The Sports Network Preseason Poll

[danefan]

This is one of the two polls that really matters:

 

1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (97) 13-2 2,546 1

2. North Dakota State Bison (1) 10-1 2,275 9

3. Northern Iowa Panthers 12-1 2,204 4

4. Richmond Spiders 11-3 2,162 5

5. Massachusetts Minutemen 10-3 2,148 7

6. James Madison Dukes (3) 8-4 2,078 12

7. Eastern Washington Eagles 9-4 1,951 8

8. Montana Grizzlies 11-1 1,848 10

9. Delaware Blue Hens 11-4 1,747 2

10. McNeese State Cowboys 11-1 1,687 11

11. Southern Illinois Salukis 12-2 1,286 3

12. Youngstown State Penguins 7-4 1,228 16

13. Wofford Terriers 9-4 1,158 6

14. Cal Poly Mustangs 7-4 1,081 24

15. Elon Phoenix 7-4 1,028 23

16. New Hampshire Wildcats 7-5 760 14

17. Georgia Southern Eagles 7-4 656 17

18. Eastern Illinois Panthers 8-4 622 18

19. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 7-4 547 19

20. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 9-3 487 13

21. Villanova Wildcats 7-4 396 NR

22. Central Arkansas Bears 6-5 374 NR

23. The Citadel Bulldogs 7-4 317 NR

24. Harvard Crimson 8-2 316 21

25. Western Illinois Leathernecks 6-5 299 NR

Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 249, Fordham 212, Delaware State 198, Jacksonville State 195, Yale 170, Sam Houston State 166, Montana State 146, Furman 120, Liberty 115, Jackson State 79, South Carolina State 76, Holy Cross 74, Hofstra 61, Colgate 56, Grambling 55, Norfolk State 48, Coastal Carolina 44, Hampton 41, Southern 32, Northwestern State 30, Tennessee-Martin 30, UC Davis 22, Weber State 17, Lafayette 16, Alabama A&M 10, Texas Southern 9, Brown 9, Nicholls State 9, Dayton 6, Tennessee State 5, San Diego 4, Albany 4, Maine 1, Prairie View 1.

[Dane96]

San Diego...gimmee a break.

[danefan]

I think the poll is pretty poor, but I don't put too much weight in preseason rankings.

 

People who vote for San Diego apparenlty forgot that they lost Johnson this year and without him they're likely a middle of the road PFL team again.

 

Look at the inconsistencies: Fordham gets 212 votes. We beat them at their place and we only get 4? But then again that's what happens when you get whooped in the last game you play of the season.

 

If we hadn't played Dayton or if we beat Dayton I could see us in the top 5 teams left out (26-30).

[UAalum72]

No votes for Hofstra? Does that make us the favorite?

[danefan]

No votes for Hofstra? Does that make us the favorite?

 

 

I would think Hofstra should still be the favorite, if not only because they have 63 rides to our 30.

 

It should be a good game though.

 

I can't believe there is a game 11 days from now. So great.

[danefan]

Hofstra actually got 61 votes. There was an error in the press release.

 

So there we go. From being the favorite to a 55 vote underdog in less than an hour.