CSN West

Sorry for my delay this week in getting out the projections. NDSU still holds the top spot but we did see some shifting of teams. Here are the playoff teams for this week per the Gridiron Power Index (GPI). Playoff teams are in bold.

1. N Dakota St (7) (1.57) MVFC
2. Ga Southern (3.71) SoCon
3. E Washington (2) (4.00) Big Sky
4. Cal Poly (4.86) At-Large #1
5. Sam Houston St (6.71) Southland
6. Montana St (7.71) At-Large #2
7. Northern Arizona (8.14) At-Large #3
8. Indiana St (9.29) At-Large #4
9. Wofford (9.57) At-Large #5
10. Old Dominion (12.14) At-Large #6
11. Cent Arkansas (13.71) At-Large #7
12. Stony Brook (14.86) Big South
13. S Dakota St (15.57) At-Large #8
14. Appalachian St (17.14) At-Large #9
15T. New Hampshire 18.29) CAA
15T. Illinois St (18.29) At-Large #10
17. Northern Iowa (19.29)
18. E Kentucky (19.43) OVC
19. S Illinois (20.14)
20. Villanova (20.57)
21. Youngstown St (21.14)
22T. Albany (22.43) NEC
22T. James Madison (22.43)
24. Harvard (22.71)
25. Tennessee St (22.86)
28. Lehigh (26.57) Patriot
39T. Bethune-Cookman (35.14) MEAC

Here are the match-ups I believe will happen based on these selections:

1st Round
Albany @ New Hampshire
Bethune-Cookman @ Appalachian St
E Kentucky @ Illinois St
Lehigh @ S Dakota St

2nd Round
Albany/UNH @ #1 N Dakota St
B-C/App St @ #2 Georgia Southern
Lehigh/SDSU @ #3 E Washington
EKU/Ill St @ #4 Cal Poly
Stony Brook @ #5 Sam Houston St
Central Arkansas @ Montana St
Old Dominion @ Northern Arizona
Wofford @ Indiana St

The conference breakdown for the number of teams are as follows:
MVFC 4
Big Sky 4
SoCon 3
Southland 2
CAA 2
MEAC 1
Patriot 1
NEC 1
OVC 1
Big South 1