion 20, Sacramento State 18, Chattanooga 17, UC Davis 16, McNeese State 15, Northern Arizona 14, Elon 8, Eastern Kentucky 7, Weber State 7, Harvard 6, Yale 5, Colgate 5, Murray State 4, Illinois State 3, Rhode Island 3, Indiana State 2, Stony Brook 1.

SmallCollegeFBFan wrote: 1. Eastern Washington Eagles (121) 13-2 3,049 1
2. Delaware Blue Hens (1) 12-3 2,928 5

but at the same time

SmallCollegeFBFan wrote:EWU is not unanimous.

The Sports Network/Fathead.com Final FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Eastern Washington Eagles (121) 13-2 3,049 1
2. Delaware Blue Hens (1) 12-3 2,928 5

So that's our 8th National Championship!

Interesting that none of the GSU folks have chimed in about App being ranked over GSU despite GSU advancing further in the playoffs and winning head to head against App...

THIS IS BULLETIN BOARD MATERIAL!!!!!!!!!!

17. Western Illinois Leathernecks 8-5 1,076 21

So what exactly did WIU do to move up 4 spots in the final poll?

Nova number three?

Jacksonville, Dayton and Grambling?

Who gives a rat's ass about any of this? Celebrate the beauty of FCS. It was all settled on the field.

dbackjon wrote:Nova number three?

Jacksonville, Dayton and Grambling?

93henfan wrote:Who gives a rat's ass about any of this? Celebrate the beauty of FCS. It was all settled on the field.

With a playoff - the final poll should be at the end of the regular season.

Final pools don't mean a whole lot. Its the pre-season polls that really matter because they set the table for the season. If your in the top 10 in the preseason you can almost allow for a let down game and still get back into the playoffs. If you are on the outside looking in at the beginning of the season you almost can't afford to lose a single game.

With that said I think that next year EWU will start off #1 since they have a ton of talent returning including Mitchell, Taiwon Jones, DT Renard Williams, Johnson brothers on defense and most of their offensive line.

Considering that both Delaware and Villanova lose their starting qb's, I would put Appalachian State #2.

After that I don't know enough about the teams to make a guess except that if NDSU can find a way to pass the ball that they will be tough.

bpcats wrote:Final pools don't mean a whole lot. Its the pre-season polls that really matter because they set the table for the season. If your in the top 10 in the preseason you can almost allow for a let down game and still get back into the playoffs. If you are on the outside looking in at the beginning of the season you almost can't afford to lose a single game.

With that said I think that next year EWU will start off #1 since they have a ton of talent returning including Mitchell, Taiwon Jones, DT Renard Williams, Johnson brothers on defense and most of their offensive line.

Considering that both Delaware and Villanova lose their starting qb's, I would put Appalachian State #2.

After that I don't know enough about the teams to make a guess except that if NDSU can find a way to pass the ball that they will be tough.

Uh oh...

SmallCollegeFBFan wrote:4. Appalachian State Mountaineers 10-3 2,453 2
5. Georgia Southern Eagles 10-5 2,440 20

bpcats wrote:Final pools don't mean a whole lot. Its the pre-season polls that really matter because they set the table for the season. If your in the top 10 in the preseason you can almost allow for a let down game and still get back into the playoffs. If you are on the outside looking in at the beginning of the season you almost can't afford to lose a single game.

With that said I think that next year EWU will start off #1 since they have a ton of talent returning including Mitchell, Taiwon Jones, DT Renard Williams, Johnson brothers on defense and most of their offensive line.

Considering that both Delaware and Villanova lose their starting qb's, I would put Appalachian State #2.

After that I don't know enough about the teams to make a guess except that if NDSU can find a way to pass the ball that they will be tough.

You just described the exact reason why no preseason polls should exist while at the same time apparently arguing for preseason polls?

Interesting theoretical paradox....

No polls matter. Not preseason, not midway through the season, not right before the brackets are announced. The committee doesn't use any of them. I

NAU's probably crapping their pants that the Hornets got more points than the Jacks did.

danefan wrote:

bpcats wrote:Final pools don't mean a whole lot. Its the pre-season polls that really matter because they set the table for the season. If your in the top 10 in the preseason you can almost allow for a let down game and still get back into the playoffs. If you are on the outside looking in at the beginning of the season you almost can't afford to lose a single game.

With that said I think that next year EWU will start off #1 since they have a ton of talent returning including Mitchell, Taiwon Jones, DT Renard Williams, Johnson brothers on defense and most of their offensive line.

Considering that both Delaware and Villanova lose their starting qb's, I would put Appalachian State #2.

After that I don't know enough about the teams to make a guess except that if NDSU can find a way to pass the ball that they will be tough.

You just described the exact reason why no preseason polls should exist while at the same time apparently arguing for preseason polls?

Interesting theoretical paradox....

That's what I said earlier in the thread. Except you have to get all snobby about it and use big words.

Saw on twitter that it was Towson's SID that voted UD number 1.

ToTheLeft wrote:Saw on twitter that it was Towson's SID that voted UD number 1.

Figures.

Skjellyfetti wrote:No polls matter. Not preseason, not midway through the season, not right before the brackets are announced. The committee doesn't use any of them. I

Exactly.

Funny that a lot of people still use the TSN poll as some sort of cut on the NCAA when seedings come out and so forth. Fun to argue about but that's as far as it goes.

bandl wrote:

danefan wrote:
You just described the exact reason why no preseason polls should exist while at the same time apparently arguing for preseason polls?

Interesting theoretical paradox....

That's what I said earlier in the thread. Except you have to get all snobby about it and use big words.

Yeah.......I was interpreting for those of us above the Mason-Dixon Line and, of course, east of the Delaware River.

dbackjon wrote:Nova number three?

Jacksonville, Dayton and Grambling?

Nova did beat Delaware in November, beat the #1 seed and lost to the National Champion on the road in the playoffs. Delaware lost on a neutral field to the same National Champion.