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Final Polls

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Final FCS Coaches Poll
FCS Coaches Poll – Final (Jan. 8, 2018)
Team (First-Place Votes) W-L Pts Prev
1 North Dakota State (24) 14-1 646 4
2 James Madison (1) 14-1 623 1
3 Sam Houston State 12-2 559 5
4 South Dakota State 11-3 557 6
5 Weber State 11-3 503 8
6 North Carolina A&T (1) 12-0 476 7
7 Wofford 10-3 445 9
8 Central Arkansas 10-2 431 3
9 Kennesaw State 12-2 427 16
10 Jacksonville State 10-2 423 2
11 Stony Brook 10-3 375 11
12 Western Illinois 8-4 356 10
13 Southern Utah 9-3 329 13
14 Grambling State 11-2 294 12
15 New Hampshire 9-5 279 20
16 South Dakota 8-5 239 18
17 Samford 8-4 222 14
18 McNeese 9-2 213 15
19 Northern Iowa 8-5 182 21
20 Furman 8-5 173 25
21 Elon 8-4 162 17
22 Eastern Washington 7-4 122 19
23 Nicholls 8-4 110 22
24 Yale 9-1 102 24
25 San Diego 10-3 72 RV

Others receiving votes: Monmouth (61), Austin Peay (30), Northern Arizona (23), Delaware (6), Central Connecticut State (4), Southeastern Louisiana (2), Lehigh (2), Sacramento State (1), Western Carolina (1).



Stats Final poll

1 North Dakota State (14-1) 3950 (158) 4
2 James Madison (14-1) 3788 1
3 South Dakota State (11-3) 3512 6
4 Sam Houston State (12-2) 3508 5
5 Weber State (11-3) 3045 11
6 Wofford (10-3) 2964 8
7 North Carolina A&T (12-0) 2830 7
8 Kennesaw State (12-2) 2748 18
9 Jacksonville State (10-2) 2700 2
10 Central Arkansas (10-2) 2560 3
11 Stony Brook (10-3) 2155 10
12 New Hampshire (9-5) 2141 21
13 Western Illinois (8-4) 1857 9
14 Southern Utah (9-3) 1831 12
15 South Dakota (8-5) 1765 16
16 Grambling State (11-2) 1451 13
17 UNI (8-5) 1365 20
18 Samford (8-4) 1302 14
19 Furman (8-5) 1297 22
20 Elon (8-4) 1117 15
21 Eastern Washington (7-4) 693 17
22 McNeese (9-2) 675 19
23 San Diego (10-3) 552 NR
24 Yale (9-1) 299 24
25 Nicholls (8-4) 293 NR
Others: Illinois State (220) , Austin Peay (215) , Northern Arizona (163) , Monmouth (132) , Delaware (53) , Central Connecticut State (37) , Columbia (27) , Sacramento State (26) , Richmond (22) , Montana (16) ,Youngstown State (14) , Alcorn State (8) , Western Carolina (6) , Southeastern Louisiana (6) , Lehigh (3) , Bethune-Cookman (2) , Dartmouth (1) , North Carolina Central (1)

Wildcat Football finishes season with highest ever national ranking.

https://weberstatesports.com/news/2018/1/8/wildcat-football-earns-highest-ever-national-ranking.aspx
 
Three teams on that list are on our schedule next year, along with the UUs down south. Next years schedule looks really good. If we can win some of those games, it will go a long ways to hosting games in the playoffs.
 
To me, Weber is the 3rd best team in the country. Neither SDSU or Sam Houston did much in the Semi to convince me they are better. Regardless, really awesome seeing the Cats that high in the final poll. Congrats to Coach Hill and his kids. They deserve all the accolades they are getting!
 
Ya, it wasn't Weber State who was thoroughly mud-stomped by either JMU or NDS like the 32 and 45 point drubbings put on SDS and SHS in the semi-finals. In comparison, you'd think Weber might get a little love for the "shoulda won" over the runner-up. Anything to minimize BSC recognition is probably preferred by the majority of the voters, or they aren't aware of anything outside their bubble.
 
talhadfoursteals said:
To me, Weber is the 3rd best team in the country. Neither SDSU or Sam Houston did much in the Semi to convince me they are better. Regardless, really awesome seeing the Cats that high in the final poll. Congrats to Coach Hill and his kids. They deserve all the accolades they are getting!
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:+1: And to me it's no contest
 
These voters are lazy and uninformed. They just automatically put the four teams in the semis as 1-4 without even looking at scores. Most probably never even watched the JMU/Weber game, or the semifinal games. Heck, someone even gave NC A&T a first place vote. Like I've said before, these polls are crap. At the end of the season, NDSU, JMU, and Weber were the three best teams, with very little separating the three. Anyone who paid attention knows SDSU and Sam Houston weren't better than Weber at the end of the season. The good thing is, the FCS has playoffs, where the true champion is determined on the field, not by some stupid, subjective polls.
 
Now the age old question. What will marketing do with the 5th ranked team in the nation? The town should be painted all kinds of purple, but will it?
 
Wildcat_Fan said:
Now the age old question. What will marketing do with the 5th ranked team in the nation? The town should be painted all kinds of purple, but will it?
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You're right. They need to be planning a good marketting strategy now, to be implimented in late spring and summer. I'm sure that there will be many new fans jumping on the bandwagon. I don't even care if they are fair weather fans. Let's get them in, get them going, treat them right, and many of them will become long term fans and contribute to the growth of football at WSU. We have been a sleeping giant for far too long. Maybe this is the wakeup call we have been waiting for.

Football at WSU is LIT. :rockon:
 
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