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[apaladin]

I just can't see SIU with 5 losses getting in over us - same for SEL…

If it comes down to us and SELa we are screwed. Remember the the committee chair is from the SLC. Towson was 5 spots behind us and they lost to a sub .500 team yesterday so that would be hard to understand. 2 hours and counting.

[FurmAlum]

I don't get Albany either. Lost to Monmouth, Richmond, and Maine... and beat nobody any good. They are not even ranked and both Hero Sports guys have them in way above the bubble?????

[fufanatic]

If we don’t get in we will have to wrap our heads around no good losses does not help overcome no good wins. And a league that had virtually no good wins ... Georgia Tech and Austin Peay. That’s it I believe.

[apaladin]

If we don’t get in we will have to wrap our heads around no good losses does not help overcome no good wins. And a league that had virtually no good wins ... Georgia Tech and Austin Peay. That’s it I believe.

What is the Big South's biggest win? Do they have one? It would have looked a lot better if we could have scored once or twice from the one yard line at WC.

[fufanatic]

If we don’t get in we will have to wrap our heads around no good losses does not help overcome no good wins. And a league that had virtually no good wins ... Georgia Tech and Austin Peay. That’s it I believe.

What is the Big South's biggest win? Do they have one? It would have looked a lot better if we could have scored once or twice from the one yard line at WC.

Oh I agree. Big South is garbage. The committee loves Kennesaw for whatever reason though. If it was anyone else they wouldn’t get a sniff.

[bj93]

Suspect we are not going to make it.

[purplehorse]

If a 7-2 FCS record is not good enough to get in then the system is badly flawed. Not to mention the two close FBS losses. We should be IN with 100 % certainty. There is too much paranoia because of us getting screwed last year when we were 6-4.

[Paul C]

I still say it’s hard to imagine the team ranked 15th in the most important poll not getting a bid, but....

[gman]

FCS needs to go back to having no more than 16 teams in the field. There are way too many mediocre teams that get in now. Only teams that are really good deserve a chance for a NC.

[cavedweller2]

NDSU and JMU are heads above the rest. I will be mildly surprised if they dont play for the championship.

[apaladin]

I still say it’s hard to imagine the team ranked 15th in the most important poll not getting a bid, but....

Agree, really we are 14th because #13 FAMU is ineligible.

[soconjohn]

But then they tell you that Furman had a Q3 loss to Samford and that overrides a Q1 win over Villanova in basketball...so which way is it?

[fufanatic]

I just can't see SIU with 5 losses getting in over us - same for SEL…

If it comes down to us and SELa we are screwed. Remember the the committee chair is from the SLC. Towson was 5 spots behind us and they lost to a sub .500 team yesterday so that would be hard to understand. 2 hours and counting.

Believe the committee chair is from OVC (Jacksonville State), but your point still stands.

[Jasper]

It is impossible to determine what criteria the selection committee uses In the outside chance that logic enters the consideration, Wofford’s convincing win over Citadel helps Furman. WC is seen as a hot team that is peaking at the right time so losing to them is not as bad as it first looked. And then there is Vegas. FU would likely be favored over more than half the teams being considered.

[gman]

Stats poll. http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i ... m=&src=FCS

STATS FCS Top 25 (Nov. 24)
1. North Dakota State (12-0), 3,800 points (152 first-place votes)
Previous Ranking: 1; Last Week's Result: 21-7 win over Southern Illinois
2. James Madison (11-1), 3,648
Previous Ranking: 2; Last Week's Result: 55-21 win over Rhode Island
3. Sacramento State (9-3), 3,367
Previous Ranking: 4; Last Week's Result: 27-17 win over UC Davis
4. Weber State (9-3), 3,340
Previous Ranking: 6; Last Week's Result: 38-10 win over Idaho State
5. Montana State (9-3), 3,193
Previous Ranking: 8; Last Week's Result: 48-14 win over Montana
6. Northern Iowa (8-4), 2,891
Previous Ranking: 9; Last Week's Result: 38-7 win over Western Illinois
7. Montana (9-3), 2,745
Previous Ranking: 3; Last Week's Result: 48-14 loss to Montana
8. Villanova (9-3), 2,526
Previous Ranking: 10; Last Week's Result: 55-33 win over Delaware
9. Central Arkansas (9-3), 2,327
Previous Ranking: 11; Last Week's Result: 52-35 win over UIW
10. South Dakota State (8-4), 2,326
Previous Ranking: 5; Last Week's Result: 24-21 loss to South Dakota
11. Wofford (8-3), 2,036
Previous Ranking: 14; Last Week's Result: 31-11 win over The Citadel
12. Southeast Missouri (9-3), 2,032
Previous Ranking: 13; Last Week's Result: 31-24 win over Murray State
13. Illinois State (8-4), 1,956
Previous Ranking: 7; Last Week's Result: 21-3 loss to Youngstown State
14. Monmouth (10-2), 1,953
Previous Ranking: 15; Last Week's Result: 48-13 win over Hampton
15. Kennesaw State (10-2), 1,558
Previous Ranking: 16; Last Week's Result: 42-14 win over Gardner-Webb
16. Furman (8-4), 1,511
Previous Ranking: 9; Last Week's Result: 64-7 win over Point
17. Central Connecticut State (11-1), 1,458
Previous Ranking: 19; Last Week's Result: 43-10 win over Duquesne
18. Austin Peay (9-3), 1,279
Previous Ranking: 20; Last Week's Result: 35-7 win over Eastern Illinois
19. Nicholls (8-4), 1,063
Previous Ranking: 23; Last Week's Result: 28-27 win over Southeastern Louisiana
20. Florida A&M (9-2), 869
Previous Ranking: 12; Last Week's Result: 31-27 loss to Bethune-Cookman
21. Dartmouth (9-1), 732
Previous Ranking: 22; Last Week's Result: 29-23 win over Brown
22. Yale (9-1), 445
Previous Ranking: 24; Last Week's Result: 50-43, 2-OT win over Harvard
23. North Carolina A&T (8-3), 419
Previous Ranking: 25; Last Week's Result: 54-0 win over North Carolina Central
24. North Dakota (7-4), 357
Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 36-18 win over Southern Utah
25. Albany (8-4), 352
Previous Ranking: N/R; Last Week's Result: 31-26 win over Stony Brook
Dropped Out: Towson (19), Southeastern Louisiana (21)
Others Receiving Votes: Southeastern Louisiana 346, Towson 266, Southern Illinois 179, San Diego 151, Alcorn State 61, Princeton 60, Eastern Washington 50, South Carolina State 32, Sam Houston State 28, UT Martin 24, New Hampshire 15, Holy Cross 3, UC Davis 2