AGS Top 25 Poll - Final Regular Season Poll

[AGSPoll]

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25
11/19/2007
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Northern Iowa (55) 11-0
2. McNeese St. (1) 11-0
3. Montana (3) 11-0
4. Southern Illinois 10-1
5. Appalachian St. 9-2
6. North Dakota St. 10-1
7. Richmond 9-2
8. Massachusetts 9-2
9. Delaware St. 10-1
10. Eastern Kentucky 9-2
11. Wofford 8-3
12. James Madison 8-3
13. Delaware 8-3
14. Eastern Washington 8-3
15. Eastern Illinois 8-3
16. Youngstown St. 7-4
17. New Hampshire 7-4
18. South Dakota St. 7-4
19. Grambling St. 8-2
20. Yale 9-1
21. Georgia Southern 7-4
22. Cal Poly 7-4
23. Villanova 7-4
24. Harvard 8-2
25. Fordham 8-3

Dropped Out: 23. Hoftsra, 25. The Citadel

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): The Citadel (33), Elon (27), Dayton (23), Albany (16), Hofstra (15), Liberty (9), Norfolk St. (9), Sam Houston St. (5), Western Illinois (5)

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: South Dakota St.
MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: North Dakota St.

[Gil Dobie]

Great job pollsters xthumbsupx

[89Hen]

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25
11/19/2007
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Northern Iowa (55) 11-0
2. McNeese St. (1) 11-0
3. Montana (3) 11-0
4. Southern Illinois 10-1
5. Appalachian St. 9-2
6. North Dakota St. 10-1
7. Richmond 9-2
8. Massachusetts 9-2
9. Delaware St. 10-1
10. Eastern Kentucky 9-2
11. Wofford 8-3
12. James Madison 8-3
13. Delaware 8-3
14. Eastern Washington 8-3
15. Eastern Illinois 8-3
16. Youngstown St. 7-4
17. New Hampshire 7-4
18. South Dakota St. 7-4
19. Grambling St. 8-2
20. Yale 9-1
21. Georgia Southern 7-4
22. Cal Poly 7-4
23. Villanova 7-4
24. Harvard 8-2
25. Fordham 8-3
So according to AGS it looks like YSU is this year's 'Woofed' team. xeyebrowx

[GannonFan]

Yale ranked after being exposed like that? Crazy.

[GannonFan]

Wow, we need to alert people more - only 59 voters in this poll? Isn't that close to half of who normaly votes??

[BlueHen86]

I just hope #13 Delaware can spring the upset on #9 Delaware St.

[griz_fan_in_SanDiego]

Yale is the only team I think is seriously out of place and kind of surprised Albany didn't get more love...looks like a good poll overall xthumbsupx

[Dukie95]

I just hope #13 Delaware can spring the upset on #9 Delaware St.

lol..I was just going to post the same...

[DetroitFlyer]

Yale and Harvard both in the top 25, while Dayton and Albany are both out.... This poll has become as credible as good ole Pete's poll.xnonox

[bluehenbillk]

That tells you what polls are worth now. It gets settled on the field, I participated in this week's poll but it's for entertainment purposes, all the real work has been finished.

[89Hen]

Wow, we need to alert people more - only 59 voters in this poll? Isn't that close to half of who normaly votes??
It always drops off. Last year there were 48 voters in the final regular season poll compared with 70 earlier in the year. xpeacex

[Ivytalk]

I'm surprised that Fordham stayed in and Citadel dropped out. I had Dayton in my poll.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Yale dropped ten points while losing to their biggest rival, yet they're somehow "out of place"? What do you want, blood? I'm not saying they should have been at #10, but dropping in the polls (10 spots) but staying in there, what's the problem?

As for Harvard, are folks really saying that they don't belong when SIX 7-4 teams are ranked ahead of them? If anything, you should be scratching you head has to how Cal Poly - a 7-4 team whose best victory was against WEBER STATE, for Pete's sakes - is ranked above Harvard, who just beat the #10 team in the nation.

As an FYI, I put Albany AND Dayton in my poll too, so don't say I had any non-scholly bias.

[crimsonfootball]

Yale is ahead of Harvard? LOL!

[patssle]

That tells you what polls are worth now. It gets settled on the field, I participated in this week's poll but it's for entertainment purposes, all the real work has been finished.

Polls are and always have been worthless. And thats whats great about FCS...polls don't matter...we will settle it on the field. Look at the BCS...you have an undefeated team ranked at 15th or so...stupid polls....you have OU dropped out of the top 5 because they lose their starting QB for one game when if there were playoffs, they would probably be in the semi-finals or NC game.

[citdog]

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25
11/19/2007
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Northern Iowa (55) 11-0
2. McNeese St. (1) 11-0
3. Montana (3) 11-0
4. Southern Illinois 10-1
5. Appalachian St. 9-2
6. North Dakota St. 10-1
7. Richmond 9-2
8. Massachusetts 9-2
9. Delaware St. 10-1
10. Eastern Kentucky 9-2
11. Wofford 8-3
12. James Madison 8-3
13. Delaware 8-3
14. Eastern Washington 8-3
15. Eastern Illinois 8-3
16. Youngstown St. 7-4
17. New Hampshire 7-4
18. South Dakota St. 7-4
19. Grambling St. 8-2
20. Yale 9-1
21. Georgia Southern 7-4
22. Cal Poly 7-4
23. Villanova 7-4
24. Harvard 8-2
25. Fordham 8-3

Dropped Out: 23. Hoftsra, 25. The Citadel

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): The Citadel (33), Elon (27), Dayton (23), Albany (16), Hofstra (15), Liberty (9), Norfolk St. (9), Sam Houston St. (5), Western Illinois (5)

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: South Dakota St.
MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: North Dakota St.


WE BEAT VMI 70-28 AND DROP OUT?



SHAME UPON ALL YOUR HOUSES!

[89Hen]

I'm surprised that Fordham stayed in and Citadel dropped out. I had Dayton in my poll.
xnodx There is NO WAY Fordham should be ranked. xsmhx

[Appaholic]

xnodx There is NO WAY Fordham should be ranked. xsmhx

Not ahead of Citadel........

[JDC325]

Did'nt a 7-4 GSU beat a 7-4 SDSU? The Citadel not ranked?

[Lehigh Football Nation]

xnodx There is NO WAY Fordham should be ranked. xsmhx

I agree with this actually. Losing to Bucknell IMO is inexcusable!

[BULLDOG8180]

WE BEAT VMI 70-28 AND DROP OUT?



SHAME UPON ALL YOUR HOUSES!


Guess we should have scored 100, we could have. xmadx

[buckp]

Hard to accept Delaware St. above Delaware.xbawlingx

Hope that gets corrected this weekend....xthumbsupx

[Biff]

Guess we should have scored 100, we could have. xmadx

That or blanked VMI. xmadx

[BigApp]

So according to AGS it looks like YSU is this year's 'Woofed' team. xeyebrowx

and that Wofford, as a de facto Top 10 team, got hosed. xsmhx xnodx xsmhx

[DOME]

Well they got number one right, so I'm happy :) Wonder if the coaches will...

[appfan2008]

The poll overall seemed to be pretty good and I feel like it nailed the top 10 or so... i definately didnt have Yale in my top 25... they dont deserve it after that and dont worry The Citadel fans I got your boys in there

[89Hen]

and that Wofford, as a de facto Top 10 team, got hosed. xsmhx xnodx xsmhx
xconfusedx How so?

I'd say Montana got hosed more. They are an undefeated seed and are drawing a Top 10 team first round. xeyebrowx xpeacex

[RAMS83]

Im glad Fordham is still in the TOP 25. Horrible loss. The only Ill offer in their defense was that they wrapped up the AQ two weeks ago and had a bye week. They had won 7 straight games prior. Those there in person said the team came out flat. With a win Fordham knew they still werent getting a home playoff game. Anyway theyre 5-0 on the road and played their best when needed to. Beat Holy Cross - Colgate - Lehigh- Lafayette- URI - Marist and GTown. You can knock the PL if you want but the comp. is better than most give credit for. Umass will have their hands full. Promise.

[citdog]

Im glad Fordham is still in the TOP 25. Horrible loss. The only Ill offer in their defense was that they wrapped up the AQ two weeks ago and had a bye week. They had won 7 straight games prior. Those there in person said the team came out flat. With a win Fordham knew they still werent getting a home playoff game. Anyway theyre 5-0 on the road and played their best when needed to. Beat Holy Cross - Colgate - Lehigh- Lafayette- URI - Marist and GTown. You can knock the PL if you want but the comp. is better than most give credit for. Umass will have their hands full. Promise.

do i ahve to remind you that The Citadel plays in the SOUTHERN CONFERENCE?

[Ivytalk]

Yale is ahead of Harvard? LOL!

Not in my poll!:p

[skinny_uncle]

Wow, we need to alert people more - only 59 voters in this poll? Isn't that close to half of who normaly votes??
My guess would be fans who still have teams playing are more likely to vote. Fans of some teams whose seasons are over are less likely to care.

[GannonFan]

Yale dropped ten points while losing to their biggest rival, yet they're somehow "out of place"? What do you want, blood? I'm not saying they should have been at #10, but dropping in the polls (10 spots) but staying in there, what's the problem?

As for Harvard, are folks really saying that they don't belong when SIX 7-4 teams are ranked ahead of them? If anything, you should be scratching you head has to how Cal Poly - a 7-4 team whose best victory was against WEBER STATE, for Pete's sakes - is ranked above Harvard, who just beat the #10 team in the nation.

As an FYI, I put Albany AND Dayton in my poll too, so don't say I had any non-scholly bias.

The grief about Yale is that not only did they lose, but they got blown away, at home. And the Ivies and the Patriot were both historically bad this year in terms of OOC results, for those rare times when they didn't play each other. Yale probably never should've been as high as they were as playing Gtown, Lehigh, and Holy Cross wasn't a tough slate, and the rest of the Ivies outside of Harvard weren't very good. Penn may have had one of their worst teams in quite some time. Since the OOC scheduling has gotten so intertwined, it may be impossible to ever get a good handle on how good (or bad) Yale really was.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

The grief about Yale is that not only did they lose, but they got blown away, at home. And the Ivies and the Patriot were both historically bad this year in terms of OOC results, for those rare times when they didn't play each other. Yale probably never should've been as high as they were as playing Gtown, Lehigh, and Holy Cross wasn't a tough slate, and the rest of the Ivies outside of Harvard weren't very good. Penn may have had one of their worst teams in quite some time. Since the OOC scheduling has gotten so intertwined, it may be impossible to ever get a good handle on how good (or bad) Yale really was.

Surely you're not saying they should be below 7-4 Villanova (wins against current Top 25: one) or 7-4 Cal Poly (wins against current Top 25: ZERO)? Or are you referring to Youngstown State (6 D-I wins, wins against current Top 25: one)? Again, I'm not saying they should be Top 10, but dropping them from 10 to out of the Top 25 after losing to an 8-2 team is ludicrous. And Harvard fans are rightfully indignant that a team that lost to Texas State for Pete's sakes is ranked ahead of them, let alone Yale who they just beat. If football games were 39 minutes long, they'd be 10-0.