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SOU had a strong showing when the conference awards were handed out this morning. Details here.
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The Frontier Conference standings for football are as even as they possibly could be (after each team has played two or three conference games) with three teams at 2-1, two at 1-1, and three at 1-2. Anyone can still win the conference. Massey has five Frontier Conference teams in the NAIA top nine, led by SOU at #4 (with the most difficult schedule–SoS in the above chart–in the NAIA). The coaches’ poll won’t be that kind. The Raiders will be the only team in the top ten come Monday afternoon.
Massey gives SOU a 72% chance of beating Carroll in Montana this Saturday, a much higher percentage than the Raiders have ever been given at Carroll. Southern Oregon has only won once at Carroll College.
Today the NAIA Football Coaches’ Top 25 Poll came out. Eastern Oregon University deservedly moved up from #26 to #10 after beating previously #2 SOU at home and #22 Montana Western on the road to start the season. The coaches have only 3 Frontier Conference teams in the top 20 while the more objective Massey Ratings has 7 Frontier Conference teams in the top 13. Frontier Conference teams are “only” 2-2 against non-conference opponents. However, the losses were both against NCAA DI teams! EOU is the only undefeated team from the Frontier Conference. SOU will get another crack at EOU, this time in Ashland, on October 15.
As I predicted yesterday, the coaches have some teams ahead of the Raiders like Doane (at #5) and Kansas Wesleyan (at #11) who wouldn’t finish in the top half of the Frontier Conference. One example of how the coaches aren’t paying attention is they have Montana Western and Dickinson State tied in the standings even though Montana Western just beat Dickinson State by 16 points at a neutral field.
Details here.
Even after last week’s loss at Eastern Oregon University, Massey has SOU at #3 in the NAIA rankings (EOU moved up to #6). Massey picks Davis (an NCAA D1 institution) by 14.
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Details here.