2016 Polls - Week 6

[ST_Lawson]

I think I forgot to do this last week and almost forgot this week (although we probably didn't want to see last week after coming back from SDSU.

Anyway, here's this week's polls. As expected, we moved up a little mostly after our close win over Indiana State. Previous rankings listed as (x).

STATS FCS Poll: http://www.fcs.football/cfb/polls.asp?div=fcs
1. North Dakota State (1)
11. South Dakota State (12)
12. Western Illinois (13)
14. Youngstown State (15)
18. Eastern Illinois (19)
21. Northern Iowa (11)
ORV
Illinois State
South Dakota
Indiana State
Missouri State
Northern Arizona

And for the AGS Poll: http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthr ... 10-10-2016
1. North Dakota State (1)
11. South Dakota State (12)
12. Youngstown State (13)
14. Western Illinois (16)
21. Eastern Illinois (22)
23. Northern Iowa (11)
ORV
30T. South Dakota (NR)
33. Illinois State (25)
35. Indiana State (31)
36T. Missouri State (33)

And I haven't included this on recently, but it's also pretty good, I think.
Massey Composite: http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm
1. North Dakota State
5. Youngstown State
14. South Dakota State
16. Western Illinois
21. Northern Iowa
30. Illinois State
32. South Dakota
34. Eastern Illinois
36. Missouri State
43. Indiana State
47. Southern Illinois
52. Northern Arizona

Something I find really interesting is that as compared to last year, the overall strength of the top of the conference has maybe slipped a little, but from top to bottom, the conference is a bit tougher. I remember that for a while, Missouri State was sitting way down around 100 or so...near the bottom of the FCS, but this year, everyone in the MVFC is in the top 50 (out of 125 teams in the FCS). Essentially...there's no cupcakes in the conference. At this point, the worst team we've played or will play, was Northern Arizona (although that's in large part to the injury to QB Case Cookus, who did play in our game against them.