College football top 25: James Madison, Southern Illinois rise in CBS Sports FCS Power Rankings
The Czar of the Playbook has stirred up his main 10 after Week 3
Two additional FCS groups knocked off FBS adversaries in Week 3, making one of the more extraordinary beginnings to a season for the development. Northern Arizona slid past Arizona, 20-19, and UIW - drove by star quarterback and ruling Jerry Rice Award Winner Cameron Ward - outgunned Texas State, 42-34. Mentor Prime's Jackson State additionally came up short against Louisiana-Monroe, losing 12-7.
The reality actually remains: Fear the FCS.
This week, there are a couple of games that ought to attract some interest the "steamed alarm" office, including one of the greater ones that we will separate underneath. With the Ivy League getting off to an extraordinary beginning last week - five of eight groups posted successes - the FCS is entire indeed as many groups plunge into meeting play this week.
With that being the situation, expect a great deal of big-time matchups this week that will without a doubt stir up my best 25 for the following week.
For the present, how about we investigate how I have the groups piled up in my Week 4 FCS Power Rankings.
1. Sam Houston (2-0): Fresh off of a bye week, the dominant FCS public bosses are back on the field this week against Central Arkansas.
2. South Dakota State (2-0): Just like the Bearkats, South Dakota State is falling off of a bye, and they will check whether they can keep the triumphant conflicting with Indiana State.
3. James Madison (3-0): JMU had the option to get an extraordinary success against Weber State last end of the prior week heading into a bye this week.
4. Montana (3-0): So far, no group has had the option to score in excess of seven focuses against the Grizzlies protection this season. Best of luck this end of the week, Cal Poly.
5. North Dakota State (3-0): The Bison head into the bye week undefeated with about fourteen days to plan for in-state - and previous long-term - Division II opponent North Dakota.
6. Southern Illinois (2-1): The Salukis showed last week that their running match-up is similarly pretty much as touchy as their passing game. Sophomore running back Javon Williams Jr. (6-foot-2, 245 pounds) is a genuine monster!
7. Montana State (2-1): You will not have the option to contend with me about the Bobcats' place in this positioning. They are real competitors to get to Frisco, Texas, this year.
8. Eastern Washington (3-0): I don't have the foggiest idea what's in the water up there in Cheyney, Washington, however they appear to be QBU of the FCS: Bo Levi Mitchell, Vernon Adams and presently Eric Barriere, who assists them with remaining in each game the Eagles play.
9. Villanova (3-0): The Wildcats had the option to dominate Richmond last end of the week. This week is somewhat harder test against Penn State ... yet, ... should the Nittany Lions be on disturbed alarm?
10. North Dakota (2-1): The Fighting Hawks had the option to get back on the triumphant track against Drake; they presently anticipate their confrontation against NDSU in about fourteen days as they head into their bye.
11. UC Davis (3-0): Like Myspace, Aggies QB Hunter Rodrigues ought to be in your Top 5 for Payton Award competitors. He's been that acceptable this year.
12. Weber State (1-2): This is a urgent week for Weber State. I've been assuming the best about them so far this season, however with a potential QB contention approaching, they need a success in the most noticeably awful manner conceivable.
13. East Tennessee State (3-0): The Bucs play great protection. The Bucs can run the ball all around well. What does that approach? An undefeated group that is beginning to resemble the top pick in the SoCon.
14. SLU (2-1): The Lions get a bye this week, and what will be quite difficult for them pushing ahead will be to guarantee that the protective presentation we saw against Central Connecticut State was not an abnormality yet rather an indication of what might be on the horizon.
15. Northern Iowa (2-1): UNI gets seven days' rest prior to heading into an extreme piece of their timetable that incorporates a three-game stretch of Youngstown State, North Dakota State and South Dakota.
16. Jacksonville State (2-1): JSU has played in a portion of the additional engaging games so far this season. They should be cautious this week against the Skyhawks as UT-Martin is seeming as though a fly-in-the-balm type group
17. Monmouth (2-1): The Hawks at last began to look like themselves last week in their beat down of Charleston Southern. How about we check whether they can get an encore this end of the week against Holy Cross.
18. Austin Peay (2-1): Making features this week with their declaration of leaving the Ohio Valley for the Atlantic Sun in 2022, the Governors will confront their future, and previous, gathering adversary Eastern Kentucky on Saturday.
19. Missouri State (2-1): Missouri State will get an opportunity to say something this week against the Coyotes of South Dakota. A success here could sling them up the rankings.
20. Rhode Island (3-0): When the Rams get back from their Week 4 bye, they'll bounce once more into meeting play with consecutive home games against Stony Brook and Delaware.
21. Delaware (2-1): Speaking of the Blue Hens, Delaware lost its first game last week to Rutgers yet are as yet one of the better groups in the FCS this season.
22. Richmond (2-1): The Spiders need to rapidly bounce back from an intense misfortune to Villanova last week to fight with Virginia Tech down in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Saturday.
23. New Hampshire (3-0): UNH takes off this week to take on Pittsburgh. I'm interested by this game more than anything as the Wildcats are an extremely astute pack.
24. VMI (2-1): The Keydets almost assumed a misfortune last week against Cornell yet had the option to get extraordinary play from wide recipient Jakob Herres, who pulled in seven gatherings for 60 yards and two scores.
25. Alabama A&M (2-0): QB Aqeel Glass was in his sack last end of the week against Bethune-Cookman. The Bulldogs required every one of the four of his score passes to slip past the Wildcats, 30-27.
Just missed the cut: Princeton, South Dakota, Incarnate Word, Furman, Jackson State
The Czar's Game of the Week
South Dakota at Missouri State: Quietly, the Coyotes have gone under the radar so far this youthful season. South Dakota almost resentful Kansas in Week 1 and easily handled two FCS adversaries in Cal Poly and Northern Arizona. They can get their run game at whatever point they feel like it and are heavy protectively. It's the "strong protectively" part that makes this game against Missouri State an awesome matchup. The Bears, driven by mentor Bobby Petrino, have an even hostile assault that can work each space of the field in the passing game, while additionally having the option to adequately run the ball. Something's gotta give, correct? We might get additional time in this one. Pick: South Dakota 20, Missouri State 17
The Czar's Upset Alert
UT-Martin at Jacksonville State: I'm a major enthusiast of how the Skyhawks have been making a move this year. You need to offer credit to QB Keon Howard, who is a graduate exchange from Tulane. He has been actually what this offense required. He's tossing to two real NFL prospects in WRs Colton Dowell and Donnell Williams. Jacksonville State, despite the fact that it is falling off a fantastic success versus North Alabama, that game shouldn't have been close. It's the irregularity that puts them on upset ready this week, yet it's the consistency of UT-Martin that is prepared to do really pulling it off. Pick: UT-Martin 30, Jacksonville State 21
The Czar's Featured SportsLine Pick
Stetson at Princeton: The Tigers blanked Lehigh last end of the week, 32-0, and will be hoping to present back-on back shutouts interestingly since 1965. Princeton is a 35.5-point top choice in this game. Can the undefeated Hatters not stay away from the shutout yet additionally cover Check out my pick in addition to consistently 4 single out SportsLine.
