FCSNow.com Preseason Poll

[danefan]

I don't think this was posted here yet.

2009 FCS Now Preseason Poll Top 25 Rankings

Team, (first place votes), total points
1. Appalachian State (29), 1760
2. Richmond (27), 1756
3. Villanova (15), 1669
4. Northern Iowa (1), 1615
5. Montana (2), 1589
6. New Hampshire, 1362
7. Weber State (1), 1308
8. James Madison, 1212
9. Southern Illinois, 1192
10. Elon, 1089
11. Wofford, 1079
12. South Carolina State, 1072
13. McNeese State, 961
14. South Dakota State, 898
15. Eastern Washington, 794
16. Texas State, 627
17. Maine, 610
18. Jacksonville State, 507
19. Cal Poly, 489
20. William & Mary, 410
21. Central Arkansas, 303
22. Holy Cross, 298
23. Albany, 178
24. Grambling State, 176
25. Montana State, 144

Others receiving votes: Massachusetts, Georgia Southern, Florida A&M, Eastern Kentucky, UC Davis, Delaware, Furman, Yale, Colgate, Liberty, North Dakota State, Tennessee-Martin, Harvard, Samford, Northern Arizona, Northwestern State.

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Pretty good poll, IMO. McNeese is too high at 13 and W&M is too low at 20.

[dbackjon]

Probably the best poll to date.

[bench]

I don't think this was posted here yet.

2009 FCS Now Preseason Poll Top 25 Rankings

Team, (first place votes), total points
1. Appalachian State (29), 1760
2. Richmond (27), 1756
3. Villanova (15), 1669
4. Northern Iowa (1), 1615
5. Montana (2), 1589
6. New Hampshire, 1362
7. Weber State (1), 1308
8. James Madison, 1212
9. Southern Illinois, 1192
10. Elon, 1089
11. Wofford, 1079
12. South Carolina State, 1072
13. McNeese State, 961
14. South Dakota State, 898
15. Eastern Washington, 794
16. Texas State, 627
17. Maine, 610
18. Jacksonville State, 507
19. Cal Poly, 489
20. William & Mary, 410
21. Central Arkansas, 303
22. Holy Cross, 298
23. Albany, 178
24. Grambling State, 176
25. Montana State, 144

Others receiving votes: Massachusetts, Georgia Southern, Florida A&M, Eastern Kentucky, UC Davis, Delaware, Furman, Yale, Colgate, Liberty, North Dakota State, Tennessee-Martin, Harvard, Samford, Northern Arizona, Northwestern State.

http://fcsnow.com/poll.aspx


Pretty good poll, IMO. McNeese is too high at 13 and W&M is too low at 20.

And Albany is juust about right, huh?

[danefan]

I don't think this was posted here yet.

2009 FCS Now Preseason Poll Top 25 Rankings

Team, (first place votes), total points
1. Appalachian State (29), 1760
2. Richmond (27), 1756
3. Villanova (15), 1669
4. Northern Iowa (1), 1615
5. Montana (2), 1589
6. New Hampshire, 1362
7. Weber State (1), 1308
8. James Madison, 1212
9. Southern Illinois, 1192
10. Elon, 1089
11. Wofford, 1079
12. South Carolina State, 1072
13. McNeese State, 961
14. South Dakota State, 898
15. Eastern Washington, 794
16. Texas State, 627
17. Maine, 610
18. Jacksonville State, 507
19. Cal Poly, 489
20. William & Mary, 410
21. Central Arkansas, 303
22. Holy Cross, 298
23. Albany, 178
24. Grambling State, 176
25. Montana State, 144

Others receiving votes: Massachusetts, Georgia Southern, Florida A&M, Eastern Kentucky, UC Davis, Delaware, Furman, Yale, Colgate, Liberty, North Dakota State, Tennessee-Martin, Harvard, Samford, Northern Arizona, Northwestern State.

http://fcsnow.com/poll.aspx


Pretty good poll, IMO. McNeese is too high at 13 and W&M is too low at 20.

And Albany is juust about right, huh?

Perfect. Actually, to be precise I would have had the following:

22: Georgia Southern
23: UMass
24: Albany
25: Holy Cross

[T-Dog]

Too much CAA in the Top 10.

Also, I'm a bit shocked at how App has leapfrogged Richmond in 2 out of 3 polls. Granted this one was VERY close though. It more of reputation and name recognition that anything. Richmond should be number one though.

[slycat]

I would switch McNeese and W&M and thats about it.

[grizzaholic]

Too much CAA in the Top 10.

Also, I'm a bit shocked at how App has leapfrogged Richmond in 2 out of 3 polls. Granted this one was VERY close though. It more of reputation and name recognition that anything. Richmond should be number one though.

Why? App St. has a lot coming back in the way of starters. Richmond loses a couple key guys. I understand that Richmond was the Champion last year but this is not a last year poll, it is a preseason poll for this year.

[T-Dog]

Too much CAA in the Top 10.

Also, I'm a bit shocked at how App has leapfrogged Richmond in 2 out of 3 polls. Granted this one was VERY close though. It more of reputation and name recognition that anything. Richmond should be number one though.

Why? App St. has a lot coming back in the way of starters. Richmond loses a couple key guys. I understand that Richmond was the Champion last year but this is not a last year poll, it is a preseason poll for this year.

I'm of the "To be the man, you must beat the man" attitude. Richmond beat THE man last year and then became the man. They're now on the pedestal. It gives us something new to accomplish.

[grizzaholic]

Why? App St. has a lot coming back in the way of starters. Richmond loses a couple key guys. I understand that Richmond was the Champion last year but this is not a last year poll, it is a preseason poll for this year.

I'm of the "To be the man, you must beat the man" attitude. Richmond beat THE man last year and then became the man. They're now on the pedestal. It gives us something new to accomplish.

I understand that, but it doesn't make any sense. It really doesn't. It is like comparing the Florida Marlins the years they won the WS and the very next year. They had a fire sale each year right after they won the WS and were a completely different team the next year. Just because they won, didn't make them the favorites the next year, or all that special.

[T-Dog]

But still, until the Marlins were eliminated from World Series contention the next year, they were The Man.

Not to mention Richmond is going to be really good this year as well. They lost a couple key guys and we lost a key guy. They beat us 33-13 last year. At best that puts us this year so far even with them and in case of a tie, championship advantage. So Richmond should be #1 (with App #2).

[Appaholic]

But still, until the Marlins were eliminated from World Series contention the next year, they were The Man.

Not to mention Richmond is going to be really good this year as well. They lost a couple key guys and we lost a key guy. They beat us 33-13 last year. At best that puts us this year so far even with them and in case of a tie, championship advantage. So Richmond should be #1 (with App #2).

agree