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By BiggAl57
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Coaches poll out

FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA): Week 7
Week:Preseason234567
Records through Sun Oct 9, 2011FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA) RankingRank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. Georgia Southern (26) 5-0 698 1
2. Northern Iowa (2) 4-1 666 2
3. Montana St. 5-1 641 3
4. Wofford 4-1 610 4
5. North Dakota St. 5-0 604 5
6. New Hampshire 4-1 556 7
7. Appalachian St. 3-2 515 8
8. Delaware 4-2 470 11
9. Lehigh 5-1 447 10
10. Jacksonville St. 4-1 419 12
11. Montana 4-2 394 14
12. Sam Houston St. 5-0 392 15
13. James Madison 4-2 366 6
14. South Dakota 4-2 307 18
15. William & Mary 3-3 293 9
16. Maine 4-1 224 NR
17. McNeese St. 3-2 193 13
18. North Dakota 4-2 182 20
19. Tennessee Tech 4-1 172 21
20. Coastal Carolina 4-1 140 24
21. Indiana St. 4-2 118 19
22. Old Dominion 5-1 116 NR
23. Towson 4-1 96 NR
24. Jackson St. 5-1 85 25
25. Richmond 3-3 82 16
Others Receiving Votes:
Southern Ill. 80, Harvard 26, Chattanooga 23, South Dakota St. 22, Norfolk St. 20, Alabama St. 18, Southern Utah 16, Sacramento St. 13, Massachusetts 9, San Diego 9, Illinois St. 8, Liberty 8, Jacksonville 7, Eastern Wash. 6, Texas St. 6, Elon 2, Albany 1
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By BiggAl57
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The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Georgia Southern Eagles (132) 5-0 4,090 1
2. Northern Iowa Panthers (24) 4-1 3,957 2
3. Montana State Bobcats (2) 5-1 3,679 3
4. North Dakota State Bison (6) 5-0 3,661 4
5. Wofford Terriers (2) 4-1 3,502 5
6. New Hampshire Wildcats 4-1 3,331 6
7. Appalachian State Mountaineers 3-2 2,954 8
8. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 5-1 2,728 10
9. Delaware Blue Hens 4-2 2,633 13
10. Sam Houston State Bearkats 5-0 2,628 11
11. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 4-1 2,393 12
12. Maine Black Bears 4-1 2,214 19
13. James Madison Dukes 4-2 2,203 7
14. Montana Grizzlies 4-2 1,978 16
15. South Dakota Coyotes 4-2 1,666 18
16. William & Mary Tribe 3-3 1,361 9
17. Towson Tigers 4-1 1,353 25
18. Old Dominion Monarchs 5-1 1,316 21
19. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 4-1 898 23
20. Richmond Spiders 3-3 757 14
21. Indiana State Sycamores 4-2 726 17
22. McNeese State Cowboys 3-2 702 15
23. North Dakota Fighting Sioux 4-2 460 NR
24. Alabama State Hornets 5-1 445 NR
25. Jackson State Tigers 5-1 306 NR
Others receiving votes: Norfolk State 290, Southern Illinois 243, Chattanooga 211, Coastal Carolina 182, Massachusetts 160, Southern Utah 132, Sacramento State 128, Texas State 121, San Diego 65, Portland State 62, Liberty 61, Samford 44, Elon 44, Harvard 34, Central Arkansas 33, Yale 32, South Carolina State 31, Hampton 19, Furman 19, South Dakota State 17, Eastern Washington 13, Weber State 12, UT Martin 11, Cal Poly 8, Stony Brook 8, Albany 8, Western Illinois 6, Brown 5, Drake 3, Penn 3, Eastern Kentucky 1, North Carolina A&T 1, UC Davis 1, Jacksonville 1.
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By Purple Haize
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You would think we would be 'higher' with our roster :x
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By 01LUGrad
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#360504
Meh. Who cares? Win the Big South and then rip some people up in the playoffs.
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By PAmedic
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BuryYourDuke wrote:I understand why we aren't, and we dont really deserve to be ranked. But man does it sting to look at week after week.
W&M and Richmond are NOT good this year. CAA membership will give you the benefit of the doubt tho... BSOUTH won't
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By LUminary
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PAmedic wrote:W&M and Richmond are NOT good this year. CAA membership will give you the benefit of the doubt tho... BSOUTH won't
No reason W&M should still be ranked, other than preseason expectations apparently die hard with some voters. The Tribe has lost by 37 to UVa, didn't exactly blow VMI out, squeaked by New Haven by a field goal, barely beat a down Villanova team, and lost by three touchdowns to Delaware. Go figure.

Richmond got such a jump start with the opening win over Duke (for what that's worth). The two- and three-point losses to UNH and Towson aren't that bad, but the Spiders got ripped by JMU and seem to be fading fast.
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By PAmedic
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I think App is WAY over-ranked as well. Polls really seem to be junk this year. Maybe 'cause we're not in them 8)
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By R i
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#360527
Purple Haize wrote:You would think we would be 'higher' with our roster :x
:brownbag
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By bigsmooth
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#360540
i honestly do not even look at the pollsnow because we will not be ranked till the end of the season. screw em.....we dont need no stinking polls!!!
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By flameshaw
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#360567
I am amazed by how high Lehigh is ranked. They really didn't look all that good, JMU looked a lot better to me, especially their OL.
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By matshark
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We lose to #13 on a last second FG, lose at #9 by 3 on a fumble while we're driving for the win and we're unranked while they're sittin pretty... say what?!
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By ToTheLeft
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matshark wrote:We lose to #13 on a last second FG, lose at #9 by 3 on a fumble while we're driving for the win and we're unranked while they're sittin pretty... say what?!
You answered it yourself.

We've beat 2 FCS teams who are both probably in the bottom 25 of FCS. We've done NOTHING to deserve a ranking. I don't know who you're referring to by sitting pretty, but if it's CCU, they beat Furman, who is a lot more legit than anyone we've beat.
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