Looking Back at the Preseason Polls

[SmallCollegeFBFan]

I know the regular season is not over yet but let's look and see who the big hits and misses were. Based on the polls it appears the most overrated team was JMU coming in at 6 and then Wofford as well. The most underrated team was SFA who did not receive any votes. The good news is that all of the current top 10 teams were all listed in the preseason. What do you guys think about how the pollsters did?

2009 FCS AGS Polls
5/25

2009 Any Given Saturday Poll Preseason Top 25
(First place votes in parenthesis), Points

1. Richmond (59), 2338
2. Appalachian State (20), 2292
3. Montana (5), 2154
4. Villanova (11), 2152
5. Northern Iowa (2), 2011
6. James Madison (1), 1746
7. Southern Illinois, 1703
8. New Hampshire, 1695
9. Weber State, 1692
10. Elon, 1398
11. Wofford, 1326
12. Cal Poly, 1159
13. William & Mary, 1105
14. Central Arkansas, 1034
15. Maine, 841
16. McNeese State, 687
17. South Carolina State, 617
18. Massachusetts, 602
19. Eastern Washington, 538
20. Delaware, 409
21. South Dakota State, 397
22. Furman, 386
23. Texas State, 323
24. Georgia Southern, 311
25. Montana State, 306

Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Jacksonville State (54), Liberty (48), Colgate (46), Harvard (43), Albany (36), Eastern Kentucky (36), Holy Cross (30), Samford (26), North Dakota State (24), Northern Arizona (24), Grambling State (14), Youngstown State (11), Florida A&M (10), Tennessee-Martin (8), Prairie View A&M (7), Western Illinois (7), Pennsylvania (5), UC Davis (5).

Sports Network's FCS College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes)
1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (79)
2. Richmond Spiders (72)
3. Montana Grizzlies (2)
4. Northern Iowa Panthers (2)
5. Villanova Wildcats (2)
6. James Madison Dukes (1)
7. Southern Illinois Salukis
8. New Hampshire Wildcats
9. Weber State Wildcats (1)
10. Wofford Terriers
11. Elon Phoenix
12. Cal Poly Mustangs
13. Central Arkansas Bears
14. William & Mary Tribe
15. McNeese State Cowboys
16. South Carolina State Bulldogs (1)
17. Massachusetts Minutemen
18. Eastern Washington Eagles
19. Maine Black Bears
20. Texas State Bobcats
21. Jacksonville State Gamecocks
22. South Dakota State Jackrabbits
23. Harvard Crimson
24. Eastern Kentucky Colonels
25. Grambling State Tigers
25. Holy Cross Crusaders

Others receiving votes: Georgia Southern 335, Liberty 330, Colgate 319, North Dakota State 252, Montana State 217, Hofstra 206, Delaware 202, Florida A&M 194, Tennessee-Martin 192, Furman 171, Northern Arizona 169, Youngstown State 145, Eastern Illinois 93, Albany 64, UC Davis 63, Western Illinois 61, Penn 56, Coastal Carolina 52, Prairie View A&M 52, Samford 49, Tennessee State 47, Jackson State 46, Southern 39, Hampton 38, Bethune-Cookman 37, Brown 32, Northwestern State 30, San Diego 20, Lafayette 17, Delaware State 16, Jacksonville 16, Lehigh 16, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15, Western Carolina 14, Charleston Southern 12, North Dakota 12, Fordham 10, Norfolk State 10, Stony Brook 10, The Citadel 10, Towson 10, Morgan State. 8, Monmouth 5, Yale 4, Alabama A&M 2, Illinois State 2, Missouri State 2, Murray State 2, Presbyterian 2, Gardner-Webb 1, Portland State 1, Robert Morris 1, Southeastern Louisiana 1


2009 FCS Coaches Polls
8/24

2009 FCS Coaches Preseason Poll

Team (1st votes) 2008 Record Points 2008 Final Ranking
1. Appalachian State (13) 11-3 665 5
2. Richmond (10) 13-3 660 1
3. Montana 14-2 623 2
4. Northern Iowa (1) 12-3 584 4
5. Villanova (1) 10-3 569 6
6. James Madison (2) 12-2 528 3
7. Southern Illinois 9-3 468 10
8. New Hampshire 10-3 419 7
9. Weber State 10-4 405 9
10. Wofford 9-3 370 11
11. Elon 8-4 364 19
12. Central Arkansas 10-2 312 12
13. Cal Poly 8-3 282 13
14. William & Mary 7-4 239 20
15. McNeese State 7-4 237 21
16. South Carolina State 10-3 225 13
17. Eastern Washington 6-5 204 NR
18. Massachusetts (1) 7-5 196 NR
T19. Jacksonville State 8-3 145 22
T19. Maine 8-5 145 16
21. Texas State 8-5 137 23
22. Harvard 9-1 121 14
23. South Dakota State 7-5 101 NR
24. Hofstra 4-8 78 NR
25. Grambling State 11-2 77 24
Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Liberty (76), Eastern Kentucky (72), Georgia Southern (66), Holy Cross (64), Delaware (63), Florida A&M (62), Youngstown State (56), North Dakota State (56), Furman (55), UT Martin (43), Colgate (40), Northern Arizona (34), Montana State (33), Tennessee State (25), Prairie View A&M (24), Eastern Illinois (22), UC Davis (19), Jackson State (17), Hampton (17), Southern University (13) San Diego (13), Western Illinois (12), Bethune-Cookman (12), Jacksonville (11), Princeton (10), Albany (9), Northwestern State (8), Norfolk State (4), Morgan State (3), North Carolina A&T (2), South Dakota (1), Lehigh (1), Alabama A&M (1)

[SpiderFan5]

Haha
Where is JMU?

[dbackjon]

We can be certain that Wofford is not top 10-11.

[BDKJMU]

Pre season polls are for retards. I never pay attention to them because there is no reason to- they're obviously not worth the paper they're written on because people have nothing to go on outside of the previous year, and yet people still talk about them and get their panties in a wad if their team isn't ranked where they think it should be.

There shouldn't even be any polls till Oct...

[dbackjon]

Pre season polls are for retards. I never pay attention to them because there is no reason to- they're obviously not worth the paper they're written on because people have nothing to go on outside of the previous year, and yet people still talk about them and get their panties in a wad if their team isn't ranked where they think it should be.

There shouldn't even be any polls till Oct...

Which is exactly why our poll doesn't start until October

[AZGrizFan]

Pre season polls are for retards. I never pay attention to them because there is no reason to- they're obviously not worth the paper they're written on because people have nothing to go on outside of the previous year, and yet people still talk about them and get their panties in a wad if their team isn't ranked where they think it should be.

There shouldn't even be any polls till Oct...

Which is exactly why our poll doesn't start until October

And yet JMU STILL got votes.

[BDKJMU]

Which is exactly why our poll doesn't start until October

And yet JMU STILL got votes.

It won't be so laughable in less than 3 weeks when JMU finishes 6-5. JMU would beat most of these other teams getting votes, some who are some real patsies.