[kuntryboimike]

Only Three Undefeated Teams Remain in FCS Football

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Eight weeks into the college football season, only three teams remain perfect in championship subdivision football. Appalachian State and Jacksonville State, two of the three undefeated teams, are atop the FCS Coaches Poll this week, while the last team with an unblemished record, Bethune-Cookman, moved up three spots to No. 16 this week.

Appalachian State remained at No. 1 this week after picking up a conference road win against Western Carolina, 37-14. The Mountaineers received 26 first-place votes and 674 total points overall. Coming in right behind Appalachian State was Jacksonville State after a 56-3 win over Austin Peay to improve to 8-0 on the year. The Gamecocks moved up one spot from the previous week.

Stephen F. Austin, who received the final first-place vote and 612 total points, comes in at No. 3 this week.

William & Mary improved one spot to No. 4 after handing then-No. 2 Delaware its first loss of the season, 17-16. The Tribe overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to start out the season 6-1 for the second straight year. The Blue Hens had a chance to win the game with under one minute remaining, but a 42-yard field goal attempt by Mike Perry sailed right, allowing the Tribe to extend their home-winning streak to 10 games. It marked the second time this season that William & Mary was able to defeat the second ranked team in the nation, as they defeated then-No. 2 Villanova 31-24, on Oct. 2.

Villanova is the final team in this week’s top five.

Delaware drops to No. 6 after suffering its first loss, while Montana, Eastern Washington, New Hampshire and Wofford remain in the same position as last week to round out the top ten.

Bethune-Cookman, the lowest-ranked undefeated team in this week’s poll, improved to 7-0 on the year with a 23-10 win over North Carolina Central. The Wildcats jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead and relied on a strong defensive effort, which forced four turnovers and scored one touchdown, to hold on to an important road win.

Chattanooga (No. 23) and Grambling State (No. 25) make its first appearance of the season into the top 25.

Falling out of the rankings this week are Furman and Northern Arizona.

Eleven conferences are represented in the poll, the most so far this season. The Colonial Athletic Association leads the way with seven ranked teams, while the Big Sky, Missouri Valley and Southern Conferences each have three ranked teams. The Ohio Valley and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferences have two teams each, while the Ivy League, and the Big South, Great West, Southland and the Southwest Athletic Conferences each have one team in this week’s poll.

FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference.

2010 FCS Coaches Week 8 Poll (October 25, 2010)

Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week
1. Appalachian State (26) 7-0 674 1
2. Jacksonville State 8-0 633 3
3. Stephen F. Austin (1) 6-1 612 4
4. William & Mary 6-1 611 5
5. Villanova 5-2 550 6
6. Delaware 7-1 518 2
7. Montana 6-2 514 7
8. Eastern Washington 6-2 480 8
9. New Hampshire 5-3 444 9
10. Wofford 6-1 427 10
11. Southeast Missouri State 7-1 382 13
12. Liberty 5-2 348 14
13. Montana State 6-2 324 16
14. Richmond 4-3 300 15
15. James Madison 4-3 253 11
16. Bethune-Cookman 7-0 246 19
17. South Carolina State 5-2 242 17
18. Massachusetts 4-3 202 12
19. Northern Iowa 4-3 178 22
20. Cal Poly 5-3 159 21
21. Penn 5-1 135 23
22. North Dakota State 5-3 93 24
23. Chattanooga 5-2 84 NR
24. Western Illinois 5-3 79 18
25. Grambling State 6-1 68 NR

Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Northern Arizona (60), Jacksonville (22), Dayton (17), Georgia Southern (15), Robert Morris (15), Murray State (14), South Dakota State (13), Lehigh (10), Colgate (9), Weber State (8), Harvard (7), McNeese State (6), Southern Utah (5), Furman (4), Sam Houston State (4), Florida A&M (3), Sacramento State (3), Elon (2), Indiana State (2)

[kuntryboimike]

TSN

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (136) 7-0 3,873 1
2. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (17) 8-0 3,675 3
3. William & Mary Tribe (2) 6-1 3,599 4
4. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1) 6-1 3,338 5
5. Villanova Wildcats 5-2 3,189 6
6. Delaware Blue Hens 7-1 3,139 2
7. Montana Grizzlies 6-2 2,863 7
8. Eastern Washington Eagles 6-2 2,712 8
9. Wofford Terriers 6-1 2,584 9
10. New Hampshire Wildcats 5-3 2,408 10
11. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 7-1 2,189 13
12. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 7-0 2,064 14
13. Montana State Bobcats 6-2 1,801 15
14. Richmond Spiders 4-3 1,616 16
15. James Madison Dukes 4-3 1,534 11
16. Liberty Flames 5-2 1,453 17
17. South Carolina State Bulldogs 5-2 1,389 18
18. Massachusetts Minutemen 4-3 1,247 12
19. Northern Iowa Panthers 4-3 1,048 19
20. Chattanooga Mocs 5-2 930 24
21. Penn Quakers 5-1 909 20
22. Cal Poly Mustangs 5-3 706 23
23. Grambling State Tigers 6-1 453 NR
24. Jacksonville Dolphins 7-1 357 NR
25. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 4-3 341 22

Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 339, Western Illinois 187, Robert Morris 186, Georgia Southern 106, Furman 84, Hampton 63, Lehigh 39, Dayton 37, South Dakota State 35, Elon 34, Southern Utah 33, Jackson State 23, Brown 18, Harvard 16, Southern Illinois 15, Praire View A&M 12, Texas Southern 10, Weber State 9, Sam Houston State 8, McNeese State 8, Sacramento State 4, Florida A&M 4, UT Martin 3, UC Davis 2, Old Dominion 2, Tennessee Tech 2, Illinois State 1, Yale 1, South Dakota 1, Missouri State 1.

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

[Kolzilla41]

Coaches Poll

1. Appalachian St. (25) 7-0 672 1
2. Delaware (1) 7-1 641 2
3. Jacksonville St. (1) 8-0 616 3
4. Stephen F. Austin 6-1 596 4
5. William & Mary 6-1 575 5
6. Villanova 5-2 539 7
7. Montana 6-2 493 11
8. Eastern Wash. 6-2 461 12
9. New Hampshire 5-3 399 15
10. Wofford 6-1 391 17
11. James Madison 4-3 344 6
12. Massachusetts 4-3 332 8
13. SE Missouri St. 7-1 310 20
14. Liberty 5-2 281 21
15. Richmond 4-3 279 19
16. Montana St. 6-2 244 10
17. S. Carolina St. 5-2 234 9
18. Western Ill. 5-3 210 23
19. Bethune-Cookman 7-0 183 NR
20. Northern Arizona 4-3 147 NR
21. Cal Poly 5-3 128 13
22. Northern Iowa 4-3 116 24
23. Pennsylvania 5-1 107 25
24. North Dakota St. 5-3 101 14
25. Furman 4-3 56 NR
Others Receiving Votes:
Grambling St. 38, Elon 34, Chattanooga 34, Georgia Southern 31, Jacksonville 24, Dayton 21, Southern Ill. 18, Robert Morris 18, Sam Houston St. 18, Texas St. 17, Hampton 15, Sacramento St. 9, South Dakota St. 7, Indiana St. 7, Jackson St. 7, Weber St. 6, Illinois St. 6, Colgate 5, Harvard 3, Lehigh 1, Florida A&M 1

I believe this is last weeks per the website.

[kuntryboimike]

Yupp it is. I clicked on week 8 and it has the updated records but not poll. disregard. I'll edit it when the poll comes out

[kuntryboimike]

AGS

(First place votes in parenthesis), Points
1. Appalachian St. (42) 1463
2. Jacksonville St. (12) 1402
3. William & Mary (4) 1384
4. Stephen F. Austin (2) 1314
5. Villanova 1236
6. Delaware 1210
7. Eastern Washington 1082
8. Wofford 1035
9. Montana 986
10. New Hampshire 837
11. Montana St. 790
12. Southeast Missouri St. 763
13. Chattanooga 674
14. Bethune-Cookman 616
15. Liberty 577
16. James Madison 539
17. Richmond 486
18. Northern Iowa 480
19. Massachusetts 428
20. South Carolina St. 420
21. Pennsylvania 280
22. Robert Morris 263
23. Cal Poly 231
24. Northern Arizona 200
25. Furman 142
Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): North Dakota St. (29), Western Illinois (27), Grambling St. (25), Georgia Southern (22), Jacksonville (14), Sam Houston St. (6), South Dakota St. (6), Lehigh (5),
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[kuntryboimike]

Fixed* Coaches Poll 1st post on this thread

[Schfourteenteen]

It's nice to see us getting more love than we deserve.

[Kolzilla41]

12. Liberty 5-2 348 14

Wow. I didn't expect us to be this low in the polls. At 16 or 12.

[R i]

Practicing against ourselves on the Bye week, has lifted us more that smashing VMI.

[jcmanson]

#12

The highest we've been ranked since 9/29/90 when we were ranked #8

[LUnpretty11]

So if we win out by an avg. of let's just say 30. Any chance we don't finish in the top 10?

[kuntryboimike]

So if we win out by an avg. of let's just say 30. Any chance we don't finish in the top 10?

If a couple top 10 teams lose to any team ranked 11 or above I think we have a chance

[jcmanson]

So if we win out by an avg. of let's just say 30. Any chance we don't finish in the top 10?

If we win out. We're top 10. I've said this all year.

[Schfourteenteen]

That's great and all, but we'd be the most undeserving top 10 team in history.

[ToTheLeft]

That's great and all, but we'd be the most undeserving top 10 team in history.

SC State would beg to differ.

[Chris Lang]

No offense, but Liberty is ranked WAAAAY too high in that coaches poll.

[jenkins]

I wouldnt say the most undeserving. I mean if you really look at what the teams have done this year, outside the top 5 none of the teams have done much more than we have to distinguish themselves. Outside of JMU beating tech, but JMU is falling quickly and their schedule stays very tough.

If we win out we should easily be in the 6-8 range just based off the fact that several of the teams above us play each other. What also sucks is that if we would've beaten Robert Morris we would be in the top 1o and finish somewhere in the top 5. I think the fact that we have been doing what we do for several years now has atleast gotten us some respect, now we just have to take that next step.

[kuntryboimike]

No offense, but Liberty is ranked WAAAAY too high in that coaches poll.

I'll take it though haha

[jcmanson]

Sure we may be undeserving, but who cares?

[R i]

No offense, but Liberty is ranked WAAAAY too high in that coaches poll.

at least it was only WAAAAY with four "A"s, it could have been worse

[jenkins]

12 is a touch high, but i think 15th is about right. Is that really way too high? Chris, you would be a better person to answer since you have followed those other teams more than most of us, but really outside of Delaware and the top 5 I just dont see that many distinguishing wins this year or if there are it seems to be just one win a piece.

[ToTheLeft]

Chris,

You have B-CU at 12, yet you think LU isn't good enough to be 12. I don't see a WAAAAAY huge gap between them. I agree that BC-U has a better resume, but I don't think you can knock someone for having LU that high. I agree that it's too high based on the perception of what being number 12 means, but with the way this season has gone, it's tough to push teams ahead of LU.

Particularly Big Sky schools. Those are the main culprit that, if you have them ranked where I have them, LU starts to slide up the poll. I think Montana has been way overrated all season. The loss to Cal Poly has been ignored, and that's a shame. The Griz did nothing out of conference, and are rewarded for being "the Griz". They shouldn't be as separated from UNI in the polls, since each have similar resumes.

I agree with your assessment that 12-25 are tough to differentiate tho.

[Chris Lang]

I think Liberty should be somewhere around No. 15-16 and should probably stay there, though with the nature of polls, teams will drop with losses and somebody has to move up.

Just looking at the teams below Liberty in the poll:
13. Montana State -- has a win at home over Eastern Washington, which I suppose is about as impressive as going to Ball State and winning.

14. Richmond -- probably about right.

15. JMU -- beat Liberty head to head and has a better FBS win. Three losses and is stumbling.

16. Bethune-Cookman -- undefeated and has gone on the road to beat the preseason MEAC fave.

and skipping a bit to ...

23. Chattanooga -- coming off a solid win at Furman and the only losses were by a combined five points to the teams ranked 1-2. This 5-2 is much better than Liberty's 5-2.

I would move MSU, BC and Chatty above Liberty, which would put LU in that 15-16 range.

The respect factor of the last few years does have something to do with LU moving up so much. And I think people are writing the Robert Morris loss off as a fluke. It doesn't hurt that Robert Morris has played very well since that game, either. And VMI's win over Charleston Southern makes the Flames' total domination of the Keydets in Lexington look really good. That game was over after two series.

You're right, though. Outside of the top 7, it's really tough to get a read on where everyone should be ranked. It's been a challenge putting a ballot together every week.

[Chris Lang]

Hmm. Saying WAAAY too high seems off base, since we're talking about a difference of two or three spots. Haha.

[Schfourteenteen]

No offense, but Liberty is ranked WAAAAY too high in that coaches poll.

+1.

0-2 vs. top 25 (also top 70) in FCS - with both teams below us......one win over Ball State....which is quickly turning into crap.

Last year SC State was about 10 spots above their computer rankings. Last week Liberty was already close to 20 spots over. We're getting a lot of love we haven't earned. I don't mind, but it's worth stating - We are not a top 15 team right now. Close, yes...but not yet.