paladinfan12 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:59 am
This is what the SoCon Picture looks like:
Samford - Lock for Playoff Spot. Will get top 8 seed if they beat Mercer. Otherwise they will not get a top 8 seed.
Furman - Lock for Playoff Spot. Possibility for top 8 seed if they beat Wofford and others ahead of them lose.
Chattanooga - Win against WCU should guarantee playoff spot.
Mercer - Win against Samford should guarantee playoff spot.
I still have a hard time believing they will take 4 SoCon teams if Chattanooga and Mercer win next week, but all 4 have pretty immaculate resumes besides losses to each other.
I agree with this.
Furman looks like it will be sitting around the 10th ranked spot in these polls (though the coaches poll has been an outlier all season).
Of the teams ahead of them, there are a few where a team could realistically lose:
(1) North Dakota State has been good, but not as dominant as they usually look. They play top 20 North Dakota.
(2) Sacramento State has a plucky UC Davis team playing for their playoff lives.
(3) Montana State has a home rivalry game against top 20 Montana. Montana needs the win bad.
(4) UIW plays an "ok not good" Northwestern State team
(5) Samford plays Mercer
(6) William and Mary plays Richmond.
So, there are a few winnable games in there. I hope we go for the jugular against Wofford and make a statement for "next in line" in the event on of those teams falls.