FCS Weekly Thread--Week 3

Nicholls pick up any extra votes after last week?

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Nicholls pick up any extra votes after last week?

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STATS poll has Nicholls sitting at 29 this week. I think we may have been at 30 last week.

Total Offense
Team YPG
1 Western Caro. (Southern) 630.0
2 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 607.5
3 South Dakota (MVFC) 554.5
4 Sam Houston St. (Southland) 552.0
5 Weber St. (Big Sky) 528.0

Rushing Offense
Team YPG
1 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 436.5
2 The Citadel (Southern) 404.5
3 Western Caro. (Southern) 347.5
4 Illinois St. (MVFC) 320.0
5 Kennesaw St. (Big South) 301.0

Passing Offense
Team YPG
1 Richmond (Colonial) 426.0
2 Valparaiso (Pioneer) 377.0
3 Lehigh (Patriot) 370.0
4 Sam Houston St. (Southland) 351.5
5 Southern Utah (Big Sky) 342.0


Team Passing Efficiency
Team Pass Eff
1 N.C. A&T (Mid-Eastern) 231.11
2 The Citadel (Southern) 215.62
3 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 183.08
4 James Madison (Colonial) 176.27
5 Western Caro. (Southern) 175.89

Scoring Offense
Team PPG
1 South Dakota (MVFC) 56.0
- North Dakota St. (MVFC) 56.0
3 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 55.0
4 N.C. A&T (Mid-Eastern) 50.5
5 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 50.0

Total Defense
Team YPG
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 41.0
2 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 131.0
3 Campbell (Pioneer) 178.0
4 N.C. A&T (Mid-Eastern) 203.0
5 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 217.5


Rushing Defense
Team YPG
1 Southern Ill. (MVFC) -8.0
2 Illinois St. (MVFC) 0.0
3 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 19.5
4 Western Ill. (MVFC) 28.5
5 Sacred Heart (Northeast) 29.0

Passing Yards Allowed
Team YPG
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 41.0
2 Mercer (Southern) 94.0
3 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 111.5
- Youngstown St. (MVFC) 111.5
5 2 teams tied 112.0

Team Passing Efficiency Defense
Team Pass Eff
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 41.06
2 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 57.18
3 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 74.14
4 Campbell (Pioneer) 74.71
5 Morgan St. (Mid-Eastern) 75.87


Scoring Defense
Team Avg
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 0.0
2 N.C. A&T (Mid-Eastern) 1.5
3 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 3.0
4 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 4.5
5 Campbell (Pioneer) 8.0

Turnover Margin
Team Avg
1 Maine (Colonial) 4.00
2 South Dakota (MVFC) 3.50
- Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 3.50
4 San Diego (Pioneer) 3.00
5 3 teams tied 2.50

3rd Down Conversion Pct
Team Pct
1 Saint Francis (PA) (Northeast) 0.677
2 The Citadel (Southern) 0.656
3 Weber St. (Big Sky) 0.636
4 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 0.600
- Illinois St. (MVFC) 0.600


4th Down Conversion Pct
Team Pct
1 20 teams tied 1.000

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense
Team Pct
1 Campbell (Pioneer) 0.138
2 Sacramento St. (Big Sky) 0.143
3 Lamar University (Southland) 0.160
4 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 0.176
5 Western Ill. (MVFC) 0.208

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense
Team Pct
1 29 teams tied 0.000


Red Zone Offense
Team Pct
1 27 teams tied 1.000

Red Zone Defense
Team Pct
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 0.000
- Campbell (Pioneer) 0.000
3 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 0.250
4 Towson (Colonial) 0.333
- The Citadel (Southern) 0.333

Net Punting
Team Net Yds
1 Alcorn (Southwestern) 44.71
2 Charleston So. (Big South) 42.92
3 UNI (MVFC) 42.70
4 Morehead St. (Pioneer) 42.67
5 Tennessee Tech (OVC) 42.20


Punt Returns
Team Avg
1 Abilene Christian (Southland) 36.00
2 Alcorn (Southwestern) 27.67
3 N.C. A&T (Mid-Eastern) 26.88
4 James Madison (Colonial) 24.25
5 Southeastern La. (Southland) 19.40

Kickoff Returns
Team Avg
1 Campbell (Pioneer) 32.00
2 Eastern Ky. (OVC) 30.57
3 Monmouth (Big South) 30.00
4 Wagner (Northeast) 29.43
5 Illinois St. (MVFC) 29.00

First Downs Offense
Team FD
1 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 62
2 South Dakota (MVFC) 60
3 Western Caro. (Southern) 56
4 Cal Poly (Big Sky) 54
5 The Citadel (Southern) 53


First Downs Defense
Team Opp FD
1 Illinois St. (MVFC) 3
2 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 14
3 Southern Ill. (MVFC) 15
4 Campbell (Pioneer) 16
5 South Carolina St. (Mid-Eastern) 18

Fewest Penalties Per Game
Team PenPerGame
1 VMI (Southern) 1.00
2 Gardner-Webb (Big South) 2.00
3 Lehigh (Patriot) 2.50
- The Citadel (Southern) 2.50
- Furman (Southern) 2.50

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game
Team YPG
1 VMI (Southern) 10.00
2 Gardner-Webb (Big South) 18.00
3 Illinois St. (MVFC) 25.00
4 The Citadel (Southern) 25.50
5 Lehigh (Patriot) 26.50


Time of Possession
Team AvgTOP
1 North Dakota St. (MVFC) 38:36
2 Delaware (Colonial) 38:18
3 McNeese (Southland) 38:14
4 Western Ill. (MVFC) 38:11
5 The Citadel (Southern) 37:52

I like em

NDSU defense must be very good again, especially with them holding spots in top 10 after playing EWU.

aTm Nicholls article
Richmond Colgate write up
Fordham CCSU
The Citadel
JMU Defense article
Dayton SEMO article
South Dakota vs North Dakota

Here is a playoff projection based off current rankings and Conference champions based on rankings or W/L already. The teams with stars are auto bids. The teams bolded are the MVC and SLC teams, with UND underlined due to going to MVC soon.

Also I kept with tradition of the committee it looks like as the MVC and SLC are paired together to knock each other out, imagine that huh?




The way too early playoff bracket...

Samford @ Charleston Southern, winner plays *JMU*
*St Francis* @ UNH, winner plays Richmond
Western @ Citadel, winner plays SDSU
UNI @ EWU, winner plays *Jax St*

ILS @ UTC, winner plays *NDSU*
*Colgate* @ *UND*, winner plays Nova
Liberty @ UCA, winner plays *Sam St*
*San Diego* @ *Wofford*, winner plays YSU

IU to play Charleston Southern as replacement game this season
Lafayette Villanova article
UNI SUU article
UC Davis Stadium article Because it aint intramurals brotha

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK

The Matchup: No. 10 North Dakota (1-1) at No. 23 South Dakota (2-0)

Kickoff: 3 p.m. at DakotaDome (10,000) in Vermillion, South Dakota

Television: MidcoSN, ESPN3

Series: North Dakota leads 61-29-5 (last meeting: UND won 47-44 in two overtimes Sept. 17, 2016)



It should be a fantastic game. I hope the Yotes win but taking the Fighting Hawks, but would not be surprised to see either win.