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
| NO | TEAM |
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NDSU |
| 2 | JMU |
| 3 | SDSU |
| 4 | MONTANA |
| 5 | FURMAN |
| 6 | VILLANOVA |
| 7 | WEBER |
| 8 | ILLLINOIS ST. |
| 9 | NICHOLLS |
| 10 | SACRAMENTO ST. |
| 11 | UNI |
| 12 | MONTANA ST. |
| 13 | PRINCETON |
| 14 | KSU |
| 15 | NC A&T |
| 16 | UCA |
| 17 | YOUNGSTOWN |
| 18 | DARTMOUTH |
| 19 | NEW HAMPSHIRE |
| 20 | WOFFORD |
| 21 | AUSTIN PEAY |
| 22 | JVILLE ST. |
| 23 | STONY BROOK |
| 24 | FAMU |
| 25 | CCSU |
| ALSO CONSIDERED | |
| AC | TOWSON |
| AC | YALE |
| AC | MONMOUTH |
| AC | ALBANY |
| AC | IDAHO ST. |
| AC | ALCORN ST. |
| DROPPED | |
| DR | NORTH DAKOTA |
| DR | SAM HOUSTON ST. |
| DR | DELAWARE |
| DR | SEMO |
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