FCS POLL: Brian McLaughlin’s Week 7 FCS Poll Ballot

The FCS poll that HERO Sports' Sam Herder and I vote in is the official media poll put out by Craig Haley and STATS. Below you'll find my weekly take on where I think teams should fit in, based on the final results of the weekend, etc etc.

A precursor (so readers understand the reasoning) … if an FCS team lost to an FBS team, they won't drop massively (or at all) because of that loss — and if they took it down to the wire, I may even reward the FCS team if the circumstances allow for it. If an FCS beat up on a D-2 or NAIA team? I'll never vote for them to rise. An FBS win or a D-2/NAIA loss will always significantly affect my vote. I want my ballot to basically reflect FCS on FCS action, with an FBS win being a bonus, or a lower division loss being reason to drop a team several spots. I also will never drop a team and rarely will float a team up if they're idle that weekend. I'll wait for the next result.

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(full ballot is below)

QUICK SUMMARY: It's been a very busy (and exhausting) weekend full of being on an FCS campus plus travel, and working on a laptop from a hotel room. So this week I'm just releasing my ballot and voting on the poll. Here you go, folks.[divider]

B-MAC'S FCS POLL WEEK 7 BALLOT

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