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Through Games OCT. 8, 2023

Rank - School - Record - (Prev)
1 South Dakota State (56) 5-0 (1)
2 Montana State 4-1 (2)
3 Idaho 5-1 (3)
4 Sacramento State 4-1 (4)
5 Furman 4-1 (5)
6 North Dakota State 4-1 (7)
7 UIW 4-1 (8)
8 Delaware 4-1 (9)
9 Western Carolina 5-1 (11)
10 South Dakota 4-1 (15)
11 William & Mary 4-2 (10)
12 Holy Cross 4-2 (12)
13 Southern Illinois 4-1 (6)
14 North Carolina Central 5-1 (14)
15 North Dakota 3-2 (16)
16 Montana 5-1 (17)
17 UT Martin 5-1 (18)
18 Florida A&M 5-1 (19)
19 Harvard 4-0 (21)
20 Central Arkansas 4-2 (23)
21 Eastern Washington 2-3 (22)
22 Weber State 3-3 (13)
23 Youngstown State 3-2 (NR)
24 Albany 4-2 (NR)
25 Chattanooga 4-2 (24)

(6) Missouri Valley teams
(6) Big Sky teams

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... fcs-top-25

Not terrible.

UIW, UD, Furman, and maybe NDSU should be behind USD and SIU.

Albany is too low.

Weber shouldn’t be ranked.

kalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:12 amAlbany is too low.

Weber shouldn’t be ranked.

Yes.

UIW, UD, Furman, and maybe NDSU should be behind USD and SIU.

True for UIW, I think, but not the rest. USD beat NDSU, but the rest of their resume tells us little (and NDSU still has 2 good wins). SIU didn't just lose to Youngstown, they got stomped, so that qualifies as a bad loss.

Mvemjsunpx wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:51 pm

kalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:12 amAlbany is too low.

Weber shouldn’t be ranked.

Yes.

UIW, UD, Furman, and maybe NDSU should be behind USD and SIU.

True for UIW, I think, but not the rest. USD beat NDSU, but the rest of their resume tells us little (and NDSU still has 2 good wins). SIU didn't just lose to Youngstown, they got stomped, so that qualifies as a bad loss.

That’s fair but you can say the same thing regarding USD about most of the subdivision. SIU has a very high SoS and an FBS win. I’m willing to throw out a single game performance. Especially one with bad weather and key injuries for the Salukis.

I prioritize schedule strength very high.

USD hasn't lost to a FCS team. This wasn't a fluke win over NDSU, they were good.

NCCU knocked off Elon 34-23 to justify their current ranking.Next up to meet the Eagles Morgan St and South Carolina St on ESPNU.

Eastern Washington is the only team that has losing record.

South Dakota St and Harvard the only teams with unblemished records on the list too bad the Ivy League has no post season activity.