99.XX% of that is due to whipping ETSU, but FUBeAR is absolutely certain some measure of the jump is due to poll voters being ‘called out’ publicly by more than just a few peeps on Facebook, Twitter, and various message boards…and presented with FACTS showing the fallacy of some of their rankings - both in the Teams they had ranked ahead of Furman & willfully ignoring Furman’s performance in 2022.
Left to their own ‘devices,’ many poll voters would be perfectly happy with filling all 25 slots with MVFC, Big Sky, and CAA Teams regardless of what on the field results are showing them…and everyone else.
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model