Preseason FCS Coaches Poll

[danefan]

Preseason 2012 FCS Coaches Poll (August 22, 2012)

 

Team (No. 1 Votes) 2011 Record Points Final 2011 Ranking

1. North Dakota State (19) 14-1 640 1

2. Sam Houston State (6) 14-1 623 2

3. Georgia Southern (1) 11-3 592 3

4. Montana State 10-3 540 7

5. Appalachian State 8-4 504 11

6. Old Dominion 10-3 470 10

7. Northern Iowa 10-3 466 5

8. James Madison 8-5 456 14

9. Towson 9-2 454 9

10. Montana 11-3 425 4

11. Lehigh 11-2 371 6

12. New Hampshire 8-4 337 12

13. Wofford 6-2 322 13

14. Delaware 7-4 294 20

15. Eastern Washington 6-5 248 NR

16. Maine 9-4 232 8

17. Stony Brook 9-4 228 16

18. Youngstown State 6-5 184 NR

19. Central Arkansas 9-4 157 15

20. Illinois State 7-4 148 22

21. Eastern Kentucky 7-5 127 21

22. Harvard 9-1 113 17

23. Norfolk State 9-3 72 NR

24. Stephen F. Austin 6-5 69 NR

25. Indiana State 6-5 66 NR

 

Others Receiving Votes: Jacksonville State (54); Liberty (48); Murray State (32); Jackson State (30); Bethune-Cookman (21); Tennessee Tech (20); South Carolina State (15); Florida A&M (14); Grambling State (13); William & Mary (12); North Dakota (10); Albany (9); Northern Arizona (9); Cal Poly (8); Chattanooga (7); Portland State (7); Alabama A&M (3); Idaho State (3); Cornell (2); Pennsylvania (2); Alabama State (1); McNeese State (1); San Diego (1)

[UAalum72]

College Sports Journal NEC Preview picks Albany second to Duquesne.

[UAalum72]

Jeff Sagarin starting ratings are out. Albany at 174 (of 247), just ahead of Rhode Island and Colgate. Also ahead of FBS Texas State, Texas-San Antonio, and Akron. With home field factored, we're about 10 down to Youngstown, 13 to Maine.

 

Conference Ratings have NEC at 22nd, ahead of MEAC, SWAC, and Pioneer. CAA is 12th, tops in FCS. Albany is 5 1/2 better than Duquesne, with the rest of the NEC trailing. We'd be last to next year's CAA teams, unless Rhody stays.

 

As always, ratings will change drastically once actual results begin to be factored in.

Edited August 25, 2012 by UAalum72