FCS/SoCon Week 8

[The Jackal]

[Sad Din]

talk abt a drop.. woofy is 0-8

luv it

[The Jackal]

Looks like all but two teams in CAA have at least three losses.

[The Jackal]

talk abt a drop.. woofy is 0-8

luv it

And they still have WCU and Furman to go.

[The Jackal]

UNI up 27-0 on UND.

So, a handful of teams behind WCU in the standings all lost, several to unranked opponents. Might be the Catamounts stay hovering not too far outside the top 10 next weeks.

[purplehorse123]

CAA seems to have added lots of bad teams since I looked in the last. At one time they were a pretty dominant conference but it looks like that has changed.

[The Jackal]

CAA seems to have added lots of bad teams since I looked in the last. At one time they were a pretty dominant conference but it looks like that has changed.

The best CAA team appears to be Delaware.

Beyond that, it's a bunch of meh.

W&M was highly ranked, but they struggled with Wofford and Charleston Southern and has now lost three in a row.

Richmond is 5-3, but has a few ugly losses, including a loss to the worst team in the MEAC.

Elon is their #3 team, but is only 4-4.

I suspect just math will mean at least a few of those teams will have 7 wins by post season selection time. I suspect Furman, WCU, UTC, Mercer, or Samford would probably blow most of their teams off the field much like Furman did to Elon last season.

[The Jackal]

[The Jackal]

With as bad as the Southland has been and as bad as the CAA has been, maybe there could be 3 or 4 SoCon teams in the post season.

[FUwolfpacker]

#5 Incarnate Word is down 24-7 at half. Their starting QB, Zach Calzada is out. According to the FCS Triumvirate guys (all 3 have some connection to UIW), Stubblefield (ECU transfer) is their 3rd string guy.

Former Paladin Jace Wilson and Texas Southern currently lead #19 FAMU at halftime.

Looking forward to watching #2 vs #3 tonight with Montana St traveling to Sac State. If Sac State wins, I'm not sure we'd move up in the Stats poll as long as it's not a blowout, but if MSU wins, we should be #3 in each poll.

Western should find a soft place to land. They were #8 in the Stats poll and numbers 11, 12, 13, 15, and 18 all lost. Wouldn't be surprised to see them in the high teens and Chattanooga in the lower teens.

[FUwolfpacker]

With as bad as the Southland has been and as bad as the CAA has been, maybe there could be 3 or 4 SoCon teams in the post season.

Assuming things play out like they should the rest of the way, I'd be shocked if the SoCon didn't get 3. 4 might be tough. If Mercer beats Western next week, then 4 is definitely possible. If they lose, a 7-4 Mercer team getting in will depend a lot on how the bubble looks on Selection Sunday as they wouldn't have any real marquee wins (depending on how a people view a win over Samford at the end of the year.

Kind of depends on what you want to see as a SoCon fan. Western may still have a shot at a seed if they don't fall too far this week and win out. Would it be better for Mercer to win and the SoCon likely get 4 teams in, or would it be better for them to maybe get 2 seeds? A lot can and likely will change before that, but it is an interesting thought.

[FU Hoopla]

No shame in us being #3 behind South Dakota St. and Montana St., both those programs have been to the semifinals or better in each of their last 3 season played.................

[FUBeAR]

With as bad as the Southland has been and as bad as the CAA has been, maybe there could be 3 or 4 SoCon teams in the post season.

Assuming things play out like they should the rest of the way, I'd be shocked if the SoCon didn't get 3. 4 might be tough. If Mercer beats Western next week, then 4 is definitely possible. If they lose, a 7-4 Mercer team getting in will depend a lot on how the bubble looks on Selection Sunday as they wouldn't have any real marquee wins (depending on how a people view a win over Samford at the end of the year.

Kind of depends on what you want to see as a SoCon fan. Western may still have a shot at a seed if they don't fall too far this week and win out. Would it be better for Mercer to win and the SoCon likely get 4 teams in, or would it be better for them to maybe get 2 seeds? A lot can and likely will change before that, but it is an interesting thought.

A 7-4 Mercer Team will NEVER get in the Playoffs

[FUwolfpacker]

Well, that’s what I was thinking but I was trying to be a little hopeful.