College Sports Journal Spring Top 25, Week of 3/28/2021
Another week, another round of upsets in the FCS. Jacksonville State and Chattanooga were both top 10 teams last week. Both lost, Jacksonville State to Austin Peay 13-10 and Chattanooga to Mercer 35-28. We nearly had a second straight week where our number one team lost, but Weber State got a 50 yard Hail Mary on the last play of the game to preserve the win. VMI has moved within one win of the Southern Conference title with a 37-31 win over Wofford. Our eyes will be on them this weekend.
Here is this week’s College Sports Journal Top 25 as voted on by the staff.
Team (first place votes), total points [150 max)
- Weber State (4), 145
- James Madison, 137
- Sam Houston (1), 136
- North Dakota State (1), 134
- South Dakota State, 132
- Delaware, 116
- VMI, 103
- Kennesaw State, 102
- North Dakota, 99
- UC Davis, 89
- Nicholls, 85
- Murray State, 83
- Villanova, 75
- Eastern Washington, 74
- Jacksonville State, 72
- Richmond, 51
- Idaho, 49
- Monmouth, 33
- Missouri State, 29
- Northern Iowa, 21
- Incarnate Word, 19
- Duquesne, 18
- Maine, 15
- San Diego, 14
- Furman , 13
*Chattanooga has been removed from this week’s ranking following their opt out.
Others Receiving Votes: Wofford 12, Tarleton State 9, Rhode Island 9, Southeastern Louisiana 9, East Tennessee State 7, Austin Peay 6, Southern Illinois 6, New Hampshire 4, Holy Cross 3, Southeast Missouri State 2, Jackson State 2
Jamie is a proud 2002 graduate of James Madison University. He’s witnessed the growth of the program from no one in the stands in 1998, to the hiring of Mickey Matthews, to the 2004 National Championship, to the 2008 team, to the struggles in the early 2010s, and finally the rebuild under Mike Houston. He also allegedly really enjoys Washington, DC-based Stanley Cup winners.
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