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It didn't take Richmond long to reclaim the top spot in The Sports Network FCS Top-25 poll. The Spiders, the defending national champions, used a 24-16 victory over Duke to springboard back on top.

Appalachian State had a big comeback at East Carolina fall short, 29-24, and dropped from No. 1 to No. 2. The Mountaineers have been ranked at the top of the preseason poll in four consecutive seasons.

Richmond received 103 out of 122 first-place votes and easily outdistanced ASU with 3,042 points to 2,740. Appalachian State had 10 first-place votes, while Villanova, Northern Iowa and William & Mary received three first-place ballots each and South Carolina State picked up one.

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1. Richmond Spiders (103) 1-0 3,042 2
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (10) 0-1 2,740 1
3. Villanova Wildcats (3) 1-0 2,705 5
4. Northern Iowa Panthers (3) 0-1 2,651 4
5. Montana Grizzlies 1-0 2,615 3
6. James Madison Dukes 0-0 2,235 6
7. William & Mary Tribe (3) 1-0 2,204 14
8. Southern Illinois Salukis 0-1 1,980 7
9. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-0 1,952 8
10. Elon Phoenix 1-0 1,846 11
11. Weber State Wildcats 0-1 1,826 9
12. Cal Poly Mustangs 0-0 1,453 12
13. Central Arkansas Bears 0-1 1,350 13
14. Wofford Terriers 0-1 1,262 10
15. South Carolina State Bulldogs (1) 1-0 1,229 16
16. McNeese State Cowboys 1-0 1,109 15
17. Massachusetts Minutemen 0-1 1,027 17
18. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-0 905 18
19. Texas State Bobcats 1-0 805 20
20. Maine Black Bears 1-0 709 19
21. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 0-0 475 22
22. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 0-1 467 23
23. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 0-1 430 21
24. Harvard Crimson 0-0 361 23
25. Holy Cross Crusaders 1-0 348 25
Others receiving votes: Georgia Southern 212, Liberty 183, Eastern Illinois 167, Delaware 158, Florida A&M 158, Furman 146, Colgate 123, Tennessee-Martin 106, Grambling 103, Western Illinois 103, Samford 87, North Dakota State 71, Alabama A&M 61, Hofstra 50, Montana State 50, Penn 48, Northern Arizona 38, Prairie View 38, Rhode Island 37, Hampton 36, Brown 33, Murray State 24, Stephen F. Austin 20, Southern 18, Gardner-Webb 17, San Diego 16, Jacksonville 14, Youngstown State 14, Southeast Missouri State 13, Southern Utah 12, Norfolk State 11, South Dakota 10, Coastal Carolina 7, Southeastern Louisiana 7, Tennessee State 7, Towson 7, Yale 7, Lafayette 6, Virginia Military 6, Chattanooga 5, Stony Brook 4, UC Davis 4, Albany 3, Jackson State 3, Central Connecticut State 2, Duquesne 2, Tennessee Tech 2.

I hate to steal a post from someone, but aceinthehole over at AGS posted this and I could not have said it better myself.

Too much emphsis on preseason rankings and name recognition.

Holy Cross is #25 for beating Georgetown.
Georgia Southern gets 212 votes for holding off Albany.
Colgate beats Monmouth and gets 123 votes.
URI gets 37 votes for beating Fordham.
VMI gets 6 votes for a 1-pt win at Robert Morris

yet, CCSU beats Lehigh and gets 2 votes.

I hope wins vs. Monmouth, Albany and RMU are worth that much during NEC play. This is why this year's "earned access" requirement of a #16 ranking is utter BS for NEC teams.

SC State with a number1?

This was my argument against preseason polls. The only reason they are created is to create traffic and discussion in otherwise uneventful off season time. The harm is that they create what is then considered a true ranking and people base all votes off of them.

This was the case with McNeese St last season. I believe they were ranked in the top 5 last year and had a very average season. Yet because of name recognition and the early high ranking the Pokes never fell out of the poll and it wasn't until the last week or so that they fell out of the top 20. This hurts other teams from being properly ranked.

How could anyone in their right mind vote SCSU #1?

BeauFoster wrote:How could anyone in their right mind vote SCSU #1?

How could anyone in their right mind rank McNeese above TXST?

AGS poll has McNeese at 18, TXST @ 23 WTF???