The Aggies move up 3 spots to #28 in the AGS Poll for Week 7:

#2 Montana State
#4 Sac State
#8 Idaho
#11 Montana
#28 Aggies
#37 Portland State





https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?342283-AGS-Poll-Results-2023-Wk7

The Aggies dropped 2 spots to #25 in the FCS Coaches Poll after the bye week:

#2 Montana State
#5 Montana
#7 Sac State
#8 Idaho
#25 Aggies



https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs/fcs-coaches-poll

The Aggies also dropped 2 spots to #25 in the STATS Perform FCS Poll after the bye week:

#2 Montana State
#6 Sac State
#7 Montana
#9 Idaho
#25 Aggies
#32 EWU
#34 Weber State



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

The Ags dropped one spot to #29 in the AGS Poll for Week 8:

#2 Montana State
#6 Sac State
#7 Idaho
#8 Montana
#29 Aggies



https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?342967-AGS-Poll-Results-2023-Wk8

As expected, the Aggies dropped out of the Top 25 in the FCS national polls.

FCS Coaches Poll for week 9:

#3 Montana
#5 Idaho
#7 Sac State
#8 Montana State

STATS Perform FCS Poll for week 9:

#3 Idaho
#4 Montana
#6 Montana State
#7 Sac State
#33 Aggies (3 votes)

AGS Poll for week 9:

#3 Idaho
#5 Montana State
#6 Montana
#7 Sac State

The Aggies continue to not be ranked in any of the Top 25 polls.

FCS Coaches Poll for Week 10:

#3 Montana
#4 Idaho
#5 Montana State
#11 Sac State

STATS Perform Top 25 for Week 10:

#3 Montana
#4 Idaho
#5 Montana State
#9 Sac State

AGS Poll for Week 10:

#3 Idaho
#4 Montana
#5 Montana State
#7 Sac State

How did Idaho turn their ship around?

My guess is it took a couple of losing years to get through the defections from the FBS-to-FCS transition. Now they have a recruiting advantage over other Big Sky teams with their "FBS level" facilities. (plus, its probably even easier to get a guy into Idaho than it is Sac!) Just my hunch.

in Idaho’s case it was their new coach. I don’t think their facilities are all that great.

New Head Coach Eck brought a number of transfer players to the program, as well as a winning mentality having previously coached at South Dakota State, where he served as offensive coordinator.

In general, the facilities at the University of Idaho are third rate at best. However, the new basketball facility is reasonably nice. https://govandals.com/facilities The Kibbie Dome is a dump.

In addition, the Vandals are now regularly getting 3-star recruits, something which they did not get very many of just a few years ago. https://247sports.com/college/idaho/season/2023-football/commits/

The State of Idaho's land-grant institution has 11k students that have absolutely nothing to do other than go to parties. There is nothing in Moscow. I would pick a university like Sacramento State over the U. of Idaho in a second. Sacramento has a pretty decent night-life with lots of people.

The Aggies received a few votes in the polls this week but are still not in the Top 25:

FCS Coaches Poll for Week 11:

#3 Montana
#4 Montana State
#8 Idaho
#10 Sac State
#34 Aggies (4 votes)

STATS Perform FCS Poll for Week 11:

#3 Montana
#4 Montana State
#6 Idaho
#8 Sac State
#31 Aggies (5 votes)

AGS Poll for Week 11:

#3 Montana
#4 Montana State
#7 Idaho
#10 Sac State
Aggies - no votes

The final FCS polls for Big Sky teams:

FCS Coaches Poll:

#2 Montana
#4 Idaho
#8 Montana State
#16 Sac State
#27 Aggies

STATS Perform FCS Poll:

#2 Montana
#4 Idaho
#5 Montana State
#15 Sac State
#25 Aggies

AGS Poll:

#2 Montana
#4 Idaho
#7 Montana State
#16 Sac State
#25 Aggies