A few years ago I hosted an Internet radio show for CSN called "I-AA Waves." On it I created a feature called "8 Conferences, 8 Autobids" in which a guest and I would talk about the chances of teams getting a league's AQ each week. The guest would make the prediction since I don't really go for that kind of stuff. Now it is "10 Conferences, 10 Autobids" but I'll switch it around and give what the conferences say with a little gleaned from the CSN staff ...
Here are my latest projections based on the GPI. The field is starting to be filled but there will likely still be some shuffling of the seeds and the last teams in in the last two weeks. 11/07/2011 GPI Top 25 Rank, School, Rating, Change 1. N Dakota St (1.00) -0 MVFC #1 2T. Northern Iowa (3.29) -0 At-Large #1 #2 2T. Sam Houston St (3.29) -0 SLC #3 4T. Ga Southern (4.00) -1 SoCon #4 4T. Montana St (4.00) +1 Big Sky #5 ...
Six games are between top 25 teams this week, one top 25 team faces a non-Division I opponent, and one top 25 team is idle. Rankings based on the Gridiron Power Index (GPI). 10/31/2011 GPI Top 25 Rank, School 1. North Dakota State won 27-16 @ #11 Indiana State 2. Northern Iowa won 21-17 vs #23 Youngstown State 3T. Sam Houston State won 38-9 @ #88 Southeast Louisiana 3T. Georgia Southern won 14-12 vs. #35 The Citadel 5T. Appalachian State lost ...
Here are the latest projections based on the GPI. Again, this is based on if the season ended today, it is how I would see the playoff field. With three weeks left, there likely will be much movement. 10/31/2011 GPI Top 25 Rank, School, Rating, Change 1. N Dakota St (1.00) +1 MVFC #1 2. Northern Iowa (3.43) +1 At-Large #1 #2 3T. Sam Houston St (4.00) +1 Southland #3 3T. Ga Southern (4.00) -3 SoCon ...
In the long history of Wofford College football, just one player has gone on to play successfully in the NFL. That one player, who came to Wofford on a $250 football scholarship in the 1950s, wore the Baltimore Colts uniform two years before deciding to return to Spartanburg and create a business. The rest, as they say, is history. The man is Jerry Richardson – Wofford football player and alumnus, successful businessman, and founder and owner of the Carolina Panthers ...