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2024 FCS Preseason Top 25 Hero:Top 25(the analyst)

Personally, would love to have a seed, but I think matchups are inportant too. Would you all rather have 9 seed and avoid a 2 seed SDSU/3 seed NDSU as long as possible or 7th seed and face the possibility of encountering them in QFs and SFs?
 
Believe that UR faces a noticeable headwind to get a bye.

Wofford loss plus 4 other teams on schedule weren't so hot..

  • Charleston Southern: 1-11
  • Delaware State: 1-11
  • North Carolina A&T: 1-11
  • Bryant: 2-10
 
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If the choice is being the eighth seed or having to play a game and then face the eighth seed, that's a pretty easy choice. And if we have a shot at the seventh seed instead, I'd rather have a potential matchup with the second seed than the first.
 
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Eight Legger said:
If the choice is being the eighth seed or having to play a game and then face the eighth seed, that's a pretty easy choice. And if we have a shot at the seventh seed instead, I'd rather have a potential matchup with the second seed than the first.
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My hypothetical question is would you rather have a 7 seed which gives us a bye but then potentially have SDSU and NDSU on the same side of the bracket, or 9 seed where we don’t have a bye but avoid NDSU/SDSU as long as possible.
 
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My hypothetical question is would you rather have a 7 seed which gives us a bye but then potentially have SDSU and NDSU on the same side of the bracket, or 9 seed where we don’t have a bye but avoid NDSU/SDSU as long as possible.
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The only ways to avoid a top-2 team in the round of 8 are to get a seed in the 3-6 range (not happening) or somehow get matched up with one of those four teams in the round of 16 (probably unlikely). So, I'd rather be well-rested. Give me the bye.
 
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My prediction is we will be a 7 seed and they will have Rhode Island as a 10 seed to play us in the 2nd round. NCAA loves doing stuff like this since we didn’t play each other this year and it’ll minimize travel costs.
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Ideal & team would welcome opportunity. The ncaa bball committee likes to create those storylines. Idk if FCS football really cares. Bc there isn’t much attention. Tho it’s argument to create a storyline even if it gives just a tiny more splash.

I still think they can easily fall back on ratings. We don’t look great in Massey & ELO. Tho r above Mercer in ELO. & all close enough u could seed how needed. Then add in lack of advocacy from CAA and Hardt which hurts imo. Knocking down an undefeated auto bid from CAA even w unbalanced scheduling over UIW from Southland would be something.

We’ll see shortly…
 
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GKiller said:
Ideal & team would welcome opportunity. The ncaa bball committee likes to create those storylines. Idk if FCS football really cares. Bc there isn’t much attention. Tho it’s argument to create a storyline even if it gives just a tiny more splash.

I still think they can easily fall back on ratings. We don’t look great in Massey & ELO. Tho r above Mercer in ELO. & all close enough u could seed how needed. Then add in lack of advocacy from CAA and Hardt which hurts imo. Knocking down an undefeated auto bid from CAA even w unbalanced scheduling over UIW from Southland would be something.

We’ll see shortly…
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Yep predictable. It was very easy to do this to a team departing a league without it looking like a total f u. Hardt has zero pull & the CAA was not going out of its way to help either. If not going to Patriot a different outcome.
 
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Spiders at #9 in Stats poll. Lehigh is in 29th with 31 points.

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Unbeaten Montana State is No. 1-ranked in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll for the first time since the 2011 season.
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Edit: And holding at #7 in coaches poll.

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Final AGS Poll
01/09/2025

Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes
1 North Dakota State Bison 1025 41
2 Montana State Bobcats 984
3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 942
4 South Dakota Coyotes 902
5 UC Davis Aggies 861
6 Mercer Bears 773
7 Incarnate Word Cardinals 770
8 Idaho Vandals 754
9 Rhode Island Rams 639
10 Villanova Wildcats 602
11 Tarleton Texans 584
12 Abilene Christian Wildcats 554
13 Illinois State Redbirds 549
14 Montana Grizzlies 548
15 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 412
16 Richmond Spiders 365
17 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 312
18 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 310
19 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 288
20 Tennessee State Tigers 216
21T New Hampshire Wildcats 155
21T Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 155
23 Missouri State Bears 110
24 Jackson State Tigers 85
25 Harvard Crimson 82
 
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FCS Football: Top 25 FCS Teams In ESPN's Final SP+ Rankings​

By Zachary McKinnell | 11 Hours Ago​

North Dakota State quarterback Cam Miller

North Dakota State quarterback Cam Miller / NCAA Photos
The 2024 FCS football season ended on Jan. 6 as North Dakota State defeated Montana State in the FCS National Championship in Frisco, TX.

ESPN's SP+ formula was created by Bill Connelly in 2008 and is described as a predictive and forward-facing model. The SP+ model is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency.

Below are the final ESPN SP+ rankings for the 2024 college football season.

Final ESPN SP+ Rankings​

1. Montana State (15-1): 29.2

2. South Dakota State (12-3): 28.2

3. North Dakota State (14-2): 26.6

4. South Dakota (11-3): 22.2

5. Delaware (9-2): 16.9

6. UC Davis (11-3): 15.3

7. Harvard (8-2): 15.2

8. Jackson State (12-2): 14.8

9. Mercer (11-3): 14.2

10. Incarnate Word (11-3): 13.9

11. UT Martin (9-5): 13.6

T-12. Richmond (10-3): 12.1

T-12. Stephen F. Austin (7-5): 12.1

14. Montana (9-5): 12.0

15. North Carolina Central (8-3): 11.6

16. Northern Arizona (8-5): 11.4

17. Idaho (10-4): 11.1

18. Missouri State (8-4): 11.0

19. Yale (7-3): 10.8

20. Tarleton State (10-4): 10.3

21. SEMO (9-4): 10.2

22. Chattanooga (7-5): 10.0

23. Illinois State (10-4): 9.4

24. Dartmouth (8-2): 8.7

25. Villanova (10-4): 8.5
 
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