The Ags drop 6 spots to #12 in the College Sports Madness Poll.




https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/fcs-football/top-25-rankings

Ags drop 9 spots to #14 in the college footballpoll.com rankings.

https://www.collegefootballpoll.com/fcs/rankings/

The Aggies are down 4 spots to #12 in the FCS Coaches Poll.




https://www.afca.com/fcs-poll-southern-illinois-jumps-to-no-4-after-comeback-win/

Hero Sports has us at #13.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-top-25-herder-ballot-2021-6-bzbz/

The folks over at AGS have the Ags down 8 spots to #14 and voted us as having the most significant loss of the week.



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?283041-AGS-Poll-Results-Week-6-2021

The Stats FCS Poll has us down 6 spots to #13.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/stats-perform-fcs-top-25

The average of the 7 polls above is #13 which I think is about where we belong at the time. We need a couple of decisive wins in the next 2 games coupled with some loses above us in order to move up.

I find national polls troubling for the following reasons:

1. No one person can possibly cover all of the games and teams playing well enough to make am informed decision.A school's reputation thus is often too big a factor.
2. The polls are set at the start of the season, which gives teams at the top an advantage and teams who might be very good a serious disadvantage, depending on their schedule. They should wait at least three weeks into the season before doing any voting.
3. For a team to move up in the polls, teams ranked ahead of them have to lose or play a bad game against a weak opponent. It's conceivable to have, say, five undefeated teams in which #5 is the best. Under the old FBS system, that meant they had no chance for the playoffs, so it's good that in the FCS teams get a chance to win the national title on the field.
4. No matter what the voters might say, a blow-out victory by one team gives that team a psychological edge in the polls that is not necessarily reflective of the quality of the team.

Don't mind me, I'm just venting. I've felt this way for about 50 years now.