Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Duquesne favored by 8.5 but are up 21 in the 4th vs Bobby Mo!

**Posted by coffee** 11/09/2024 2:15 pm

Duquesne favored by 8.5 but are up 21 in the 4th vs Bobby Mo!

Dukes doing well vs their old rivals even with the Colonials having more scholarships.

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**Posted by Face** 11/09/2024 3:14 pm

What a great win. Let’s finish the season strong.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 11/09/2024 3:40 pm

31-6 is the final. 4 TD's for Perrantes. Defense played "Meet You at The Quarterback" most of the second half. Finished the game with 7 sacks. Were probably 4 or 5 times where the QB had to throw the ball at someone's feet to avoid more sacks.

**Posted by Face** 11/09/2024 6:43 pm

Watching the polls… North Dakota (23) and William & Mary (21) both lost. So did Central Arkansas (19).

RMU was receiving votes.

Last edited by Face (11/09/2024 6:43 pm)

**Posted by coffee** 11/10/2024 10:15 am

Face wrote:
Watching the polls… North Dakota (23) and William & Mary (21) both lost. So did Central Arkansas (19).

RMU was receiving votes.

Highest the Dukes ever got in an FCS Poll was #17. Keep climbing Dukes!!

Bonus trivia questions- What was the highest ranking the Dukes ever had in the AP Coach’s National Ranking Poll?

What Major Ranking placed the Dukes #1 in the Nation?

This is not the Club or Mid-Major ranking- Talking in all of college football.

Last edited by coffee (11/10/2024 10:16 am)

**Posted by luckymcd** 11/10/2024 1:00 pm

coffee wrote:
Highest the Dukes ever got in an FCS Poll was #17. Keep climbing Dukes!!

Bonus trivia questions- What was the highest ranking the Dukes ever had in the AP Coach’s National Ranking Poll?

What Major Ranking placed the Dukes #1 in the Nation?

This is not the Club or Mid-Major ranking- Talking in all of college football.

I know the Dukes won the Massey poll in 1941. That team did it just like this one is, with defense. The Iron Dukes led the country in defense and shut out more opponents than scored on them. The Dukes wisely do not claim a national championship for the season, as the schedule was very easy. Alabama does claim to be national champs in that season however, despite losing two games including one to Mississippi State, who the Dukes beat. I'd guess the highest ever AP ranking for the Dukes would be after that season concluding win over the SEC champion Bulldogs, but don't know how high it was other than top 10.

**Posted by coffee** 11/10/2024 2:50 pm

Seasons Ranked

Season App Pct    Pre Final High Low* Avg*
1942 1 13% N/A NR    13    13    13
1941 6 75% N/A    8    5    16    10
1939 8 89% N/A 10    6    13    11
1937 1 14%    N/A NR    16    16    16
1936 4 57%    N/A 14    11    20    14

Highest ever, Non-Massey is #5in the AP Poll.

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**Posted by Face** 11/11/2024 11:30 am

Dukes up to 22 on STATS. Other poll isn’t updated yet.

EDIT: 21 on coach’s poll.

Last edited by Face (11/11/2024 12:04 pm)

**Posted by townsonkid** 11/11/2024 4:00 pm

So do we cheer for RMU now to beat CConn? I think that would give us the conference title, unless we lose our last 2 games. If CConn beats RMU, then the last week in CT would be for all the marbles, correct?

**Posted by coffee** 11/11/2024 9:23 pm

townsonkid wrote:
So do we cheer for RMU now to beat CConn? I think that would give us the conference title, unless we lose our last 2 games. If CConn beats RMU, then the last week in CT would be for all the marbles, correct?

That is my read on it. We can blow away the conference and still lose the head to head with the same record. It’s happened before to the Dukes

**Posted by Ifky 07** 11/14/2024 2:20 pm

Duquesne can win a share of the NEC Title (and secure the automatic playoff berth) this weekend in this scenario...

- Duquesne beats Wagner
- RMU Beats CConn

In this scenario - Dukes could lose to CConn in the last weekend and RMU wins their last game - they would have the same conf. record, with Duquesne owning the H2H tiebreaker.

Of course, the easiest thing to do is just win the rest and leave nothing to chance...

Go Dukes!