Running FCS thread

Seven Division I wins is an absolute requirement.

 

Actually, 7 D-I wins isn't a requirement but the committee gives more weight to teams with seven teams. I'd have to look at it, but the conference of the teams I cover sent out the championship handbook this week with the parameters.

When they expand to 24 teams in the next year or two, then you might start seeing teams with fewer than seven D-I teams in because there won't be enough seven win teams available.

 

No at-large team has ever been selected with fewer than seven DI wins. I don't care if it doesn't say it's a requirement. Until the committee breaks that trend, I'm going to continue to believe it is one.

 

From the NCAA selection criteria:

3. The won-lost record of a team will be scrutinized to determine a team's strength of schedule; however, less than seven Division I wins may place a team in jeopardy of not being selected.

 

Indiana State and Youngstown State shit the bed in the MVFC today, ISU losing to Southern Illinois and YSU losing to Missouri State, both were home losses, both finish 6-5.

Bubble teams everywhere rejoice and the beeping noise you hear in Normal, Ill. is Illinois State backing into the playoffs after it lost in double OT to Northern Iowa.

 

I think with Montana St losing to Montana, Georgia Southern becomes the 2 seed behind the undefeated Sam Houston St guys. Georgia Southern lost, but they scored more points and had more total yards and rushing yards than anyone all year against Alabama. Lost 45-21 to the team with the best D in college football, I think that earns you a top 2 seed. I am completly biased though, I went to GSU.

 

Fine, I'm a fanboy, but ODU stuck in the play-in round is dubious as hell.

 

First round ​

Albany at Stony Brook
Central Arkansas at Tennessee Tech
Norfolk State at Old Dominion
James Madison at Eastern Kentucky

Second round​

Albany-Stony Brook winner vs. Sam Houston State
Montana State at New Hampshire
Central Arkansas-Tennessee Tech vs. Montana
Wofford at Northern Iowa
Norfolk State-ODU winner vs. Georgia Southern
Maine at Appalachian State
Lehigh at Towson
James Madison-Eastern Kentucky winner vs. North Dakota State

 

They are NOT happy at 7-4 Illinois State that they were left out and EKU got in. It is true that the MVFC is a far better conference than the OVC and the Redbirds were beaten in double OT by Northern Iowa yesterday.

But Illinois State's nonconference schedule was pretty weak. Easy solution to avoid snub? Play somebody. Better still, beat somebody.

 

I am assuming the world ended with TTU's conference title and the news is just a little slow to arrive down here.

 

Anyone know how much of Willie Fritz's success this year has come with his predecessor's kids compared to recent additions. Assuming much of it is the former, but don't know.