Jacksonville State Wins Automatic Bid And Remains At No. 1 in AGS Poll

Special to College Sports Journal

 

MISSOULA, MT. — Jacksonville State was one of four more teams to grab automatic bids and the Gamecocks’ win helped them stay on top of the Any Given Saturday FCS Top-25 poll this week.

 

JSU (9-1 overall, 7-0 in league) gave its home fans something to celebrate with its 56-28 victory over Southeast Missouri State to wrap up the Ohio Valley Conference title. 

 

The Gamecocks joined McNeese State (Southland) and Charleston Southern (Big South), who had clinched auto bids the previous week. Jacksonville State earned 81 of 83 first-place votes.

 

No. 2 North Dakota State (8-2, 6-1) was named on one first-place ballot after a big fourth-quarter comeback and controversial finish at Youngstown State in Missouri Valley Conference action. The Bison beat the then-No. 21 Penguins, 27-24.

 

McNeese State (9-0, 8-0) remained No. 3 in the poll after a bye week. The Cowboys, which received the other first-place vote, and Dayton (10-0, 7-0) are the only remaining undefeated teams in the Football Championship Subdivision.

 

Dayton clinched just the second-ever auto berth from the Pioneer Football League with a 28-21 win over Marist at home and were rewarded by earning the No. 25 spot in the poll.

 

In another battle of ranks teams, Chattanooga clinched the Southern Conference auto bid by holding off The Citadel, 31-23. The Mocs are ranked 10th this week, while the Bulldogs are No. 18.

 

Portland State (8-2, 5-2) and Coastal Carolina (9-1, 4-1) swapped places between seventh and ninth. The Vikings won a key Big Sky Conference battle with No. 13 Southern Utah in the final seconds, 24-23, to grab the seventh slot.

 

The Chantacleers beat Kennesaw State in Big South play at home, 45-13.

 

Charleston Southern (9-1, 6-0) jumped from 10th to eighth with its 31-24 triumph at home against Liberty in a Big South matchup.

 

South Dakota State, Illinois State and William & Mary all remained in the same spots in the top-10 at fourth, fifth and sixth after wins.

 

The fan-based and moderated AGS poll has been widely recognized as the most accurate in FCS since its debut as a fan-based voting service over a decade ago.

 

Readers can read more about the poll and other FCS topics at www.anygivensaturday.com.

 

 

AGS Poll Results – WEEK 11 – 2015

Results for 11/16/2015 AGS Poll:

Rank	Team:	Total Points	First Place Votes	Previous Wk.
1	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	2073	81	1
2	North Dakota State Bison	1937	1	2
3	McNeese State Cowboys	1844	1	3
4	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1830		4
5	Illinois State Redbirds	1748		5
6	William & Mary Tribe	1680		6
7	Portland State Vikings	1451		9
8	Charleston Southern Buccaneers	1400		10
9	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	1390		7
10	Chattanooga Mocs	1347		12
11	James Madison Dukes	1201		13
12	Northern Iowa Panthers	1097		14
13	Southern Utah Thunderbirds	954		11
14	Richmond Spiders	932		8
15	Sam Houston State Bearkats	861		18
16	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks	699		20
17	Fordham Rams	659		19
18	The Citadel Bulldogs	650		15
19	Montana Grizzlies	507		28
20	North Carolina A&T Aggies	423		22
21	Central Arkansas Bears	399		25
22	Harvard Crimson	317		17
23	Dartmouth Big Green	282		23
24	Eastern Washington Eagles	224		16
25	Dayton Flyers	209		26
	Most Significant Win:
	Montana Grizzlies
	Most Significant Loss:
	Eastern Washington Eagles
	ORV:
26	Villanova Wildcats	156		37
27	Youngstown State Penguins	99		21
28	North Dakota	97		35
29	New Hampshire Wildcats	88		34
30	Eastern Illinois Panthers	82		36
31	Towson Tigers	79		24
32	Bethune-Cookman Wildcats	78		32
33	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	41		31
34	Pennsylvania Quakers	37		NR
35	Western Illinois Leathernecks	22		33
36	Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks	21		27
37	Western Carolina Catamounts	20		30
38	Colgate Raiders	16		40
39	Grambling State Tigers	14		38
40	South Dakota Coyotes	9		29
	Fell Out Of Poll:
	Liberty Flames			39