Team (First-place votes) Record
1. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (30) 3-1
2. North Carolina A&T Aggies 2-0
3. Tennessee State Tigers 3-1
4. Winston-Salem State Rams 2-1
5. South Carolina State Bulldogs 2-2
6. Prairie View A&M Panthers 3-1
7. Tuskegee Golden Tigers 2-1
8. Jackson State Tigers 2-2
9. Howard Bison 1-2
10. Florida A&M Rattlers 1-3

Others receiving votes (in order of points): Alabama State 23, NC Central 20, Alcorn State 15, Shaw 12, Benedict 11.


As of September 24, 2013

Team (First-place votes) 2013 Record 1. North Dakota State Bison (157) 3-0
2. Eastern Washington Eagles (1) 2-1
3. Towson Tigers 4-0
4. Sam Houston State Bearkats 3-1
5. Northern Iowa Panthers 3-0
6. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-1
7. Montana Grizzlies 3-0
8. Eastern Illinois Panthers 3-1
9. McNeese State Cowboys 4-0
10. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-1
11. Montana State Bobcats 2-2
12. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 4-0
13. Central Arkansas Bears 2-2
14. James Madison Dukes 3-1
15. Georgia Southern Eagles 2-1
16. Fordham Rams 4-0
17. Wofford Terriers 2-2
18. Cal Poly Mustangs 1-2
19. Villanova Wildcats 1-2
20. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 3-1
21. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 3-0
22. Richmond Spiders 2-2
23. Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 2-1
24. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 2-1
25. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs 3-1

I fell like Montana is underscored in this ranking.

They are blitzing folks, they should easily be top 5. They slammed App State opening, week and have just been impressive this year....I really feel they are #2 in the country right now.

How irrelevant is a poll with teams that have losing records?

Spiman,


It's not irrelvant at all. You've got to think about sometimes how polls work. The Sheridan HBCU Poll for instance only has HBCU school listed. It's possible that there arent enough teams to only have teams with a winning schedule included in the top 10 so it must use schools that have more losses than wins. It's not like the regualar DII poll where there's 70-80 teams to choose from. This poll has a much smaller sample thus a much great range of reccords.


It's relevant. Now if you ask me if it's accurate, then we'll a new argument...

Spiman,

Sometimes the schedule will dictate whether a school is actually listed or not. FAMU's OOC schedule turned out to be brutal, but as long as those teams did (or are doing) well, then schools will usually get a pass, as was the case with the Ohio State loss. Can't really speak on the other losses, but I wonder if they count certain losses as being "quality losses," vs those conference losses everyone is expected to win.

They probably look at the RPI ratings of the teams you lost to, as well. Losing to someone who has a lower/similar rating isn't good for rankings.