The Ags are ranked #16 in the final AFCA FCS Coaches Poll. Click on the image to enlarge it.

#5 Montana
#6 EWU
#9 Montana State
#11 SDSU
#12 Sac State
#16 UC Davis

The FCS fans over on the anygivenday forum are voting overwhelmingly that SDSU will beat the Ags. Out of 48 votes, only 4 are for the Aggies and a lot of the talk is that the Ags have been "exposed and will get rolled." I'm not surprised that they see the Aggies having a less than 10% chance of a win.

https://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?288163-2021-Fall-Playoffs-Round-1-UC-Davis-South-Dakota-State

Unfortunately, I think you're right.

Utah State is now 4-1 with their only loss coming from the Ags. They've won 4 straight:

84-74 over Richmond
87-79 over Penn in 2 OT
85-58 over New Mexico State
73-70 over Oklahoma

It's still under construction. It's slated for completion in August, 2022.



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Right you are, Toke:

UCSB 81 Chicago State 50
CSUN 79 Dixie State 73
Riverside 95 Bethesda 57
Irvine 82 Pepperdine 48
UCSD 71 Sac State 56

The Sagarin and Massey ratings both have SDSU at #2 overall. This is a very tough draw for the Ags. The Jackrabbits could easily run through us and Sac.

Tale of the tape and stat rankings (click the image to enlarge):

They're both beasts, Sure wish that the Ags had had Skattebo on their radar for recruiting. He would have been a great addition to our RB's also.

Welcome to the our forum. We'll be big underdogs in this game and I just hope we can be competitive and don't get completely blown out. We're pretty beat up on the OL and have lost our two, top WR's. We have not found solid consistency among the 3 QB's we've used this season either and our pass rush has been practically non-existent against the better teams we've played. We've been struggling of late and are just glad to be in the playoffs. I hope we can give you a good game but the odds are steep against us.

2021 FCS Fall Playoff Bracket (click the image to enlarge):

SDSU is a very good football team and the Dana J Dykhouse Stadium, 19,350 capacity, is a very tough place to play.

We won't have Vaughn or Harrell. Their injuries look very serious. I'd like to see HR get a chance again too.

Tough draw for the Aggies too. They beat NDSU and demolished Colorado State this year and their RB, Pierre Strong Jr, is probably the best RB is the FCS. He has 1317 yards this year on 190 carries for a whopping 7.4 yard per rush!

Harrel was taken from the sideline in a cart after they helped him off the field. It looked like he got his foot stuck in the turf as he went up for the pass and his knee twisted awkwardly as he went down untouched. Just a unfortunate injury on a play that was clearly going to be a TD. Having him and Vaughn out is a huge blow to the passing game for us.

I watched part of the game, Toke. Irvine was impressive on both ends of the floor. They have some very good D1 talent and they are very disciplined. They looked better to me than what I've seen of UCSB so far this year. Long Beach is much improved this year also.

Here's the final bracket prediction from Hero Sports that has the Ags hosting Northern Iowa in the first round:




https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2021-final-playoff-predictions-bzbz/

Well you guys are obviously are much more informed about this than me. I'll feel better going to bed tonight tonight knowing that, barring something egregious, we'll get selected. Now, the cherry on top, would be getting a first round home game... :pray:

I hope I'm wrong but I think there's a good chance that we will not be in the playoffs now. We have lost big to both EWU and Sac and we have the awful loss to Idaho State also. Since the selection committee has never taken 5 teams from the Big Sky and we are in 5th place, I think we may not get selected.