Tuesday, November 24, 2015

No. 22 According To The Coaches (Or Their SIDs ;-)

The FCS Coaches Poll

Rank, School, First Place Votes, Points, Record, Previous
1. Jacksonville State (20) 547 10-1, 1
2. McNeese State (1) 520 10-0, 2
3. North Dakota State (1) 487 9-2, 3
4. Illinois State 482 9-2, 6
5. Portland State 417 9-2, 11
6. James Madison 416 9-2, 10
7. Charleston Southern 383 9-2, 8
8. Chattanooga 362 8-3, 9
9. Coastal Carolina 359 9-2, 4
10. Sam Houston State 358 8-3, 12
11. Richmond 323 8-3, 16
12. South Dakota State 321 8-3, 5
13. William & Mary 306 8-3, 7
14. Northern Iowa 256 7-4, 15
15. Fordham 238 9-2, 14
16. Southern Utah 223 8-3, 18
17. Montana 202 7-4, 17
18. The Citadel 198 8-3, 24
19. Harvard 129 9-1, 21
20. North Carolina A&T 99 9-2, 13
21. Bethune-Cookman 88 9-2, 22
22. Dartmouth 77 9-1, 23
23. Northern Arizona 58 7-4, 20
24. Grambling State 55 8-2, NR
25. Eastern Illinois 46 7-4, NR
Dropped from rankings: Central Arkansas, Eastern Washington

Others receiving votes: Eastern Washington 40, North Dakota 35, New Hampshire 26, Western Illinois 26, Dayton 24, Towson 16, Western Carolina 10, Central Arkansas 10, Alcorn State 8, UT Martin 2, Colgate 2, Eastern Kentucky 1
The All-Ivy League team will be released today. It will be interesting to see how Dartmouth fares compared to a year ago when it had a school-record 10 players on the first team, six on the second team and one honorable mention. A repeat would be hard to match and, as always, there will be surprises.
From Dartmouth sports publicity after defensive lineman Cody Fulleton was honored for his play against Princeton:
Fun fact: Fulleton is the 1st @DartFootball DL to win the #IvyLeague Defensive Player of the Week award since Dan Mulligan in 1991!
That is almost impossible to believe for anyone who saw defensive end Anthony Gargiulo '06 play. He was an honorable-mention All-Ivy pick as a sophomore and first team as a junior, when he had 12 sacks, and again as a senior when he had eight. He then went on to play in the Canadian Football League before his career was ended by a cheap-shot leg injury. He's still the Dartmouth career leader with 25 sacks.

Rush specialist Flo Orimolade could make a run at Gargiulo's record next fall. He had eight sacks this year and has posted 14.5 in his career. That's seventh all-time, half a sack shy of Zack Walz '98, who went on to play for the Arizona Cardinals.