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[WILDCAT]

Any guesses on whether Weber will be ranked this coming week?

After our win over UM Western Weber moved from unranked to #25.

After the loss to Cal, Weber fell out to #26

Will our win and #21 UNI'S loss to SUU propel us into the top 25?. I dont think a 1-2 UNI deserves to be in ahead of us

Thoughts?

 

[oldrunner]

Any guesses on whether Weber will be ranked this coming week?

After our win over UM Western Weber moved from unranked to #25.

After the loss to Cal, Weber fell out to #26

Will our win and #21 UNI'S loss to SUU propel us into the top 25?. I dont think a 1-2 UNI deserves to be in ahead of us

Thoughts?

I don't really care about beauty contests, this time of the season. It may matter just a little at the end.

 

[WILDCAT]

Polls are out 9/18/2017

Weber moved from unranked to #23 in the FCS STATS POLL
Weber moved from #21 to #18 in the Coaches Poll

FCS STATS POLL
Rank - School - (First Place Votes) - total votes - record - Previous rank

1 James Madison (156) 4067 3-0 - 1
2 North Dakota State (5) 3898 2-0 - 2
3 Sam Houston State (1) 3680 2-0 - 3
4 South Dakota State (1) 3607 3-0 - 4
5 Jacksonville State 3309 1-1 - 5
6 Youngstown State 3198 2-1 - 6
7 Villanova 3088 2-1 - 7
8 Richmond 2930 2-1 - 8
9 Wofford 2660 2-0 - 11
10 Citadel 2264 3-0 - 13
11 Eastern Washington 2227 1-2 - 12
12 Central Arkansas 2094 2-1 - 14
13 South Dakota 1980 3-0 - 23
14 Illinois State 1691 2-0 - 18
15 New Hampshire 1448 2-1 - 9
16 Liberty 1353 3-0 - 19
17 North Dakota 1325 1-2 - 10
18 Samford 1234 2-1 - 17
19 Western Illinois 1222 2-0 - 20
20 Tennessee State 1026 3-0 - 22
21 North Carolina A&T 897 3-0 - 25
22 Grambling State 644 2-1 - 24
23 Weber State 460 2-1 - NR
24 UT Martin 385 2-1 - NR
25 Holy Cross 310 2-1 - NR

Others: Charleston Southern (305), Chattanooga (252), Nicholls (251), Albany (250), Southern Utah (156), Northern Illinois (152), Montana (124), Stony Brook (90), Elon (66), North Carolina Central (57), Princeton (37), Colgate (35), Howard (33), Fordham (26), Maine (20), Western Carolina (18), McNeese (18), Kennesaw State (17), Idaho State (15), UC Davis (12), Saint Francis (8), Eastern Kentucky (7), Delaware (7), Southern Illinois (6), Cal Poly (4), Yale (4), Towson (4), Duquesne (3), Mercer (3), Penn (2), Monmouth (2), Harvard (1), San Diego (1), Alcorn State (1), William & Mary (1).

Big Sky Schools
11. Eastern Washington
17. North Dakota
23. Weber State
30. Southern Utah
32. Montana
44. Idaho State
45. UC Davis
50. Cal Poly



FCS COACHES POLL
Rank - School - (First Place Votes) - total votes - Previous rank - record

1 James Madison (25) 649 1 3-0
2 North Dakota State (1) 625 2 2-0
3 Sam Houston State 591 3 2-0
4 South Dakota State 575 4 3-0
5 Youngstown State 530 5 2-1
6 Richmond 506 T-6 2-1
7 Jacksonville State 497 T-6 1-1
8 Villanova 476 8 2-1
9 Wofford 432 9 2-0
10 The Citadel 372 13 3-0
11 Eastern Washington 369 12 1-2
12 Illinois State 334 14 2-0
13 Central Arkansas 309 16 2-1
14 South Dakota 288 23 3-0
15 North Carolina A&T 256 20 3-0
16 New Hampshire 213 11 2-1
17 Samford 211 17 2-1
18 Weber State 196 21 2-1
19 North Dakota 168 10 1-2
20 Tennessee State 166 24 3-0
21 Western Illinois 162 22 2-0
22 Grambling State 104 25 2-1
23 Nicholls State 76 RV 2-1
24 Northern Iowa 56 18 1-2
25 Holy Cross 49 NR 2-1

Others receiving votes: Southern Utah (44), Chattanooga (35), Charleston Southern (35), UT Martin (20), William & Mary (20), Montana (20), Towson (13), Kennesaw State (11), McNeese State (10), Mercer (9), Idaho State (6), Yale (4), Stony Brook (3), Saint Francis (3), Albany (2), Howard (2), Montana State (2), Princeton (1).

Big Sky Schools
11. Eastern Washington
18. Weber State
19. North Dakota
26. Southern Utah
31. Montana
36. Idaho State
42. Montana State

 

[WILDCAT]

Cats move up to #20 in the FCS stats poll but stay at #18 in the coaches poll

 

[WILDCAT]

Updated Top 25 (Oct 2nd)

Coaches Poll (Weber State improved from #18 to #16)

1 James Madison (25) 649 1 5-0
2 North Dakota State (1) 625 2 4-0
3 Youngstown State 587 T-5 3-1
4 Jacksonville State 549 T-5 3-1
5 Wofford 526 7 4-0
6 South Dakota 465 10 4-0
7 Illinois State 462 T-8 4-0
8 Central Arkansas 455 12 3-1
9 South Dakota State 438 4 3-1
10 Eastern Washington 427 T-8 3-2
11 Sam Houston State 411 3 3-1
12 North Carolina A&T 353 13 5-0
13 New Hampshire 337 14 4-1
14 Richmond 273 15 2-2
15 Villanova 271 17 3-2
16 Weber State 265 18 4-1
17 The Citadel 196 11 3-1
18 Western Illinois 171 21 3-1
19 Grambling State 169 22 4-1
20 Samford 165 23 3-2
21 Northern Iowa 153 20 2-2
22 McNeese 115 25 3-1
23 Elon 97 RV 4-1
24 Stony Brook 90 RV 4-1
25 Nicholls 30 RV 3-2

Others receiving votes: Western Carolina (26), Yale (22), Stephen F. Austin (20), Tennessee State (19), Saint Francis (13), Albany (12), Northern Arizona (9), UT Martin (7), Prairie View A&M (7), North Dakota (7), Eastern Illinois (5), Charleston Southern (5), Austin Peay (4), Monmouth (4), Montana (4), UC Davis (3), Montana State (3), Kennesaw State (1).



Stats top 25 (Weber improved one spot from #20 to #19)


1 James Madison (5-0) 4117 {157} [1]
2 North Dakota State (4-0) 3965 {8} [2]
3 Youngstown State (3-1) 3696 [6]
4 Jacksonville State (3-1) 3618 [5]
5 Wofford (4-0) 3238 [7]
6 Central Arkansas (3-1) 3098 [11]
7 South Dakota (4-0) 3016 [10]
8 South Dakota State (3-1) 2925 [4]
9 Sam Houston State (3-1) 2839 [3]
10 Eastern Washington (3-2) 2744 [9]
11 Illinois State (4-0) 2505 [12]
12 Villanova (3-2) 1999 [14]
13 New Hampshire (4-1) 1898 [15]
14 Richmond (2-2) 1633 [16]
15 Western Illinois (3-1) 1577 [13]
16 North Carolina A&T (5-0) 1576 [17]
17 Citadel (3-1) 1558 [8]
18 Elon (4-1) 1375 [23]
19 Weber State (4-1) 1344 [20]
20 Samford (3-2) 1166 [25]
21 Grambling State (4-1) 899 [21]
22 Western Carolina (4-1) 612 [NR]
23 Stony Brook (4-1) 608 [NR]
24 Albany (3-2) 395 [19]
25 UT Martin (3-2) 220 [18]
Others: McNeese (153) , UNI (95) , Charleston Southern (89) , North Carolina Central (85) , Saint Francis U (71) , Montana (63) , Dartmouth (56) , Liberty (56) , Nicholls (50) , Tennessee State (46) , Austin Peay (45) , Eastern Illinois (30) , Howard (25) , Columbia (22) , Monmouth (21) , Chattanooga (18) , Delaware (17) , Yale (12) , Harvard (10) , Northern Arizona (9) , Kennesaw State (9) , Idaho State (6) , Colgate (6) , Alcorn State (4) , Princeton (2) , UC Davis (2) , Penn (1) , Duquesne (1)



Not a strong year for the Big Sky, although it is nice to see teams like Idaho State getting votes again. Hope that success continues, would love to see the Weber/ISU rivalry become meaningful again and pick up some steam.

 

[Polydad]

Cal Poly Head Coach Tim Walsh thinks Weber State is the best team in the Big Sky Conference and he may be right.

 

[WILDCAT]

Cal Poly Head Coach Tim Walsh thinks Weber State is the best team in the Big Sky Conference and he may be right.

So does MSU head coach Jeff Choate, however, gotta still give the nod to Eastern, they have been the top dog in the conference for a while now and until we can take them out they gotta be considered the best.

Having said that this Weber State team is more than capable of beating the Eagles. but there are 3 other road blocks in our way in SUU, Cal Poly and Montana. Before talking about beating Eastern we gotta make sure we can get past the next 3, none of which will be easy.

 

[Polydad]

There are simply no patsies in the BSC, even 0-5 Cal Poly

 

[n.ogdencat]

For the Wildcats, this is a great week to have a bye. Under Coach Hill, I really like how prepared the Cats are after a bye week. You give him a week he does a good job, you give him more time, he does a great job of preparing his team. Very similar to Utah while under Whittingham.

 

[oldrunner]

For the Wildcats, this is a great week to have a bye. Under Coach Hill, I really like how prepared the Cats are after a bye week. You give him a week he does a good job, you give him more time, he does a great job of preparing his team. Very similar to Utah while under Whittingham.

I can't imagine that anyone involved is going to have a hard time getting up and ready for SUU. I think this is a great time for a bye week. We will be going into this game almost totally healthy and raring to go.
I think that everyone also knows that SUU will be coming in fired up to play us. We just need to continue moving the direction that we have been moving and we should be okay.