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FCS Top 25: Sam Herder’s Ballot For 3-29-2021

Sam Herder by Sam Herder
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FCS Top 25: Sam Herder’s Ballot For 3-29-2021

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The Stats Perform FCS Top 25 voting panel has been slimmed down for the spring season. I am grateful to still have a vote and will publish my Top 25 every week for everyone to see, and I’m sure rationally discuss with a clear lens.

I’ll also include team resumes, although it’s important to note what you see on paper doesn’t tell the whole story.

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“Then-Ranked wins” are Top 25 wins at the time of the game. “Now-Ranked wins” are victories against opponents in the most previous Stats Perform Top 25.

Top 25 Ballot

Brian’s Top 25

Notes:

I kept Weber No. 1 despite needing a Hail Mary to beat unranked NAU. The Wildcats started their backup QB and have had a weird off-and-on start to their season. But if they continue to struggle against or narrowly beat inferior opponents, I’ll drop them as I did in the first few weeks with JMU.

I dropped Chattanooga out of my poll. Most of the starters sat out in Saturday’s loss to Mercer, and it’s my understanding many of the starters are done for the spring and will rest up for the fall season.

San Diego (3-0) is close to being ranked, but I want to see how Saturday’s game versus Davidson (3-1 with narrow loss to Elon) goes first.

1. Weber State

Record: 3-0

FCS Record: 3-0

D1 Wins: 3 (Idaho St, UC Davis, NAU)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 UC Davis)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 15 UC Davis)

2. South Dakota State

Record: 4-1

FCS Record: 4-1

D1 Wins: 4 (UNI, WIU, YSU, UND)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 6 UND)

Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 3 UNI, No. 5 SIU)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 22 UNI, No. 10 SIU)

3. North Dakota State

Record: 5-1

FCS Record: 5-1

D1 Wins: 5 (UCA, YSU, Mo State, ISUr, UND)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 10 SIU)

Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 11 fall UCA, No. 22 ISUr, No. 2 UND)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 11 fall UCA, No. 6 UND)

4. Sam Houston 

Record: 3-0

FCS Record: 3-0

D1 Wins: 3 (SLU, Nicholls, Lamar)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 18 SLU, No. 7 Nicholls)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 23 SLU, No. 17 Nicholls)

5. Delaware

Record: 3-0

FCS Record: 3-0

D1 Wins: 3 (Maine, SBU, URI)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 18 URI)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 25 Maine, No. 18 URI)

6. North Dakota

Record: 4-1

FCS Record: 4-1

D1 Wins: 4 (SIU, SDSU, USD, WIU)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 2 NDSU)

Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 24 SIU, No. 3 SDSU, No. 20 USD)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 10 SIU, No. 4 SDSU)

7. James Madison

Record: 4-0

FCS Record: 4-0 

D1 Wins: 4 (Morehead St, RMU, Elon, W&M)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

8. Kennesaw State

Record: 3-0

FCS Record: 2-0

D1 Wins: 1 (CSU, Dixie)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

9. VMI 

Record: 5-0

FCS Record: 5-0

D1 Wins: 5 (Furman, WCU, Mercer, Samford, Wofford)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 10 Furman)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 20 Furman)

10. UC Davis

Record: 3-1

FCS Record: 3-1

D1 Wins: 3 (Idaho, CP, Idaho St)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 3 Weber)

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 19 Idaho)

Now-Ranked wins: 0

11. Richmond

Record: 3-0

FCS Record: 3-0

D1 Wins: 3 (W&M, Elon, Elon)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

12. Murray State

Record: 5-0

FCS Record: 5-0

D1 Wins: 5 (UT Martin, SEMO, Ttech, TN St, EIU)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 16 SEMO)

Now-Ranked wins: 0 

13. Nicholls

Record: 4-1

FCS Record: 3-1 

D1 Wins: 3 (Lamar, NW State, Nicholls)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 5 SHSU)

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 UIW)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 UIW)

14. Missouri State

Record: 4-4

FCS Record: 4-3

D1 Wins: 4 (WIU, USD, UNI, SIU)

FCS Losses: 3 (No. 11 UCA, No. 11 UCA, No. 2 NDSU)

Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 21 USD, No. 10 UNI, No. 10 SIU)

Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 22 UNI, No. 10 SIU)

FBS Losses: 1

15. Idaho 

Record: 2-1

FCS Record: 2-1

D1 Wins: 2 (EWU, SUU)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 15 UC Davis)

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 12 EWU)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 12 EWU)

16. Eastern Washington

Record: 3-1

FCS Record: 3-1

D1 Wins: 3 (NAU, Idaho St, CP)

FCS Losses: 1 (Idaho)

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

17. Jacksonville State

Record: 7-2

FCS Record: 6-1 

D1 Wins: 7 (FIU, Mercer, UNA, TN Tech, TN State, UTM, SEMO)

FCS Losses: 1 (APSU)

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 T-Tech)

Now-Ranked wins: 0

FBS Wins: 1 (FIU)

FBS Losses: 1

18. Monmouth

Record: 1-0

FCS Record: 1-0

D1 Wins: 1 (CSU)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

19. Rhode Island

Record: 2-1

FCS Record: 2-1 

D1 Wins: 2 (Nova, Albany)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 11 Delaware)

Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 6 Nova, No. 18 Albany)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 16 Nova)

20. Maine

Record: 2-1

FCS Record: 2-1 

D1 Wins: 2 (Albany, SBU)

FCS Losses: No. 11 Delaware)

Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 Albany)

Now-Ranked wins: 0

21. Incarnate Word

Record: 3-1

FCS Record: 3-1

D1 Wins: 3 (McNeese, Lamar, SLU)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 17 Nicholls)

Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 19 McNeese, No. 16 SLU)

Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 SLU)

22. Southeastern Louisiana

Record: 2-2

FCS Record: 2-2

D1 Wins: 2 (McNeese, NW St)

FCS Losses: 2 (No. 5 SHSU, No. 13 UIW)

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

23. Villanova

Record: 1-1

FCS Record: 1-1

D1 Wins: 1 (SBU)

FCS Losses: 1 (No. 18 URI)

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

24. Furman

Record: 3-2

FCS Record: 3-2

D1 Wins: 3 (WCU, Samford, ETSU)

FCS Losses: 2 (No. 14 VMI, No. 9 UTC)

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

25. Duquesne

Record: 4-0

FCS Record: 4-0

D1 Wins: 4 (SHU, Wagner, LIU, Bryant)

FCS Losses: 0

Then-Ranked wins: 0

Now-Ranked wins: 0

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Sam’s coverage of the FCS began in 2012 as the sports editor and eventual editor-in-chief of NDSU’s The Spectrum. After graduating in 2015, he spent three years in the newspaper and magazine industry while starting his work for HERO Sports in the fall of 2016 as a freelancer. In May 2018, he joined the website full time as the Senior FCS Analyst.

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