[Keenan]

Theme of the week: Free falling

USA Today Sagarin Ratings we fall from #40 to #52. The rest of the Big South looks like this.

#52 Liberty
#61 Stony Brook
#68 Coastal Carolina
#98 VMI
#102 Gardner-Webb
#106 Charleston Southern
#113 Presbyterian

Other teams of interest
#14 James Madison
#29 Robert Morris
#53 Ball State (ranking reflects if they were in FCS)
#100 St.Francis
#120 Savannah State

[Kolzilla41]

Liberty drops to 21st in the TSN poll

1. Delaware Blue Hens (116) 9-1 3,927 2
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (28) 9-1 3,781 3
3. Eastern Washington Eagles (8) 8-2 3,563 5
4. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (2) 9-1 3,457 6
5. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 8-2 3,078 8
6. William & Mary Tribe 7-3 2,959 1
7. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (4) 10-0 2,870 10
8. Montana State Bobcats (1) 8-2 2,786 11
9. Wofford Terriers 8-2 2,729 4
10. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 9-2 2,480 7
11. Montana Grizzlies 7-3 2,236 13
12. South Carolina State Bulldogs 8-2 2,099 15
13. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-3 2,034 16
14. New Hampshire Wildcats 6-4 1,926 17
15. Villanova Wildcats 6-4 1,614 9
16. Penn Quakers 8-1 1,557 18
17. North Dakota State Bison 7-3 1,120 24
18. Richmond Spiders 6-4 1,118 21
19. Massachusetts Minutemen 6-4 1,052 14
20. Jacksonville Dolphins 10-1 983 22
21. Liberty Flames 7-3 902 12
22. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 8-2 608 NR
23. Cal Poly Mustangs 7-4 338 19
24. Dayton Flyers 10-1 336 NR
25. Grambling State Tigers 8-2 287 20

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnf ... A-POLL.htm

[Rooster Cogburn]

Not as bad as I thought

[rogers3]

We weren't the only team to shoot themselves in the foot- Robert Morris, which struggled to get respect, took it in the chin by losing to Bryant.

[Kolzilla41]

18th in the coaches poll

http://www.collegesportingnews.com/cont ... -FCS-Polls

FCS Coaches Poll

Rank School W-L Points Previous Rank

Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week
1. Delaware (26) 9-1 698 1
2. Appalachian State 9-1 666 3
3. Eastern Washington (1) 8-2 636 5
4. Jacksonville State 9-1 613 6
5. Stephen F. Austin (1) 8-2 569 7
6. William & Mary 7-3 520 2
7. Wofford 8-2 512 4
8. Montana State 8-2 503 10
9. Bethune-Cookman 10-0 474 12
10. Southeast Missouri State 9-2 428 8
11. South Carolina State 8-2 396 14
12. Northern Iowa 7-3 394 16
13. New Hampshire 6-4 350 15
14. Montana 7-3 332 17
15. Villanova 6-4 314 9
16. Penn 8-1 264 19
17. North Dakota State 7-3 227 20
18. Liberty 7-3 219 11
19. Massachusetts 6-4 214 13
20. Richmond 6-4 181 23
21. Jacksonville 10-1 123 24
22. Lehigh 8-2 88 NR
23. Cal Poly 7-4 71 18
24. Grambling State 8-2 49 22
25. Dayton 10-1 44 NR

Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Georgia Southern (40), Western Illinois (28), Florida A&M (25), Sacramento State (23), James Madison (21), Robert Morris (17), McNeese State (16), Weber State (14), Texas Southern (11), Chattanooga (7), Southern Utah (5), Northern Arizona (3), Old Dominion (2), Indiana State (2), Harvard (1).

[jcmanson]

We've been overrated all year.

[Kolzilla41]

AGS has us at 23rd.

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25

(First place votes in parenthesis), Points
1. Delaware (58) 1652
2. Appalachian St. (4) 1585
3. Eastern Washington (3) 1510
4. Jacksonville St. 1371
5. Stephen F. Austin 1353
6. William & Mary 1314
7. Montana St. (2) 1301
8. Wofford 1093
9. Northern Iowa 1056
10. Bethune-Cookman 1004
11. New Hampshire 917
12. Montana 860
13. Southeast Missouri St. 845
14. Villanova 721
15. South Carolina St. 694
16. North Dakota St. 639
17. Pennsylvania 632
18. Massachusetts 560
19. Chattanooga 407
20. Richmond 384
21. Georgia Southern 342
22. Lehigh 254
23. Liberty 237
24. Jacksonville 208
25. Robert Morris 134
Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Cal Poly (27), Western Illinois (19), McNeese St. (18), James Madison (16), Sacramento St. (16), Dayton (11), Weber St. (11), Southern Utah (7), Grambling St. (6), Stony Brook (6),

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: Appalachian St.
MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: William & Mary

[Kricket]

What affect does that ranking have on an at large?

[Schfourteenteen]

What affect does that ranking have on an at large?

The Committee looks a little bit at the GPI. I don't remember hearing how much weight is put on it.