Final 2011 FCS Coaches Poll

[GeauxLions94]

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The North Dakota State Bison finished the 2011 football season as the No.1 team in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll after their 17-6 win over Sam Houston State in the National Championship game Saturday afternoon. It was the first Division I title for the program. The Bison were a unanimous choice for the top spot, receiving 25 first-place votes and 625 points overall.

1. North Dakota State (25) 14-1 625 4
2. Sam Houston State 14-1 600 1
3. Georgia Southern 11-3 563 2
4. Montana 11-3 555 5
5. Northern Iowa 10-3 482 3
6. Lehigh 11-2 473 6
7. Montana State 10-3 470 7
8. Maine 9-4 445 13
9. Towson 9-2 380 9
10. Old Dominion 10-3 367 10
11. Appalachian State 8-4 357 8
12. New Hampshire 8-4 336 12
13. Wofford 6-2 326 11
14. James Madison 8-5 278 19
15. Central Arkansas 9-4 273 15
16. Stony Brook 9-4 200 24
17. Harvard 9-1 199 14
18. Norfolk State 9-3 158 22
19. Tennessee Tech 7-4 152 20
20. Delaware 7-4 143 16
21. Eastern Kentucky 7-5 136 NR
22. Illinois State 7-4 122 17
23. Albany 8-4 89 NR
24. Jackson State 9-2 85 18
25. Liberty 7-4 57 23

Others Receiving Votes: North Dakota (32); Jacksonville State (20); Indiana State (19); Massachusetts (14); Portland State (14); San Diego (23); South Carolina State (15); Drake (14); South Dakota (12); Furman (10); William & Mary (10); Bethune-Cookman (7); Grambling State (7); Murray State (7); Eastern Washington (6); Alabama State (4); Florida A&M (4); Southern Utah (3); Brown (2); Youngstown State (2).

[BEAR]

I'm comfortable with UCA at 15. Only our second year in playoff eligibility and our last DII class has finally gone last year so now we can say we are nearing division I roster saturation to make it complete. Most fans wouldn't like such a low spot, but I'll be happy there for now. Next year the goal is .....ALL THE WAY BABY! xlolx

[danefan]

Believe it or not the coaches poll looks half way decent.

First time this year.

[DFW HOYA]

Only one Patriot League team in the voting? Must have lost those extra votes to 6-5 teams like Southern Utah and Youngstown State.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Believe it or not the coaches poll looks half way decent.

First time this year.

It would be interesting to see if it strays quite a bit from what their final season vote was...it may just be because they have a very narrow field as we all do now so they are all gonna be real similar.

Hmm, sorry for even saying that dumb ****...JFC ursus, thanks for breaking this complicated matter down for us huh?

[danefan]

It would be interesting to see if it strays quite a bit from what their final season vote was...it may just be because they have a very narrow field as we all do now so they are all gonna be real similar.

Hmm, sorry for even saying that dumb ****...JFC ursus, thanks for breaking this complicated matter down for us huh?

2011 FCS Coaches Week 11 Poll (November 14, 2011)
Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week
1. Montana State (18) 9-1 683 2
2. Georgia Southern (2) 9-1 660 3
3. Sam Houston State (8) 10-0 656 4
4. Northern Iowa 8-2 605 5
5. North Dakota State 9-1 579 1
6. Lehigh 9-1 559 6
7. Montana 8-2 536 7
8. Appalachian State 7-3 515 8
9. Old Dominion 9-2 464 11
10. Towson 8-2 454 12
11. Maine 8-2 404 13
12. Wofford 7-3 349 9
13. New Hampshire 7-3 339 10
14. Illinois State 7-3 291 16T14. Harvard 8-1 291 14
16. Liberty 7-3 276 15
17. Delaware 6-4 223 17
18. Jackson State 8-2 198 18
19. Central Arkansas 8-3 155 25
20. James Madison 6-4 150 19
21. Tennessee Tech 6-3 147 20
22. North Dakota 7-3 119 22
23. Indiana State 6-4 102 23
24. South Dakota 6-4 71 24
25. Norfolk State 9-2 63 NR
Others receiving votes: Portland State (35); Furman (31); Youngstown State (19); Drake (18); San Diego
(18); Jacksonville State (17); William & Mary (11); Brown (9); Jacksonville (9); Stony Brook (9); Southern
Utah (9); Florida A&M (8); Eastern Washington (4); Alabama State (3); Eastern Kentucky (3); Albany (1);
Cal Poly (1); Stephen F. Austin (1).


You would think all the polls would get in line this late in the game, but then you see TSN.........

[BlueHenSinfonian]

What's with the love for Jackson State on this and the TSN poll? Also, Norfolk state ranked above Delaware, Illinois State, EKU, and Liberty? Sure, NSU made the playoffs, but they promptly shat the bed as expected.

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Only one Patriot League team in the voting? Must have lost those extra votes to 6-5 teams like Southern Utah and Youngstown State.

I had Georgetown between 20-25 on my final AGS Poll. They return quite a bit more than i originally thought, i'll have them in my preseason top 25 as well.

[sgt smash]

The best part about FCS is not only do the playoffs pretty much take care of themselves as far as the better team (notwithstanding matchups percieved as biased and blah blah blah our bracket was tougher... as both sides of the bracket could argue this year they were tougher) but the championship team beat #2, #3, #5, #6 but was never matched up against #4 or #7. Once again though, the playoffs took care of that. I am sure the Grizz and/or Bobcats will meet the Bison in the near future and you had better bet that those games are gonna make sure FCS keeps making a name for itself...as much as ESPN doesn't care.