It's been strange during the past week to hear UC Davis players and coaches talk so openly about polls. Since August, the rallying cry has been that they want to finish the season in the top 16, which corresponds roughly to being the equivalent of a playoff team. This is a perfectly reasonable goal. It just seems so un-Aggie-like. I'm used to hearing UCD teams (not just the football one) say things like, "we just want to execute/compete/try really hard." Saying it wants to be in the top 16 is both extremely specific, and extremely out of UCD's control. The Aggies are now 16th in The Sports Network poll, up five spots.
Here's how I voted this week that poll: 1. New Hampshire; 2. Appalachian St.; 3. Cal Poly; 4. Illinois St.; 5. Montana; 6. Youngstown; 7. UMass; 8. Richmond ; 9. Northern Iowa; 10. Furman; 11. UCD; 12. Hampton; 13. McNeese St; 14. Eastern Ill.; 15. NDSU; 16. Idaho State; 17. Portland St.; 18. Delaware; 19. Eastern Ky.; 20. Harvard; 21. Georgia Southern; 22. Southern Illinois; 23. James Madison; 24. Towson; 25. Nicholls St
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