That raises an interesting point. While our two FCS losses weren't exactly razor-thin margins (17 points each), I am surprised at how much credit teams above us have gotten for absolute blowouts. CA is a great example with those two losses you mentioned. Kennesaw got smoked by 24 at home against Monmouth. North Dakota lost by 35 at Idaho State and 31 at North Dakota State (not a bad loss obviously). Southern Illinois is especially annoying ... 18-point loss to SE Missouri, 13 at Arkansas State, 18 at South Dakota State and 14 at Illinois State. They'll almost certainly lose to NDSU Saturday, probably handily. So 4 FCS losses (7-5 overall), none by closer than 14 and they are expected to be in the field. I'm sure there are others but I stopped at the MVFC.apaladin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:25 pmI think the real head scratcher is Central Arkansa. They have gotten a lot of mileage out of their opening game win over WKU. They have lost to Nicholls 34-14 and week before last lost to SE La. 34-0. They also have one point wins over the #7 and #8 teams in the Southland. They are still ranked #11.
A similarly-resumed team to Furman in my opinion is Towson. 7-4 and host 4-6 Elon, so should get to 8-4. No non-D1 wins, one FBS loss (38-0 at #9 Florida), losses to Villanova, Albany and James Madison (all within 17 points) ... wins against CAA teams that are 6-5, 5-6, 5-6 and 4-7. Beat Bucknell and NC Central out of conference. The one major difference? A 28-21 win at The Citadel to open the year. Will be curious to see if Towson is a "lock" with a win Saturday.
