Appalacian state D1aa(Ranked 1 last year) beat Michigan[yes the big house team] D1a (Ranked 5th) Just the same Your not basing the teams off of what they are or how they play, you're basing them off their reputations, its exactly like high school sports Class A and B, Class B sometimes has the best team but they are in a lower division simply because of school size. In this instance you are subbing out school size for reputation. NDSU (my school currently tied for 1st in FCS aka D1aa and last year finished 2nd D1aa,) could easily compete agaisnt alot of the D1a also known as D1 schools. They could infact beat some of them, Their are definatly teams that would beat our asses; however, there are also teams that we could handle, People who dont think D1aa have what it takes, i feel you are ignorant and arent following every aspect, your just following the big names.

dont just reply with Your wrong, actually look into some of the statistics watch some game coverage, do what you need, youll see their is truth behind what i said.

Also im not positive about Every D1aa Team but App. state and NDSU do play D1a teams just only 1 or 2 games a season.