The only rankings that matter come from the NCAA FCS Championships Committee. The rest is just fan fodder

Yeah but they look at the FCS rankings, both informally when determining that mid season top 10 but also formally as one of the criteria the night before selection sunday

Not only do we have the Bobcats in Bozeman, but in mid-November as well...and assuming we get out of that game injury free, we've got an all-in Sac State team to come home to. We are in the weeds here boys and girls, only gets tougher after Northern Arizona in my opinion.

agreed they haven't really played any great competition and are already in a subpar conference plus have no ranked teams left to play if I'm not mistaken

UC Davis Football: National EYES

"Caden Pinnick’s performance against Northern Arizona has earned him FCS Nation Radio National Offensive Player of the Week honors!!

#GoAgs | #Shredville"

When you draw 26K to every home game, you don't have to play an FBS game (or two, like some FCS teams do) and instead can make your money scheduling an extra home game in the non-conference.

N. Ariz and Cal Poly are as good as any remaining team, save Mont. St.

I agree 100%. NAU is a solid, solid football team and will likely end up 7-5 or even 8-3 when the dust settles. Their trip to Pocatello will be one to keep an eye on though. From what I can tell, ISU might be better than Idaho this season.

Scott Nixon started for Davis against NAU.
He is a 6’2” receiver. He transferred from Sac City College
I think I heard on the broadcast that he is the best WR blocker.
In high school he was the Sac Bee Player of the Year for the 2022 season
https://www.sacbee.com/news/article270454282.html

“The Delta League MVP and a two-time Bee All-Metro player, Nixon accumulated 2,138 total yards and 27 touchdowns in 12 games. He had 1,280 yards receiving and 17 touchdowns, and he stepped into the running back role as if he was born for it, playing the position for the first time out of injury necessity. Nixon rushed for 858 yards and 10 touchdowns during an 8-4 season”

If I recall, #14 had a nice play on our sideline vs. NAU, right? Nice to see a receiver listed above 6' out there, but the sub-6' dudes have been absolutely dynamite this season

Sometimes.Davis picks.up a guy.after all the recruiting attention is over, and they make an impact. He caught a lot.of.passes at Sac CC.

Samuel breaks down the vs. NAU tape:

On the Sac Town Sports show, Plough reiterates "five All-Americans out" but says all to season ending injuries. His list of All-Americans was previously Rex Connors, Porter Connors, Williams, Nava, and D3 All-American, Richardson. As far as I know that's the first statement that Richardson and Nava.are out for the season.

I swear I saw Richardson in on special teams vs. NAU. But maybe it was Zach Jones (also #3)

"13 season ending injuries, 5 of them all-americans"

Plough's Sactown Sports 1140 interviews with Carmichael Dave/Jason Ross are so good for the program. He's really good on that show....always a good, natural interview.

"Hawaii is good again?" It depends on how you define "good." They have yet to beat a team with a winning record and four of their five wins were at home. In the Mountain West, they will likely wind up in the middle of the pack and might get a bowl game.

"13 season ending injuries, 5 of them all-americans" = how many came at UW?

13? Is this a record? Ugh.

Montana always overrated now matter how good they are.

Amen to that. I remember when the Ags beat Montana in Missoula last year - nobody in Montana really gave the Ags a chance. Was cool to witness the victory there.

Montana State is decidedly better than Montana. Even with home field advantage at WaGriz I don’t see Montana winning the brawl.

I'm guessing the injury situation is worrisome at cornerback, even though they aren't big names. Lost Richardson. Totton and Carr are listed in the game notes on the depth chart but neither played. Carr may have been injured for a while as he only played at Utah Tech. Totton was reported injured by a poster here.

We'd be so hosed at DB if Cofield didn't turn out to be such a baller so soon.

It appears that we spent the money we had for transfers at DB (and Middle LB) which has proven a wise move. I haven't really looked at the depth chart, but the guys playing the second half at Cal Poly and vs. NAU held-up fine, and that was against a guy like Briscoe at Poly (FCS leader in Receiving TD and Big Sky leader in Receiving Yardage, I think). Cofield limped off the field for a minute vs. NAU but finished and played well. He has been outstanding and might be the best Defensive freshman in the country. With an additional week of recovery, the Secondary should be good to go for UNC, who has a couple pretty good WRs, both listed at 6'2"

He should be the national defensive player of the year. It always sucks that they just give it to DL when playing corner as a true freshman could be the hardest thing in sports, at-least physically..

Totally. Really hard to tally stats at corner too. If you're doing a great job, they probably aren't throwing your way much.

Exactly. Post-season awards are stat-driven and lockdown Corners don't get stats because OCs and QBs are scared of them. His impact, and the fact that he is usually covering the opponent's best guy for a large portion of the game, is unquestionable. Maybe Sports Information can help promote his cause because he is making a huge impact. Much easier for our D staff to do their thing when they only have to worry about defending 10 players rather than 11.

Especially when he’s playing a lot of man coverage. Very hard to get interceptions in man. More of a zone thing. To put in perspective, Revis didn’t win DPOY in 2010 after having the best season as a corner in nfl history.

No one has released all 13 names of the players out for the season leading Plough to lose sleep.
Defensive line intact, rush linebacker still has top player, Sievers playing effectively in place of P. Connors, and we have veteran safeties.
Corner is the spot we have.had multiple guys in the depth chart not playing Carr, Cravin, Totton. Just saying that's where the low profile.injured players are concentrated.
Possibly related.is that.while.Davis ranks 2nd.in the conference only stats in defensive yards per carry, they are 6th in defensive efficiency leading to the conclusion pass defence is relatively weak. Could be the team faced above average QBs.

Or that over the last four games opponents are averaging around 35 pass attempts per game...

nava and Richardson should be back some point this season