Week 2 Polls

[danefan]

Coaches Poll (worst poll ever)

 

FCS Coaches Poll

No. School Record Points Prev

1 North Dakota State (20) 2-0 668 1

2 Appalachian State (7) 1-1 648 2

3 Montana 1-0 582 6

4 Richmond 1-1 572 3

5 Massachusetts 2-0 567 4

6 Delaware 0-1 493 7

7 James Madison 1-1 484 8

8 Northern Iowa 1-1 477 5

9 McNeese State 1-1 432 9

10 New Hampshire 1-0 382 15

11 Wofford 2-0 369 13

12 Cal Poly 1-1 365 11

13 Southern Illinois 1-0 361 12

14 Eastern Washington 0-1 352 10

15 Georgia Southern 1-1 260 16

16 Western Illinois 1-1 254 17

17 South Dakota State 1-1 243 20

18 Elon 1-1 183 19

19 Central Arkansas 2-0 178 24

20 Eastern Illinois 0-2 152 18

21 Villanova 0-1 130 20

22 The Citadel 1-1 75 23

23 Furman 1-1 72 33

24 Youngstown State 0-2 66 14

25 Delaware State 1-0 54 30

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Arizona(1-1) 40; Liberty(2-0) 37; Harvard(0-0) 35; Jacksonville State(1-1) 24; Eastern Kentucky(0-2) 23; Sam Houston State(1-0) 22; Prairie View A&M(2-0) 21; South Carolina State(1-1) 19; Fordham(1-0) 19; Holy Cross(0-1) 17; Tennessee State(2-0) 16; Montana State(1-1) 15; Hampton(1-1) 11; San Diego(2-0) 9; Hofstra(0-1) 9; Texas State-San Marcos(1-1) 8; Grambling(1-1) 8; North Carolina A&T(2-0) 5; Sacramento State(1-1) 3; Weber State(1-1) 3; Yale(0-0) 3; UC Davis(0-2) 3; William & Mary(0-1) 2; Florida A&M(1-1) 1; Lehigh(1-0) 1; Dayton(1-0) 1; Coastal Carolina(0-2) 1

 

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25

 

(First place votes in parenthesis)

1. Appalachian St. (69)

2. North Dakota St. (15)

3. Richmond (7)

4. Montana (1)

5. Northern Iowa

6. McNeese St. (1)

7. Massachusetts

8. James Madison

9. Delaware

10. Cal Poly

11. Eastern Washington

12. Wofford

13. Southern Illinois

14. New Hampshire

15. South Dakota St.

16. Georgia Southern

17. Villanova

18. Elon

19. Western Illinois

20. The Citadel

21. Central Arkansas

22. Eastern Illinois

23. Fordham

24. Furman

25. Youngstown St.

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Yale (28), Harvard (25), Sam Houston St. (25), Northern Arizona (24), Eastern Kentucky (21), Holy Cross (17), Liberty (17), Montana St. (12), South Carolina St. (12), Hampton (11), Jacksonville St. (11), Delaware St. (9), UC Davis (8), Albany (7), North Dakota (6)

 

MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: Montana

MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: Youngstown St.

 

The Sporting News

 

Sports Network's FCS College Football Poll

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank

1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (85) 1-1 2,976 1

2. North Dakota State Bison (22) 2-0 2,775 2

3. Massachusetts Minutemen (1) 2-0 2,647 4

4. Richmond Spiders 1-1 2,606 3

5. Montana Grizzlies (1) 1-0 2,572 5

6. Delaware Blue Hens (1) 0-1 2,561 6

7. James Madison Dukes 1-1 2,470 8

8. McNeese State Cowboys 1-1 2,218 10

9. Northern Iowa Panthers 0-1 1,504 9

10. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-0 1,400 15

11. Southern Illinois Salukis 1-0 1,343 12

12. Wofford Terriers 1-0 1,293 13

13. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1-1 994 21

14. Cal Poly Mustangs 1-1 962 11

15. Western Illinois Leathernecks 1-1 918 18

16. Eastern Washington Eagles 0-2 866 7

17. Georgia Southern Eagles 1-1 833 16

18. Elon Phoenix 1-1 820 17

19. Central Arkansas Bears 2-0 597 22

20. Eastern Illinois Panthers 0-2 517 19

21. Villanova Wildcats 0-1 470 23

22. The Citadel Bulldogs 1-1 411 20

23. Youngstown State Penguins 0-2 228 14

24. Harvard Crimson 0-0 191 25

25. Liberty Flames 2-0 147 NR

 

Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 125, Furman 113, Delaware State 95, Sam Houston State 89, Fordham 65, Eastern Kentucky 54, Jacksonville State 51, Hampton 46, Tennessee State 43, Yale 42, Holy Cross 41, South Carolina State 21, San Diego 18, Norfolk State 17, UC Davis 16, Montana State 15, Sacramento State 15, Grambling 13, North Dakota 12, South Dakota 12, Prairie View 10, Dayton 8, Coastal Carolina 8, Albany 7, Colgate 5, Hofstra 5, Stony Brook 5, Nicholls State 3, Northwestern State 2, Lafayette 1, Texas State 1.

[uofalbany]

DF,

 

Do you have the links to these polls, and do they come out today?

 

Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25

 

The Sporting News

[danefan]

the AGS poll will be released at about 1pm today. Same as the TSN poll.

 

AGS gets posted on www.anygivensaturday.com and a press release is issued (although I'm not sure to whom).

 

The TSN is here:

 

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform...IV-1AA-POLL.htm

[UA_MA_2000]

When one browses all of the schools listed in those polls, does anyone else feel like "damn, our school and its profile should be able to compete someday with all of these schools and be a consistent top 10 team." (or something along those lines). That's how I feel. I know we need the full scholarships and stadium, but with those things (and those are big things), along with perhaps a different conference affiliation, can we look forward to seeing us being a major state school player in what was formerly known as Division I-AA? It seems like our profile is more like UMASS, UNH, and Delaware than any of the other schools -- academically and athletically.

 

Am I misguided or just too hopeful (or both)?

[uofalbany]

When one browses all of the schools listed in those polls, does anyone else feel like "damn, our school and its profile should be able to compete someday with all of these schools and be a consistent top 10 team." (or something along those lines). That's how I feel. I know we need the full scholarships and stadium, but with those things (and those are big things), along with perhaps a different conference affiliation, can we look forward to seeing us being a major state school player in what was formerly known as Division I-AA? It seems like our profile is more like UMASS, UNH, and Delaware than any of the other schools -- academically and athletically.

 

Am I misguided or just too hopeful (or both)?

 

No, you are spot on.. We will get the schollys and the stadium.

Hopefully much sooner (now) than later (10 years). That's my only apprehension concerning them. It's very important to get them now though, in order to keep pace with others progress.

 

Our University is extremely similar in profile, although we have a portfolio of top national academic programs, a world leading program in Nano, and we are a top research institution. We may have a higher profile than those other schools, all things considered.

 

But, when we do have the stadium and schollys, watch out FCS.

 

( Although this shouldn't be a part of this discussion, I think if UAlbany went FBS down the road, we'd do well and would surpass Buffalo fairly quickly. This, of course, is WAY down the road, and we would need leaders that had the vision and were aggressive and determined enough to make it happen.)

[danefan]

Here's a question for everyone:

At what point does the University (Athletic Department) need to put out a public "plan of attack"?

 

Here's what our goals for the athletic program are (maybe just football) and here's how we plan on doing it.

 

We've been speculating for years on this board and other places about what the goals are. But does anyone really know for sure what the plans are?

[UA_MA_2000]

My thoughts on Buffalo -- oh, and by the way, GREAT WIN FOR THE BULLS ON SATURDAY OVER TEMPLE!! ONE OF TOP HIGHLIGHTS ON ESPN SATURDAY NIGHT!! -- are that Buffalo probably had more money because of its large endowment from its days at as very fine private college. Buffalo has a pretty nice chunk of change at its disposal ... . Whether or not that helped fund its football program and its advancement into the MAC and Division I, I don't know.

 

Does anyone think our path - and perhaps UMASS, Montana, Delaware, UNH, etc. -- will be what was formerly called Division I-A? I know many posters on here would rather win championships at what as formerly called I-AA than struggle like Buffalo did for several years at I-A. Given the rumored stadium seating capacity, it doesn't look like we're going anywhere anytime soon as far as I-A goes. But that's okay.

 

As far as the future, and growing our fan base, the problem, in my view, in this area isn't potential fans to come to the games (look at all the high school games on Friday nights that get several thousand fans). Rather, we need to develop the feeling in this metro area that UAlbany is this region's only Division I-A football team, which people care about. Don't cheer for Syracuse. Cheer for UAlbany (even if you're at St. Rose, Siena, Skidmore, or RPI!). And all it takes is a win over a school like Army, Syracuse, etc., and we might really draw some fans. Even though Syracuse football sucks, I'd absolutely love to see us schedule them (if they would agree) on our football schedule. Any chance?

 

In sum, it's going to take lots of marketing to get us to the point where we are drawing 15-30K+, but the football fans ARE out there!!

[danefan]

We can definitely play Syracuse if we get the scholly level up. Northeastern plays at Cuse this weekend.

 

Our athletic department has zero marketing at this point. Probably because they don't have the money to do it, but CDTA buses should be loaded wth UAlbany football ads. Pictures of players, etc...

 

What do you think that costs?

[UAalum72]

Up to 168 in this week's Sagarin USA Today Div. I rankings. Hofstra still slightly ahead of us at 155 (his beginning ranking still has value in his system). By his 'Predictor' method we'll be about 15-point underdogs to New Hampshire, ranked 107.

 

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