It's time once again to follow LU to the bottom of the football rankings!

 

Sept 8 (24 rankings)

 

#7 SHSU

 

#20 Central Arkansas

#24 McNeese State

#29 Nicholls State

 

#40 SLU

#65 NW State

#75 SFA

#79 ACU

 

#102 LU

#103 HBU

#110 IWU

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

That's real close to the bottom. SLC may be lucky to get two teams in the playoffs.

That's real close to the bottom. SLC may be lucky to get two teams in the playoffs.

 

 

well, they gotta have room for the 8 or 9 MVFC teams!

FCS playoff selection is no different than selection of teams for the FBS bowl games or if the FBS playoffs were expanded. In the FBS all the pundits love the SEC and BIG 10 and teams with loosing records get bowl games. In the FCS the MVC has been tabbed as the best conference and a mediocre team from that conference is better than 2nd place in a lot of the other conferences because they play other MVC teams.

Sept 18 (27 rankings)

 

#16 Central Arkansas

#17 McNeese State

 

#26 SHSU

 

#40 Nicholls State

 

#53 SLU

#56 NW State

#67 ACU

 

#92 IWU

#97 SFA

#101 LU

#112 HBU

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

 

I've noticed with the schedules that most SLC teams opt for 5 home games and a road game against a D1 opponent instead of a 6th home game against a cupcake like LU did. Abilene Christian and HBU seem to be the only other SLC schools that played sub-D1 schools.

#101 from 102...movin on up!

#101 from 102...movin on up!

 

Up to 100! We need to lose out!

Up to 100! We need to lose out!

 

In just 99 weeks LU will be #1!

LU sucks. That is all.

LU sucks. That is all.

 

Correction, they don’t suck as much. Now at #87, ahead of SFA and HBU!

Since LU is on a winning streak....

 

#20 Central Arkansas

#24 Nicholls State

#29 McNeese State

#35 IWU

#36 SHSU

#47 ACU

#64 SLU

#68 LU

#76 NW State

#77 SFA

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#114 HBU

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

 

 

The conference has a whole is now ranked #5 out of 14. No top 10 teams but only one really bad team. LU still has to play the 2 worst teams and the 2 best teams in the conference.

After beating SFA....

 

#20 Nicholls State (beat LU)

#27 McNeese State

#29 Central Arkansas (next game)

 

#33 SHSU (lost to LU)

#40 IWU (lost to LU)

#48 ACU (don't play)

 

#63 LU

#69 SLU (beat LU)

#75 NW State (beat LU)

#82 SFA (lost to LU)

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#115 HBU

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

 

Conference Standings

 

McNeese 5-1

IWU, SHSU, UCA, Nicholls 4-2

LU, ACU 3-3

 

McNeese plays SLU & NW State on the road (needs to lose one of those games before they play LU)

Nicholls plays HBU, SFA, SLU (probably win all 3)

UCA plays LU, IWU, ACU (hardest schedule, LU must win)

SHSU plays HBU, IUW, ACU (they might lose one of them)

IWU plays SHSU and UCA (they play only 8 conference games, are they not eligible to win the conference?)

After beating UCA....

 

#19 Nicholls State (beat LU)

 

#37 IWU (lost to LU)

#40 McNeese State (will lose to LU)

#43 Central Arkansas (lost to LU)

#44 SHSU (lost to LU)

#47 ACU (afraid to play LU)

#49 LU

 

#57 SLU (beat LU)

#74 NW State (beat LU)

#85 SFA (lost to LU)

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#114 HBU (will lose big to LU)

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

After beating HBU, here's the rankings so far...

 

#16 Nicholls State - should get the auto bid

 

#31 Incarnate Word - will they get an at-large invite after only playing 10 games?

#37 Abilene Christian - must beat Central Arkansas for any chance at an at-large big

 

#45 Lamar - gotta beat McNeese, would a 6-game win streak impress the selection committee enough?

#46 McNeese State - looks like another season ending fade

 

#52 SHSU - fading fast, can HBU beat them?

#53 Central Arkansas - they need to beat ACU to help LU out

#59 SE La

#69 NW State

#86 SFA

#117 HBU - still dragging down the conference

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

Heading into the playoffs ...

 

#14 Nicholls State - home game against San Diego

#31 Incarnate Word - if they lose Saturday can they still play Iowa State the following week? (asking for a friend)

#43 Lamar - rating didn't change much, but who cares? LU is in the playoffs!

 

#48 Abilene Christian - should've beat ACU

#49 Central Arkansas - thank you!!

 

#51 SHSU

#54 McNeese State

#67 SE La

#68 NW State

#93 SFA

#117 HBU

 

https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare1aa.htm

Lamar came in at #25 in the final FCS poll by Athlon Sports

 

The Southland came in at #5 of 14 in the conference rankings

 

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/fcs-rankings-power-poll-final-2018

It will be interesting to see what the first rankings for next year look like. What's the chance of LU being in the top 25 to start the year out? And what's the chance of living up to whatever hype is garnered by the successful end to this last season? For the conferences, will the Southland improve the ranking as it had five or six teams make the rankings at some point this past year?

It will be interesting to see what the first rankings for next year look like. What's the chance of LU being in the top 25 to start the year out? And what's the chance of living up to whatever hype is garnered by the successful end to this last season? For the conferences, will the Southland improve the ranking as it had five or six teams make the rankings at some point this past year?

Next season could be the most interesting since 2010 (when FB returned to LU). Has Lamar got over the hump and a legitimate conference title contender or was this past season a fluke? After watching this past bowl season (both FCS & FBS), it is obvious that the really good teams have solid players in the trenches. I think that Lamar should be ranked in the top 25, but on paper, they maybe hurt with the loss of starters in the secondary and at QB. I would think IWU be ranked above Lamar. I see us ranked 5th in conference pre-season polls behind Nicholls, Central Arkansas, IWU, and SHSU.