Polls/Rankings as of 10/19/2015

[ST_Lawson]

MVFC teams and other Western opponents ranked in the various polls this week (previous week in parentheses following team name):

STATS Poll
#2 Coastal Carolina (3)
#3 Illinois State (4)
#6 South Dakota State (7)
#8 North Dakota State (2)
#16 Youngstown State (11)
#18 Indiana State (21)
#20 Western Illinois (NR)
#22 Northern Iowa (12)
Others Receiving Votes:
#29 South Dakota
#42 Southern Illinois
#44 Eastern Illinois

NCAA Coaches Poll
#1 Coastal Carolina (1)
#4 Illinois State (4)
#6 South Dakota State (7)
#8 North Dakota State (2)
#17 Youngstown State (12)
#21 Indiana State (NR)
#23 Western Illinois (NR)
#25 Northern Iowa (14)
Others Receiving Votes
#38 South Dakota
#42 Eastern Illinois

AGS Poll
#3 Illinois State (4)
#4 Coastal Carolina (5)
#5 South Dakota State (7)
#8 North Dakota State (1)
#16 Western Illinois (23)
#17 Indiana State (21)
#19 Youngstown State (13)
#21 Northern Iowa (9)
Others Receiving Votes:
#28 South Dakota (NR)
#38T Southern Illinois (30)

Sagarin Rankings (numbers listed are in all of Div. I, including FBS, also parentheses indicate rank in FCS)
#57 Illinois
#70 North Dakota State (1)
#72 Illinois State (2)
#73 South Dakota State (3)
#97 Coastal Carolina (8)
#101 Youngstown State (9)
#102 Northern Iowa (10)
#111 Western Illinois (17)
#117 Southern Illinois (19)
#129 Indiana State (23)
#150 South Dakota (32)
#152 Eastern Illinois (34)
#206 Missouri State (78)

MVFC is the 15th ranked conference (they split out conference with divisions into two listings) ahead of FBS conferences: Sun Belt, Conference USA (both divisions), MAC-East, MWC-West.

[WIU0812]

Looks like I posted in the wrong one. Good info and glad to see us getting some recognition the kids deserve it they have played above expectations.

[ST_Lawson]

Looks like I posted in the wrong one. Good info and glad to see us getting some recognition the kids deserve it they have played above expectations.

No problem, they just hadn't gotten theirs updated by that point.

Another interesting thing to keep an eye on as the postseason gets closer is nobowls.com. They do weekly playoff fields (starting week 6, usually) showing how they would be if the season ended today (not projecting how the playoff bracket will look at the end of the season). Their final bracket of the regular seasons though are usually VERY accurate. They currently have Western as an at-large playoff team going to Montana State in the first round.