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First week:

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Rank School (First-Place Votes) Final 2011 Record Points Final 2011 Rank
1 North Dakota State (19) 14-1 640 1
2 Sam Houston State (6) 14-1 623 2
3 Georgia Southern (1) 11-3 592 3
4 Montana State 10-3 540 7
5 Appalachian State 8-4 504 11
6 Old Dominion* 10-3 470 10
7 Northern Iowa 10-3 466 5
8 James Madison* 8-5 456 14
9 Towson* 9-2 454 9
10 Montana 11-3 425 4
11 Lehigh 11-2 371 6
12 New Hampshire* 8-4 337 12
13 Wofford 8-4 322 13
14 Delaware* 7-4 294 20
15 Eastern Washington 6-5 248 NR
16 Maine * 9-4 232 8
17 Stony Brook 9-4 228 16
18 Youngstown State 6-5 184 NR
19 Central Arkansas 9-4 157 15
20 Illinois State 7-4 148 22
21 Eastern Kentucky 7-5 127 21
22 Harvard 9-1 113 17
23 Norfolk State 9-3 72 18
24 Stephen F. Austin 6-5 69 NR
25 Indiana State 6-5 66 NR

This is the coaches poll.

The coaches know who is the class of the Colonial!

As I posted on the 'Zone:
That is certainly more accurate than Phil Steele's moronic "predictions" every year.
(Although last year he had ND State and SHSU at 20 and 22 respectively; so ODU at 19 this year is just where we need to be )

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucda...STop40.pdf

I saw something on CS where Sam Houston has picked up a number of FBS transfers from major programs, including two 4 stars. IF true, then I think SHSU has to be the favorite for now, even with a brutal schedule.

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/f...c&start=25

It's nice to see us in fairly close company with Appy and Georgia Southern, now we just have to go out there and prove why it matters.

Check out the stats thus far this season. I know it's only the second game and we've played a couple of cupcakes, but I think the numbers are telling, especially when you compare the stats with Delaware and JMU who also played a couple of cupcakes. Being ranked first in total offense was predictable, but first in total defense is a welcome surprise.

On the downside we are last in penalty yards. That's definitely got to change.

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/Sta...m#conf.wtx

RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G
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1. Old Dominion........ 2 57 85 1.5 2 42.5
2. James Madison....... 2 66 201 3.0 0 100.5

(09-09-2012 11:47 AM)N2theBlue Wrote:  Check out the stats thus far this season. I know it's only the second game and we've played a couple of cupcakes, but I think the numbers are telling, especially when you compare the stats with Delaware and JMU who also played a couple of cupcakes. Being ranked first in total offense was predictable, but first in total defense is a welcome surprise.

On the downside we are last in penalty yards. That's definitely got to change.

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/Sta...m#conf.wtx

Those stats are going to get even better next week with the Camels coming to town!

(09-09-2012 11:47 AM)N2theBlue Wrote:  Check out the stats thus far this season. I know it's only the second game and we've played a couple of cupcakes, but I think the numbers are telling, especially when you compare the stats with Delaware and JMU who also played a couple of cupcakes. Being ranked first in total offense was predictable, but first in total defense is a welcome surprise.

On the downside we are last in penalty yards. That's definitely got to change.

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8500/Sta...m#conf.wtx

Man, we gotta fix that punting game. Second to last in the CAA.

(sarcasm)

(09-09-2012 11:04 AM)smudge12 Wrote:  We're probably gonna have another first tomorrow as well: first time we're ranked in the FCS Top 5.

We were already #5 in the Coaches Poll.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/polls?poll=7 (Records have updated, but poll has not)

In the TSN poll we were #7, so we'd have to jump another team besides Ga Southern to get to #5.

We are now #4 in Coaches poll and #6 in TSN poll.

(09-10-2012 01:06 PM)djnva Wrote:  We are now #4 in Coaches poll and #6 in TSN poll.

Maybe we can borrow VCU's pathetic 2011 banner..."WE'RE NUMBER 6!!!"

Two things in our way:

1) ourselves.
2) that damn triple-option.

(09-10-2012 01:32 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 01:06 PM)djnva Wrote:  We are now #4 in Coaches poll and #6 in TSN poll.

Maybe we can borrow VCU's pathetic 2011 banner..."WE'RE NUMBER 6!!!"

That is THE most RIDICULOUS thing I have EVER seen!

(09-10-2012 04:27 PM)monarchmanCUSA Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 01:32 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 01:06 PM)djnva Wrote:  We are now #4 in Coaches poll and #6 in TSN poll.

Maybe we can borrow VCU's pathetic 2011 banner..."WE'RE NUMBER 6!!!"

That is THE most RIDICULOUS thing I have EVER seen!

Northeastern has a full size banner for being in the CBI.

I guess that's something to celebrate when you haven't won a conference championship in 20+ years.

(09-10-2012 08:04 PM)devyanks90 Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 04:27 PM)monarchmanCUSA Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 01:32 PM)Petey Hodge Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 01:06 PM)djnva Wrote:  We are now #4 in Coaches poll and #6 in TSN poll.

Maybe we can borrow VCU's pathetic 2011 banner..."WE'RE NUMBER 6!!!"

That is THE most RIDICULOUS thing I have EVER seen!

Northeastern has a full size banner for being in the CBI.

That is truly very sad!

Re: VCU setting high goals. I cannot wait to tell my kid to aspire to be Number 6 in everything they do in life.

Ha ha.......#6 banner is TOTALLY VCU in a nutshell.......celebrating mediocrity! Something tells me West Virginia doesn't have a #3 banner hanging up in there gym for their 09-10 finish to the season......just going out on a limb there.

They probably have a "Final 4 banner", which is fine, but a #6 rankings banner is just idiotic........just to complete the "VCUness" of it, it should have rainbows and glitters painted onto it.

Hmmmm...............thinking.........formulating.......hmmmm.........any chance there are some brave enough students to make this happen? lol

1. North Dakota State Bison (94) 2-0 3946 2
2. Sam Houston State Bearkats (61) 1-0 3897 1
3. Montana State Bobcats (1) 2-0 3485 4
4. James Madison Dukes (1) 2-0 3398 5
5. Youngstown State Penguins (4) 2-0 3367 6
6. Old Dominion Monarchs 2-0 3037 7
7. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-1 2884 8
8. Appalachian State Mountaineers 1-1 2796 11
9. Wofford Terriers 2-0 2554 10
10. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-1 2431 9
11. Georgia Southern Eagles 1-1 2201 3
12. Towson Tigers 0-1 1987 13
13. Delaware Blue Hens 2-0 1900 15
14. Montana Grizzlies 1-1 1756 12
15. Illinois State Redbirds 2-0 1692 18
16. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 2-0 1639 16
17. Stony Brook Seawolves 2-0 1460 17
18. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-1 1422 14
19. McNeese State Cowboys 2-0 962 22
20. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 1-1 704 21
21. The Citadel Bulldogs 2-0 649 NR
22. Indiana State Sycamores 1-1 571 23
23. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-1 564 19
24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1-1 509 24
25. Maine Black Bears 0-1 472 20

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Dakota State Bison (140) 2-0 4,085 1
2. Montana State Bobcats (9) 3-0 3,767 3
3. Sam Houston State Bearkats (8) 1-1 3,669 2
4. Youngstown State Penguins (7) 3-0 3,579 5
5. Old Dominion Monarchs 3-0 3,299 6
6. James Madison Dukes 2-1 3,115 4
7. Wofford Terriers (1) 3-0 2,912 9
8. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-2 2,673 7
9. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-1 2,656 10
10. The Citadel Bulldogs 3-0 2,468 21
11. Georgia Southern Eagles 1-1 2,209 11
12. Delaware Blue Hens 3-0 2,120 13
13. Towson Tigers 1-1 2,111 12
14. Montana Grizzlies 2-1 1,959 14
15. Illinois State Redbirds 3-0 1,883 15
16. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 3-0 1,544 16
17. Appalachian State Mountaineers 1-2 1,476 8
18. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-1 1,429 18
19. McNeese State Cowboys 3-0 1,319 19
20. Stony Brook Seawolves 2-1 1,189 17
21. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 2-1 810 20
22. Indiana State Sycamores 2-1 621 22
23. Maine Black Bears 1-1 369 25
24. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1-1 358 24
25. Central Arkansas Bears 2-1 292 NR