FCS Coaches Poll; 3/30/2021

[kdinva]

https://www.afca.com/fcs-poll-weber-state-stays-at-no-2-in-afca-fcs-coaches-top-25/



1
James Madison (23)
4-0
575
1
D. William & Mary, 38-10
April 3 at No. 15 Richmond


2
Weber St.
3-0
540
2
D. Northern Arizona, 28-23
April 3 at Southern Utah


3
North Dakota St.
5-1
518
3
March 27 at South Dakota, cancelled
April 3 vs. No. 4 South Dakota St.


4
South Dakota St.
4-1
480
5t
Idle
April 3 at No. 3 North Dakota St.


5
Sam Houston St.
3-0
476
4
Idle
April 1 at Northwestern St.


6
North Dakota
4-1
470
5t
March 27 at Youngstown St., postponed
April 3 vs. No. 23 Missouri St.


7
Kennesaw St.
3-0
425
8
Idle
April 3 vs. Robert Morris (Pa.)


8
Delaware
3-0
419
9
D. No. 21 Rhode Island, 35-21
April 3 vs. Albany


9
Eastern Washington
3-1
385
11
D. Cal Poly, 62-10
April 3 at No. 14 UC Davis


10
VMI
5-0
354
13
D. Wofford, 36-31
April 3 vs. East Tennessee St.


11
Nicholls
4-1
318
14
D. No. 15 UIW, 75-45
April 3 at McNeese


12
Jacksonville St.
7-2
285
7
Lost to Austin Peay, 13-10
April 3 at Eastern Illinois


13
Murray St.
5-0
279
17
D. Eastern Illinois, 41-27
April 3 at Austin Peay


14
UC Davis
3-1
266
19
D. Idaho St., 31-27
April 3 vs. No. 9 Eastern Washington


15
Richmond
3-0
249
20
D. Elon, 31-17
April 3 vs. No. 1 James Madison


16
Villanova
1-1
247
16
Idle
April 3 at Maine


17
Furman
3-2
182
18
Idle
April 3 at Mercer


18
UIW
3-1
125
15
Lost to No. 14 Nicholls, 75-45
April 10 vs. Northwestern St.


19
Southern Illinois
4-3
123
12
Lost to Missouri St., 30-27
April 10 vs. Western Illinois


20
Northern Iowa
3-3
97
23
D. Western Illinois, 34-20
April 2 at South Dakota


21
Tarleton St.
5-2
96
24
D. Northeastern St., 38-0
April 1 vs. East Central


22
Southeastern Louisiana
2-2
69
22
Idle
April 3 vs. Lamar


23
Missouri St.
4-4
54
NR
D. No. 12 Southern Illinois, 30-27
April 10 vs. Youngstown St.


24
Rhode Island
2-1
50
21
Lost to No. 9 Delaware, 35-21
April 3 vs. New Hampshire


25
San Diego
3-0
40
NR
D. Presbyterian, 24-21
April 3 vs. Davidson


Dropped Out: Chattanooga (10), New Hampshire (25)
Others Receiving Votes: Monmouth (N.J.), 32; Duquesne, 29; Southern, 26; East Tennessee St., 17; New Hampshire, 14; Alabama A&M, 12; Jackson St., 9; Idaho, 6; Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 5; Gardner-Webb, 5; Charleston Southern, 4; Maine, 3; Sacred Heart, 3; Holy Cross, 2; South Carolina St., 2; Delaware St., 1.

[wapiti]

Did Chattanooga really go from 10th to not receiving any votes!!!!!
Was the loss to Mercer really that bad????

[Professor Chaos]

Did Chattanooga really go from 10th to not receiving any votes!!!!!
Was the loss to Mercer really that bad????
https://twitter.com/GoMocs/status/1376597079078936577

[OhioHen]

JMU at #1 - maybe.

JMU a unanimous #1 - laughable.

[caribbeanhen]

one silly coach voted for Delaware State....

[Chalupa Batman]

Nice to see Missouri State behind the both of the teams they've beaten the last 2 weeks. xcrazyx

[dewey]

Nice to see Missouri State behind the both of the teams they've beaten the last 2 weeks. xcrazyx

Well they are 4-4 for the fall/spring season.

I laughed at Delaware being behind Kennesaw State. Really? What has Kennesaw State done in 2 wins that have them as a top 10 team?

Dewey

[Libertine]

There are three Big South teams in the ORV with a combined record of 3-2. Oprah must be handing out the votes in this poll.

[MSUDuo]

Well they are 4-4 for the fall/spring season.

I laughed at Delaware being behind Kennesaw State. Really? What has Kennesaw State done in 2 wins that have them as a top 10 team?

Dewey

So being 4-4, because we fit in any game we could in the fall, negates head to head wins against 3-3/4-3 teams now?

[Chalupa Batman]

So being 4-4, because we fit in any game we could in the fall, negates head to head wins against 3-3/4-3 teams now?

And one of those losses was to FBS so it’s more like you’re 4-3.


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[mainejeff]

The coaches love Maine!xlolx

[Preferred Walk-On]

So being 4-4, because we fit in any game we could in the fall, negates head to head wins against 3-3/4-3 teams now?

My apologies, but I was unclear what you meant here.

Also, one should, at the very worst, consider Missouri State to be 4-3 (loss to top 10 FBS is insignificant) with Central Arkansas being a solid two-time opponent in the fall. I am not really considering fall in spring rankings, so really Missouri State is 4-1 in my mind. However, this is without beating NDSU, SDSU, or UND. It is unfortunate that COVID has taken away the one opportunity to play UND.

[MSUDuo]

My apologies, but I was unclear what you meant here.

Also, one should, at the very worst, consider Missouri State to be 4-3 (loss to top 10 FBS is insignificant) with Central Arkansas being a solid two-time opponent in the fall. I am not really considering fall in spring rankings, so really Missouri State is 4-1 in my mind. However, this is without beating NDSU, SDSU, or UND. It is unfortunate that COVID has taken away the one opportunity to play UND.

He made it sound like we're still behind UNI/SIU because we're 4-4, including fall games. I was merely pointing out UNI and SIU are 3-3/4-3 AND they lost to us. So I wasn't sure of his point.

I get that the fall games are included in the record for 20/21. But if you're going to factor those in, then you must consider the fact that teams are not the same from the fall. I think that's ABUNDANTLY clear, especially for MO State

With all that said, we knew the games in the fall would count. We took that chance and it didn't work out. We led in both those games I believe and just couldn't hold on. Just one of those as a win, or even off the record, would make a huge difference

It's astonishing that we're even having this conversation in HCBP's first season