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  • 2022 Polls Thread

    AFCA (Coaches) Poll - Week 4
    1 Ferris St. (Mich.) (29) 3-0 749 1 D. Waldorf (Iowa), 69-3 Oct. 1 at Findlay (Ohio)
    2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (1) 4-0 719 3 D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 48-9 Oct. 1 vs. No. 17 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
    3 Angelo St. (Tex.) 4-0 686 4 D. West Texas A&M, 34-14 Oct. 1 at Western Oregon
    4 Shepherd (W.Va.) 4-0 649 5 D. Kutztown (Pa.), 42-35 Oct. 1 at Shippensburg (Pa.)
    5 West Georgia 3-0 623 8 D. West Alabama, 22-7 Oct. 1 vs. Mississippi College
    6 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 4-0 605 9 D. No. 7 Harding (Ark.), 21-13 Oct. 1 at Northwestern Oklahoma St.
    7 Newberry (S.C.) 4-0 553 10 D. Erskine (S.C.), 32-14 Oct. 1 at Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
    8 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 4-0 526 11 D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 30-2 Oct. 1 at Indiana (Pa.)
    9 Ashland (Ohio) 3-0 477 12 D. Quincy (Ill.), 34-14 Oct. 1 vs. Northwood (Mich.)
    10 Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 4-0 421 14 D. Emporia St. (Kan.), 14-13 Oct. 1 vs. Missouri Southern St.
    11 Augustana (S.D.) 4-0 402 13 D. Northern St. (S.D.), 21-13 Oct. 1 vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.)
    12 Northwest Missouri St. 3-1 384 2 Lost to Central Oklahoma, 23-14 Oct. 1 vs. Missouri Western St.
    13 Valdosta St. (Ga.) 3-1 328 15 D. Shorter (Ga.), 34-30 Oct. 1 at No. 25 Delta St. (Miss.)
    14t. Indianapolis (Ind.) 3-0 321 16 D. Ohio Dominican, 44-38 Oct. 1 vs. Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
    14t. West Florida 2-1 321 6 Lost to Delta St. (Miss.), 45-42 2OT Oct. 1 vs. North Greenville (S.C.)
    16 Harding (Ark.) 3-1 310 7 Lost to No. 9 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 21-13 Oct. 1 vs. Oklahoma Baptist
    17 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 4-0 258 19 D. Michigan Tech, 35-13 Oct. 1 at No. 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
    18 Notre Dame (Ohio) 3-1 245 17 D. West Virginia St., 48-13 Oct. 1 vs. Charleston (W.Va.)
    19 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 3-1 244 18 D. Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 34-13 Oct. 1 at Virginia-Wise
    20 Virginia Union 4-0 172 22 D. Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 31-28 Oct. 1 vs. St. Augustine’s (N.C.)
    21 Albany St. (Ga.) 3-1 171 20 D. Clark-Atlanta (Ga.), 35-0 Oct. 1 vs. Miles (Ala.)
    22 Colorado School of Mines 2-2 163 21 D. Colorado St.-Pueblo, 45-17 Oct. 1 at Chadron St. (Neb.)
    23 Nebraska-Kearney 3-1 108 25 D. Central Missouri, 38-6 Oct. 1 vs. Fort Hays St. (Kan.)
    24 New Haven (Conn.) 3-1 80 23 D. Bentley (Mass.), 21-13 Oct. 1 at St. Anselm (N.H.)
    25 Delta St. (Miss.) 4-0 78 NR D. No. 6 West Florida, 45-42 2OT Oct. 1 vs. No. 13 Valdosta St. (Ga.)

    Dropped Out: Henderson St. (Ark.) (24)

    Others Receiving Votes: Indiana (Pa.), 38; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 34; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 33; Washburn (Kan.), 16; Midwestern St. (Tex.), 9; Henderson St. (Ark.), 5; Wayne St. (Neb.), 5; Western Colorado, 5; Benedict (S.C.), 4; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 3; Truman St. (Mo.), 3; Minnesota St., 2.

  • #2
    Virginia Union (4-0) won at Valdosta State (3-1) ... and is ranked 7 spots behind them. They not only beat them but whipped them for long portions of that game.

    Makes sense.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
      Virginia Union (4-0) won at Valdosta State (3-1) ... and is ranked 7 spots behind them. They not only beat them but whipped them for long portions of that game.

      Makes sense.
      My problem with polls is that they're mostly in response to the last poll. It starts with the preseason poll - 100% based on last year's results and last year's roster. There are some "usual suspects" who are always in that preseason poll regardless of how good their team should be. Then the Week 1 poll is a reflection of how those preseason poll teams performed. Makes it very difficult for an up and comer to make it near the top. So since the ranking doesn't take place in a vacuum from week to week, it can't really be taken seriously as an accurate ranking of top 25 teams. Its stupid, but it makes D2 seem more 'big time' and it creates BS for us to talk about.

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      • #4
        Polls can be a joke, but the main thing is obviously getting your team into the playoff and settling things on the field. That can be problematic as well if a region has a logjam of 9-2 teams, but at least Division II gets 28 teams into its playoff.

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        • #5
          D2Football Top 25 (9/28)
          1. Ferris State (3-0)
          2. Grand Valley State (4-0)
          3. Angelo State (4-0)
          4. Ouachita Baptist (4-0)
          5. Shepherd (4-0)
          6. West Georgia (3-0)
          7. Pittsburg State (4-0)
          8. Harding (3-1)
          9. Augustana (4-0)
          10. West Florida (2-1)
          11. Northwest Missouri State (3-1)
          12. Slippery Rock (4-0)
          13. Newberry (4-0)
          14. Colorado School of Mines (2-2)
          15. Ashland (3-0)
          16. Valdosta State (3-1)
          17. Albany State (3-1)
          18. Saginaw Valley State (4-0)
          19. Nebraska-Kearney (3-1)
          20. Virginia Union (4-0)
          21. Delta State (4-0)
          22. Notre Dame (3-1)
          23. Indianapolis (3-0)
          24. Washburn (3-1)
          25. Sioux Falls (4-0)

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          • #6
            I agree with Fightingscot alot! These polls, especially D2, and now D1 polls should not even come out until mid October with such an active transfer portal. Even then you have to have some kind of baseline. I think it makes it especially difficult for the up and comers to move up in the ratings. How many times has PSU been ranked way to high and God forbid several SEC teams in the top 10?

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            • #7
              The rankings that really matter don't come out until after Week 8.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
                The rankings that really matter don't come out until after Week 8.
                Exactly!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Fightingscot82 View Post

                  Exactly!
                  We gotta kill these weeks somehow. Lol.

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                  • #10
                    These polls are usually a little bias

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post

                      We gotta kill these weeks somehow. Lol.
                      You could argue about my rankings...

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Inkblot View Post

                        You could argue about my rankings...
                        Oh I'm sure somebody will argue over those rankings...lol

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DawgUp View Post

                          Oh I'm sure somebody will argue over those rankings...lol
                          LOL, well here is one, it is interesting to see Kutztown in the top ten but not Assumption, just weird.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by NewHaven Alum View Post

                            LOL, well here is one, it is interesting to see Kutztown in the top ten but not Assumption, just weird.
                            I'd argue that you need to read it again... :-)
                            Last edited by Inkblot; 09-29-2022, 03:02 AM.

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                            • #15
                              I like IUP not being ranked this week. Gives them more incentive against the evil that will been infiltrating The Cig this week.

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