Although Samford, The Citadel, and Montana were all ranked at some point, according to the newest polls our only 2 games against ranked opponents are Wofford & Georgia Southern.

Personally, I didn’t think the Wofford game was as bad as some made it out to be. We made TONS of mistakes, more than we’ve made all season, and we STILL almost won against a top-10 team. You take just 1 of those away and we win that game. I have to believe that we won’t make that many mistakes against Georgia Southern.

But here we are with 3 losses. So what are we still playing for? Well in short, EVERYTHING.

This week we can win the old mountain jug. We can still win the SoCon championship. We can still make the playoffs. We can still win the National Championship. If you don’t think we can play with any FCS team in the country on any given Saturday you must be kidding yourself. If we get into the playoffs, anything can happen.

Here is how we win the SoCon. Obviously we will have to win out. Then we need a few (likely) things to happen. There are three 1-loss teams ahead of us: Georgia Southern, Wofford, & Chattanooga. Here is how they fall:

Georgia Southern: Assuming we win out, we beat them.

Wofford: They still have to play The Citadel, Samford, Chattanooga, & South Carolina. The South Carolina game doesn’t matter, but I can just about guarantee you they’ll lose to AT LEAST 1 of those other 3.

Chattanooga: They still have to play Georgia Southern, Western Carolina, Wofford, & Elon. Georgia Southern will beat them this week, and even if they don’t Wofford will.

So the sky isn’t falling. The entire season is still ahead of us. Just take it one week at a time. This week let’s tear the Catamounts a new one and take home that jug!!!

SportsNetwork Poll

1. Eastern Washington (125)
2. Georgia Southern (14)
3. North Dakota State (13)
4. Montana State
5. Sam Houston State
6. Old Dominion
7. Wofford
8. Lehigh
9. James Madison
10. Stony Brook
11. Cal Poly
12. New Hampshire
13. Northern Arizona
14. Central Arkansas
15. Indiana State
16. Appalachian State
17. Illinois State
18. Eastern Kentucky
19. Villanova
20. Delaware
21. Tennessee State
22. Youngstown State
23. Towson
24. Albany
25. Richmond

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FCS Coaches Poll

1. Eastern Washington (22)
2. Georgia Southern (1)
3. North Dakota State (3)
4. Montana State
5. Sam Houston State
6. Lehigh
7. Old Dominion
8. Wofford
9. Stony Brook
10. James Madison
11. Cal Poly
12. New Hampshire
13. Northern Arizona
14. Central Arkansas
15. Appalachian State
16. Delaware
17. Illinois State
18. Eastern Kentucky
18. Indiana State
20. Albany (N.Y)
21. Tennessee State
21. Youngstown State
23. Villanova
24. Harvard
25. Towson