Ralph's Rag

Back to the 16 teams slugging it out. Add in a Pioneer Football League fest and Nicholls State facing an FBS team and the weekend is complete. Check out our full coverage of the D-I tournament here.

Saturday, December 1, 2012
San Diego 34 MARIST 10
Illinois State 38 APPALACHIAN ST 37 (OT)
GA SOUTHERN 24 Central Arkansas 16
OLD DOMINION 63 Coastal Carolina 35
WOFFORD 23 New Hampshire 7
NORTH DAKOTA ST 28 South Dakota St 3
SAM HOUSTON ST 18 Cal ...

We have the opening round of the 2012 playoffs plus a couple of classic games this week.

Thursday, November 22, 2012
Tuskegee 27 ALABAMA STATE 25

Saturday, November 24, 2012
WAGNER 31 Colgate 20
Coastal Carolina 24 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 14
SOUTH DAKOTA ST 58 Eastern Ill 10
STONY BROOK 20 Villanova 10
SOUTHERN U 38 Grambling St 33

The final finish for the playoff contenders with lots of big games. Selection Sunday looms large.

11/12/2012 GPI Top 25
1. North Dakota State won 38-20 at (6) Illinois State
2. Montana State won 16-7 at Montana
3. Sam Houston State lost 47-28 at (FBS) Texas A&M
4. Eastern Washington won 41-34 at (46) Portland State
5. Georgia Southern lost 45-14 at (FBS) Georgia
6. Illinois State hosted and lost 38-20 vs. (1) North Dakota State
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Since College Sporting News produces the Gridiron Power Index (GPI) which is officially used by the NCAA D-I Football Championship Committee, I can speak with knowledge of computer rating systems that measure the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

The public GPI uses seven systems advised by Dr. Kenneth Massey as being representative as the best but one is different than the others. In conversations with the owners of these systems, all but one measured all the opponents ...

An exciting weekend with Division I tournament automatic qualifier slots on the line and five top 25 rated GPI teams idle.

GPI TOP 25 RESULTS

Rank School
1. North Dakota State hosted and won 20-17 vs. #9 South Dakota State
2. Sam Houston State won 52-17 at #53 Northwestern State
3. Montana State hosted and won 65-30 vs. #45 Portland State
4. Eastern Washington hosted and won 31-28 vs. #47 UC Davis
5. Georgia Southern hosted and won ...