Sagarin's Rankings

[Travis]

As i see it, unless i read it wrong, we are ranked 212 out of 334 teams sandwiched inbetween Samford and Tulane. Where do you think we will end up.

preseason ranking of UNT's opposition for the 2005-2006 season:

Hardin Simmons: NR- Div.III

UNC Wilmington: 143

Arizona State: 80

Chattanooga: 148

Texas a&m: 78

Nicholls State: 323

Angelo State: NR- Div.II

Houston: 150

UT Permian Basin: NR- NAIA

Stephen F. Austin: 234

Tulsa: 136

Lousianna Lafeyette: 70

New Orleans: 179

Florida International: 242

Denver: 132

Arkansas Little Rock:

Arkansas State: 154

Troy: 192

South Alabama: 205

Middle Tennessee: 140

Western Kentucky: 84

UT-Pan American: 279

Oh, by the way... is there any way we can actually have a complete home schedule that includes NCAA Div. I teams only. Because it blows my mind on how scheduling NAIA and Div II-III teams can help this program.

[Guest e-bone]

Oh, by the way... is there any way we can actually have a complete home schedule that includes NCAA Div. I teams only.  Because it blows my mind on how scheduling NAIA and Div II-III teams can help this program.

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It helps because those games are wins. I would venture to say that every team in D1 schedules games against teams they consider much weaker than themselves so they can work on things in live game action and still get a win. Ask people at TAMU if they thought playing mostly D2 and D3 teams last year helped them. They were a young, inexperianced team with a new coach and those games helped them gel as a team and compete in the tough Big 12 and eventually the NIT. Now I don't think NT should schedule only cupcake teams, but a couple can be beneficial to the team.

Edited November 14, 2005 by e-bone