Of the 12 teams in the MVFC, Big Sky and United Football Conferences in the Coaches Poll Top 25, Montana has the 2nd weakest strength of schedule (and 8 total home games)

Strongest MVFC SOS is North Dakota at #4
Big Sky is Montana State at #6 SOS.

Current FCS Coaches Poll (Record, Massey Strength of Schedule, final week opponent):
1. North Dakota State 11-0, #23 Strength of Schedule (SOS) (vs. St. Thomas - Minnesota)
2. Montana 11-0, #34 SOS (vs. Montana State)
3. Montana State 9-2, #6 SOS (@ Montana)
4. Lehigh 11-0, #97 SOS (@ Lafayette)
5. Tarleton State 10-1, #29 SOS (vs. Austin Peay)
6. Mercer 9-1, #79 SOS (@ Auburn)
7. Villanova 8-2, #49 SOS (vs. Sacred Heart)
8. Tennessee Tech 10-1, #82 SOS (vs. UT Martin)
9. Rhode Island 9-2, #65 SOS (vs. Hampton)
10. Harvard 9-0, #89 SOS (@ Yale)
T11. Illinois State 8-3, #20 SOS (vs. Southern Illinois)
T11. Monmouth 9-2, #74 (vs. Albany)
13. Stephen F. Austin 9-2, #59 SOS (11/20/25 @ Northwestern State)
14. UC Davis 7-3, #10 SOS (vs. J Street Tech)
15. Jackson State 8-2, #121 SOS (vs. Alcorn State)
16. North Dakota 7-4, #4 SOS (vs. South Dakota State)
17. Youngstown State 7-4, #17 SOS (@ Northern Iowa)
18. Abilene Christian 7-4, #11 SOS (@ Central Arkansas)
19. Lamar 8-3, #42 SOS (vs. McNeese)
20. SE Louisiana 8-3, #57 SOS (11/20/25 vs. Nicholls)
21. South Dakota 8-4, #9 SOS (Regular Season Completed)
22. South Dakota State 7-4, #19 SOS (@ North Dakota)
23. West Georgia 8-3, #35 SOS (Regular Season Completed)
24. Lafayette 8-3, #76 SOS (vs. Lehigh)
25. Yale 7-2, #84 SOS (vs. Harvard)

UC Davis Opponents:
Week 0 --- Mercer, currently 9-1, #79 SOS (@ Auburn)
Week 1 --- Utah Tech, currently 2-9, #5 SOS (vs. Eastern Kentucky)
Week 2 --- Washington, currently 7-3, #36 FBS SOS
Week 3 --- Southern Utah, currently 6-5, #24 SOS (@ North Alabama)
Week 4 --- Weber State, currently 3-8, #8 SOS (vs. Northern Arizona)
Week 5 --- Cal Poly, currently 3-8, #12 SOS (vs. Eastern Washington)
Week 6 --- NAU, currently 7-4, #16 SOS (@ Weber State)
Week 7 --- Northern Colorado, currently 3-8, #14 SOS (vs. Portland State)
Week 8 --- Idaho State, currently 5-6, #13 SOS (@ Idaho)
Week 9 --- Idaho, currently 4-7, #15 SOS (vs. Idaho State)
Week 10 --- Montana State, currently 9-2, #6 SOS (@ Montana)
Week 11 --- Sac State, currently 7-4, #26 SOS (@ UC Davis)

Beating Lafayette and winning all your games is still an impressive feat - but man, the teams in this Top 10 have some of the weakest schedules I've ever seen.

I think this Saturday shakes up the Top 15 again.

Let's see how much ground they break in the spring. Hay is not in the barn -- secure the money -- get the permits and plans updated and proceed, on time. Once the contractors get going, it's just a matter of time.

High stakes closure on Week 0!

BEAT SAC STATE

There are a ton of crazy scenarios that can go down this weekend. FCS Edge covers them all.

Yeah, but can we get the siding in cornflower blue?

Good to hear Flush talking about 'making this a Davis crowd' for Causeway.

Over/Under on the build time for the UCDHS Club/Suite package?

18 months? 2 years? I know how long it takes for Davis to get through a set of plans - too much red tape for one lifetime, I'll never build on that campus again, hopefully it's more streamlined now.

All the facility upgrade proposals look proportionate and reasonable, and they look great! Excited for the baseball field and stands getting a nice overhaul.

Football, it's basically a new Club/Suite level above the West side press booths. The Suite balconies are nice, very nice -- this is what attracts donors.

...and to that, Plough consistently referring to Davis as an '8 Win Team' in his Sac Press Conference, effectively counting the Mercer game, even though it officially does not count.

Man, hot timing.

It's interesting the write up talks about the Massey ratings -- while the Hornets are currently unranked in the FCS Coaches Poll, but have 13 votes in consideration of being ranked Top 25.

The strength of schedule / opponent is atrocious for the Hornets - nothing you can do about that, but Davis has played a tougher schedule with Mercer, Washington, Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, Montana State and Sac on their schedule. One could argue Davis has won 3 of those games, but only 2 count.

Momentum has to be on Sac's side right now, just in terms of game results - Davis has dropped 2 of their last 3.

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Great Preview fellas, Flush is a great guy

Won't make much difference here pretty soon - when we're in the same conference.