RundaPower 153 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Chris Datres said: September polls are laughable. I wouldn't get too wrapped up in any of it. If they keep winning, people will notice. If they drop the next one against the Citadel, what will it matter anyway? So, no sense in getting bent out of shape right now. Misconception, the longer we are kept out the harder the fight we have to get into the top ten and the potential ramifications the polls have with the committee. Every poll means something at the fcs level. That’s why Nova is still ranked after a loss to an Unranked Towson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RundaPower 153 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 Nova has wins against 1-2 Temple and a horrible 1-2 Lehigh team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RundaPower 153 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 33 minutes ago, TSU88 said: Galling, but the solution is simple...JUST WIN BABY!!! That’s the truth 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mat1992 2,235 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 17 minutes ago, Chris Datres said: September polls are laughable. I wouldn't get too wrapped up in any of it. If they keep winning, people will notice. If they drop the next one against the Citadel, what will it matter anyway? So, no sense in getting bent out of shape right now. If we lose to The Citadel after this, we don't belong period. And they aren't that bad. They lost to then No. 10 Wofford by just 7 points on the road. Don't love having the bye this early in the season, which means you can sometimes come out flat. If we can use this as motivation to come out with renewed energy with a hopefully big crowd, then hopefully it helps. But rankings aren't meaningless. Not in college football at this level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TuTigers2012 1,071 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 3 hours ago, mat1992 said: Here is the STATS FCS Poll and the Athlon's poll. We dropped to 122 in the Hero Sports Poll. I think RA has a little more motivation to use in two weeks. http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-rankings-power-poll-following-week-3-2018 https://herosports.com/fcs-football-rankings https://fcsinsider.com/news/2018/9/17/football-fcs-top-25-rankings-sept-17.aspx Dropped 62 spots after a road win over a top 15 team.. there are 125 teams OK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TigersTigers 69 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 Meh, not the end of the world. If we beat The Citadel we'll be ranked after week 5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RundaPower 153 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 10 hours ago, TigersTigers said: Meh, not the end of the world. If we beat The Citadel we'll be ranked after week 5. Fortunatelywe are in a conference that gives us the opportunity to play ranked teams every week. However, fighting up hill in the polls all year has playoff implications. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TigerFan54 102 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 The HERO rankings are beyond absurd -- Morgan, at 0-3 and a team we beat by 26 points, is placed 17 spots above us. And yet, the douche bags who put the rankings together claim they're based on "an objective, predictive, data-driven ranking algorithm." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TigersTigers 69 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 3 hours ago, RundaPower said: Fortunatelywe are in a conference that gives us the opportunity to play ranked teams every week. However, fighting up hill in the polls all year has playoff implications. That conference statement also works in our favor for when we play out-of-conference games. If we beat a team like The Citadel, people watching go, "Makes sense, they're in a stronger conference." We get a win, the profile of the conference is raised slightly more, which then increases the clout of our conference wins, thus raising our profile, thus raising our conference's profile, and the cycle goes on. It's gotten to a point where it's basically guaranteed that a CAA team will make it in if they go 8-3. That's why I don't really mind not being ranked early on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSU88 1,073 Report post Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) History does bears out that the CAA is a multiple bid league, which should work in our favor. I agree that 8-3 gets us into the playoffs, though I’m skeptical 7-4 gets us in,even though New Hampshire will make the playoffs at 7-4, or even 6-5. So, at least at this early juncture of the season, the polls, IMHO, aren’t relevant. Bottom line...take care of our business & finish 8-3 (far from a given, but room for optimism after last Saturday) & we’re virtually guaranteed to make the playoffs, which is all that matters in the end. Edited September 18, 2018 by TSU88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
