Aggies were 10 and 12 in the coaches and STATS polls last week. Let's see if a victory over a fellow top 15 team puts us firmly in the top 10 in both polls. GO AGS!
I think the parity in that 6-12 position right now on the National stage is very exciting. A lot of good football yet to be played this season. The Aggies have passed the early tests, exceeding expectations by shocking Tulsa, wrangling a road win vs. a stout Weber defense... now they have to keep taking care of business if they want to get into that elite, "contender" echelon.
Considering that Villanova and Jacksonville State lost their games this week, and they're both ahead of UC Davis in the STATS poll, UC Davis should likely move up two spaces in the next STATS poll.
Edit: I guess you can say the same for the Coaches poll as well.
Looks like that ranking attempts to determine the likeliness of an average FCS team getting the same results as each team. So in other words, that algorithm doesn't expect any other teams to go 4-0 on our schedule. My specific guess would be it's overweighting the Tulsa game (which it assumes most FCS teams would lose, or be unlikely to win while also beating Weber) because it can't account for the players getting suspending or a wild goal-line fumble saving the game.
Few FCS teams would beat Weber and Tulsa, so that much about it is correct.
They probably still have some weight given to how strong these teams were at the end of last season, and those two were great and San Diego was respectable.
Its an interesting strength if schedule algorithm, as most would not overlook that we haven’t beat anyone with more than 1 win.
I'm not sure about Abilene but the Weber ranking makes sense within the framework of that methodology. Most teams would be 1-3 against Weber's schedule as of this point.
This is a ranking of how well teams can "steal" wins, the way I see it. It doesn't value the games you're supposed to win and certainly not the margin of victory, but it does care a lot about upsets.I guess you could argue this is ranking luck to some degree as well.
Sure, not all of the polls have the most realistic outlook on what the actual top 10 or top 25 will be, but I personally find it fun looking at where the different models have the Aggies. I never said that I took that particular poll seriously, although I think we will find most of the polls (this one included) are zeroing in on us in the 8-10 range
We rarely play these northeastern or southern schools... JMU, Sam Houston. I do recall we played the Kingsville Javalinas several times in the DII days, once at The Tome.
We rarely play these northeastern or southern schools... JMU, Sam Houston. I do recall we played the Kingsville Javalinas several times in the DII days, once at The Tome.
Edit - have to credit South Dakota State HC and alum John Stiegelmeier for building their powerhouse program.
A lot of these teams used to be in the college division polls before the stated with the div 2 division 3 nomenclature. Delaware was always a team I wanted to see play because they ran the wing t.
Being in the Big Sky there just isn't a ton of space to fit in those types of games. We usually play 1-2 FBS schools which only leaves 1-2 non-conference FCS games. I couldn't tell you specifically what led to South Dakota State becoming a power, but my guess is money, coaching, and good recruiting. SDSU and NDSU are the big fish in the Dakotas and both do an excellent job of recruiting the middle of the country and bringing in transfer studs. A history of success helps bring continued success though. Guys go to NDSU, JMU, SHSU, Montana, EWU, etc. because they win consistently season to season.
Sagarin ratings, getting close to being top 100
101 Florida State A = 64.49 0 4
102 Central Michigan A = 64.02
103 East Carolina A = 63.52
104 Washington State A = 63.48
105 Colorado A = 62.89
106 UC Davis AA = 62.42
107 Troy A = 62.07
108 Miami-Ohio A = 61.86
The South Dakota State facility is actually very good. If you look at the state of their field, fieldhouse and cumulative football facilities in the mid-2000's compared to now... it's night and day.