Four MVFC teams deserve to be in. Two more especially if they win Saturday.
NDSU, SDSU, and YSU......no explanation necessary.
ISUr (6-5/4-4), wins over SDSU and Northwestern, and ended the season w/ 3 straight wins. Sagarin rating #107....only 6 non-MVFC schools have a higher rating, and five of those six will be autobids.
UNI (5-5/4-3). Don't punish them for a competitive OOC schedule. Beat Iowa State, and if beats SDSU they will also finish the season with 3 straight wins. Has a Sagarin rating of 76..only two FCS teams have a higher rating (NDSU and EWU). Should the third highest ranked FCS team be denied the playoffs?
WIU (6-4/3-4) Beat NIU. If (really when) they beat SIU, they'll be 7-4/4-4....any 7-4 valley team should be in. Only 13 non-MVFC schools have a better Sagarin rating, and six of them will be autobids. Surely they belong in the 16 at-large invites.
Fordham (7-3), who must have a cousin in the selection committee, has a Sagarin rating of 163 and squeaks by its crappy conference opponents with narrow wins, is somehow a bubble team. There is NFW, even w/ a win over Bucknell tomorrow, they should take a spot away from either UNI or WIU, esp if they win. Same w/ Weber State and all of the other pretenders.