But the Bengals did not do enough to receive an at-large bid into the FCS playoffs. The full 24-team field was released Sunday morning and the Bengals were left on the outside.
ISU has not made the FCS playoffs since 1983.
Led by fourth-seeded Eastern Washington, three Big Sky teams did make the playoff field. Montana will host San Diego and Montana State will host South Dakota State in the first round on Saturday.
Idaho State, meanwhile, will have to be content with a second-place finish in the Big Sky Conference standings and an 8-4 overall record. ISU had not won eight games in a season since 2003.
The Bengals did crack into the The Sports Network Top-25 poll at No. 24 this season for the first time on Sunday. ISU had not been ranked since October of 2005.
So thankful for such an amazing experience this first football season at ISU. So proud to be a Bengal! #WhatsNext
— Tanner Gueller (@BigT_Raw4) November 23, 2014Wouldn't trade this season for anything! Love my Bengal family! Cant wait for the next couple of years! 🐯🏈
— BURT (@Yaboyburt29) November 23, 2014So proud of this program! Doing things better than its ever been done! Such an amazing experience! Nobody can ever take the memories! #GoISU
— Coach Sheldon Cross (@CoachCrossISU) November 23, 2014No playoffs this year but plenty of great memories. We can't wait to see you #PackTheDome next year. pic.twitter.com/mZIAQf6TDA
— ISU Athletics (@ISUBengals) November 23, 2014
TSN FCS Poll
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 22, points and previous ranking:
Record
|
Pts
|
Pvs
| |
1. New Hampshire (93)
|
10-1
|
3585
|
1
|
2. North Dakota State (39)
|
11-1
|
3472
|
3
|
3. Jacksonville State (14)
|
10-1
|
3360
|
4
|
4. Eastern Washington
|
10-2
|
3191
|
5
|
5. Villanova
|
10-2
|
2962
|
6
|
6. Coastal Carolina
|
11-1
|
2783
|
2
|
7. Illinois State
|
10-1
|
2766
|
8
|
8. Chattanooga
|
9-3
|
2494
|
9
|
9. Fordham
|
10-2
|
2362
|
7
|
10. Northern Iowa
|
8-4
|
2328
|
11
|
11. Southeastern Louisiana
|
9-3
|
2326
|
10
|
12. Montana
|
8-4
|
2027
|
13
|
13. Harvard
|
10-0
|
1620
|
15
|
14. South Dakota State
|
8-4
|
1592
|
16
|
15. James Madison
|
9-3
|
1558
|
17
|
16. Eastern Kentucky
|
9-3
|
1486
|
14
|
17. Montana State
|
8-4
|
1411
|
12
|
18. Richmond
|
8-4
|
1130
|
21
|
19. Sam Houston State
|
8-4
|
940
|
23
|
20. Liberty
|
8-4
|
648
|
NR
|
21. Youngstown State
|
7-5
|
551
|
20
|
22. Bethune-Cookman
|
9-3
|
463
|
25
|
23. William & Mary
|
7-5
|
459
|
22
|
24. Idaho State
|
8-4
|
404
|
NR
|
25. Indiana State
|
7-5
|
399
|
18
|
Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart 350, McNeese State 261, North Carolina A&T 75, Stephen F. Austin 74, Charleston Southern 67, Yale 42, Lamar 35, Bryant 24, Samford 23, Southern Illinois 22, Morgan State 22, Alcorn State 20, Cal Poly 17, Dartmouth 16, Northern Arizona 12, Grambling State 11, Jacksonville 11, Bucknell 9, South Carolina State 8, Wagner 7, North Carolina Central 6, Jackson State 5, Western Carolina 5, San Diego 4, Albany 3, Sacramento State 3, Central Arkansas 1.
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