Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes
1 North Dakota State Bison 1048 41
2 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 992 1
3 Montana Grizzlies 950
4 Montana State Bobcats 932
5 Villanova Wildcats 794
6 Sac State Hornets 753
7 Kennesaw State Owls 733
8 Missouri State Bears 719
9 Southern Illinois Salukis 624
10 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 615
11 Eastern Washington Eagles 506
12 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 493
13 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 462
14 Incarnate Word Cardinals 435
15 Chattanooga Mocs 398
16 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 366
17 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 359
18 Northern Iowa Panthers 357
19 Holy Cross Crusaders 348
20 Weber State Wildcats 267
21 Mercer Bears 192
22 South Dakota Coyotes 174
23 Jackson State Tigers 158
24 UC Davis Aggies 157
25 Rhode Island Rams 140
ORV:
26 Dartmouth Big Green 130
27 Richmond Spiders 98
28 Harvard Crimson 74
29 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 47
30 Central Arkansas Bears 45
31 William & Mary Tribe 42
32 Sacred Heart Pioneers 39
33 Princeton Tigers 36
34 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 31
35T Illinois State Redbirds 23
35T Nicholls Colonels 23
37 Florida A&M Rattlers 14
38 Elon Phoenix 12
39 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 11
40 Monmouth Hawks 10
Someone remind me why we wanted the Dakotas in the MVFC. Maybe if we try hard enough, we can get the Montanas too.
I'm not sayin' -- I'm just sayin'!
@beadmedaddio Yeah, we should play the weakest teams we can find. Just kidding...hope daddio is too,
“The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.”
-- Al McGuire
@beadmedaddio I could see the MVFC and the Big Sky becoming the B1G and SEC of the FCS by the time things are said and done.
Bringing the Dakotas into the MVFC, or Gateway at the time, brought in more $$$ with the expanded conference membership and geography. It was also intended to improve the new teams who at the time just moved up to FCS from DivII and the existing teams. I don't think anyone could have predicted the complete total Dakota domination over the last decade.
