The Sports Network Poll - Sep 10, 2013

[93henfan]

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnf ... 5poll.aspx

Team (First-place votes) 2013 Record Points Previous Rank
1. North Dakota State Bison (146) 2-0 3793 1
2. Eastern Washington Eagles (6) 2-0 3639 2
3. Montana State Bobcats 1-1 3234 3
4. Towson Tigers 2-0 3233 5
5. Sam Houston State Bearkats 1-1 3033 4
6. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2-0 2941 6
7. Northern Iowa Panthers 2-0 2855 9
8. Central Arkansas Bears 1-1 2461 7
9. Eastern Illinois Panthers 2-0 2218 14
10. Georgia Southern Eagles 2-0 2203 10
11. Montana Grizzlies 1-0 2073 13
12. New Hampshire Wildcats 0-1 1944 11
13. McNeese State Cowboys 2-0 1789 18
14. Cal Poly Mustangs 1-1 1663 12
15. Richmond Spiders 1-1 1645 15
16. Wofford Terriers 1-1 1573 16
17. Stony Brook Seawolves 1-0 1482 17
18. Illinois State Redbirds 0-1 1100 19
19. Villanova Wildcats 0-2 978 8
20. James Madison Dukes 1-1 944 20
21. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 2-0 712 24
22. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1-0 603 23
23. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 2-0 580 25
24. Youngstown State Penguins 2-0 551 NR
25. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 0-1 523 22
Others receiving votes: Delaware 269, Samford 206, Southern Utah 185, Eastern Kentucky 159, Fordham 122, William & Mary 101, North Carolina A&T 81, Maine 66, UT Martin 64, Jacksonville State 62, Chattanooga 43, Appalachian State 40, Penn 38, Southern Illinois 29, Southeastern Louisiana 28, South Dakota 19, Harvard 18, Albany 15, Western Illinois 14, Northwestern State 14, Tennessee State 14, Liberty 10, Nicholls 9, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8, Indiana State 6, Gardner-Webb 4, Murray State 2, The Citadel 1, South Carolina State 1, Sacramento State 1, Portland State 1 ... The Sports Network FCS Top 25 Voters - The Sports Network: Aaron Corrill; Craig Haley; Brandon Lawrence; Phil Sokol; Kevin Spiegel. Big Sky Conference: Brian Berger; Brad Bugger; Eric Burdick; Dave Cook; Neil Gardner; Paul Grua; Jeremy Hoeck; Mick Holien; Jon Kasper; Doug Kelly; Heather Kennedy; Bill Lamberty; Mike Lund; Ryan Powell; Mike Robles; Steve Schaack; Randy Scovil; Mitch Strohman; Denise Thompson. Big South: Zeke Beam; Mike Cawood; Matt Hogue; Chris Lang; Marc Rabb; Mark Simpson; Todd Wetmore; Alan York. CAA Football: Lizzie Barlow; Scott Burns; Zach Burrus; Pete Clawson; Glenn Frazer; Adam Gutes; Dean Kenefick; Allen Lessels; John Martin; Tyson McHatten; Scott Meyer; Mike Murphy; Dan O'Connell; Andrew Santillo; Scott Selheimer; Mike Stoss; Kevin Tresolini. FCS Independents: Lance Fleming; Matt Harmon; Shane Meling; Greg Viscomi. Ivy League: Rick Bender; Eric Dolan; Chris Humm; Craig Larson; Dan Loney; Craig Sachson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Thomas Grant; Bill Hamilton; Brian Holloway; Chris Hooks; Ronnie Johnson; Dennis Jones; Kendrick Lewis; Matt Michalec; Patricia Porter; Dan Ryan; Maurice Williams; Brent Woronoff. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Bryan Boettcher, John Bohnenkamp; Scott Gierman; Todd Golden; Jeremy Hoeck; Jason Hove; Todd Hefferman; Ace Hunt; Mike Kern; Rick Kindhart; Jeff Kolpack; Colin McDonough; Patrick Osterman; Trevor Parks; Randy Reinhardt; Jeff Schwartz; Mike Williams; Terry Vandrovec. Northeast Conference: Barry Beal; John Beisser; Brian Cleary; Spencer Kowitz; Tad Maurey; Ralph Ventre. Ohio Valley Conference: Neal Bradley; John Brush; Michael Clark; Wallace Dooley; Jeff Honza; Brad Kirtley; Rich Moser: Brian Nielsen: Karl Park: Mike Parris: Ryne Rickman; Rob Schabert: Kyle Schwartz: Greg Seitz. Patriot League: Charles Bare; Joe DiBari; Matt Dougherty; Keith Groller; Phil LaBella; Steve Lomangino; Eric Malanowski; Matt Markus; John Painter. Pioneer Football League: Ty Patton; Mark Brumbaugh; Cody Bush; Jack Cronin; Mike Ferraro; Ted Gosen; Doug Hauschild; Ricky Hazel; Paul Oren; Ty Patton; Matt Schabert; Jason Williams; Ryan Wronkowicz. Southern Conference: Jay Blackman; Tommy Bowman; Rose Carter; Mike Flynn; Brian Gargone; Don Heath; David Jackson; Keith Jarrett; Joey Mullins; Chris Rash; Hunter Reid; Todd Shanesy; Adam Smith; Brent Williamson. Southland Conference: Jason Barfield; Louis Bonnette; Matthew Bonnette; Jamie Bustos; Kenny Bybee; Erik Cox; James Dixon; Alex Hickey; Doug Ireland; Todd Lamb; David McCollum; Teddy Renois; Gene Shallenberg. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Santoria Black; Rodney Bush; Natalie Hicks; Chris Jones; Zena Lewis; Edrin Nicholson; Wesley Peterson; Je'Kel Smith; Brandon Willis. Other Representatives: Rolf Bertulies; Brian Brennan; Josh Buchanan; Jim Seman.

[ASUG8]

It's depressing to see us in the "others receiving votes" category. It's been a long while......

[Grizalltheway]

It's depressing to see us in the "others receiving votes" category. It's been a long while......

Enjoy it while you can, next year you'll be wallowing in Sun Belch obscurity.

[ASUG8]

It's depressing to see us in the "others receiving votes" category. It's been a long while......

Enjoy it while you can, next year you'll be wallowing in Sun Belch obscurity.

Yeah, but it's a different level of obscurity. Wait, what?

[mtgrizfankb]

Wait.... there is still a sun belt conference? Hahaha asu and gsu will be the mot winning teams in the conf. Looking forward to seeing them one day in camellia bowl vs bowling green or Miami of Ohio on a Tuesday afternoon.

[ASUG8]

Wait.... there is still a sun belt conference? Hahaha asu and gsu will be the mot winning teams in the conf. Looking forward to seeing them one day in camellia bowl vs bowling green or Miami of Ohio on a Tuesday afternoon.

You're a little late to the whole Sunbelt obscurity/irrelevance conversation - try to keep up.

Did you know that Corey Haim died?

[Aho Old Guy]

The Griz jumped 2 spots and didn't play a game.

New Hillbilly Strategery: Cancel remaining 10 games -- jump to #12 in final poll.

[Grizalltheway]

The Griz jumped 2 spots and didn't play a game.

New Hillbilly Strategery: Cancel remaining 10 games -- jump to #12 in final poll.

Butthurt much?

[AZGrizFan]

Wait.... there is still a sun belt conference? Hahaha asu and gsu will be the mot winning teams in the conf. Looking forward to seeing them one day in camellia bowl vs bowling green or Miami of Ohio on a Tuesday afternoon.

You're a little late to the whole Sunbelt obscurity/irrelevance conversation - try to keep up.

Did you know that Corey Haim died?

Dude, you can't just come out and SAY that like that, if he didn't know...

[CAA Flagship]

Last name listed among the voters.

[dal4018]

Want to see how long Bethune Cookman stays among the ranked teams first time in school history they were ranked.

[TribeFanInNC]

Want to see how long Bethune Cookman stays among the ranked teams first time in school history they were ranked.

It seems like they've been good enough to be ranked before this. Here's what their athletics website said when the preseason poll came out: "This is the first time the Wildcats have been a member of TSN’s preseason poll under head coach Brian Jenkins." Lots of caveats there. (source: http://www.bcuathletics.com/ViewArticle ... =209128260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

The article also says they finished last year #22.

[The Gadfly]

I'm new here and wanted to know if UNCC is allowed on the polls?

[The Gadfly]

I'm new here and wanted to know if UNCC is allowed on the polls?

[AZGrizFan]

Last name listed among the voters.

[93henfan]

I'm new here and wanted to know if UNCC is allowed on the polls?

I would assume you are.

Two large margin wins over very bad teams (Chowan and Campbell) won't register among the pollsters yet. If you beat NC Central, you might get your first votes at 3-0. Then you have JMU. If you could pull off a stunner there, I think you'd go way up in the ORV category, if not even cracking the Top 25 at 4-0, and you'd grab the hell out of everyone's attention.

Good luck to Charlotte.

Btw, I see you guys scheduled Dover, DE's own Division III Wesley College on Nov 9. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves scheduling a D-III.

[dal4018]

Want to see how long Bethune Cookman stays among the ranked teams first time in school history they were ranked.

It seems like they've been good enough to be ranked before this. Here's what their athletics website said when the preseason poll came out: "This is the first time the Wildcats have been a member of TSN’s preseason poll under head coach Brian Jenkins." Lots of caveats there. (source: http://www.bcuathletics.com/ViewArticle ... =209128260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

The article also says they finished last year #22.

Yeah but they didn't start out being ranked last year this year they have.Can't wait until November when the playoffs begin!!!

[Aho Old Guy]

I'm new here and wanted to know if UNCC is allowed on the polls?

I would guess not, but do not actually know.

I suspect UNCC has too many schollies and coaches, and would be considered *FBS Transition*

The other issue(s) the 49ers have: Campbell has a Sagarin rating of 249 out of 252 DI football teams. Chowan (and NC Central) are both CIAA (DII).

And then, there is that *Conference-USA* logo you have on your jerseys ...

[TribeFanInNC]

Chowan (and NC Central) are both CIAA (DII).

NCCU joined the MEAC in 2010.

[dal4018]

Chowan (and NC Central) are both CIAA (DII).

NCCU joined the MEAC in 2010.

NC Central rejoined the MEAC in 2010 they were original members from 72-80.