Monday, September 24, 2012

Weekly FCS coaches poll

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – North Dakota State remains No. 1 in the Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll this week after defeating Prairie View A&M 66-7 on Saturday. The Bison received 25of 26 first-place votes and 648 out of a possible 650 points.

Montana State kept its No. 2 ranking after taking down Northern Colorado 41-16. The Bobcats moved to 4-0 on the season, and received 618 points (one first-place vote).

Youngstown State moved into sole possession of No. 3 after defeating then-No. 8 Northern Iowa 42-35. The Panthers fell to No. 17.

Old Dominion rose one spot to No. 4 after winning a shootout against then-No. 19 New Hampshire, 64-61. ODU quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw for a Division I record 730 yards and five touchdowns as Jarod Brown kicked a 25-yard field goal with 41 seconds left and Andre Simmons intercepted a pass to clinch the win. Heinicke's 730 yards were just one yard shy of the all-division record set by Zamir Amin of Menlo (Div. III) who passed for 731 yards against Cal Lutheran in 2000. Heinicke's 730-yards passed the previous Division I record of 716 yards by David Klingler of Houston in 1990 against Arizona State. The previous FCS high was 624 set by Weber State's Jamie Martin against Idaho State in 1991.

Wofford, which was idle last week, rose one spot to No. 5, James Madison rose one spot to No. 6, and Eastern Washington rose two spots to No. 7.
Delaware jumped into the top 10 at No. 8 after defeating William & Mary 51-21. Georgia Southern rose one spot to No. 9 after holding off conference-foe Elon, 26-23.

Sam Houston State fell from a tie for No. 3 to No. 10 after falling to then-No. 21 Central Arkansas, which jumped seven spots to No. 14, the biggest jump in the poll this week.

Two previously unranked teams made their debut into the Top-25 this week. Cal Poly entered the poll at No. 23 after defeating UC Davis 28-20 and moving to 3-0 on the season. Samford entered the poll at No. 25 after a 25-21 win over Western Carolina.  The Bulldogs are now 4-0 on the season.

Nine conferences are represented in the poll. The Southern Conference and Colonial Athletic Association are tied for the most teams in the top-25 with five each. The Big Sky and Missouri Valley are each represented by four teams, while three Southland teams make an appearance in this week’s poll. The Big South, Ivy League, Patriot League and Ohio Valley each have one team in the top-25.

The FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference.

Week Four Poll - September 24, 2012
Team (No. 1 Votes)
2012 Record
Points
Previous Ranking
1. North Dakota State (25)
3-0
648
1
2. Montana State (1)
4-0
618
2
3. Youngstown State
4-0
597
T-3
4. Old Dominion
4-0
572
5
5. Wofford
3-0
522
6
6. James Madison
3-1
517
7
7. Eastern Washington
2-1
470
9
8. Delaware
4-0
429
12
9. Georgia Southern
2-1
410
10
10. Sam Houston State
1-2
360
T-3
11. Lehigh
4-0
357
13
12. Illinois State
4-0
350
15
13. Towson
2-1
298
16
14. Central Arkansas
3-1
295
21
15. The Citadel
3-1
276
14
16. Appalachian State
2-2
237
18
17. Northern Iowa
1-3
227
8
18. Stony Brook
3-1
200
20
19. Eastern Kentucky
3-1
160
23
20. Montana
2-2
135
11
21. McNeese State
3-1
121
17
22. New Hampshire
2-2
97
19
23. Cal Poly
3-0
95
NR
24. Harvard
2 -0
89
24
25. Samford
4-0
69
NR
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Arizona (63), Te nnessee State (60), North Dakota (48), Albany (24), South Dakota State (23), Alabama A&M (18), Lafayette (10), Indiana State (9), Jacksonville State (9), Maine (9), Florida A&M (3), Richmond (2), UT Martin (1).

(via NDSU SID)

No comments:

Post a Comment