How on earth do you rank 18-25 this week?????

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Do you take "unknown" 1 or 2 loss teams (Brown, Holy Cross, Alabama State, Jackson State)?

Do you take 3 or (eek!) 4 loss teams from "power conferences" (Richmond, W&M, Eastern Washington)?

Do you take 1 or 2 loss teams from non-power conferences with big losses last week (Tennessee Tech, Coastal Carolina, South Dakota)?

Do you take 1 or 2 loss teams that have suspect schedules (North Dakota)?

Or do you go out there and take a PFL team (San Diego, Jacksonville) with one or two losses to middling power conference teams but an undefeated run in PFL play?

Tough week to pick.

[chattownmocs]

You put Chattanooga at 18.

[appfan2008]

You dont rank UTC and what I did was just guess at that point... good luck LFN

[Squealofthepig]

I find ranking down to about 35 each week helps; there will always be statistical noise in the 20-25 range until any poll starts having its balloters rank down to 30-35 anyway.

It's also always good to go back and look at the last week's ballot and re-evaluate each team that you didn't have in your ballot.

[RichH2]

There are easily 8-10 teams that could fit those slots. Of course population tends to shift a lot week to week. Put 'em all into a hat and pick out 5. Cant be too far off methinks

[GATA_Eagles]

Chatty ended up sneaking back into my top 25 this week...along with Samford

[danefan]

Do you take "unknown" 1 or 2 loss teams (Brown, Holy Cross, Alabama State, Jackson State)?

Do you take 3 or (eek!) 4 loss teams from "power conferences" (Richmond, W&M, Eastern Washington)?

Do you take 1 or 2 loss teams from non-power conferences with big losses last week (Tennessee Tech, Coastal Carolina, South Dakota)?

Do you take 1 or 2 loss teams that have suspect schedules (North Dakota)?

Or do you go out there and take a PFL team (San Diego, Jacksonville) with one or two losses to middling power conference teams but an undefeated run in PFL play?

Tough week to pick.

I wouldn't even begin to consider a PFL team this year.

These are not even close to Top 25 resumes:

Jacksonville Dolphins
Sep 3 - L at Citadel, 9-31
Sep 10 - L at Western Ill, 21-35
Sep 17 - W vs. Char Southern, 37-30
Sep 24 - W at Campbell, 57-21
Oct 1 - W at Marist, 21-9
Oct 8 - W vs. Dayton, 34-26
Oct 15 - W vs. Morehead State, 50-14

San Diego Toreros
Sep 3 - W at Azusa Pacific, 42-40
Sep 10 - W vs. West New Mex, 30-10
Sep 17 - L at UC Davis, 3-31
Sep 24 - W at Morehead State, 48-44
Oct 1 - W vs. Davidson, 42-0
Oct 8 - W at Valparaiso, 55-14
Oct 15 - W vs. Drake, 31-24

[darell1976]

UND has played only 2 FCS teams so their resume is very poor with 2 NAIA teams, so if you don't rank them or rank them lower (had a bye last week) its understandable. But I hope UND can be ranked or ranked higher if we beat Cal Poly on Saturday. That should show where this team is headed. According to Massey UND is predicted to finish 9-2 with FCS wins over Cal Poly, UC Davis, USD, and N. Colorado which would be a perfect season for UND fans, and a great way to close out our transition.

[OhioHen]

Same as how I rank 1-17 -- assign a value to the wins and let the rankings fall where they will. No, "good" losses don't help - who you beat is all that matters.

[Gringer1]

http://greenbuddy99.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/spin-the-wheel-ff-cp.JPG

[Twentysix]

Same as how I rank 1-17 -- assign a value to the wins and let the rankings fall where they will. No, "good" losses don't help - who you beat is all that matters.

This. It was a little tough, but not that terrible.

18: D
19: O
20: S
21: Y
22: R
23: L
24: C
25: M

[ursus arctos horribilis]

You have no idea how well timed this question is LFN.xlolx

[Twentysix]

You have no idea how well timed this question is LFN.xlolx

Out with the poll already bear!

[Tribe4SF]

Tough, but here's my list.

18. Chatty
19. Indiana State
20.Norfolk St.
21. Jacksonville St.
22. Brown
23. Samford
24. Harvard
25. Alabama St.

[Twentysix]

Tough, but here's my list.

18. Chatty
19. Indiana State
20.Norfolk St.
21. Jacksonville St.
22. Brown
23. Samford
24. Harvard
25. Alabama St.

You cant post names until after the polls been released.

Oh man the bears gonna growl at you. xlolx

[Tribe4SF]

Poll closes at noon, does it not?

[Squealofthepig]

This. It was a little tough, but not that terrible.

18: D
19: O
20: S
21: Y
22: R
23: L
24: C
25: M

Mine was pretty close, though I had a "G" sneak in there, of all things!