Appalachian State has 5 votes in the AP Top 25. WTF?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

they changed the rule after their smack down of #5 Michigan because some reporters wanted to include them in their poll. so now any team (regardless of division) can get votes

They had 19 votes in the previous poll.

Laettners Legacy Wrote:they changed the rule after their smack down of #5 Michigan because some reporters wanted to include them in their poll. so now any team (regardless of division) can get votes

Does that mean that (in theory) at D III team can get votes?

Terpy Wrote:

Laettners Legacy Wrote:they changed the rule after their smack down of #5 Michigan because some reporters wanted to include them in their poll. so now any team (regardless of division) can get votes

Does that mean that (in theory) at D III team can get votes?

in theory yes, in practicality i would say within 99.9% probability not happening though.

Here's an article about the rule change:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5115141.html

Quote:In the aftermath of Appalachian State's shocking 34-32 victory over then-No. 5 Michigan — one of the greatest upsets in college football history — the AP said there should be no rule against ranking a lower-division school as long as that team competed against a Division I-A opponent. The poll has been limited to those teams playing in the former Division I-A, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Technically, it's not a lower division, but a lower subdivision. FCS/I-AA teams are still Division I.

Yeah, FBS and FCS are MUCH easier to know which you're talking about.

It only makes me want a playoff that much more -- to totally f*** up their new and lame naming system.

I guess FBS isn't that bad, if you think about. Full of BS.

rteynor Wrote:Yeah, FBS and FCS are MUCH easier to know which you're talking about.

The idea was to emphasize that the subdivisions are only for football.... Some of the schools who play I-AA football were being called I-AA in basketball, baseball, etc., or worse yet, Division II (go watch the remake of "The Longest Yard," where App State is called D-II).

I agree these names aren't the best solutions, but I see their point. I can't count the number of times, even on this board, that people have referred to them as D-II or non D-I teams.