 The Appalachian State football team remained No.2 in this week's The Sports Network Top 25 Poll.
ASU (9-2 overall and the No.1 overall seed in the FCS Championship Series playoffs) received 39 first-place votes. Eastern Washington, which won the Big Sky Conference, is the new No.1 team---its first No.1 ranking of the season. Stephen F. Austin (six first-place votes), Williams & Mary (three first-place votes) and Delaware round out the top five.
Montana State, Wofford, Jacksonville State, Souteast Missouri State, and Villanova (last year's defending national champion) round out the top ten. Georgia Southern is 20th.
The FCS playoffs begin with the wildcard round Saturday. Georgia Southern (7-4), which defeated Furman last Saturday to clinch a playoff spot, opens post-season play Saturday at South Carolina State.
ASU, Georgia Southern and Wofford are the only Southern Conference teams to earn post-season bids. The Terriers (9-2) receive a first-round bye, like the Mountaineers, and will open the playoffs at home against Jacksonville State on December 4. The Mountaineers will play the winner of Coastal Carolina or Western Illinois in the post-season opener on December 4 at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
Game time is set for high noon, our coverage of that game begins at 10 am on AM 1450, WATA.
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Delaware is No.1 in the FCS Coaches Top 25 Poll; ASU is No.2. The Blue Hens received 26 first-place votes. Ironically, the Mountaineers didn't receive any, despite their No.2 ranking. Eastern Washington (one first-place vote) is No.3, Jacksonville State and Stephen F, Austin (one first-place vote) round out the top five. Wofford is seventh. Georgia southern is among teams receiving votes.
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The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Eastern Washington Eagles (64) 9-2 3,096 3
2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (39) 9-2 2,960 2
3. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (6) 9-2 2,798 5
4. William & Mary Tribe (3) 8-3 2,721 6
5. Delaware Blue Hens (4) 9-2 2,656 1
6. Montana State Bobcats (7) 9-2 2,569 8
7. Wofford Terriers (1) 9-2 2,395 9
8. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (4) 9-2 2,340 4
9. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 9-2 2,191 10
10. Villanova Wildcats 7-4 1,898 15
11. New Hampshire Wildcats 7-4 1,847 14
12. South Carolina State Bulldogs 9-2 1,796 12
13. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (1) 10-1 1,697 7
14. Penn Quakers 9-1 1,473 16
15. Montana Grizzlies 7-4 1,203 11
16. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-4 1,029 13
17. Liberty Flames 8-3 1,027 21
18. Jacksonville Dolphins 10-1 932 20
19. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 9-2 901 22
20. Georgia Southern Eagles 7-4 538 NR
21. Western Illinois Leathernecks 7-4 532 NR
22. Cal Poly Mustangs 7-4 523 23
23. Dayton Flyers 10-1 428 24
24. Grambling State Tigers 8-2 379 25
25. North Dakota State Bison 7-4 340 17
Others receiving votes: Richmond 301, Florida A&M 237, Massachusetts 229, James Madison 188, Robert Morris 127, Texas Southern 123, Southern Utah 86, Jackson State 55, Old Dominion 48, Chattanooga 31, Central Arkansas 28, Sacramento State 28, Coastal Carolina 22, Eastern Kentucky 22, Elon 20, Northern Arizona 19, Harvard 17, UC Davis 15, McNeese State 14, Murray State 10, Weber State 9, Colgate 7, Yale 7, Rhode island 6, Illinois State 3, Alabama State 2, South Dakota State 1, UT Martin 1.
FCS Coaches Poll
No. School Record Points Prev
1 Delaware (26) 9-2 698 1
2 Appalachian State 9-2 666 3
3 Eastern Washington (1) 9-2 636 5
4 Jacksonville State 9-2 613 6
5 Stephen F. Austin (1) 9-2 569 7
6 William & Mary 8-3 520 2
7 Wofford 9-2 512 4
8 Montana State 9-2 503 10
9 Bethune-Cookman 10-1 474 12
10 Southeast Missouri State 9-2 428 8
11 South Carolina State 9-2 396 14
12 Northern Iowa 7-4 394 16
13 New Hampshire 7-4 350 15
14 Montana 7-4 332 17
15 Villanova 7-4 314 9
16 Pennsylvania 9-1 264 19
17 North Dakota State 7-4 227 20
18 Liberty 8-3 219 11
19 Massachusetts 6-5 214 13
20 Richmond 6-5 181 23
21 Jacksonville (Fl) 10-1 123 24
22 Lehigh 9-2 88 26
23 Cal Poly 7-4 71 18
24 Grambling 8-2 49 22
25 Dayton 10-1 44 28
Others Receiving Votes: Georgia Southern(7-4) 40; Western Illinois(7-4) 28; Florida A&M(8-3) 25; Sacramento State(6-5) 23; James Madison(6-5) 21; Robert Morris(8-2) 17; McNeese State(6-5) 16; Weber State(6-5) 14; Texas Southern(8-3) 11; Chattanooga(6-5) 7; Southern Utah(6-5) 5; Northern Arizona(6-5) 3; Indiana State(6-5) 2; Old Dominion(8-3) 2; Harvard(7-3) 1 |
