In the FCS rankings, we're like 41 in the coaches poll ( https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll ), 40 in the Stats poll ( http://www.fcs.football/fcsfront.asp) , but 15 in the Massey ratings.
In both the coaches and Stats polls, YSU and UT Martin are ahead of us by a considerable margin. SEMO is ranked 21/18.
Nicholls St, 4 - 4, is ranked in the top 25, even though they lost the last two - to Abilene Christian and Sam Houston - and were blown out by KState and Texas St. They had one good win - over #10 Cent. Ark.
I swear these voters don't even look at the games.
http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20191026225504565871604&ref=hea&tm=&src=FCS
Stats: "Southern Illinois, which hammered UMass in early September, had fallen to 2-4, but it has gotten back to .500 with back-to-back wins over Youngstown State and South Dakota by a combined 73-38. The Salukis, who have gotten a lift from running back D.J. Davis' return from injury, have three more winnable games before a likely loss to North Dakota State in the regular season finale, but 7-5 with an FBS win would be a solid playoff resume. "
more realistic:
https://www.masseyratings.com/team.php?t=85697&s=308075
| Inter games | Record | Avg PF-PA |
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| Conference: | 21-18 (53.8 %) | 28.8 - 24.0 |
| Home: | 15-6 (71.4 %) | 32.1 - 19.3 |
| Winner: | 36.1 - 16.7 |
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| Rank | Team | Record | PF | PA | Record | PF | PA | Record | PF | PA | Record | PF | PA | ||||
| 1 | N Dakota St
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8-0
1.000
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37.1 | 11.0 | 4-0
1.000
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33.3 | 9.3 | 3-0
1.000
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35.7 | 13.7 | 4-0
1.000
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32.0 | 8.3 | ||||
| 2 | S Dakota St
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6-2
0.750
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33.0 | 16.5 | 4-1
0.800
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32.6 | 10.6 | 2-1
0.667
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33.7 | 26.3 | 3-1
0.750
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31.0 | 21.0 | ||||
| 9 | Northern Iowa
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5-3
0.625
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24.5 | 21.4 | 4-0
1.000
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27.5 | 15.3 | 1-3
0.250
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21.5 | 27.5 | 3-1
0.750
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26.5 | 23.3 | ||||
| 10 | Illinois St
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6-2
0.750
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23.6 | 16.6 | 3-1
0.750
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27.3 | 21.3 | 3-1
0.750
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20.0 | 12.0 | 3-1
0.750
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19.0 | 16.3 | ||||
| 15 | S Illinois
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4-4
0.500
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28.4 | 25.8 | 2-1
0.667
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23.3 | 15.0 | 2-3
0.400
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31.4 | 32.2 | 2-2
0.500
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25.0 | 21.8 | ||||
| 21 | Youngstown St
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5-3
0.625
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36.1 | 22.8 | 4-1
0.800
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44.0 | 20.8 | 1-2
0.333
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23.0 | 26.0 | 1-3
0.250
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27.8 | 27.0 | ||||
| 47 | South Dakota
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3-5
0.375
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29.4 | 32.5 | 1-3
0.250
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33.8 | 33.0 | 2-2
0.500
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25.0 | 32.0 | 2-2
0.500
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34.5 | 25.0 | ||||
| 64 | Indiana St
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3-5
0.375
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17.1 | 24.1 | 3-2
0.600
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22.6 | 21.4 | 0-3
0.000
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8.0 | 28.7 | 1-3
0.250
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12.5 | 28.5 | ||||
| 82 | Missouri St
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1-6
0.143
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15.1 | 36.7 | 0-3
0.000
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13.3 | 36.3 | 1-3
0.250
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16.5 | 37.0 | 1-3
0.250
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13.3 | 31.8 | ||||
| 103 | W Illinois
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0-8
0.000
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17.1 | 33.6 | 0-4
0.000
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20.8 | 31.5 | 0-4
0.000
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13.5 | 35.8 | 0-4
0.000
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17.3 | 36.0 | ||||
