Weekly Polls

[MRSGDG]

And still no TU story...

[UAalum72]

The 'college football' blog posted it this morning. UAlbany joins rankings in fcs poll.

 

Singelais mentioned it in the last line of the post-game story Sunday: "Smith added a two-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter for UAlbany, which could crack the Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 on Monday for the third time in program history."

 

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-recovers-to-beat-Bryant-3925697.php#ixzz28oAUdrft

 

BTW Pete Iorizzo was named T-U Sports Editor, replacing Hank Domin who's moved to management at the Connecticut Post

 

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Pete-Iorizzo-is-named-sports-editor-3926941.php

[alum73]

There was a nice article in the Schenectady Gazette about it.

[danefan]

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/UAlbany-football-cracks-top-25-3931675.php

[Clickclack]

Looking at the AGS board...it's going to be a whacky week in the polls...a bunch of teams ahead of us lost especially those in the top 5...YSU lost again. We may jump up into the top 15 this week in the AGS poll.

[UAalum72]

Down to 127 in Sagarin ratings, 23rd in FCS

 

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt12.htm

[jpg_91]

We all knew it was going to go like this. No matter how well we do in the NEC, the conference will always weigh us down. Can not wait to ramp up scholarships, play in the new stadium and compete in the top football conference in FCS. Then our ranking might mean something. This year however, is all about making the playoffs and making some noise.

[danefan]

We're not exactly blowing the doors off the NEC right now either. Sure we've won comfortably, but the way we played the last two games doesn't exactly scream Top 15 team.

 

Win out and win a game in the playoffs.

[Patch]

We all knew it was going to go like this. No matter how well we do in the NEC, the conference will always weigh us down. Can not wait to ramp up scholarships, play in the new stadium and compete in the top football conference in FCS. Then our ranking might mean something. This year however, is all about making the playoffs and making some noise. jpg_91

 

Lets be somewhat realistic about rankings....

 

the teams we have beaten are a combined 13-25 and none have a winning record

 

The team we lost to, has lost 2 in a row giving up 83pts

 

How could we be ranked any higher????

 

As jpg_91 stated

This year however, is all about making the playoffs and making some noise.

Edited October 15, 2012 by Patch

[danefan]

I agree patch. I think we are a Top 25 team and should stay there in the Coaches and hopefully come into the TSN poll this week.

 

I'd hesitate to push us into the Top 15 though especially based on the last two weeks.

 

What a great conversation to be able to have!

[danefan]

AGS Poll

 

1 Eastern Washington Eagles 2312 45

2 James Madison Dukes 2271 24

3 Georgia Southern Eagles 2153 9

4 North Dakota State Bison 2111 7

5 Cal Poly Mustangs 2003 12

6 Montana State Bobcats 1766

7 Stony Brook Seawolves 1610

8 Wofford Terriers 1576

9 Old Dominion Monarchs 1543

10 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1535

11 Appalachian State Mountaineers 1372

12 Illinois State Redbirds 1292

13 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1252

14 New Hampshire Wildcats 1232

15 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 1184

16 Youngstown State Penguins 959

17 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 856

18 Albany Great Danes 838

19 Central Arkansas Bears 713

20 Towson Tigers 705

21 Tennessee State Tigers 574

22 Indiana State Sycamores 560

23 Villanova Wildcats 386

24 Harvard Crimson 353

25 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 257

 

The Most Significant Win Goes To:

Indiana State Sycamores

 

The Most Significant Loss Goes To:

North Dakota State Bison

 

26 Samford Bulldogs 86

27 The Citadel Bulldogs 72

28 Sacramento State Hornets 65

29 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 52

30 McNeese State Cowboys 45

31 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 30

32 Richmond Spiders 26

33 Southern Illinois Salukis 15

34 Northern Iowa Panthers 13

35 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 10

36 Drake Bulldogs 8

37 Chattanooga Mocs 6

38 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 5

39 Lafayette Leopards 3

40 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 1

 

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?120170-AGS-Poll-Results-Week-7

[danefan]

This might be the worst poll yet

 

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/cfoot225poll.aspx

 

Harvard with a #1 vote?

[danefan]

Up to 22nd (Tie) in the Coaches Poll

 

Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week

1. Eastern Washington (11) 5-1 615 6

2. James Madison (7) 5-1 608 5

3. Georgia Southern (2) 5-1 573 7

4. North Dakota State (4) 5-1 556 1

5. Montana State (1) 6-1 514 2

6. Sam Houston State (1) 4-2 510 8

7. Lehigh 7-0 462 10

8. Old Dominion 5-1 447 3

9. Wofford 5-1 439 4

10. Stony Brook 6-1 422 11

11. Appalachian State 5-2 390 12

12. Cal Poly 6-0 356 14

13. Illinois State 6-1 348 16

14. New Hampshire 5-2 329 13

15. Northern Arizona 5-1 262 18

16. Youngstown State 4-2 252 9

17. Central Arkansas 5-2 237 17

18. Tennessee State 7-0 221 20

19. Towson 3-3 184 19

20. Harvard 5-0 152 21

21. McNeese State 4-2 106 15

T-22. Delaware 4-2 100 22

T-22. Albany 6-1 100 24

24. Eastern Kentucky 5-2 93 23

25. Indiana State 5-2 56 NR

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: South Dakota State (48), Villanova (25), Sacramento State (12), Alabama A&M (7), Bethune-Cookman (7), UT Martin (7), The Citadel (4), Samford (4), Eastern Illinois (4).

[uofalbany]

Just when I was getting ready to write that the AGS poll always seems solid, based on voters

doing their homework and being in the know each week.... you post the SN poll.

 

Seems like a big ol waste of time for them to poll. Here we go again with Harvard!

Edited October 15, 2012 by uofalbany

[danefan]

Just when I was getting ready to write that the AGS poll always seems solid, based on voters

doing their homework and being in the know each week.... you post the SN poll.

 

Seems like a big ol waste of time for them to poll. Here we go again with Harvard!

 

TSN does not vet their submissions.

 

For example, in the AGS poll, if you voted for Harvard as #1 you'd have to explain your reasoning to the Poll Committee.

 

Another example, Georgia State clearly got an incorrect #3 vote in the TSN poll (that how's they get 23 points). Its clear that vote should have gone to Georgia Southern but someone clicked the wrong name. In the AGS poll that would have been caught and corrected.

 

TSN does nothing of the sort. They get homer polls from writers who know nothing about the national scene and just blindly pop them into the spreadsheet to get the results. We get hurt because voters for the NEC actually do research and rank us where we should be. If Santillo had no credibility he would just slot us in at #2 and we'd get another 24 points. No one would ever question it and we'd probably end up ranked. Instead he has credibility and ranks us where we should be.