[LUminary]

Interesting. Coastal No. 24 in the coaches poll after an open week.
The resume: Home wins over Furman 30-23 and Catawba 20-3, a 59-0 loss at Georgia and a 31-14 win at N.C. A&T.

2011 FCS Coaches Week 5 Poll (October 1, 2011)
Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week
1. Georgia Southern (26) 4-0 698 1
2. Northern Iowa (2) 3-1 666 2
3. Montana State 4-1 638 4
4. Wofford 3-1 611 T6
5. North Dakota State 4-0 597 T6
6. James Madison 4-1 549 8
7. New Hampshire 3-1 516 9
8. Appalachian State 3-2 495 3
9. William & Mary 3-2 471 T10
10. Leigh 4-1 407 14
11. Delaware 3-2 396 5
12. Jacksonville State 4-1 382 13
13. McNeese State 3-1 339 15
14. Montana 3-2 323 16
15. Sam Houston State 4-0 312 18
16. Richmond 3-2 278 T10
17. Southern Illinois 2-2 211 12
18. South Dakota 3-2 205 21
19. Indiana State 4-1 204 23
20. North Dakota 3-2 124 24
21. Tennessee Tech 4-1 84 NR
22. Southern Utah 3-2 83 19
23.Chattanooga 2-3 81 17
24. Coastal Carolina 3-1 64 NR
25. Jackson State 4-1 49 NR

Others receiving votes: Maine (42); Old Dominion (39); Massachusetts (31); Harvard (24); South Dakota State (17); Jacksonville (16); Sacramento State (16); Liberty (14); Towson (14); Duquesne (12); Stephen F. Austin (12); Norfolk State (10); Illinois State (9); Butler (6); UC Davis (6); Holy Cross (6); Cal Poly (5); South Carolina State (4); Youngstown State (4); Eastern Washington (3); Alabama State (2); Florida A&M (2); Brown (1); Bucknell (1); Elon (1).

[jcmanson]

I'm fine with them being ranked. But over Maine? Over ODU? Even Towson.

[jcmanson]

This is a better poll, from TSN:

1. Georgia Southern Eagles (128) 4-0 3,878 1
2. Northern Iowa Panthers (19) 3-1 3,722 2
3. Montana State Bobcats (3) 4-1 3,521 4
4. North Dakota State Bison (7) 4-0 3,418 5
5. Wofford Terriers 3-1 3,293 8
6. New Hampshire Wildcats 3-1 3,060 7
7. James Madison Dukes 4-1 3,014 9
8. Appalachian State Mountaineers 3-2 2,648 3
9. William & Mary Tribe 3-2 2,372 11
10. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 4-1 2,322 13
11. Sam Houston State Bearkats 4-0 2,136 16
12. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-1 2,135 14
13. Delaware Blue Hens 3-2 2,033 6
14. Richmond Spiders 3-2 1,667 10
15. McNeese State Cowboys 3-1 1,632 18
16. Montana Grizzlies 3-2 1,446 19
17. Indiana State Sycamores 4-1 1,127 24
18. South Dakota Coyotes 3-2 1,096 21
19. Maine Black Bears 3-1 1,041 NR
20. Southern Illinois Salukis 2-2 985 12
21. Old Dominion Monarchs 4-1 658 NR
22. Southern Utah Thunderbirds 3-2 540 17
23. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 4-1 524 NR
24. Chattanooga Mocs 2-3 469 15
25. Towson Tigers 3-1 464 23

Others receiving votes: North Dakota 334, Alabama State 262, Massachusetts 203, Jackson State 181, Norfolk State 153, Sacramento State 112, Portland State 89, Holy Cross 47, South Carolina State 39, Central Arkansas 34, Coastal Carolina 33, Youngstown State 30, Liberty 30, South Dakota State 24, Bethune-Cookman 21, Furman 21, Weber State 20, Elon 19, Duquesne 17, Harvard 15, The Citadel 13, San Diego 12, Hampton 10, Eastern Washington 10, Yale 9, Northwestern State 9, Western Illinois 8, Albany 8, Illinois State 8, Eastern Kentucky 7, Bucknell 7, Jacksonville 7, Cal Poly 6, UC Davis 6, Cornell 4, Stony Brook 4, Lamar 3, Rhode Island 2, Robert Morris 2, Penn 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, Murray State 1, Austin Peay 1, UT Martin 1.

[BiggAl57]

glad to see Appy state is not ranked 1,2,3 like they usualy just because they are Appy

[jcmanson]

glad to see Appy state is not ranked 1,2,3 like they usualy just because they are Appy

They are still ranked too high

[Chris Lang]

The coaches poll is utter garbage. Has been all year.

[thepostman]

I don't think they should be ranked but until we prove otherwise they are the best team in the big south.

[Cider Jim]

Good. Maybe we can get a win over a ranked opponent.

+1

[BJWilliams]

The Chants know htat they have received beat downs of the highest order their last two trips to Lynchburg and Other than Furman their wins are not over very high caliber competition. In fact, the last two times they came to the mountain they were 3-2 (2009) and 3-5. 2009 we beat them 58-13 NS 2007 WE BEAT THEM 37-24 and the picture of Vince Redd nearly breaking the Coastal QB in half is one of the most memorable from that season.

[TH Spangler]

Coastal is playing VMI on MASN right now if you're interested in a preview.

[jcmanson]

That didn't last long

[BJWilliams]

yeah...a 36 point pounding tends to have that kind of effect...

[No Fear]

I think we got screwed on the rankings this week !

Coastal was ranked like 17 last week ? and we used them, and now we are ranked like 27 !?!

What is up with that !?!

[jbock13]

yeah, i thought we'd be 26 or 27. Maybe 25. But we all knew Coastal was overrated. What I don't get is Coastal is still around 28 and 29 in a few polls.

Anyways, hopefully the longer we're not ranked, the more focused we can play to give it our best every Saturday.

[goaliejake22]

This is interesting, I just realized that we were ranked 19 this week on the cs website, but not top 25 on the coaches or sports network rankings. check it out! http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... -10172011/

[TH Spangler]

Very nice! ..... Virginia has "6" top 25 teams ...

[01LUGrad]

I hate to break it to you guys, but we could win out, blow through the playoffs, win 63-0 in Frisco, and still be out of the top ten in both polls at the end of the year.


BJ, this is called SARCASM.