Following a bye week, James Madison moved up to No. 6 in both The Sports Network and FCS Coaches polls following losses by Appalachian State and Wofford. While the same five teams are ahead of JMU in both polls, there is some debate as to whether or not Montana deserves to be one of them. The Grizzlies play in a conference with no teams ranked in the top 25, other than themselves.
Colin O'Keefe at The Grizzoulian said, "The Griz racked up an impressive 627 yards and 52 points in their dominant win over Northern Colorado but who really knows what that means ... the next two games should be a better indicator than this win over a team that hasn't beat a Division I team since moving up."
Montana plays at Big Sky rival Northern Arizona on Oct. 27, the second-place team in the conference. Meanwhile, Madison faces a challenge in No. 14 Richmond at Bridgeforth Stadium on Saturday.
The Spiders trounced Rhode Island 38-6 over the weekend, continuing to rebound from an Oct. 6 upset at the last place team in the CAA South Division, Towson. However, Richmond is a top-15 opponent. If JMU and Montana both win Saturday, who deserves to be ranked higher?
Recently graduated from James Madison University, I am pursuing journalism as a sports writer for the North Fork and Shenandoah Journals in Virginia.
2 comments:
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