AGS Poll: Week 1 Top 25 Results

As the 2023 season kicked off we saw 9 teams in the preseason AGS Top 25 take losses in week 1 but only 2 of those were against FCS opponents so things stayed fairly steady with a few notable exceptions. The top 5 was unchanged from the preseason poll with South Dakota State taking the top spot getting 47 of 49 first place votes. They were once again followed by North Dakota State, Montana State, Furman, and Holy Cross in that order to round out the top 5.

Teams climbing this week were led by UC Davis and Delaware who each moved up 4 spots to #12 and #18, respectively, after dominating week 1 road wins over Texas A&M-Commerce and Stony Brook. Southern Illinois got back into the top 25 moving up to #22 after beating Austin Peay in their opener. Youngstown State made their first appearance in the AGS Top 25 since 2019 coming in at #24.

As for teams dropping this week the most notable who stayed in the top 25 was Southeast Missouri State who fell 3 spots to #16 after getting trounced by FBS Kansas State. Richmond, after being stunned at home by Morgan State, fell out of the top 25 as did Chattanooga, who fell completely out of the poll, after dropping their season opener to North Alabama.

In terms of conference representation, the Big Sky and the MVFC led the way each placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the SOCON with 3, and the Southland with 2 teams in the top 25. 8 conferences were represented in this week’s top 25.

Full results below:

Rank Change Team Total Points First Place Votes
1 – South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1223 47
2 – North Dakota State Bison 1149 2
3 – Montana State Bobcats 1129
4 – Furman Paladins 1039
5 – Holy Cross Crusaders 973
6 – William & Mary Tribe 923
7 – Samford Bulldogs 897
8 2 Idaho Vandals 804
9 -1 Incarnate Word Cardinals 771
10 -1 Sac State Hornets 767
11 – New Hampshire Wildcats 724
12 4 UC Davis Aggies 593
13 -1 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 584
14 – Montana Grizzlies 549
15 – Weber State Wildcats 543
16 -3 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 522
17 – North Dakota Fighting Hawks 514
18 4 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 347
19 – Mercer Bears 291
20 – Northern Iowa Panthers 278
21 – North Carolina Central Eagles 245
22 4 Southern Illinois Salukis 242
23 – Rhode Island Rams 179
24 5 Youngstown State Penguins 116
25 – Elon Phoenix 95
ORV:
26 NR Albany Great Danes 75
27 7 Florida A&M Panthers 59
28 7 Central Arkansas Bears 39
29 3 Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks 32
30 6 Yale Bulldogs 26
31 – Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs 25
32 NR Villanova Wildcats 24
33 7 Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks 22
34T -7 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 19
34T NR Illinois State Redbirds 19
36 -18 Richmond Spiders 18
37 NR North Alabama Lions 16
38 -10 Fordham Rams 15
39 -9 Missouri State Bears 13
40 -2 Princeton Tigers 10

Most significant win: Florida A&M Rattlers/Southern Illinois Salukis
Most significant loss: Richmond Spiders

Dropped out of the poll:
Austin Peay Governors
Chattanooga Mocs
Jackson State Tigers
St. Francis Red Flash

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AGS Poll: Preseason 2023 Top 25 Results

The 2023 college football season is fast approaching so with the calendar turning to August we have the first release of the AGS Top 25 for the 2023 season. To no one’s surprise the leader out of the gate is defending national champion South Dakota State who picked up 41 of 42 first place votes. They were followed by 2022 national runner-up North Dakota State. Montana State came in at #3 and Furman moved up to #4 for their highest ranking in the AGS Poll since 2006. Holy Cross rounded out the top 5 with their highest ranking in the history of the AGS Poll.

Other teams on the rise from the final 2022 poll were Big Sky brethren Idaho and UC Davis who moved up 5 and 6 spots to #10 and #16, respectively. Northern Iowa shot back into the top 25 climbing up from the ORV to #20. Rhode Island also opened the season in the top 25 at #22 after ending 2022 in the ORV category.

Coaching changes were a common theme amongst the teams moving down from their 2022 finish – that included Incarnate Word and Sac State who dropped 5 and 4 spots to #8 and #9, respectively. Weber State fell 6 spots to #15. CAA league-mates Richmond and Elon each dropped 7 spots to #18 and #25, respectively. Fordham and Jackson State fell out of the top 25 after finishing 2022 inside of it.

In terms of conference representation the Big Sky and CAA led the way each placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each and the Southland with 2 teams in the top 25. In total 8 conferences were presented in this preseason top 25.

Full results below:

Rank Change Team Total Points First Place Votes
1 – South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1049 41
2 – North Dakota State Bison 973 1
3 1 Montana State Bobcats 967
4 6 Furman Paladins 857
5 1 Holy Cross Crusaders 810
6 2 William & Mary Tribe 786
7 – Samford Bulldogs 690
8 -5 Incarnate Word Cardinals 686
9 -4 Sac State Hornets 589
10 5 Idaho Vandals 588
11 2 New Hampshire Wildcats 539
12 – Southeastern Louisiana Lions 520
13 4 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 510
14 – Montana Grizzlies 490
15 -6 Weber State Wildcats 463
16 6 UC Davis 421
17 -1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 399
18 -7 Richmond Spiders 326
19 2 Mercer Bears 322
20 12 Northern Iowa Panthers 233
21 3 North Carolina Central Eagles 181
22 -2 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 178
23 4 Rhode Island Rams 147
24 1 Chattanooga Mocs 125
25 -7 Elon Phoenix 107
ORV:
26 NR Southern Illinois Salukis 82
27 3 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 76
28 -9 Fordham Rams 73
29 -1 Youngstown State Penguins 60
30 NR Missouri State Bears 58
31 -5 Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs 49
32 2 Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks 44
33 -10 Jackson State Tigers 34
34 NR Florida A&M Panthers 32
35 NR Central Arkansas Bears 30
36 -5 Yale Bulldogs 25
37 -1 Austin Peay Governors 22
38 NR Princeton Tigers 21
39 -10 St. Francis Red Flash 20
40 NR Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks 15

Dropped out of the poll:
North Carolina A&T Aggies
St. Thomas Tommies

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AGS Poll: Final 2022 Top 25 Results

The 2022 season is in the books and with that comes the final AGS Poll release of the season. As is the norm for the final poll there was quite a bit of movement from the Selection Sunday poll based on how the postseason shook out. The national champions South Dakota State reclaimed their top spot taking all 44 first place votes. They were followed by national runner-up North Dakota State who moved up 2 spots to #2. Incarnate Word set yet another program record for highest ranking ever in the AGS Poll coming in at #3 after a run to the semifinals and Montana State slid down a spot to #4. Sacramento State slid down 4 spots to round out the top 5 at #5.

As for other teams on the rise Holy Cross moved up 3 spots to #6 (matching a record high for the program in the AGS Poll set earlier this year) after a run to the quarterfinals. Southeastern Louisiana moved up 5 spots to #12 after beating Idaho in the first round of the playoffs and getting edged by Samford in the second round. Montana jumped up 7 spots to #14 after getting a first round win over SEMO before bowing out with a second round loss to NDSU. Delaware also moved up 5 spots to #20 after a first round win over St Francis before being dropped by SDSU in the second round. North Carolina Central made their first appearance in the AGS Top 25 since the 2016 season coming in at #24 after upsetting previously undefeated Jackson State in the Celebration Bowl.

The teams that dropped from Selection Sunday were headlined by Elon who dropped 7 spots to #18 after a lopsided first round playoff loss to Furman. Jackson State plummeted 10 spots to #23 following their aforementioned loss to NC Central. Rhode Island dropped out of the top 25 after missing the playoffs making room for previously mentioned NC Central.

In terms of conference representation the Big Sky led the way placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the SOCON with 4, the MVFC with 3, and the Patriot and Southland with 2 each in the top 25. There were 9 conferences represented in the final AGS top 25 of the 2022 season.

Full results below:

Rank Change Team Total Points First Place Votes
1 1 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1100 44
2 2 North Dakota State Bison 1044
3 2 Incarnate Word Cardinals 991
4 -1 Montana State Bobcats 988
5 -4 Sac State Hornets 910
6 3 Holy Cross Crusaders 883
7 – Samford Bulldogs 822
8 -2 William & Mary Tribe 743
9 -1 Weber State Wildcats 737
10 – Furman Paladins 735
11 1 Richmond Spiders 654
12 5 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 575
13 2 New Hampshire Wildcats 496
14 7 Montana Grizzlies 476
15 1 Idaho Vandals 412
16 4 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 344
17 3 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 328
18 -7 Elon Phoenix 319
19 -1 Fordham Rams 311
20 5 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 284
21 -2 Mercer Bears 201
22 1 UC Davis 175
23 -10 Jackson State Tigers 156
24 2 North Carolina Central Eagles 145
25 -3 Chattanooga Mocs 127
ORV:
26 11 Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs 87
27 -3 Rhode Island Rams 67
28 1 Youngstown State Penguins 34
29 -2 St. Francis Red Flash 33
30 1 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 28
31 1 Yale Bulldogs 20
32 NR Northern Iowa Panthers 19
33 -4 St. Thomas Tommies 15
34 -6 Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks 13
35 NR North Carolina A&T Aggies 10
36 -3 Austin Peay Governors 8

Dropped out of the poll:
Abilene Christian Wildcats
Florida A&M Panthers
Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks
Villanova Wildcats

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247 – 2022-1201 – Rd2 PREVIEW

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Kris and Lance hit us with some discussion of the bidding controversy to start the show and then roll into the games for the coming weekend and let us know who they think might be able to surprise.  It’s gonna be really interesting to see what Delaware, Richmond, and Furman might be able to do this Saturday.  Does Gardner-Webb have a shot against W&M, it is very possible and should be a great watch too.  Kris said bet the farm on that one.

246 – 2022-1130 – Rd1 REVIEW

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Kris and Lance rarely, and I mean very rarely have any guests on the show so this week Kris invited one of his friends to come on and discuss some football.  Paul Sorensen, 1/2 of the EWU radio broadcast team, a former WSU Safety, draft pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, and although not an Eagle alumni a man that knows how to fly the double bird. Great to have him with the fellers to discuss the 1st round games and give some insight on the BSC teams that he knows well.