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FCS StatsPerform Top 25 10/16/23

{Looks like poll has badly mis-ranked EKU}

1 South Dakota State (56) 6-0 1,400 1
2 Montana State 5-1 1,342 2
3 Sacramento State 5-1 1,203 3
4 Furman 5-1 1,195 4
5 UIW 5-1 1,023 7
6 South Dakota 5-1 1,002 10
7 Delaware 5-1 985 8
8 Western Carolina 5-1 981 9
9 Montana 6-1 978 16
10 Idaho 5-2 946 3
11 North Dakota 4-2 930 15
12 Southern Illinois 5-1 725 13
13 William & Mary 4-2 687 11
14 North Dakota State 4-2 673 6
15 Holy Cross 4-2 653 12
16 North Carolina Central 5-1 607 14
17 UT Martin 5-1 504 17
18 Harvard 5-0 446 19
19 Florida A&M 5-1 403 18
20 Central Arkansas 5-2 373 20
21 Chattanooga 5-2 268 25
22 Villanova 5-2 229 NR
23 UC Davis 4-2 136 NR
24 Austin Peay 4-2 125 NR
25 Youngstown State 3-3 108 23
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): New Hampshire 68; Fordham 44; UAlbany 39; Lafayette 32; Northern Iowa 23; Weber State 23; Eastern Kentucky 13; Eastern Washington13; Illinois State 11; Tennessee State 6; Lamar 2

Week 8
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 13-7 this week and 80-26 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.65; Big Sky at 52.20; UAC at 49.63

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

UAC: (2-3)
FCS#20 UCA - open
ACU @ SFA by 5, 34-27
EKU by 6 @ Gardner Webb, 32-35
Utah Tech @ UNA by 1, 30-31
Tarleton State by 33 vs Morehead State, 42-0
FCS#24 APU by 6 @ Southern Utah, 42-45, 2OTs



FCS Top 10: (5-1)
1 South Dakota State by 13 @ FCS#12 Southern Illinois, 17-10
2 Montana State by 8 @ FCS#3 Sacramento State, 42-30
3 Sacramento State - see above
4 Furman @ FCS#8 Western Carolina by 2, 29-17
5 UIW by 19 @ McNeese State....Cowboys led 24-7 at half...35-24
6 South Dakota by 16 @ Indiana State, 17-3
7 Delaware by 15 @ Hampton, 47-3
8 Western Carolina - see above vs Furman
9 Montana - open
10 Idaho - open


Others: (6-3)
FCS#13 William & Mary by 14 vs Towson, 24-34
FCS#14 North Dakota State by 38 vs Western Illinois, 52-7
FCS#15 Holy Cross by 13 vs Lafayette, 35-38
FCS#16 North Carolina Central by 11 @ Morgan State, 16-10
FCS#17 UT Martin by 16 vs Charleston Southern, 17-0
FCS#18 Harvard by 7 @ Princeton, 14-21
FCS#19 Florida A&M by 17 @ Texas Southern, 31-21
SEMO by 15 @ Tennessee Tech, 28-3
Oklahoma State @ West Virgina by 1, 48-34

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 10/23/23

1 South Dakota State (56) 7-0 1,400 1
2 Montana State 6-1 1,342 2
3 Furman 6-1 1,266 4
4 South Dakota 6-1 1,133 6
5 Delaware 6-1 1,079 7
6 Sacramento State 5-2 1,074 3
7 Montana 6-1 1,056 9
8 UIW 6-1 1,038 5
9 Idaho 5-2 1,005 10
10 Western Carolina 5-2 829 8
11 Southern Illinois 5-2 768 12
12 North Dakota State 5-2 750 14
13 North Carolina Central 6-1 703 16
14 UT Martin 6-1 677 17
15 North Dakota 4-3 596 11
16 Florida A&M 6-1 497 19
17 Chattanooga 6-2 462 21
18 Central Arkansas 5-2 461 20
19 Villanova 5-2 319 22
20 Austin Peay 5-2 227 24
21 Lafayette 6-1 218 13
22 William & Mary 4-3 213 NR
23 Northern Iowa 4-3 196 NR
24 Youngstown State 4-3 181 25
25 UC Davis 4-3 164 23
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Holy Cross 146; Harvard 113; UAlbany 112; New Hampshire 74; Fordham 51; Tennessee State 18; Eastern Washington 7; Penn 7; Weber State 6; Lamar 4

Week 9
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 16-4 this week and 96-30 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.35; Big Sky at 51.32; UAC at 49.25

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

UAC: (3-1)
FCS#18 UCA by 9 vs Tarleton State, 23-25
ACU @ SUU by 2, 14-52
UNA @ FCS#20 APU by 20, 39-49
EKU by 7 @ Utah Tech, 34-30



FCS Top 10: (6-2)
1 South Dakota State by 16 @ FCS#4 South Dakota, 37-3
2 Montana State by 6 @ FCS#9 Idaho, 21-24
3 Furman by 22 vs East Tennessee State, 16-8
4 South Dakota .... see SDSU game above
5 Delaware by 8 @ Towson, 51-13
6 Sacramento State by 18 vs Idaho State, 51-16
7 Montana by 23 vs Northern Colorado, 40-0
8 UIW by 15 @ Lamar, 17-7
9 Idaho .... see Montana State game above
10 Western Carolina by 7 vs Mercer, 38-45

Others: (7-1)
Oklahoma State by 11 vs Cincinnati, 45-13
FCS#12 North Dakota State by 30 vs Murray State, 38-6
SEMO by 1 @ Nicholls State, 35-31
FCS#11 Southern Illinois by 29 @ Western Illinois, 63-0
FCS#14 UT Martin by 6 @ Gardner Webb, 34-38
FCS#15 North Dakota by 23 vs Indiana State, 36-33, OT
FCS#16 Florida A&M by 20 vs Prairie View A&M, 45-7
FCS#17 Chattanooga by 16 @ VMI, 24-23

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 10/30/23

1 South Dakota State (56) 7-0 1,400 1
2 Furman 7-1 1,278 3
3 Idaho 6-2 1,218 9
4 Montana 7-1 1,190 7
5 Delaware 7-1 1,171 5
6 Montana State 6-2 1,150 2
7 Sacramento State 6-2 1,074 6
8 UIW 7-1 980 8
9 South Dakota 6-2 964 4
10 Southern Illinois 6-2 862 11
11 North Dakota State 6-2 815 12
12 North Carolina Central 7-1 751 13
13 North Dakota 5-3 648 15
14 Chattanooga 7-2 578 17
15 Florida A&M 6-2 576 16
16 Western Carolina 5-3 516 10
17 Villanova 6-2 471 19
18 Northern Iowa 7-1 389 23
19 Austin Peay 6-2 387 20
20 Lafayette 7-1 354 21
21 UT Martin 6-2 314 14
22 Youngstown State 5-3 269 24
23 UAlbany 6-3 249 NR
24 William & Mary 5-3 184 22
25 Mercer 6-3 103 NR
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Central Arkansas 94; Harvard 80; Holy Cross 48; Tennessee State 48; Tarleton State 14; Richmond 13; Gardner-Webb 5; UC Davis 3

Week 10
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 14-6 this week and 110-36 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.26; Big Sky at 51.47; UAC at 49.26

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

UAC: (4-0)
UCA by 13 @ UNA, 27-14
SFA @ Tarleton State by 3, 17-59...wow
FCS#19 APU by 5 @ EKU, 33-30,OT
U-Tech @ ACU by 9, 7-24
SUU vs Lincoln (CA) {not sure what division...website says "independent"), 35-6


FCS Top 10: (5-3)
1 South Dakota State by 12 vs FCS#11 North Dakota State, 33-16
2 Furman by 2 @ FCS#14 Chattanooga, 17-14
3 Idaho by 27 @ Northern Colorado, 27-13
4 Montana by 1 vs FCS#7 Sacramento State, 34-7
5 Delaware by 12 vs Elon, 27-33
6 Montana State by 23 vs Northern Arizona , 45-21
7 Sacramento State ... see above game with Montana State
8 UIW by 6 vs Nicholls State, 32-45
9 South Dakota @ FCS#10 Southern Illinois by 10, 14-7
10 Southern Illinois ...see above game with South Dakota

Others: (5-3
#22 Ok State vs #9 OU by 5 (last Big 12 Bedlam game), 27-24
FCS#11 North Dakota State....see game above vs #1 South Dakota State
SEMO by 27 vs Robert Morris, 20-21
FCS#24 William & Mary @ FCS#23 UAlbany by 4, 8-24
FCS#25 Mercer by 20 @ The Citadel, 38-16
Jacksonville State @ South Carolina by 15, 28-38
Kennesaw State @ Sam Houston State by 10, 21-24
Arkansas State vs Louisiana by 9, 37-17
#4 Florida State by 19 @ Pittsburgh, 24-7

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 11/5/23

1 South Dakota State (56) 9-0 1,400 1
2 Furman 8-1 1,298 2
3 Montana 8-1 1,279 4
4 Idaho 7-2 1,265 3
5 Montana State 7-2 1,190 6
6 South Dakota 7-2 1,110 9
7 North Carolina Central 8-1 907 12
8 Delaware 7-2 870 5
9 Sacramento State 6-3 857 7
10 North Dakota 6-3 812 13
11 Southern Illinois 6-3 730 10
12 North Dakota State 6-3 655 11
T-13 Florida A&M 8-1 654 15
T-13 Villanova 7-2 654 17
15 Northern Iowa 6-3 615 18
16 UIW 7-2 566 8
17 Western Carolina 6-3 517 16
18 UAlbany 7-3 504 23
19 Chattanooga 7-3 490 14
20 Austin Peay 7-2 477 19...EKU must be the best team in FCS not getting votes in polls and better than some of those that do..
21 UT Martin 7-2 348 21
22 Youngstown State 6-3 342 22
23 Mercer 7-3 183 25
24 Harvard 7-1 112 NR
25 Lafayette 7-2 90 20
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Central Arkansas 75; Tarleton State 47; Holy Cross 43; Elon 41; Richmond 23; Nicholls 15; William & Mary 13; Tennessee State 9

Week 11
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 16-4 this week and 126-40 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.47; Big Sky at 51.92; UAC at 49.39

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

UAC: (4-0)
UCA by 8 vs EKU, 27-24
Utah Tech @ FCS#20 APU by 15, 17-30
Tarleton State by 2 @ ACU, 31-30
SUU by 3 @ SFA, 45-17

FCS Top 10: (7-2)
1 South Dakota State by 17 @ FCS#22 Youngstown State, 34-0
2 Furman by 22 vs VMI, 37-3
3 Montana by 9 @ Portland State, 34-10
4 Idaho by 7 @ Weber State, 29-31
5 Montana State by 18 vs Eastern Washington, 57-14
6 South Dakota by 1 vs FCS#10 North Dakota, 14-10
7 North Carolina Central by 9 @ Howard, 20-50
8 Delaware by 10 @ Campbell, 45-7
9 Sacramento State by 26 vs Cal Poly, 41-30
10 North Dakota ....see South Dakota game above

Others: (5-2)
#15 Ok State by 5 @ UCF, 3-45...wow..does not help our ratings
FCS#12 North Dakota State by 2 vs FCS#11 Southern Illinois, 34-10
SEMO by 1 @ FCS#21 UT-Martin, 14-41
FCS#23 Mercer by 3 vs Samford, 28-21
FCS#24 Harvard by 8 vs Penn, , 25-23 OT
FCS#25 Lafayette by 2 vs Fordham, 24-16
Arkansas State @ South Alabama by 13, 14-21

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 11/12/23

1 South Dakota State (56) 10-0 1,400 1
2 Furman 9-1 1,309 2
3 Montana 9-1 1,301 3
4 Montana State 8-2 1,233 5
5 South Dakota 8-2 1,1183 6
6 Idaho 7-3 1,042 4
7 Delaware 8-2 1,029 8
8 Sacramento State 7-3 957 9
9 North Dakota State 7-3 874 12
10 Villanova 8-2 792 T-13
11 Florida A&M 9-1 750 T-13
12 UAlbany 8-3 690 18
13 North Dakota 6-4 685 10
14 Western Carolina 7-3 601 17
15 Austin Peay 8-2 556 20
16 Southern Illinois 6-4 507 11
17 North Carolina Central 8-2 489 7
18 Chattanooga 7-3 481 19
19 UT Martin 8-2 475 21
20 UIW 7-2 464 16
21 Mercer 8-3 311 23
22 Northern Iowa 6-4 285 15
23 Harvard 8-1 168 24
24 Lafayette 8-2 142 25
25 Youngstown State 6-4 126 22
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Central Arkansas 119; Tarleton State 80; Richmond 77; Nicholls 25; Holy Cross 21; Gardner-Webb 8; UC Davis 5; Drake 2

Week 12
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 14-6 this week and 140-46 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.59; Big Sky at 51.74; UAC at 49.64

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

UAC: (5-0)
UCA @ APU by 3, 12-14
SFA @ EKU by 7, 24-36
SUU by 11 @ Utah Tech, 24-16
ACU @ Texas A&M by 40, 10-38
UNA @ #4 Florida State by 51, 13-58...Noles took offense after trailing 0-13 after Q1


FCS Top 10: (4-4)
1 South Dakota State by 29 vs Missouri State, 35-17
2 Furman by 20 @ Wofford, 13-19
3 Montana vs FCS#4 Montana State by 6, 37-7
4 Montana State...see game above
5 South Dakota by 29 @ Western Illinois, 48-6
6 Idaho by 21 vs Idaho State, 63-21
7 Delaware by 3 vs FCS#10 Villanova....7-35
8 Sacramento State by 1 @ UC-Davis, 21-31
9 North Dakota State by 7 @ FCS#22 Northern Iowa, 48-27
10 Villanova ...see game above

Others: (5-2)
#23 Oklahoma State by 9 @ Houston, 43-30
SEMO by 2 @ Bryant, 21-45
A-State vs Texas State by 1, 77-31
FCS#20 UIW by 14 @ Houston Christian, 45-24
FCS#21 Mercer - finished season
FCS#23 Harvard @ Yale by 4, 18-23
FCS#24 Lafayette by 10 @ Lehigh, 49-21
FCS#25 Youngstown State by 17 @ Murray State, 34-17

NOTE - Northwestern State cancelled five games due to death of a player; the head coach also resigned apparently out of grief of losing a player.

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 11/19/23

1 South Dakota State (56) 11-0 1,400 1
2 Montana 10-1 1,344 3
3 South Dakota 9-2 1,280 5
4 Idaho 8-3 1,191 6
5 Montana State 8-3 1,088 4
6 Villanova 9-2 1,052 10
7 Furman 9-2 1,000 2
8 North Dakota State 8-3 995 9
9 UAlbany 9-3 963 12
10 Florida A&M 10-1 828 11
11 Delaware 8-3 802 7
12 North Dakota 7-4 754 13
13 Austin Peay 9-2 751 15
14 Southern Illinois 7-4 588 16
15 Sacramento State 7-4 574 8
16 North Carolina Central 9-2 547 17
17 Mercer 8-3 427 21
18 Chattanooga 7-4 410 18
19 UIW 8-2 396 20
20 Lafayette 9-2 268 24
21 Youngstown State 7-4 266 25
22 Richmond 803 263 NR
23 Western Carolina 7-4 230 14
24 UT Martin 8-3 194 19
25 UC Davis 7-4 179 NR
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Tarleton State 83; Northern Iowa 73; Nicholls 59; Gardner-Webb 47; Drake 38; Holy Cross 38; Central Arkansas 29; Eastern Illinois 16; Duquesne 11; Harvard 11; Yale 5

Week 12
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 17-3 this week and 157-49 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.78; Big Sky at 52.29; UAC at 49.72

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

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FCS Playoffs - Round 1: (6-2) - FCS Rankings Noted Below

Gardner-Webb @ #20 Mercer by 5, 7-17
Duquesne @ #23 Youngstown State by 23, 7-40
#16 Sacramento State @ #14 North Dakota by 4, 42-35
Drake @ #7 North Dakota State by 42, 3-66
#13 NC Central @ #25 Richmond by 8, 27-49
Nicholls @ #17 Southern Illinois by 12, 0-35
[b]#19 Chattanooga @ #10 Austin Peay[/b] by 6, 24-21
#18 Lafayette @ #12 Delaware by 12, 34-36

FCS Round 1 Byes:

#1 - South Dakota State
#2 - South Dakota
#9 - Villanova
#8 - Montana State
#15 - UAlbany
#4 - Idaho
#6 - Furman
#2 - Montana

Other Games: (11-1)

#20 Oklahoma State by 12 vs BYU, 40-34,2 OTs
#13 OU by 11 vs TCU, 69-45
#5 Florida State by 9 @ Florida.....Noles going for undefeated regular season without superstar QB, 24-15
#1 Georgia by 23 @ Georgia Tech, 31-23...good ballgame
Memphis by 17 @ Temple, 45-21
Tulsa @ East Carolina by 9, 29-27
Arkansas State @ Marshall by 3, 21-35
James Madison by 4 @ Coastal Carolina.....former FCS powerhouses, 56-14
ULM @ Louisiana by 25, 21-52
Jacksonville State @ New Mexico State by 3 ...8-3 vs 9-2...both 6-1 in conference, 17-20
#12 Ole Miss by 11 @ Mississippi State, 17-7
#8 Alabama by 15 @ Auburn, 27-24

FCS StatsPerform Top 25 11/19/23 (not updated during playoffs)

1 South Dakota State (56) 11-0 1,400 1
2 Montana 10-1 1,344 3
3 South Dakota 9-2 1,280 5
4 Idaho 8-3 1,191 6
5 Montana State 8-3 1,088 4
6 Villanova 9-2 1,052 10
7 Furman 9-2 1,000 2
8 North Dakota State 8-3 995 9
9 UAlbany 9-3 963 12
10 Florida A&M 10-1 828 11
11 Delaware 8-3 802 7
12 North Dakota 7-4 754 13
13 Austin Peay 9-2 751 15
14 Southern Illinois 7-4 588 16
15 Sacramento State 7-4 574 8
16 North Carolina Central 9-2 547 17
17 Mercer 8-3 427 21
18 Chattanooga 7-4 410 18
19 UIW 8-2 396 20
20 Lafayette 9-2 268 24
21 Youngstown State 7-4 266 25
22 Richmond 803 263 NR
23 Western Carolina 7-4 230 14
24 UT Martin 8-3 194 19
25 UC Davis 7-4 179 NR
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Tarleton State 83; Northern Iowa 73; Nicholls 59; Gardner-Webb 47; Drake 38; Holy Cross 38; Central Arkansas 29; Eastern Illinois 16; Duquesne 11; Harvard 11; Yale 5

Week 13
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 14-4 this week and 171-53 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.78; Big Sky at 52.29; UAC at 49.72

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

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FCS Playoffs - Round 2: (7-1) - FCS Rankings Noted Below

#22 Richmond @ #9 UAlbany by 6, 13-41
#21 Youngstown State @ #6 Villanova by 2, 28-45
#18 Chattanooga @ #7 Furman by 6, 7-26
#15 Sacramento State @ #3 South Dakota by 4, 24-34
#17 Mercer @ #1 South Dakota State by 30, 0-41
#8 North Dakota State @ #5 Montana State by 1, 35-34 OT....Bisons block PAT in OT for the win
#10 Delaware @ #2 Montana by 13, 19-49
#14 Southern Illinois @ #4 Idaho by 2, 17-20 OT....really good game to watch...SIU classic MVFC that lines up and smacks you while Idaho is a solid Big Sky team that is lean and fast...Vandals win with a long punt return and an INT in OT...suspect both teams would run the tables in UAC...

Others: (7-3)
#18 Oklahoma State vs #7 Texas by 13, B12 Championship (Arlington), 21-49

#24 Liberty by 10 vs New Mexico State, C-USA Championship (Lynchburg, Va), 49-35

#3 Washington vs #5 Oregon by 8, Pac-12 Championship (Las Vegas), 34-31

Toledo by 4 vs Miami (OH), MAC Championship (Detroit), 14-23....Miami's 17th MAC championship

UNLV vs Boise State by 3, Mountain West Championship (Las Vegas), 20-44

#8 Alabama vs #1 Georgia by 1, SEC Championship (Atlanta), 27-24..Bama's 30th SEC championship...Coach Saban is 18-1 in games played in Atlanta

#22 Tulane vs SMU by 7, AAC Championship (New Orleans), 14-26

Troy by 4 vs Appalachian State, Sunbelt Championship (Troy, AL), 49-23

#16 Iowa vs #2 Michigan by 18, B10 Championship (Indianapolis), 0-26

#4 Florida State by 7 vs #14 Louisville, ACC Championship (Charlotte)..Noles missing star QB, 16-6.....Congrats to fellow UCA letterman Mike Norvell and the Noles...down to playing true FR 3rd QB and beat the #14 Cardinals with a tremendous defense...not only #14 LU but a team that scored 32 per game vs P5 competition that Noles held to 6...

Week 15
Rating spreads from Sagarin
(Sagarin ratings results 3-1 this week and 174-54 season to date)

NOTE - Top 3 FCS Conferences are: MVFC at 55.72; Big Sky at 52.50; UAC at 49.89

MVFC remains 16th in all of D1 out of 28

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FCS Playoffs - Round 3: (3-1) - FCS Rankings Noted Below

#7 Furman @ #2 Montana by 12, 28-35, OT
#6 Villanova @ #1 South Dakota State by 22, 12-23
#8 North Dakota State by 9 @ #3 South Dakota, 45-17
#9 UAlbany @ #4 Idaho by 10, 30-22

Able to watch some of the Nova vs JackRabbits game....looked really cold...both teams looked like solid playoff teams...SDSU looked like a good G5 team...