FCS Playoff Committee Ranking 5-NOV

[Prodigal Cat]

If this ranking holds true through the end of the year, we have a good chance at a second Cat-Griz, but in Bozeman.

Could be. However, I think IF the gris lose the Brawl they will not be 3, they'll be 4 or 5. IF we lose the Brawl I also think we'll be 4 or 5. Depends on how the rest of the field finish off their last 3 games. GO CATS!!!

Yeah I think if the gris lose the brawl they will drop to the 4-5 and get a death march to Fargo, if they make it that far. I would love for the committee to make them go to Tarleton. They have spent the last few week talking a bunch of smack about the Texans. Maybe they win that game but they aren't very good away from WaGris and I would love to see the gris lose in Texas again. I think Tarleton is good enough if the games at home for them. Not sure how that gets there though with the bracket. Would need a second MVFC team to emerge and get the 3.

[coloradocat]

I’m holding out for a fat prairie cow loss and MSU getting the #1 seed when we win out the regular season

It would have to be a bad loss for that to happen. Their resume is good enough to absorb a loss and keep the 1.

[kwcat]

https://herosports.com/fcs-playoff-2025 ... king-bzbz/

[tetoncat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

[onceacat]

If this ranking holds true through the end of the year, we have a good chance at a second Cat-Griz, but in Bozeman.

Could be. However, I think IF the gris lose the Brawl they will not be 3, they'll be 4 or 5. IF we lose the Brawl I also think we'll be 4 or 5. Depends on how the rest of the field finish off their last 3 games. GO CATS!!!

Yeah I think if the gris lose the brawl they will drop to the 4-5 and get a death march to Fargo, if they make it that far. I would love for the committee to make them go to Tarleton. They have spent the last few week talking a bunch of smack about the Texans. Maybe they win that game but they aren't very good away from WaGris and I would love to see the gris lose in Texas again. I think Tarleton is good enough if the games at home for them. Not sure how that gets there though with the bracket. Would need a second MVFC team to emerge and get the 3.

I don't think Tarleton is great...but I think that they could certainly win at home agains a panda team that has barely left Wagris stadium all year.

[onceacat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

[94VegasCat]

I’m holding out for a fat prairie cow loss and MSU getting the #1 seed when we win out the regular season

fluffy cows

Thank you

[tetoncat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

So if you lose 1st 2 against good teams and last 2 against good teams and best win is NAU who may not be ranked, what good win does MSU have in a 3 bid league? Eye test would have been against bad teams.

[Prodigal Cat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

Cats would be playing Thanksgiving weekend if they lose the last 2. That would be a horrible collapse and teams like Harvard, Monmouth and especially Davis since they would have won vs the Cats would jump them.

[MSU01]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

Cats would be playing Thanksgiving weekend if they lose the last 2. That would be a horrible collapse and teams like Harvard, Monmouth and especially Davis since they would have won vs the Cats would jump them.

Technically you can still be seeded and play on Thanksgiving weekend if you end up in the 9-16 seed range. I agree that the Cats probably aren't a top 8 seed if they lose to Davis and UM but I do think they'd still be in the Top 16.

[Prodigal Cat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

Cats would be playing Thanksgiving weekend if they lose the last 2. That would be a horrible collapse and teams like Harvard, Monmouth and especially Davis since they would have won vs the Cats would jump them.

Technically you can still be seeded and play on Thanksgiving weekend if you end up in the 9-16 seed range. I agree that the Cats probably aren't a top 8 seed if they lose to Davis and UM but I do think they'd still be in the Top 16.

Yes I didn't say they would not be seeded. I said that the would be playing the 1st round.

[ilovethecats]

Fun discussion. However one I can't really take part in because the Cats are going to ROLL Davis at home next Saturday night.

[nanacat]

Not that I give him much credit, especially after he prognosticated the Cats as a 10 seed, but here's Stan Becton's response to the most recent rankings:
https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... e-rankings

[RockyBearCat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

3 FCS losses, all to top 10 teams. Cats would still be top 10 but likely more like 8 or 9.

[coloradocat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

3 FCS losses, all to top 10 teams. Cats would still be top 10 but likely more like 8 or 9.

A 2 loss SDSU, one of which was about as bad as it gets, only fell to 6. With 3 top 10 losses I don't think we'd fall below 6 unless any of them were by 20+. There just aren't enough good teams to pass us.

[ECBobcat]

Fun discussion. However one I can't really take part in because the Cats are going to ROLL Davis at home next Saturday night.

This is spot on.

[RyeCat]

Not that I give him much credit, especially after he prognosticated the Cats as a 10 seed, but here's Stan Becton's response to the most recent rankings:
https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... e-rankings

Stan Becton is an idiot and I’m pretty sure he either doesn’t actually watch the games or just posts for clicks.

[rivercat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

3 FCS losses, all to top 10 teams. Cats would still be top 10 but likely more like 8 or 9.

A 2 loss SDSU, one of which was about as bad as it gets, only fell to 6. With 3 top 10 losses I don't think we'd fall below 6 unless any of them were by 20+. There just aren't enough good teams to pass us.

Voters are likely giving SDSU a little grace because injuries are playing a huge part in their loses. If the QB comes back, they are a top 6 team.

If a healthy Cat team lost the last 2 games, they would fall out of the top 8 and would be playing Thanksgiving weekend.

[onceacat]

So assuming the Cats and Griz both win the next two and the Brawl is fairly close, is there any universe where either of them drops out of the top 4? I don't think so, and I think that's what BB has been posting. I don't think they could put a Lehigh or Tarleton above the Cat\Griz loser... and I certainly don't think they could put BOTH of them above.

We could fall to 5 if we lose both UCD and Cat-griz but otherwise the furthest either team will drop is to 4 and even that would probably require a 20+ point loss.

Feels like the committee knows we're good whether we win or lose. They aren't sold on Tarleton yet.

If Cats lose to UCD and GRIZ it's 4 losses and no way they are 5th or higher. Lucky to be top 10

LOL, if the Cats lost both, they'd still be an EASY seed. Maybe not #5, but there aren't enough legit teams to jump the Cats.

So if you lose 1st 2 against good teams and last 2 against good teams and best win is NAU who may not be ranked, what good win does MSU have in a 3 bid league? Eye test would have been against bad teams.

Every other team's 'eye test' will have been against worse teams. MSU put in the eye test against the #2 team and passed with flying colors. Who has Harvard, Monmouth, Lehigh or TTU played thats somehow better?

MSU went to the title game last year & went toe to toe with NDSU. They are at least as good this year, even if they drop to other good teams. They just aren't dropping out of the seeds at those numbers. (Would UM drop out of the seeds with 2 losses? Of course not.)

[rfischer94]

Actusl footage of me reacting to anything Stsn Becton says.